Hi Missy,
I think perhaps it was my sister that went with my mother to your wedding. I am sorry that I missed it, but I do think that I met you at a family picnic a few summer's back. It was at Bobby Kutz's place (our cousin-Aunt Bertha's son).
I was incorrect about the number of siblings that your Dad had. I do not know about the child that died and I never really think about Elza (I am not sure of the spelling...my mother always pronounced it Ill-za. ) She was a half sister and never really lived with the family. She was raised by the grandparents.
The boys were Allen, Ezra, Claire, Morris.
Our grandfather's second wife was named Della (I think it was Adella but shortened.) I remember calling her Della and I did check with my mother. Her last name was Pysher prior to her marrying our Grandfather because her first husband was also a Pysher. She is buried next to her first husband, rather than with our Grandfather.
Do you realize that there is a Pysher Family Reunion every summer in the Martin's Creek area? I think it is usually the second Sunday in August. They have a geneologist who can give you information back to when the first Pysher came over from Germany/Switzerland in the early 1700's.
If you want to write directly to me, you can email me at
mary.lindsay@preferredmutual.comMary