>From: The Thill Group Inc <ttg-inc@comcast.net> Great news Merle, Merry Christmas to all!!! Cuz,Kathleen Date: Wed Dec 07 22:11:00 CST 2005 >To: WYNNE-GENEALOGY-SOCIETY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [WGS] Princess Merle Millhimes - off topic >Dear Princess Merle, > So very happy to know you have had such great care and are back on the >road of the good life!!! Prayers answered. >Love Cuz Becky >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Merle Millhimes" <mmillhimes@pa.net> >To: <WYNNE-GENEALOGY-SOCIETY-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 1:17 PM >Subject: Re: [WGS] Princess Merle Millhimes - off topic > > >> Hello Becky and Everyone, >> I am back - after several set backs. Thank God for expert >> hands of two surgeons. I have my life back. Of course, I >> am anxious to get back into my "music world of performing" >> Thanks everyone for your prayers. Oh how I appreciate life >> more. >> Love to all, >> Princess Merle >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Joan Bretz <jbretz1@earthlink.net> >> To: <WYNNE-GENEALOGY-SOCIETY-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 1:39 PM >> Subject: Re: [WGS] Princess Merle Millhimes - off topic >> >> >> > Spoke with Merle yesterday. She was scheduled to come home today - >doing >> > well. The doctors removed calcium from one valve so that it could >close, >> > repaired that valve, repaired another valve, closed a hole in the heart >> > between the two valves and cauterized yet another valve that had been >> > working excessively hard. I'm sure when she is back at the computer, >she >> > will be in touch, but the worst seems to be over. Now she will probably >> > have to learn to go more 50 miles per hour instead of 70. Even from her >> > hospital bed, though, she was asking if there was any more information >> about >> > the trip to Wales - and, come to think of it, practically the last thing >> she >> > did before going into hospital was the bus trip to Pennsbury Manor. >> > >> > By the way, Becky, you were asking about someone's comment that the >manor >> > might have been relocated. Penn's first wife never came to Pennsylvania >> and >> > the manor was built on his first stay here about 1682-1684. His second >> wife >> > and one daughter did come over when Penn returned in about 1894. So >there >> > is no way that the manor could have been his wife's home that was moved >> from >> > Philly. And when we took our tour, we had an opportunity to go into the >> > basement where a portion of the original building wall is still extant! >> > While the manor itself is a reconstruction of what the original might >have >> > looked like - there is no picture of the original - as Merle and I >walked >> > around the grounds, we were wondering if Dr. Thomas might have walked >> along >> > those same paths on a visit to his friend William Penn! Gives me shivers >. >> . >> > . >> > >> > Hope all are recovering from the turkey and stuffing and punkin' pie >last >> > week. >> > >> > Regards. >> > >> > JoanII >> > >> > >> > >> > ============================== >> > 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 >> > >> >> >> ============================== >> Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >> Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >> > > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx Kathleen M. Spurgeon