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Posted on 6/28/18 at 2:34 pm to LSUBanker
I have a second cousin that spent some time in prison and is on the sex offender list in Alabama.
I have a great uncle and a great aunt that were both college professors. The three of us are still the only three people on my dad's side of the family to ever receive a college degree, and we all were/are college professors. I have a nephew and niece in college right now that will add to that number, and the niece wants to be a professor.
I have a great uncle and a great aunt that were both college professors. The three of us are still the only three people on my dad's side of the family to ever receive a college degree, and we all were/are college professors. I have a nephew and niece in college right now that will add to that number, and the niece wants to be a professor.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 2:35 pm to Pectus
Found old family bibles on both sides. On mother's all the births were listed. The people were not English speaking and mostly illiterate. The babies' last names change throughout even though same parents. Best explanation is, illiterate cajun is telling a foreign Priest the name, and he has no idea what the mom/dad is/are saying.
In my father's family bible, one of my ancestors was listed as having "...married a savage". They didn't even list her name. That explains my 0.1% non-euro genes on my 23&Me.
In my father's family bible, one of my ancestors was listed as having "...married a savage". They didn't even list her name. That explains my 0.1% non-euro genes on my 23&Me.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 2:36 pm to Darth_Vader
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Possibly
Obviously, your real name is Darth Washington. Way to throw them off the trail, though.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 2:38 pm to Slagathor
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Obviously, your real name is Darth Washington. Way to throw them off the trail, though.
LOL. But no. My ancestor only rose to the rank of major general.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 2:43 pm to Darth_Vader
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I’ve mever been able to find out why he moved but it was either he was in some sort of criminal trouble in France or was mixed up in piracy which was rampant at that time.
Same, not sure why my ancestor came over, but he was a cooper
Posted on 6/28/18 at 2:44 pm to mack the knife
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: there are only 5 families/names that are original Acadian
What are the names?
Posted on 6/28/18 at 2:46 pm to Epic Cajun
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Same, not sure why my ancestor came over, but he was a cooper
I like to think he was a pirate but I’ll bet he did something like stealing his neighbors cow or something.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 2:48 pm to Pectus
My mother and father both picked cotton.
We are white btw
We are white btw
Posted on 6/28/18 at 2:59 pm to Pectus
One of my father's cousins was the editor of Playboy for years.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 3:00 pm to Pectus
All my great grandparents on my moms side were polygamists. My great(x2) grandma Mabel crossed the plains pulling a handcart carrying her three children and everything she owned for 1300 miles.
There were only a total of ten handcart companies and they've become highly revered in Mormon culture due to the difficulty of the trip and that so many of them died during the along the way. These days there are statues of them all over Utah.
My biological father was adopted and when we tracked down his biological family we found out his mother was had been a prostitute in northern CA, servicing the lumberjack camps. We refer to the mystery grandpa on that side as "Grandpa John".
There were only a total of ten handcart companies and they've become highly revered in Mormon culture due to the difficulty of the trip and that so many of them died during the along the way. These days there are statues of them all over Utah.
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Although fewer than 10 percent of the 1846–68 Latter-day Saint emigrants made the journey west using handcarts, the handcart pioneers have become an important symbol in LDS culture, representing the faithfulness and sacrifice of the pioneer generation. They continue to be recognized and honored in events such as Pioneer Day, Church pageants, and similar commemorations.
My biological father was adopted and when we tracked down his biological family we found out his mother was had been a prostitute in northern CA, servicing the lumberjack camps. We refer to the mystery grandpa on that side as "Grandpa John".
This post was edited on 6/28/18 at 3:26 pm
Posted on 6/28/18 at 3:06 pm to Pectus
During the Paris summit between Ike and Krushev my dad drove for the secret service. The real story (as told by the SS guys in the room to my dad on the way out of Paris) was that Kruschev demanded Ike stop all U2 flights and apologize and Ike stood up, leaned on the table, and told Krushev to piss off (can't remember the exact swear word) and left.
The common account is that Kruschev dressed down Ike making his demands and when Ike refused Krushev left the meeting. Not so.
