From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Wed Mar 1 23:26:11 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k226QBjb010525; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 23:26:11 -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 k226QBHF019801 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 23:26:11 -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 k223uPFI018026 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 22:56:25 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k223uP9t018025 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 22:56:25 -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 SMTP id k2225YFI017812 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 21:05:34 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k224Z9lu018243 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 21:35:09 -0700 X-Envelope-From: lilliemay@mchsi.com Wed Mar 1 21:35:09 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k224Z9jb018234 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 21:35:09 -0700 Received: from sccmmhc92.asp.att.net (sccmmhc92.asp.att.net [204.127.203.212]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k224Z7t1013262 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 21:35:08 -0700 Received: from merrilyscomput (12-214-227-150.client.mchsi.com[12.214.227.150]) by sccmmhc92.asp.att.net (sccmmhc92) with SMTP id <20060302043503m92001atdie>; Thu, 2 Mar 2006 04:35:04 +0000 Message-ID: <006d01c63db2$878437a0$96e3d60c@merrilyscomput> From: "Merrily" To: References: <200512202124.jBKLOcXp012354@lists5.rootsweb.com> Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 22:32:44 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 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] Reverse emigration ?? Greetings from Iowa, A question for you all. Have any of you found family who returned to their previous homes in Europe? My gr-gr-grandfather, Thomas Newton was found with his family in the 1841 British Census of Denton (near Manchester), Lancashire. By 1849, he was widowed with a houseful of children. Thomas and all but two daughters (Ann and Milly) followed two older children to Pennsylvania. He was in PA in our 1850 census. We then lost him -- until the 1871 British census. Data from this census indicates that Thomas returned to England and lived with daughter, Ann Darwell and her husband. My questions: Did this reverse emigration happen often? Have others of you found evidence of it? With all of his family except 2 daughters in the States, why did he return to England? I would like to hear from others who can offer thoughts about this. Thanks! Merrily in Iowa