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Married:
- Sam & Beccy are 2 of the main characters in Mabel Dunham's THE TRAIL OF THE CONESTOGA, The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, 1924.
Based on some historical facts, the book is largely a fictionalized account of the Eby, Bricker and other families in Hammer Creek, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the last days of the 1700s before the migration of some of the family members to Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada.
In this book, Becky - her father, Jeremiah*, recently deceased, is living in the home of her uncle and aunt - Christian and Nancy* (Bricker) Eby.
She falls in love with Sam Bricker, a nephew of Nancy* and they marry and move to Canada to be among the first families who settle there. (more to come)
*In actual fact, "Nancy's" (wife of Christian Eby) name was either Catherine or Rebecca. Becky was the daughter of John (not Jeremiah) Eby - a brother to Christian Eby. Sam was, in fact, a brother to Mrs. Christian Eby - not a nephew.
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