Just a thought about Penfield -- wasn't that the site of one of the hits by the Palm Sunday tornado back around 1965? I was in high school, and my 4-H club volunteered to help with the cleanup. We were helping in Grafton, but my friend Judy lived in Penfield (or maybe Penfield Juction - are they the same?), I believe. (Having a brain-freeze here!) Her father was killed, mother severely injured, and her dog pulled her out of the rubble. All that was left standing for miles was the statue. I can't remember any more than that, but it could be why things don't look the same. Cheryl ----- Original Message ----- From: <martin.abba@juno.com> To: <ohlorain@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 7:15 AM Subject: [OHLORAIN] To Shirley: Black River Church of the Brethren > Hi Shirley, > > I think my gg grandparents lived on Smith Rd. in Penfield from the > late 1840s until their deaths just a few weeks apart in 1903. It > sounds as if your family's farm was very near Penfield Cemetery on > Rt. 18 where my gg grandparents are buried, but they were probably > not alive by the time your family lived there. I hope very much that > others will have information about your family. Nancy Myers, who > lived in Penfield for awhile, has a wealth of information about the > area, and I see she has contacted you. > > Every generation of our family since my ggg grandmother is buried in > Penfield Cemetery. We just buried our mother there 15 months ago. > In the 70's we got to see the farm in Penfield where our gg > grandparents raised their thirteen children. I tried to find it a > few years ago, but couldn't. Don't know if it's gone or if I was > turned around in my directions and missed it. > > Good luck in your search for information and cousins! > > Cathy > > > -- Shirley Hunt <shirleyjimbo2000@yahoo.com> wrote: > My grandfather's sister Eliza Gow Bobel and her husband Phillip lived > on Route 18 on a farm about a mile east of Rt 301. Their son and his > family also lived on that farm during the 1940's and 50's possibly > earlier. > The William Phelps Boise (wife Lydia Loring Severcool) family lived > on Jones road (I think) in the 1880's? > My grandfather Earl C. Gow (wife Josephine Boise) and his brother > Walter lived on farms about a mile south of LaGrange on Rt.301 in the > 1920's and into 1930's. > I am not sure about the Opfer family, other than them being in > LaGrange in the 1880s. > Any insite into these families would be great! > Thanks > Shirley > > "martin.abba@juno.com" <martin.abba@juno.com> wrote: > Hi Shirley, > > I don't know of any connections to these families. Do you, Carole? > Shirley, when did they live in Penfield? > > Cathy > > -- Shirley Hunt wrote: > This is such a sad story to hear about the fire. > I have a lot of ties to the Penfield area with surnames Bobel, > Boise, Gow, Opfer, and Severcool. Does anyone have connections to > these families? > Shirley Hunt > > "martin.abba@juno.com" wrote: > Thank you, Carole and thank you Jane Cahl for the articles you > sent. > Jane is one of my Amherst classmates and, for those of you who don't > know, Carole is my third cousin once removed. We have old photos of > my gg grandparents and ggg grandparents (Carole's gg grandparents). > In the photos, our ancestors are dressed in Brethren garb very much > like the Amish. At that time, Church of the Brethren was called > German Baptist Brethren. It is one of three historic peace churches > and, like the Amish, they believe in living simply with strong > emphasis on community. Once I clocked the distance from my gg > grandparents' farm in Penfield to the church in Chatham. Thirteen > miles -- quite a distance to go by buggy and the Brethren spent a lot > of time in church! I've wondered how they managed -- one buggy > wouldn't have been enough for the thirteen children in my gg > grandparents' family (it's easy to see why Carole and I have lots of > cousins in Lorain, Medina and Wayne Counties)! Those thirteen > children must have very sleepy on the buggy rides home -- especially > on the days the Brethren had their love feasts after their services. > Carole's great grandfather and my gg grandfather were brothers and > lived and worked together on adjoining farms in Penfield. They had > come from Wayne County where our Pennsylvania Dutch ancestors had > pioneered. The Neff side of our family were Mennonites who became > Brethren and married into the Lutheran Dague side of our family -- > all becoming Brethren. The Neffs were Swiss who moved to the Rhine > area of Germany, probably because of religious persecution. From > Germany, they immigrated to Philadelphia in 1717. > > Carole, would you like me to send you the articles that Jane sent? I > learned of the fire from John Shafer, member of a Brethren church in > VA. We had corresponded years ago because of his relationship to our > Neff/Schweinhardt family. As one of our family historians, you would > probably like to be in touch with him. I will send you his address > privately. > > Cathy > > -- "Carole J. Schetter" wrote: > There is information on the Christmas Eve fire in the Plain Dealer > and on > the Brethren Daily News list. I found them by "googling." What a > tragedy. > My ancestor, John Willis White was one of the founders of the > church. > > Carole Schetter > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLORAIN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > __ > FREE Reminder Service - NEW from AmericanGreetings.com > Click HERE and never forget a Birthday or Anniversary again! > http://track.juno.com/s/lc? > s=197335&u=http://www.americangreetings.com/products/online_calendar.p > d > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLORAIN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Shirley > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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Cheryl - did you go to Keystone H.S.? I remember that tornado - I was a Senior at KHS in 65 and your name sounds familiar... I also remember school buses collecting students who wanted to help clean the fields as it was just before planting time. We had no school for a couple of days. The tornado went just past a friend's