Richard A B :) I'm not sure what you want by this request. I usually include the <[email protected]> listing when correspondence takes place among SHELLY/SHELLEY researchers, even though I signed off the list some time ago. Got too many unrelated listings. Just yesterday my wife reminded me that her former employer, Edgar A. Thomas, was a teacher on the island many years ago when he was a young man. And there are several photos of the gatherings on the island's picnic buildings. There were, of course, a large number of SHELLEYS living there at that time. I believe there was also a saw mill there that burned down back in the mid-1800s. :( CEFies > Charles: > > Can you please post the e-mails of the Shelley descendants of Shelley > Island? > I'm related to an Abraham Shelley who came here to Michigan. He > was originally from Shelley's Island, and left there before the 1850 census. > He was married there on the island in a double wedding ceremony with his > sister, as I recall. A number of us who never have been there were trying to > dredge up some of the early history of that island. We found they had a > number of large fisheries there at one time, and that it was sort of a > resort island for local social clubs to take outings to in the 1800's. > > ---Richard > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charles E. Fies, Retired" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 9:51 AM > Subject: Shelley Island, Susquehann River Page > > > >> Katie Shelley wrote: >> >> >>> Hello. This is a comment for Chris Shelley - or >>> whoever has done the geneolagy work on the Shelleys of >>> Shelley Island from your website. I'm a descendent of >>> the Shelley Island crowd, according to my late >>> Grandmother, Esther Zimmerman-Shelley's research. >>> Though I've never delved into the geneolagy myself, >>> I've recently become more interesting in canoeing and >>> kayaking - and so one of these days I may find myself >>> at Shelley Island while heading down the Susquehannah. >>> Who knows? >> >> >>> I remember a picture of one of the Abraham Shelleys >>> (circa 1850's or so, I believe). He had about 20 >>> children - and my grandmother found a letter from the >>> school board telling Abraham to keep his lousy >>> children home....presumably until they could get rid >>> of the headlice! That certainly must have been >>> difficult with all those kids! >> >> >>> Your Shelley page was one of the first pages to >>> come up when I searched for "Shelley Island" on >>> Google. Great work - Thanks! >>> >>> Katie Shelley >> >> >> Thanks for the feedback. While I no longer get the >> [email protected], I'll forward it just in case Chris is still >> getting it. >> >> The "lousy Shelley kids" is a new and interesting story, I haven't >> heard it before. Perhaps others have, and may contact you for more >> details. >> -- >> Regards, >> >> CHARLES EARL FIES -- Fies Family Fotos <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/> >> FIES/FEES Family History Research Site <http://www.fies-fees.org> >> BABB - HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Babbs.html> >> DAUPHIN CO. CEMETERIES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/DauphinCo.html> >> ERNST-GRUBER <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Ernsts.html> >> Forgotten Cemeteries <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Forgotten.html> >> FRASCELLA -- <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Frascella.html> >> HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Hartman.html> >> SCHLEGEL-PETERS <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/EarlPete.html> >> SNYDER-JONES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/ermafies.html> >> SWARTZ / SCHWARTZ <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Swartz.html> >> WIELAND-YOUNG-STONER<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Wealands.html> >> ZIMMERMAN - Berks Co PA<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Zimmerman.html>