Hey y'all, Yep, it is sad for families to drift apart due to time and distance. What's sad to me is that I am an Edelen, of the Piscataway Edelens, and my father was raised up in those parts but moved to Alabama with my mom after WWII, so I having grown up in Alabama know none of them other my two first cousins. That's sad because my great grandparents, Charles Jenkins Edelen and Olivia Attaway Middleton had 12 kids. I have met a couple of my dad's 1st cousinn Mabel Edelen's kids, who's dad I think was Byron Sunstone, but it has been years and I have lost touch with them. The only descendent out of all the offspring from those 12 children of my great grandfather Charles Jenkins Edelen , that I am in touch with, and that only by phone, is my dad's 1st cousin, Charles Jenkins Edelen III, the son of Charles Jenkins Edelen, Jr., in Alexandria I think. I have met a couple of 2nd cousins in the past, when I was a kid and mom and dad would go up to visit and we would meet certain cousins, but that was years ago and I have lost touch with any of them. Especially now that the old folks are all gone. Now I am 51 and I reckon I am fast becoming one fo the "old line"! I had been in touch with a couple of Middleton descendents, 3rd and fourth cousins I think, up in Va but have lost touch with them as well. I had some computer repairs done a while back and lost all my e-mail addresses I had stored in my "adddress book". The only Middleton descendent, from the same line as me, is Mary Simmons on this list, and we are in touch although we are more distantly kin. I am in touch with a couple of Berry cousins though; my grandmother Eloise Gilmore Berry's sisters, Great Aunt Margaurite Berry Tubman's children, whom I am fairly close to, and only one of great aunt Jean's children, Rose Mary Lyons. She is probably on this list too, although I have not heard from her in a long while. Give me a hollar RM if you see this. Oh well, I am rambling on again. Take care all, Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "wpsc" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 4:31 PM Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE] Friendship (Sunnyside) >I would like to hear her stories too. I guess it it up to Mary whether > she would rather share one on one or the group. > > I know many of the Edelen's in the area. Mary, if you are OK with > sharing, would you tell me who your grandparents were on the Dyer side. > > Patty > > SHIRLEY MOLLER wrote: >> I for one would love to hear her stories. >> Shirley Middleton Moller >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 12:49 PM >> Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE] Friendship (Sunnyside) >> >> >> >>> I had replied to Mary off the list, and in that reply, suggested that >>> she >>> probably had great stories of growing up in Southern Maryland and >>> possibly >>> of many of our families, too. Can she share those on the list, or >>> should I >>> ask her to email me off the list with any stories she might be willing >>> to >>> share? >>> >>> Thanks for the direction - >>> Mur >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 1:53 PM >>> Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE] Friendship (Sunnyside) >>> >>> >>> Thanks for your update on Dr Edelen's wife - my children usually keep me >>> up >>> to date on the deaths of people we knew in Charles County but guess I >>> had >>> forgotten. I moved out of Waldorf in 1971 but we have children, nieces >>> and >>> nephews and family members there and we made many trips back to MD. Yes, >>> Dr >>> Edelen's family is the Bryantown family. Mary >>> >>> Mary R.(Middleton) Simmons >>> 2761 Knollwood Dr >>> Montgomery, AL 36116-3816 >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] >>> On Behalf Of wpsc >>> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 11:56 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE] Friendship (Sunnyside) >>> >>> >>> I don't know if these two different lines are connected or not. I think >>> they probably are. I do know that Dr. Edelen's wife died in 1990. And, >>> his Edelen family was from the line in Bryantown. >>> >>> Mary Simmons wrote: >>> >>>> I have been very interested in the messages/comments concerning the >>>> Sunnyside Farm and the Edelen family. When I grew up in Waldorf, >>>> Charles County, my mother always told me there were two separate >>>> Edelen family lines although they may have been distantly related in >>>> the very early years. The Edelen family who lived in Bryantown area >>>> were mainly Bowlings, Boarmans, and Edelens, for example. Dr Edward >>>> Edelen whose widow still lives in Port Tobacco was a friend of mine as >>>> he was on the board of directors of the savings and loan assn where I >>>> worked when my children were small. He also sewed up one of my son's >>>> heads with about 30 stitches after he fell down some steps - The other >>>> Edelen family lived in the Prince George's county area, Clinton, >>>> Piscataway, and the Berry Road area where David Middleton Edelen's >>>> family lived. These are the Middleton relatives - not the Edelens of >>>> Bryantown area - I visited these Edelen members often when I visited >>>> my sister who lived in Piscataway. I am now 82 years young and >>>> memories do fade but if there are others who have more definite >>>> information I will be very happy to be updated with new information. >>>> Mary R.(Middleton) Simmons, [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] >>>> [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> On Behalf Of [email protected] >>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 10:43 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE] Friendship (Sunnyside) >>>> >>>> >>>> I do believe that Vivian Boone Edelen (who must be her eighties now) >>>> still lives at Sunnyside Farm in Charles Co. She compiled a >>>> manuscript on the Bowling family of Charles, Prince George's and St. >>>> Mary's Co. -- that is the only reason I know of her still being there. >>>> >>>> Shirley >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Sent: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 7:59 PM >>>> Subject: [MDCHARLE] Friendship (Sunnyside) >>>> >>>> >>>> No one mentioned Sunnyside, but as I was browsing the names I saw >>>> Edelen and >>>> >>>> thought David or someone might be interested. >>>> Shirley >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of >>>> the message >>>> ________________________________________________________________________ >>>> AOL now offers free email to everyone. 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