How John and Winifred Met

Added: Jan 11, 2018
Originally posted on ancestry in 2008:

John C. Roe was walking up the street one day in Corning when he noticed Winnie Rogers approaching him. As he got closer he noticed she was crying. He asked her why she was crying. She replied that her hands were so cold, they ached. So he took her into a store and bought her a nice pair of woolen mittens, for which she was very grateful. This was during the horse and buggy days. She drove an old slow horse, holding the leather reins, which just about froze her hands. It was her job to do the shopping for the family, as no one wanted to do it. She took eggs and fresh churned butter put up by her mother, which were traded for groceries and tobacco. Her father didn't do much farming, as he was too shiftless to do any more work that necessary. Her brothers, Wilbur and Bert were not interested in farming and farm work. One summer Emma persuaded Winnie to work for Margaret Vanderhoff. (per Stanley Roe history)