my ggrand mother became a widow at about 55 in 1870, possibly quaker origin, and she or her family from Switzerland, not knowing much English. She and her five children under 15, moved from Ohio to Kansas where her older children lived
But in those times, women didn't travel alone, and with her customs, was a big no-no in those times anyway. So I still have a loose thread about her and her family. did they move in a covered wagon, went with a wagon train? or did they sell all and move on a train or stage coach..
she also married out of her faith, and both were "kicked out"