Charles, can you help with this? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Prosser Genealogy - Comcast" <prossergenealogy@comcast.net> To: <TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 2:32 PM Subject: [TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS] THE YEAR WITHOUT A SUMMER / 1816 > The year 1816 was a year of no summer. There were massive crop failures > worldwide. It was the "poverty year". It is believed that there were over > 1800 individuals that froze to death that year. As far south as Savannah, > GA. it was 46 degrees on the 4th of July. Our ancestors would have just > settled in the area a few short years before. Has anyone heard of any > stories about how they may have handled the hardships of that terrible > year. There were no chain superstores to go and get your staples. You > depended on the land for your livelihood. I know that my BAGLEY family > was in the four county area by 1807 and I was wondering if anyone may know > of local accounts about our pioneer families that were settling in the > area at that time. > > Bobby Prosser > prossergenealogy@comcast.net > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/history/1816.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Dortha Greenlee To: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 7:08 PM Subject: [ERATH] Fw: [TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS] THE YEAR WITHOUT A SUMMER / 1816 Charles, can you help with this? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Prosser Genealogy - Comcast" <prossergenealogy@comcast.net> To: <TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 2:32 PM Subject: [TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS] THE YEAR WITHOUT A SUMMER / 1816 > The year 1816 was a year of no summer. There were massive crop failures > worldwide. It was the "poverty year". It is believed that there were over > 1800 individuals that froze to death that year. As far south as Savannah, > GA. it was 46 degrees on the 4th of July. Our ancestors would have just > settled in the area a few short years before. Has anyone heard of any > stories about how they may have handled the hardships of that terrible > year. There were no chain superstores to go and get your staples. You > depended on the land for your livelihood. I know that my BAGLEY family > was in the four county area by 1807 and I was wondering if anyone may know > of local accounts about our pioneer families that were settling in the > area at that time. > > Bobby Prosser > prossergenealogy@comcast.net > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== --- Author Retains Copyright --- -- Copyright 2005 Author -- All Rights Reserved Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl