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From: "Robert W Fay" <>
Subject: Re: [ILKANE] Migration VT to IL - Anda ALEXANDER late 1850's
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 20:23:40 -0500
In-Reply-To: <000801c0ef88$75fbc980$d3384d0c@judy>


Hi Judy,

I think this would be fairly typical for anyone coming to
Kane county from New England in the 1830's and 40's.

Brothers Rice and Elijah Fay were early settlers in Kane
County from Massachusetts and New York. A third brother
Harrison K Fay came from Massachusetts to Chicago then
up to Racine Wisconsin, then up to Portage and the
surrounding lumbering counties.

They all took canal boats across New York to Buffalo, and
then embarked on a Lake schooner for Chicago and Racine.
It is my understanding that you could also take a lake
schooner from Buffalo to Monroe or Detroit and then travel
overland to Chicago and points north in some type of
organized wagon train.

I believe Darcy and perhaps others have websites about this
migration path.

There lots of this Fay family in Vermont as well that moved
to the midwest in the mid 1800's but the reason was lack of
cheap arable land in Vermont rather than mining problems.

Bob Fay



On 7 Jun 2001, at 15:31, Judy Alexander wrote:

> In viewing the lists for ALEXANDER-L, ILKANE-L and VTORANGE-L over the last year or two in search of my elusive A. Anda (Andy) ALEXANDER, I've noticed that a number of families seemed to have migrated from VT to IL in the 1850's, in my case KANE Co.(Elgin, Aurora, etc.) not too far from
Chicago.
>
> Does anyone have any theories on this? Or know anything about the development of the railroad lines? I thought perhaps some individuals may have invested in the railroad development and enticed some of the Vershire and other Orange County folks to move from Vermont to Illinois. Or did the
copper mines pan out in Vermont?
>
> I don't think my particular branch of ALEXANDERs were Mormon, but they may have had relatives who were who trekked westward with Joseph Smith. Does anyone know more about this? I noticed someone responded to Nancy Nichols query about the HOUGHTONs with this possibility.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Judy Alexander
> Roswell, GA
>
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