Sunday 24th Aug We turned out to church pretty well for us
to day 9 from here 7 from the other part of the
house 5 from Olivers. Mr Whitwell preached
Cousin Jerry, Warren, Orinthia Lavinia & Rachel
came at noon Alson & wife Edwin & Lavinia came
after meeting. Lavinia will spend the night.
This evening Cousin J & W went with me to call at Willards
Twenty-one people attended church today from the Ames family compound. Immediate and extended family members and their guests rode down Centre Street to the Unitarian meeting house to listen to Reverend William Whitwell preach. How many carriages rolled down the road? Did any of them walk, or did they all ride? Did they all fit into the family pews? Some returned home after the first service.
Adding to the crowd after church, Evelina’s brother Alson, sister-in-law Henrietta, and two of their offspring, Edwin Williams Gilmore and his sister Lavinia, came to the house as well. The gathering spoke to the warmth and closeness of the extended family. It also spoke to the relative ease of travel at this time of year. Traveling between the homes of friends and family had been marked this month, with everyone taking advantage of the good weather – and good roads – before winter.
The visiting continued in the evening when Evelina took Jerry and Warren Lothrop to visit Willard Lothrop, a local spiritualist, shovel shop worker, and likely relative.
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