I'm sure someone else knows all the "DETAILS" but they were giving away land in Nebraska at one time or it was VERY inexpensive and a lot of my allied families from Knox County, Illinois also went "west". We just discovered an old Journal of about 500 pages where she tells about her relatives going to Nebraska because of the land. Jan -----Original Message----- From: Kay Hoover <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 5:46 PM Subject: Re: [ILMCLEAN-L] Names Found >Does anyone know why the migration to Nebraska? My McClean Co LARIMER'S >moved there too. > >Kay from CA > >Allen Weissinger wrote: > >> Since the name Bricklebaw seems to have stirred some interest, I will >> post the little I have on this name. It isn't much as it the married >> name of a g-g-great aunt. >> >> My g-great grandfather, Abraham Z. Yoder married Sarah Joder. They had >> five daughters. >> 1.Emma Rebecca b. 3 Dec 1853 m. Jacob F. Lantz and moved to Nebraska >> 2.Mary Elizabeth b. 19 Feb 1855 m. Jeptha L. Lantz and moved to Nebraska >> 3.Catherine Ann (my great grandmother) b. 26 May 1857 m. Samuel Lorenzo >> Burns and moved to Nebraska >> 4.Sara Frances b. 5 May 1859 m. George F. Knapple and moved to Nebraska >> 5.Adda H. m. Jacob Bircklebaw and stayed in Illinois I think >> >> The only way I know of Adda is that her mother's obit says that she died >> in the home of her daughter, Adda Bircklebaw (that was how it was >> spelled) in the obit. Willing to bet it was a misspelling and should be >> Bricklebaw. >> >> Sue >> >> Marianne Carraway wrote: >> > >> > Norma, you are doing everyone a BIG service. I, too, am interested in >> > Bricklebaw (and Stuckey, Bennett, Gaddis, Swartzentruber and Miller in >> > Danvers and Colfax). >> > >> > Could I ask is it possible to scan the pages or can you only >> > transcribe them? >> > >> > Thanks for any help you can give us all. >> > >> > Marianne > >______________________________