It has been a while since I corresponded with you. To be honest, after all the work i did on the family history I felt that sharing the "secret" overshadowed the entire project and some family members were hostile to the notion that their "grandmother" had another family that she left behind. My mom remembers my grandmother Helen (Rosa's daughter with Chelc Showers) saying she was told their family ancestry was Amish. So i don't know how much of that is true. I know she always went to the Amana colonies, Pioneer Village and Illinois on vacations.
Do you know if this family was Amish?
Sorry again for the long delay,
Take care, Jeffery
YOu can email me also at
Jeffery@ireland.com