I responded off-list to someone who contacted me after my previous posting about Shannonville/Audubon. I thought there might be others who would like to know more about the name change as well. The following information is from an online biography of the famous naturalist John James Audubon, in whose honor the settlement's name was changed in 1899. "To escape conscription into Napoleon's army, the eighteen-year-old Audubon was sent to America in 1803 to oversee his father's farm, Mill Grove, in Montgomery County, twenty-four miles northwest of Philadelphia. (The settlement near Mill Grove, once known as Shannonville, was christened Audubon in 1899 to honor its early-nineteenth century resident.) Captain Audubon had purchased two hundred and eighty-four acres in 1789 as an investment, perhaps in the hope-- albeit unfulfilled-- that a lead mine on the property would prove lucrative. He never set foot on the land, but his son's stay, even though it lasted less than three years, was probably the happiest period of the young man's life and would prove pivotal to his career. The centerpiece of Mill Grove was-- and remains-- a substantial stone farm-house, built in 1762 by James Morgan, situated on a gentle slope above the wide Perkiomen Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill River. Although basically a farm managed by a tenant! farmer, the estate contained forest lands, a mill, and mineral deposits." http://www.jjaudubongallery.com/AudubonBio.htm Sherry Johnson Hello Sherry Thank you for your input of information to my query about Shannonville. I most certainly will add it to my file. Cheers Glenda Rowe Perth Western Australia ____________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Make free PC-to-PC calls to your friends overseas. You could win a holiday to see them! http://au.docs.yahoo.com/promotions/messenger/ ______________________________Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 04:38:26 -0500 From: nadineh@up-link.net To: PAMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: FYI List, Please change your subject line to the subject of your post. This is very important because a lot of list members delete message without reading them based on the subject. Also please leave just enough of the message you are replying to so we know what you are talking about. Don;t forward the whole message. Thank- you Nadine List Admin --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail for Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.