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From: Zinkand Family <>
Subject: Re: [MDWASHIN] John Rench - C&O Canal Lockkeeper #29 - Lander - wantbackground
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:17:05 -0500
References: <20021219.225156.-11835.0.Lgamby@juno.com>


Maybe we ought to start a C&O Canal list! My husband's family has canal
connections, too, in Williamsport especially. (ENSMINGER & LITTLE).
Dory

----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry R Gamby" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 10:51 PM
Subject: Re: [MDWASHIN] John Rench - C&O Canal Lockkeeper #29 - Lander -
want background


> There was a good book printed in 1983 about the C & O Canal. It contains
> pictures, history and the mention of many men associated with the canal.
>
> "Home On The Canal" by Elizabeth Kytle. Printed by Seven Locks Press,
> Publishers, P. O. Box 72, Cabin John, MD 20818 [ISBN 0-932020-13-5] The
> price on the jacket at the time of release was $19.95
> The book is well done with 57 photographs and 287 pages.
>
> .................Larry
> ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 03:21:32 -0500 June M Kline <>
> writes:
> > When your work is finished I would be most interested in obtaining a
> >
> > copy. I THINK I had an ancestor that work on that canal and I would
> > be
> > most appreciative if I could obtain a copy. My name is June M.
> > Kline,
> > PO Box 2076, Keystone Hts, FL 32656. Thank you so much.
> >
> > On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 11:00:21 EST writes:
> > > I am working on the history of the C&O Canal in my area - Point of
> >
> > > Rocks to
> > > Lander, Maryland in Frederick Co.
> > >
> > > One of the lockkeepers at Lander about 1880's was John Rench - I
> > > believe from
> > > Washington Co., MD - and possibly the son of the Lockkeeper at
> > > Brunswick.
> > >
> > > I would like more information on the Rench family - and family
> > > background on
> > > John.
> > >
> > > I have a copy of a few letters he wrote to the C&O Canal Company
> > > during his
> > > lockkeeping days.
> > >
> > > Grateful for any information -
> > > Pepper Scotto
> > > P.O. Box 17
> > > Point of Rocks, MD 21777
> > > 301-834-9907
> > >
> > >
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