[Magdalen] Itinerary (was Re: Quiet Pub)

[Christopher Hart]

I too remember a listmeet in Swedesboro with Raewynne, probably the same
one.

On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 2:32 PM, Charles Wohlers <
charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:

> Raewynne was at Old Swede's in Swedesboro, NJ - not Wilmington, DE. I
> remember a listmeet there, long ago ...
>
> Chad Wohlers
> buttoning up the house for the winter (it's windy out there!) in
> East Bridgewater, MA USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Jon Egger
> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 1:31 PM
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Itinerary (was Re: Quiet Pub)
>
>
> Ginga, at GC2003, in Mpls, we got together for a big listmeet.  I bought a
> mug for Old Swede's from someone. (Raewynne?) It is my favorite mug. :)
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I don't know a lot about DE history, but I believe it was settled by Swedes
>> early in 17th Century.  Not too many years later, it came under English
>> control.  Believe DE was the first state.
>>
>> The area is rich in history.
>>
>> Ginga
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:57 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > One of my ancestors, a Captain Bryant McDonnell (or McDonald, spelling
>> > being somewhat fluid in those days!) settled in that area around 1689.
>> > He
>> > had got on the wrong side of one of the wars of succession and >
>> apparently
>> > thought it more prudent to depart for the colonies, as indeed it proved
>> to
>> > be.
>> >
>> > On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:49 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > Our daughter, Ginny+ is priest in charge of Holy Trinity, Old Swedes,
>> > > Wilmington, DE.  The building in a National Historic Place, build in
>> > 1698.
>> > > First Swedish Lutheran, then Dutch Reformed, then Church of England,
>> and
>> > > following Revolutionary War, Episcopal.  The windows show Jesus as
>> really
>> > > blond and blue-eyed.
>> > >
>> > > FWIW,
>> > > Ginga
>> > >
>> > > On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:27 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Perren Hayes is in Lewes, DE, which is a very early settlement. Nice
>> to
>> > > > visit in summer, but probably not now. I was offered a travel
>> > assignment
>> > > > there which would have been summer-early fall. I still regret not
>> > taking
>> > > > it!
>> > > >
>> > > > On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 12:21 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com>
>> > > wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > > Southern Rhode Island and Connecticut are very beautiful (although
>> we
>> > > > tend
>> > > > > not to tell people ... keep sending them to the Cape). The first
>> half
>> > > of
>> > > > > the train ride from Boston to New York is a revelation.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Maine is like another universe and is lots more like Canada than
>> the
>> > > USA
>> > > > > (for many reasons). You still see bedsheets hung on porches (in
>> > hunting
>> > > > > season) with inked messages: animals dressed, five cents a pound.
>> You
>> > > can
>> > > > > drive for miles&miles without seeing more than a village or two, a
>> > > couple
>> > > > > of farms.The coast, of course, is mostly summer people. Winter
>> > > caretakers
>> > > > > this time of year, a few lobstermen. Even the bears are
>> hibernating.
>> > > > > -M
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > > On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 5:27 AM, Roger Stokes <
>> > > > > roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
>> > > > > > wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > > On 15/12/2016 01:26, Judy Fleener wrote:
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >> I see you are taking the southern route this time.
>> > > > > >>
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > I thought of the weather. The states I haven't been in yet
>> included
>> > > the
>> > > > > > likes of Utah, Nevada and South Dakota to the West or the
>> > > North-eastern
>> > > > > > ones like Maine, Connecticut and (perhaps surprisingly) Rhode
>> > Island.
>> > > > > > Driving there did not seem appealing at this time of year.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Roger
>> > > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> If no one has told you that they love you today,
> let me be the first.
> brud
>



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