Any of you real readers via genealogy? I love to read fiction based on the real thing or the real thing that reads like fiction. Just FYI -- I was helping my daughter weed her library here in little Waveland, Indiana and found an "Indiana" author book which we never throw away which I'd never read. It's called Wolcott's Mills by Wayne B. Fisher. What an amazing story. I think it's tagged as fiction but the names are either real or close to it. The name of the main character (an Amish girl who "bundles," gets pregnant, her betrothed is blown-up in a 4th of July accident) is Rachel Bontrager. Her bethrothed was Amos Hostetler and her husband (an older man who was about to die of stomach cancer - she was forced to marry him to give the baby a name) Jonas Lambright. They are ALL big LaGrange names. This story takes place in 1928 -- according to the 1920 census I think Jacob a man living alone named Jacob Lambright might be the character - wish I had access to the 1930 census to see if he's gone or there's a lone woman Bontrager there. Oh, well, it's FICTIOn anyway however there are actual speeches given that were done that 4th of july and I wonder if there really was an accident that day or that part was made up. Anyway, if any of you get a chance to read thisor anything like it, share those with me, I'd love to read 'em too :) We have so many Amish families in our area right now who just moved here about 6 years ago so this has been a fab look at what their life is similar / like.
There are several Lambright families in the Indiana 1930 census.one being a Jacob, however he is 40 years old and wife is 35, with several children. Most are in Elkhart County. Also several in LaGrange county, Jacob is 50 wife is 49, another Jacob is 33, wife 29.
You do love mysteries, don't you? There are two Jacobs in 1930 in LaGrange, married to women age appropriate. No Jonas anywhere then or 20 years earlier. I would think a prudent author would change the names more or get in a little difficulty. Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Zach" <karen.zach@sbcglobal.net> To: INMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com Cc: infounta@rootsweb.com, inputnam@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 7:46:32 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [InMontgo] Just FYI -- reading -- genealogical wise Any of you real readers via genealogy? I love to read fiction based on the real thing or the real thing that reads like fiction. Just FYI -- I was helping my daughter weed her library here in little Waveland, Indiana and found an "Indiana" author book which we never throw away which I'd never read. It's called Wolcott's Mills by Wayne B. Fisher. What an amazing story. I think it's tagged as fiction but the names are either real or close to it. The name of the main character (an Amish girl who "bundles," gets pregnant, her betrothed is blown-up in a 4th of July accident) is Rachel Bontrager. Her bethrothed was Amos Hostetler and her husband (an older man who was about to die of stomach cancer - she was forced to marry him to give the baby a name) Jonas Lambright. They are ALL big LaGrange names. This story takes place in 1928 -- according to the 1920 census I think Jacob a man living alone named Jacob Lambright might be the character - wish I had access to the 1930 c! ensus to see if he's gone or there's a lone woman Bontrager there. Oh, well, it's FICTIOn anyway however there are actual speeches given that were done that 4th of july and I wonder if there really was an accident that day or that part was made up. Anyway, if any of you get a chance to read thisor anything like it, share those with me, I'd love to read 'em too :) We have so many Amish families in our area right now who just moved here about 6 years ago so this has been a fab look at what their life is similar / like. http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message