I am now in a luxurious hotel at Ross-on-Wye, having just had a lovely meal of grilled salmon on a terrace overlooking the Wye Valley. It's an incredibly beautiful bit of the world that I've never seen before
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I imagine you haven't had any time to look up my family's names in the local phone books, or that you've forgotten our conversation about that. Gilbert and Daniels, plus Bird and Flick and Maury (Mauer). The key ancestor left Wales in about 1820, one William Daniels with his brother John.
It's a brutally hot day here today, which always makes me feel unwell; we had our union picnic today, and I managed about five hours of sleep before getting myself up to go attend it. I made it in time for the food, barely. I still have to go to work tonight, in about an hour and a half, and don't have any actual time for a nap, more's the pity. Something of a crappy day. But you had a good day. I'll enjoy your castles and adventures vicariously!
Thanks for thinking of it. I could do a search online, I know, but where's the fun in that? My uncle Tom, in Albany, once got a call from a truck driver who made a habit of checking phone books every place he stopped, to find his own family name. Tom was the only Heiple in that book, and he and the fellow had a nice chat.
I imagine he was, actually. How common is the name, after all? I know my line of the family came from Germany by 1795 or so, but I'm sure other groups could have emigrated at other times, too. Even in Germany, it's not that common a name. Unlike Hoffman. Which just means "farmer," I think. My dad's mother was a Sipesville Hoffman [g].
I wish you luck in getting in touch with more cousins. There's a way, and you'll find it. Good luck!
I imagine you haven't had any time to look up my family's names in the local phone books, or that you've forgotten our conversation about that. Gilbert and Daniels, plus Bird and Flick and Maury (Mauer). The key ancestor left Wales in about 1820, one William Daniels with his brother John.
It's a brutally hot day here today, which always makes me feel unwell; we had our union picnic today, and I managed about five hours of sleep before getting myself up to go attend it. I made it in time for the food, barely. I still have to go to work tonight, in about an hour and a half, and don't have any actual time for a nap, more's the pity. Something of a crappy day. But you had a good day. I'll enjoy your castles and adventures vicariously!
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It's been hot in Ottawa, too. Makes me want to go back to the England! (That, and the castles. And everything.)
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Having just seen my cousin in Durham, I resolved to get in touch with my cousins in Canada. I'm not sure in what way, though.
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I wish you luck in getting in touch with more cousins. There's a way, and you'll find it. Good luck!
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