
Ira unmarried
Henry (two daughters
Frank unmarried
Alta who married William Gay. Alta and William
had five daughters and one son. They were
Agnes (Edmiston),
Irene (Goetze),
Ida (Evans),
Cora (Evans),
Ada (unmarried)
George.
Isaac lived at Ione City, Amador county, California,
where his wife died in 1865; but a few years later he moved to Golden City,
Colorado. Ida Evans states that her grandfather made
several gold strikes, but always spent the money searching for more and
was never able to accumulate any wealth. The writer of this history
enjoyed meeting and visiting with Ida Evans and Ada Gay. They lived
in Englewood, Colorado near Denver. Ida had two sons,
Robert and -----.
There is some indication
that the brothers communicated with each other after leaving home in Ohio.
Lewis writes the following letter to his brother Isaac. A note at
the bottom of the letter indicates that the letter was answered on March
7th.
The letter was addressed to I. P. Lambing, Ione City,
California and post marked Feb. 20th, 1886 from Towanda Kansas and reads:
Dear Brother
Yours of the
7th was duly recd, found us all well we are now getting over the worst
winter we ever had in Kans. We did have a mild climate here the three
last winters. Have tried how bad they could be there. Have
been many persons frozen to death and thousand of cattle, horses and sheep
herds are cut from 60 to 90 percent. I am sorry for you in that food.
I am glad to hear that you will come to see us next fall and I am delighted
with the idea of going with you to stay over winter. This climate
is getting cold for me and if I can I surely will go with you.
I am now ask
you many questions. Do not get out of humour. What is the price
of Farming land? What are the principal crops raised. Do you
have plenty of rain and do you have to irrigate? Are your streams
well stocked with fish is there any game there and of what kind do you
use coal or wood and what do they cost by the ton or cord is there any
range for stock or do they have to be enclosed our boys are nearly froze
out here and we want to learn the price of land to know if our land would
be a garden patch there if all things look favorable we may all go there
soon. I want to try it one winter to learn something of your country.
We are farmers and stock raisers and nothing else would suit us as well.
It suits me and the old Lady best to have rest. I have no more at
present write as soon as you can.
Yours with respect, your Brother. (signed) L. E. Lambing
Another letter written to Isaac on July 18th, 1908 from his brother Joseph who lived in or near St. Joseph, MO. reads:
My dear brother,
I am truly
sorry for you in your serious affliction which I heard of in a roundabout
way. I am two miles from home watching Magie's orchard to keep the
boys out from taking the fruit. I got the news of your sickness over
the telephone and did not get it very plain. I should have written
to you long ago, sorry I did not.
I may not get another chance. I was so ansious
to see you once more at least before we part in this world forever.
I hope you
may get safely over your sickness. We are the last two brothers and it
seems hard to part but we must all accept it when the call comes, but I
am truly glad that he is in such good hands as yours, dear Alta, at this
time when he needs it so much. Well Isaac I am pretty well played
out my life is slowly ebbing away. I am always sore and tired of
course, rest may prolong my life, but how long the end must and will come,
but yet hope to see the time when we can be in each others company at least
for a few days. Please excuse my writing in the orchard under an
apple tree..pencil in one hand, paper in the other. Rose Shaff my
oldest daughter is badly off. She fears she must go to a hospital
and submit to an operation and I fear the consequences. She has been
expecting it for several years.
How is that
---- ----- girl and all the balance? We are all well
as usual except the one mentioned. Can you give me Willie Lambing's
postoffice address. Alta will keep me posted on your fathers condition.
Love to all J.T.Lambing. Postmark St. Joseph, MO, July 18, 1908.
The letter was addressed to Mr. Isaac P. Lambing, Grand Central Hotel,
Denver, Colorado and forwarded to Box 434, Golden Colo.