Well, I was doing my family tree, and I found out that my fourth great uncle on my father's side was married to the great grandaughter of Martha Washington. ^_^ Not sure how that make me related to her, but i thought it was kewl! They also do a recreation of my great great great grandmother's wedding as pert of a festival in West Feliciana. (my last name is Bowman) does anyone know anything kewl about their family tree? you don't have to like, be realted to anyone famous per se, but maybe you had a war hero, or have 500 cousins? ^_^ Tell!
2007-11-16 16:19:56 · 10 answers · asked by Princess Ninja 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Oh and just in case, you were curious, my family was the Turnbull-Bowman owners of Rosedown Plantation....^_^
2007-11-16 17:29:23 · update #1
Small world...I'll email you. I grew up with a street named Turnbull about 3 blocks away - now i know where that weird name came from!
2007-11-17 01:15:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Directly descended from a Kistler that is recorded to have come to this country in 1737 on the Townsend ... he came from the Palatinate of Germany and may have come from Switzerland before that... [that would be from my mother's side of our family...
My Paternal Grandfather & Grandmother came from Sweden in 1920 & 1921... Grandpa held two patents, I have found references to my Grandfathers patents by other inventors in their patent application into the 21st century.
My father was a physician stationed in the Panama Canal Zone at Gorgas Hospital & was acting director of the Palo Seco Lepersorium for a period of time in the 1940's.
I think that many of us have family members that have done interesting if not notable actions.
2007-11-16 22:01:06 · answer #2 · answered by edzerne 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A paternal great grandmother's second husband was first married to Jefferson Davis' daughter (he was a sheriff in Missouri); she was also the first woman college graduate in Texas (at what would later become Southwestern University in Georgetown). According to Ancestry.com, some of her ancestors can be traced back to the House of Stewart (way before Mary Queen of Scots) and Robert the Bruce. A great-great paternal grandfather signed Georgia's Ordinance of Succession from the Union.
On my mother's side, I'm a direct descendant of a Scot from the Island of Eigg (in the Inner Hebrides) who fought for Bonnie Prince Charles at the Battle of Cullodeen and who was captured by the Crown and transported to the American colonies. He eventually settled in North Carolina (were else) before his descendants migrated first to Kentucky and then to Texas. On my mom's side, I'm also a descendant of Scots who came to America because of the Clearances as well as Irish who came to Canada because of the potato famine.
2007-11-17 09:42:44 · answer #3 · answered by Ellie Evans-Thyme 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm related to the famous Austrian (famous 2 them) King Wensaslas by marriage, and blood to Johnny Appleseed. He's on my Great Grandpa Jim's (still breathing!)mother's side, The Chapmans.
2007-11-16 18:05:10 · answer #4 · answered by Rosie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On my mother's side, we have an ancestor who signed the Constitution, and was aide-de-camp to General Washington. If my brother cared about it, he could belong to the Society of the Cincinnati. On my dad's side, my grandfather rode with Pershing after Pancho Villa, and led the expedition to recover the bodies of two fliers whose planes crashed in Mexico after WWI, when they strayed off course and found a mountain. The Mexicans refused permission to search for them, but we don't leave our dead behind. He was also awarded the Silver Star (Spanish American War) and Croix de Guerre (World War I). I wish I had known him better...I would love to be able to talk to him about his experiences. He died when I was 7.
2007-11-16 16:56:01 · answer #5 · answered by eringobraghless 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We had family that fought on both sides of the Revolutionary war. That's about all the interesting stuff I remember at the moment.
2007-11-20 10:45:40 · answer #6 · answered by . 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My mother's side comes from Germany.....that side of the family has a pretty large castle over there, and the family carries the name. My father's side came from Scotland, and were a pretty nasty bunch. I think there were some picts in there.
2007-11-17 05:45:22 · answer #7 · answered by Blue Oyster Kel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'll like to go back before to the 1900's to see my ancestors how they live, and looked. To see if I resemble someone. To see how my great grandmothers as young women, I'm so curious.
2007-11-16 16:55:07 · answer #8 · answered by christaglo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my dad is very into family history! he found out that my 8th cousin twice removed is thomas jefferson. and my great great great uncle had one of the last riverboats on the Mississippi. and several of my great great great uncles had slave plantations down in Mississippi. i know it isn't terribly exciting, but hey, its my family history. i'll take it...
2007-11-16 16:27:09 · answer #9 · answered by you can call me e 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not MY ancestors. but history itself is a great thing to learn and devote time studying.
2007-11-18 16:09:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