house on Diagonal Rd. and wiped out their neighbor's home, but didn't touch theirs. Pat On Tuesday, January 9, 2007, at 08:21 AM, Cheryl Bakker wrote: > Just a thought about Penfield -- wasn't that the site of one of the > hits by > the Palm Sunday tornado back around 1965? I was in high school, and > my 4-H > club volunteered to help with the cleanup. We were helping in > Grafton, but > my friend Judy lived in Penfield (or maybe Penfield Juction - are they > the > same?), I believe. (Having a brain-freeze here!) Her father was > killed, > mother severely injured, and her dog pulled her out of the rubble. > All that > was left standing for miles was the statue. I can't remember any more > than > that, but it could be why things don't look the same. > > Cheryl > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <martin.abba@juno.com> > To: <ohlorain@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 7:15 AM > Subject: [OHLORAIN] To Shirley: Black River Church of the Brethren > > >> Hi Shirley, >> >> I think my gg grandparents lived on Smith Rd. in Penfield from the >> late 1840s until their deaths just a few weeks apart in 1903. It >> sounds as if your family's farm was very near Penfield Cemetery on >> Rt. 18 where my gg grandparents are buried, but they were probably >> not alive by the time your family lived there. I hope very much that >> others will have information about your family. Nancy Myers, who >> lived in Penfield for awhile, has a wealth of information about the >> area, and I see she has contacted you. >> >> Every generation of our family since my ggg grandmother is buried in >> Penfield Cemetery. We just buried our mother there 15 months ago. >> In the 70's we got to see the farm in Penfield where our gg >> grandparents raised their thirteen children. I tried to find it a >> few years ago, but couldn't. Don't know if it's gone or if I was >> turned around in my directions and missed it. >> >> Good luck in your search for information and cousins! >> >> Cathy >> >> >> -- Shirley Hunt <shirleyjimbo2000@yahoo.com> wrote: >> My grandfather's sister Eliza Gow Bobel and her husband Phillip lived >> on Route 18 on a farm about a mile east of Rt 301. Their son and his >> family also lived on that farm during the 1940's and 50's possibly >> earlier. >> The William Phelps Boise (wife Lydia Loring Severcool) family lived >> on Jones road (I think) in the 1880's? >> My grandfather Earl C. Gow (wife Josephine Boise) and his brother >> Walter lived on farms about a mile south of LaGrange on Rt.301 in the >> 1920's and into 1930's. >> I am not sure about the Opfer family, other than them being in >> LaGrange in the 1880s. >> Any insite into these families would be great! >> Thanks >> Shirley >> >> "martin.abba@juno.com" <martin.abba@juno.com> wrote: >> Hi Shirley, >> >> I don't know of any connections to these families. Do you, Carole? >> Shirley, when did they live in Penfield? >> >> Cathy >> >> -- Shirley Hunt wrote: >> This is such a sad story to hear about the fire. >> I have a lot of ties to the Penfield area with surnames Bobel, >> Boise, Gow, Opfer, and Severcool. Does anyone have connections to >> these families? >> Shirley Hunt >> >> "martin.abba@juno.com" wrote: >> Thank you, Carole and thank you Jane Cahl for the articles you >> sent. >> Jane is one of my Amherst classmates and, for those of you who don't >> know, Carole is my third cousin once removed. We have old photos of >> my gg grandparents and ggg grandparents (Carole's gg grandparents). >> In the photos, our ancestors are dressed in Brethren garb very much >> like the Amish. At that time, Church of the Brethren was called >> German Baptist Brethren. It is one of three historic peace churches >> and, like the Amish, they believe in living simply with strong >> emphasis on community. Once I clocked the distance from my gg >> grandparents' farm in Penfield to the church in Chatham. Thirteen >> miles -- quite a distance to go by buggy and the Brethren spent a lot >> of time in church! I've wondered how they managed -- one buggy >> wouldn't have been enough for the thirteen children in my gg >> grandparents' family (it's easy to see why Carole and I have lots of >> cousins in Lorain, Medina and Wayne Counties)! Those thirteen >> children must have very sleepy on the buggy rides home -- especially >> on the days the Brethren had their love feasts after their services. >> Carole's great grandfather and my gg grandfather were brothers and >> lived and worked together on adjoining farms in Penfield. They had >> come from Wayne County where our Pennsylvania Dutch ancestors had >> pioneered. The Neff side of our family were Mennonites who became >> Brethren and married into the Lutheran Dague side of our family -- >> all becoming Brethren. The Neffs were Swiss who moved to the Rhine >> area of Germany, probably because of religious persecution. From >> Germany, they immigrated to Philadelphia in 1717. >> >> Carole, would you like me to send you the articles that Jane sent? I >> learned of the fire from John Shafer, member of a Brethren church in >> VA. We had corresponded years ago because of his relationship to our >> Neff/Schweinhardt family. As one of our family historians, you would >> probably like to be in touch with him. I will send you his address >> privately. >> >> Cathy >> >> -- "Carole J. Schetter" wrote: >> There is information on the Christmas Eve fire in the Plain Dealer >> and on >> the Brethren Daily News list. I found them by "googling." What a >> tragedy. >> My ancestor, John Willis White was one of the founders of the >> church. >> >> Carole Schetter >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLORAIN- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> __ >> FREE Reminder Service - NEW from AmericanGreetings.com >> Click HERE and never forget a Birthday or Anniversary again! >> http://track.juno.com/s/lc? >> s=197335&u=http://www.americangreetings.com/products/online_calendar.p >> d >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHLORAIN- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> Shirley >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? 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