Posted by The Dukester on January 30, 2012 at 09:13:44 from (4.229.162.75):
In Reply to: Why here?? posted by flying belgian on January 29, 2012 at 20:35:57:
My father's side, the Dennings, came here from England in the early 1870's. "Legend" has it they had heard land was more plentiful and cheaper here for their occupations of farming, threshing, and sawmilling. They came from Somerset Shire, England, which is southwest of London I believe, but their "roots" are supposedly in Wales. Several other families from around the same area came over to this same area of Michigan at around the same time and they established two villages here called Somerset and Somerset Center. The Dennings actually bought farms and settled in Moscow Twp. which is a few miles west of the "Somersets", nearer the center of Hillsdale County. My mother's family(s) (Gillett, Warrick, and Weldon) were of English and French extraction, and lived in Calhoun County (Albion Area) but when they migrated here and where from in their respective "home" countries I've never been told.
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