From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Jan 29 20:04:21 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k0U34LtK006343; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 20:04:21 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0U34JmY008749 for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 20:04:19 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0U0aOFI020118 for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:36:24 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k0U0aOPP020117 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:36:24 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0U0B7FI020035 for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:11:07 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k0U2cqfq007096 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:38:52 -0700 X-Envelope-From: juanita2@cox.net Sun Jan 29 19:38:52 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k0U2cqtK007087 for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:38:52 -0700 Received: from centrmmtao04.cox.net (centrmmtao04.cox.net [70.168.83.80]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0U2cnhV023872 for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:38:50 -0700 Received: from DH433L51 ([24.255.150.191]) by centrmmtao04.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20060130023850.RYTR8318.centrmmtao04.cox.net@DH433L51>; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 21:38:50 -0500 From: "juanita" To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 20:38:46 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: joe2phil@drizzle.com Message-ID: <43DD27D6.20583.5C4B72F@localhost> Priority: normal In-reply-to: <200601300157.k0U1vFLF002445@lists5.rootsweb.com> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.21c) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Why Did They Move More than likely it was because of free land. As the west gradually opened up, people quite often moved in groups to the areas. Our families did that ... moving from NY-WI-IL and VA-NC-IN-IA-KS-NE-CO on westward to California. Most of them were farmers or as was the case with my gr grandfather - lured to the Colorado gold mines. As my dad used to say "the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence" One of my ancestors deserted his 5 children after their mother died and went from Iowa to the Colorado gold mines, certain he'd strike it rich. He eventually died there at age 90 while hiking up a 12,000' mountain to check out one of his mines. His children grew up, never really knowing their father, bitter that he deserted them when they were mere babies, 9 mos. to 8 yrs. old. He's buried in a pauper's grave in Gunnison CO. juanita X-Message: #18 > Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 15:39:45 -0800 > From: > Subject: [ROOTS-L] a question of , why did they move > > Hello group As I start my twentieth year of family research I start > to > wonder why my ggg grandparents moved around so much , Have you > found yours did to ? , Why was this ? > my ggg-gandparent ( James and Mary Lenox of county Derry Ireland > landed > in New York { city state is uncertain } in Aug. of 1820 , I find > them in Rome N Y in 1830 , then Guernesy Co Ohio in 1840 , then in > Ross Co Ohio in 1850 , , Where it says the children are born thusly > New york ( 1822 ) Massuchusetts (1824 )(1830) , New York (1832) , > Penns(1833) , Penns(1840 ) . but its really Ohio > Is it because the rent was due ? , the grass is greener in the > next > county ? > why ? , Phil >