| There was an article in a very old newspaper about the Wallbrown ancestor arriving in PA. |
Connie Bourne said: My Great Grandmother Wilson told stories of crossing the Allegheny Mountains in a conestoga wagon as a child - she was of Amish decent and probably from the Chester or Lancaster County in PA. She was a real character. She lived into her 90's and wore Amish style dresses with VERY colorful bloomers under her clothes. She did not wear a pray cap in my memory. She was a little bitty women who was very strong willed and opinionated.
~email from Connie Bourne (Oct. 11, 2009) |
| The Henry Wallbrown family went to church one Sunday morning, and their daughter, Clara, volunteered to stay home to prepare lunch. The family always had a house full of company every Sunday for lunch. The minister usually joined them as well. After preparing the meal, she decided to iron a tablecloth. In those days, when having visitors, one simply did not use a wrinkled tablecloth. She must have gotten too close the stove and somehow caught the house on fire. The fire was seen from the church. Family and friends saved the cellar and out buildings but the house was lost. Apparently they managed to save some of the furniture and personal belongings as some of Elizabeth's things are highly prized by her descendants. |
| http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sclynch_1&id=I08093 |
Henry Wallbrown Sr.
Elizabeth Mittendorf
Birth
