Then she is also related to multiple others on the Mayflower, both Presidents Roosevelt, and me.
Are you related to historical figures?
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Then she is also related to multiple others on the Mayflower, both Presidents Roosevelt, and me.
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Historical in that hey lived in the past and contributed to history. Famous, no.
First documentation of my family in America are 3 brothers who served in the Continental
Army. It was the will of one who died at Valley Forge. By coincidence, the two surviving brothers had the same first names as my brother & I.
The family name dates to the 11th century Scottish lowlands (yes, there is such a place). Though Saxon, we apparently did not get along with the Saxon lords too well and sided with the French Normans in most disputes
There were some hard-core Confederates on my Mothers side. One could've been the inspiration for Josey Whales.
First documentation of my family in America are 3 brothers who served in the Continental
Army. It was the will of one who died at Valley Forge. By coincidence, the two surviving brothers had the same first names as my brother & I.
The family name dates to the 11th century Scottish lowlands (yes, there is such a place). Though Saxon, we apparently did not get along with the Saxon lords too well and sided with the French Normans in most disputes
There were some hard-core Confederates on my Mothers side. One could've been the inspiration for Josey Whales.
In the future everyone will be related for 15 minutes to a famous historical figure.
Cool - I'll pass that along… thanks!
shouldazagged
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The first rat that carried the plague to England in the 14th century. Some things never change.
John Corbly, Pennsylvania preacher and legislator, friend of Patrick Henry, jailed during the Whiskey Rebellion and lost his family walking to church.
http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-29F
http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-29F
reddogge
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He looks German and those look like shooting medals he won.
reddogge
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My mother's cousin was George Lincoln Rockwell, the neo-Nazi who was assassinated in VA in 1960. She knew him as a teen ager before he became whacko.
My paternal grandmother traced her lineage through Richard Plantagenet, aka Richard I or Richard the Lionheart.
So, I guess I'm related to Pilgrim
So, I guess I'm related to Pilgrim
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Cooter Brown
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My sister's done some geneology work. On Dad's side dirt farmers.
On Mother's some Todds. But we've known that. One of these Todds married an Illinois attorney who went to the US Congress in the 1840s. He was later elected to...higher office.
My grandmother Mimi's only statement about this was that there were some odd folks in the Todd family and that this lady's husband was not among the family favorites.
Mimi's husband, my grandfather, was born in 1878. His grandfather's, or great grandfather or whichever, anyway the man's wife was listed on the census as receiving a veteran's widow's pension. Her husband, my great great (or whatever) grandfather's service was noted as "privateer".
It was when I found this out that I knew what was wrong with me...mother mother ocean, two hundred years too late...
On Mother's some Todds. But we've known that. One of these Todds married an Illinois attorney who went to the US Congress in the 1840s. He was later elected to...higher office.
My grandmother Mimi's only statement about this was that there were some odd folks in the Todd family and that this lady's husband was not among the family favorites.
Mimi's husband, my grandfather, was born in 1878. His grandfather's, or great grandfather or whichever, anyway the man's wife was listed on the census as receiving a veteran's widow's pension. Her husband, my great great (or whatever) grandfather's service was noted as "privateer".
It was when I found this out that I knew what was wrong with me...mother mother ocean, two hundred years too late...
No, but there is a fable in the family that one of my relatives was hung as a deserter in the Civil War. Since I had family on both sides, nobody seems to know if he was Ohio/Illinois family, or Missouri family.
Make sure you tell her in order of significance
My dad has done a ton of research, and he's a member of the Mayflower Society, Sons of the American Revolution, Sons of Union Veterans, etc. There is royalty in my family on his side, and there is a castle somewhere in England that belonged to my bloodline back in the medieval times.
My mom's side has been traced back to the Vikings. Here's a fun fact, the Bush family and the Kennedy family are related. Extremely distantly obviously, but I'm related to both on her side.
Not related, but associated. My father's family settled in western Missouri, near Joplin, after coming over on the boat from Scotland. George Washington Carver's family were slaves on an adjacent farm. Family legend has it that my ancestors, as children, befriended the family and taught Carver to read. I know that the families are listed on the same page of the census displayed at the Carver museum near Diamond, Missouri . . .
policerevolvercollector
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That makes me related to you & Pilgrim. I've traced my ancestry back to William the Conquerer and through the House of Plantagenet.
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policerevolvercollector
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Eleanor was my 20th (or so) great grandmother. My ancestors were Plantagenets.
I'm related to several historical fictional characters..
sent from my phone 'cause I'm too lazy to walk to the laptop..
sent from my phone 'cause I'm too lazy to walk to the laptop..
RudyN
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On my wife's side of the family she is reportedly related to some guy named A. Lincoln. On my side I have found the last name in a Confederate officer on my father's side. On my mother's side, her mother had a brother that rode with some guy named Pancho Villa.
And me. He is part of the royalty my dad has traced his side back to.
And Pilgrim is right. That's how I'm related to so many on the Mayflower, most of them were related to each other.
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