The common account is that Kruschev dressed down Ike making his demands and when Ike refused Krushev left the meeting. Not so.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 3:06 pm to Darth_Vader
My great uncle was a sportswriter and was on a flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles in the 50s to cover the rose bowl.
He told me he got along well with one of the stewardesses, and when the plane landed in Las Vegas they got off and got married.
When he woke up the nest morning she was gone and so was his wallet. He was married 5 or six times, we aren't sure.
He was the family legend.
He told me he got along well with one of the stewardesses, and when the plane landed in Las Vegas they got off and got married.
When he woke up the nest morning she was gone and so was his wallet. He was married 5 or six times, we aren't sure.
He was the family legend.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 3:07 pm to The Torch
My great grandfather walked around the world. In the early '20s, he left Louisiana to visit his brother in Seattle. He told his brother he was going to walk around the world. He started walking east from Seattle. He walked to NY city and took a boat to France. From there, he walked into Italy, through Greece, Albania, Persia. India, and made it to the coast of China where he intended to take a ship to the US, but there was a fever epidemic in China at the time and he contracted it and died. The family was notified of his death by the US Embassy and his personal effects were mailed to his brother. He was buried in China. Family members have pics of him in various locales during his travels. To make money during his travels, he would draw scenes of the locales he visited on postcards and sell them. Family members still have some of the postcards he mailed home. There are newspaper accounts of him visiting an area, and how he was from the US and was walking around the world.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 3:09 pm to Epic Cajun
quote:Whats up Hymel
Also, my last name was German, but translated to French upon arrival in Louisiana.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 3:12 pm to LSUBanker
I have a somewhat common french south la name that is often spelled differently
Supposedly, two brothers a 100 or so years back got in a fight and one of them was so pissed off he added a letter in order to have a different last name
The rest is history
The ornery hard headed blood is still passed on to this day
Supposedly, two brothers a 100 or so years back got in a fight and one of them was so pissed off he added a letter in order to have a different last name
The rest is history
The ornery hard headed blood is still passed on to this day
This post was edited on 6/28/18 at 3:13 pm
Posted on 6/28/18 at 3:17 pm to Epic Cajun
quote:I think this may be true for both sides of my family. Pretty sure my father's came via Mobile, but his was French. We will never know what my mother's true last name was.
I have a French last name, and my family came to southern LA centuries ago, but we aren't "Cajuns". They came directly from France/Germany to southern LA. Also, my last name was German, but translated to French upon arrival in Louisiana. Ancestors from the Alsace Lorraine region of France/Germany.
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French & German 52.8%
British & Irish 16.1%
Iberian 3.9%
Italian 1.3%
Scandinavian 0.5%
Broadly Northwestern European 18.6%
Broadly Southern European 4.3%
Broadly European 2.4%
Posted on 6/28/18 at 3:18 pm to lsupride87
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he added a letter in order to have a different last name
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The ornery hard headed blood is still passed on to this day
Those damned Mayeauxs.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 3:19 pm to Pectus
One of my paternal bloodlines was rumored to be linked to the French royal family. The original family member who came to Louisiana fled the French Revolution and created a new surname that combined he and his wife's previous names (it's a pretty well known Louisiana name now, I'll leave it at that ). The rumor, which was written about in local newspapers and even a book, still persists to this day but my research convinces me that it's not true. Sounds likely that he was related to a prominent French general who was in fact a Royalist and a major thorn in the side of the revolutionaries, which would make sense for his fleeing France and masking his identity as anyone linked with aristocracy was liable to get their heads cut off.
). The rumor, which was written about in local newspapers and even a book, still persists to this day but my research convinces me that it's not true. Sounds likely that he was related to a prominent French general who was in fact a Royalist and a major thorn in the side of the revolutionaries, which would make sense for his fleeing France and masking his identity as anyone linked with aristocracy was liable to get their heads cut off. This post was edited on 6/28/18 at 3:20 pm
Posted on 6/28/18 at 3:22 pm to AlxTgr
quote:Nope
Mayeauxs
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