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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
 Posted - Feb 11 2008 : 11:11:23 AM
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I am a direct descendant of Elisha Wallen, "The Long Hunter." He was a famous hunter and trader, and he was one of the first white men to travel the Wilderness Trail through Cumberland Gap. According to a book that was written about him, on his first long hunt in 1761, he was joined by Daniel Boone during part of the trip. So all you gals who are related to Daniel Boone...our grandaddies were hunting buddies!
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sherone_13
True Blue Farmgirl
2460 Posts
Sherone
Evanston
WY
USA
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9418 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9418 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2008 : 1:45:08 PM
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My brother has done the geaneology for our family with all the info he could get from family and it comes to my attention that we are related to Lucille Ball. It figures.
farmgirl sister #43
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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Love-in-a-Mist
True Blue Farmgirl
367 Posts
Shannon
Independence
Oregon
USA
367 Posts |
Posted - Feb 11 2008 : 5:24:04 PM
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I can't remember all the details, but some how I am related to Belle Starr the outlaw and part of my family can be traced back to the May Flower. There's even some kind of scholarship or grant we can get called Daughters of the May Flower.
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CountryBorn
True Blue Farmgirl
1545 Posts
Mary Jane
New York
USA
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Posted - Feb 11 2008 : 6:02:21 PM
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I am related to Frances Eaton who came over on the Mayflower. My grandmother was very into geneology. She had her family traced way back. Her maiden name was Eaton. Her father was a Dr. It was pretty cool because my husband and I took a wonderful trip to MA.
And saw the replica of the Mayflower and there was my ancestors name right there! It gave me goosebumps. He migrated up to Canada and that's where my great-grandfather was born many years later.
MJ
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frannie
True Blue Farmgirl
2246 Posts
fran
bonham
texas
USA
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Posted - Feb 11 2008 : 8:23:00 PM
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i am really having fun reading about all the kin folks. sue, my dh says john wesley hardin was born about 15 miles from here and was pretty much raised in fannin county.
he was considered the fastest man with a revolver, except maybe billy the kid. he became a lawyer in his later years and lived in el paso where he is buried.
my dh says there are a lot of wonderful books written about him.
keep those stories comin, i am loving hearing about all the famous folks in our farmgirl past.
love
fran
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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
811 Posts
Marcia
WA
USA
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Posted - Feb 11 2008 : 8:26:24 PM
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Originally posted by BarefootGoatGirl
i'm not related to anyone famous, but i do come from a long line of trouble makers. my dad's paternal side was a border clan run out of scotland with both the scots and brits after them for stealing horses on both sides of the boarder.
Wow....we're probably related somehow. Either that or they were arch enemies. What clan? or clans? Mine are Johnston, Graham, Bell, and Robertson.Those are the main ones anyway. Many others too. The Johnstons were the border reivers.
My great Grandma Black was a cousin to Buffalo Bill.
"Nature always has the last laugh." Mrs. Greenthumbs
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Feb 12 2008 : 06:26:11 AM
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i have a cousin who is 'big-time' into geneology .. she SWEARS she has traced our family back to being related to:
King Henry VIII had lotsa' women in his life .. among these 'consorts', The Good King it seems had an illicit affair with the Queen's younger sister MARY .. they (supposedly) had a son (she DID have a SON) .. (from whom my family line comes). Mary named her son ... what else .. HENRY!! i have read several accounts of their 'relationship' .. and while the legitimacy of the King having fathered my great great great (oh lotsa' greats) grandpa .. have not been proven .. yet ... overwhelmingly in most reports he is indeed attributed to have passed on his 'genes' to my family! HA! i always KNEW i was a princess!
Mistresses
Historians are sure of the names of only two of Henry's mistresses: Elizabeth Blount and Mary Boleyn (Anne's sister). Elizabeth Blount gave birth to Henry's illegitimate son, Henry FitzRoy. The young boy was made Duke of Richmond in June 1525 in what some thought was one step on the path to legitimatizing him. This never occurred, however, and FitzRoy never acceded to the throne. Mary Boleyn was originally the Boleyn/Howard girl that the Duke of Norfolk wanted to place as queen in place of Catherine of Aragon. Contemporary rumors stated that Mary Boleyn's two children, the first being Catherine, and the second being Henry were fathered by Henry, but their paternity has never been proven.
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