What a hoot ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathleen Lynch" <kslynch62@hotmail.com> To: "Montgomery County" <inmontgo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 10:43 PM Subject: Re: [InMontgo] Migration NJ to Colerain TwpHam.Co Ohioto Montgomery Co > > No planning at all, Karen. The refrigerator (no, the Frigidaire) was > loaded with little glass dishes, each with its glass plate cover, or > elastic shower cap, whatever they were called. The little dishes held > apple butter, tomato marmalade, jellies of all colors, cinnamon-spiced > figs, pickled peaches, bread and butter pickles, pickled beets, pickled > onions... heavens, I don't think I can list anymore without more thought. > But for every meal, they came out, were arranged on the table, and after > the meal they were covered and replaced in the fridge. And -- nobody > counted to seven. There were probably more! LOL > Kathy > PS I specialize now in one-dish meals! My husband's pretty used to it. > > >> From: karen.zach@sbcglobal.net >> To: inmontgo@rootsweb.com >> Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:22:05 -0500 >> Subject: Re: [InMontgo] Migration NJ to Colerain Twp Ham.Co Ohioto >> Montgomery Co >> >> Seriously? 7 sweets and 7 sours. That'd take some big time >> thinking/planning. >> I have enough trouble with one meat, one salad, one veggie and one >> dessert >> :) >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kathleen Lynch" <kslynch62@hotmail.com> >> To: "Montgomery County" <inmontgo@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 10:13 PM >> Subject: Re: [InMontgo] Migration NJ to Colerain Twp Ham.Co Ohioto >> Montgomery Co >> >> >> > >> > Suzy, United Brethren are like German Methodists. Church of the >> > Brethren >> > is a modern church which descends from the Dunkers ; they were German >> > Baptists, to oversimplify the case. >> > My father had cousins in Jasonville, a very German town until quite >> > late. >> > They stopped having church services in German because of social >> > pressure >> > during WWI, but German was still the home-language for many when he >> > lived >> > and worked there in the 1930's. Don't know about the 40's. His/my >> > Dunker >> > descended family living in Montgomery County so squeezed out the >> > German-ness that I asked once if Shelleys were English, a question >> > greeted >> > by such hilarity that I was seriously offended (I was about twelve, and >> > a >> > sensitive blossom.) I only figured out why it was funny after I had >> > done >> > quite a bit of genealogical research. Finding the bits was tough, and >> > doggone it, those relatives who laughed knew it all and just kept their >> > mouths shut! >> > The social pressure NOT to be German seems to have affected them >> > deeply. >> > Then, too, my grandmother was all Scottish. But putting seven sweets >> > and >> > seven sours on the table for every meal was a good clue involving no >> > language at all, I guess! It just took me an extra 50 years to >> > understand >> > it. >> > Kathy >> >> From: Limequilla@aol.com >> >> Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 21:28:07 -0500 >> >> To: inmontgo@rootsweb.com >> >> Subject: Re: [InMontgo] Migration NJ to Colerain Twp Ham.Co Ohio to >> >> Montgomery Co >> >> >> >> >> >> Were there any special churches there? I always meant to ask. It >> >> appears a >> >> lot of the early obits I typed had to do with United Brethren Church. >> >> Was >> >> there an enclave of UB people? Were they the Brethren which are >> >> sometimes >> >> called the Dunkers? >> >> >> >> I had another question on if anybody recalls their ancestors spoke >> >> German >> >> at >> >> home, even though they were born in the US. I had a report from a >> >> cousin >> >> that they did. >> >> >> >> Suzy >> >> >> >> Many migrated here because of good land, good education, good water >> >> and >> >> good >> >> >> >> people :) Take your choice :) >> >> >> >> **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is >> >> making >> >> headlines. 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