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05-03-2012, 01:25 AM
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Famous Ancestors -
I'm currently in the process of doing my Family tree and stumbled across a branch that contains some well known Ancestors, anybody else got Historical Identities in the wood pile?
Here's one of my Great x21 Grandfathers -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_the_Bruce
The earliest birth date in my family tree is 1045, it was very interesting as the pieces were hard to put together taking up alot of research but as soon as I hit about 1600 it all become simple as surprisingly enough I hit a line of Scottish Nobility starting with a laird, then a lord then a king, I stayed up until 2am that night as being a history buff this was very exciting stuff for me.
The reason I'm not in a Castle right now aside from the battle of Culloden is that the line begins to dilute its Nobilty at James the 1st of Scotlands Daughter, Joan Stewart one of my Great x18 Grandmothers.
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05-03-2012, 01:50 AM
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I have one, maybe you've heard of him, names Adam.
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05-03-2012, 01:51 AM
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Henrys I, II and II.
Lady Godiva.
Ghorm the Old.
King Tutankhamun's family.
Queen Ester (biblical).
Ruth (biblical).
Charles Martel.
Several King Louis' of France.
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05-03-2012, 02:28 AM
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Adam
Eve
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05-03-2012, 05:39 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chewy
I'm currently in the process of doing my Family tree and stumbled across a branch that contains some well known Ancestors, anybody else got Historical Identities in the wood pile?
Here's one of my Great x21 Grandfathers -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_the_Bruce
The earliest birth date in my family tree is 1045, it was very interesting as the pieces were hard to put together taking up alot of research but as soon as I hit about 1600 it all become simple as surprisingly enough I hit a line of Scottish Nobility starting with a laird, then a lord then a king, I stayed up until 2am that night as being a history buff this was very exciting stuff for me.
The reason I'm not in a Castle right now aside from the battle of Culloden is that the line begins to dilute its Nobilty at James the 1st of Scotlands Daughter, Joan Stewart one of my Great x18 Grandmothers. |
WOW!!!!
Your related to Robert the Bruce...;-)...Did you watch the movie William Wallace (Mel Gibson)...If i recall rightly Robert the Bruce was forced not to support him in a particular battle and it was something he later regretted...
Great stuff
Frank
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05-03-2012, 06:39 AM
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If you search back far enough, will find a page that shows an X and Y chromosome doing the humpty dump.
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05-03-2012, 06:46 AM
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yeah, but come to understand why many tartans have been burned in protest since....
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05-03-2012, 06:48 AM
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James Watt, though there is no real blood in the mix, my grandfather (actually step grandfather) was his great grand son of James Watt. My grandfather James Watt married my mothers mother. My grandmother and James drove from Ontario Canada to Las Vegas for a 24 hour divorce in 1946.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Watt
He developed the concept of horsepower[3] and the SI unit of power, the watt, was named after him.
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05-03-2012, 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Frank Mc
WOW!!!!
Your related to Robert the Bruce...;-)...Did you watch the movie William Wallace (Mel Gibson)...If i recall rightly Robert the Bruce was forced not to support him in a particular battle and it was something he later regretted...
Great stuff
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It was a movie, loosely based on real people in history. Edward I and Wallace didn't even die at the same time.
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05-03-2012, 08:26 AM
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Ulysses S. Grant was an uncle back along the lines somewhere.
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05-03-2012, 08:41 AM
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05-03-2012, 08:43 AM
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Hey that is mine too!!!!!!!!!!
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05-03-2012, 09:05 AM
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Hey that is mine too!!!!!!!!!!
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The nuts didn't fall far from the tree!
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05-03-2012, 11:24 AM
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Here's one of mine.
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05-03-2012, 11:54 AM
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My friend is big into that and has chased a lot of his Kin...
The only mistake that he made was importing someone elses research...
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05-03-2012, 01:32 PM
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We have a family seal from Sicily which is basically a fish above water, as my ancestors were all fishermen, circa 1400, +-
just how big a fish it is has been in dispute for 100's of years....
~CS~
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05-03-2012, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by chicken steve
We have a family seal from Sicily which is basically a fish above water, as my ancestors were all fishermen, circa 1400, +-
just how big a fish it is has been in dispute for 100's of years....
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My majority of my father's family is still in the Palermo area.
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05-03-2012, 02:12 PM
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My friend is big into that and has chased a lot of his Kin...
The only mistake that he made was importing someone elses research...
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Its taken me over 2 years to get to where I am at today and I dont really want to think how many $ getting old newspapers and files released under the official information act. After a certain member in this particular branch I dont really have the option of doing it myself as most of it is common knowledge as taught in most high school history classes.
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05-03-2012, 02:14 PM
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Thats awesome, you couldnt give a 21yo an estate today... a la MTV cribs 
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05-03-2012, 02:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by brian john
James Watt, though there is no real blood in the mix, my grandfather (actually step grandfather) was his great grand son of James Watt. My grandfather James Watt married my mothers mother. My grandmother and James drove from Ontario Canada to Las Vegas for a 24 hour divorce in 1946.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Watt
He developed the concept of horsepower[3] and the SI unit of power, the watt, was named after him. |
Wow, thats appropriate for you, my Great Grandfather was shot in the lung by a Turk in WW1 running telephone wire, essentially what I'm doing today except the Turks arent shooting at me
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