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> >