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  • Mojo Monday ~ Lizzie’s Aging Husband

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    Michelle Fairchild
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    The story of my maternal great great grandfather’s sister Elizabeth Talmer Roberts Shepherd continues….   (The beginning of Lizzie’s story can be located here.) Now at a time when things are going along quite well for the new community and life has become a bit easier for most of them, it is sad to report that things were not going…

  • Mojo Monday ~ Lizzie’s Adventure Continues

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    Michelle Fairchild
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    The story of Elizabeth “Lizzie” Talmer Roberts continues from the previous Mojo Monday… When they reached New York on April 23, 1883 Lizzie’s son was still very ill and she began to fear that they would be quarantined by the immigration and custom service.  She had him wrapped up in a blanket and as the…