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Cool/interesting facts and photos about your family history thread
Posted on 7/23/14 at 4:16 pm
Posted on 7/23/14 at 4:16 pm
A not so proud but interesting fact--My great great great great great grandfather on my mother's side was General James Wilkerson. My grandpa was a history professor at LSU for 30 years and told me all about this bastard growing up.
Cool picture: First chick on the left is my great grandmother on my Dad's side, Doris. She was a member of the 1941 Saint Joseph's Academy badminton team that won the city title
I never knew my Mimi was a st joe hoe until after college.
What y'all got?
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James Wilkinson was an American soldier and statesman, who was associated with several scandals and controversies. He served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, but was twice compelled to resign. He was twice the Commanding General of the United States Army, appointed first Governor of the Louisiana Territory in 1805and commanded two unsuccessful campaigns in the St. Lawrence theater during the War of 1812. After his death, he was discovered to have been a paid agent of the Spanish Crown.
Cool picture: First chick on the left is my great grandmother on my Dad's side, Doris. She was a member of the 1941 Saint Joseph's Academy badminton team that won the city title
I never knew my Mimi was a st joe hoe until after college. What y'all got?
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 4:18 pm
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Posted on 7/23/14 at 4:17 pm to Sampson
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First chick on the left is my great grandmother
IWHI.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 4:18 pm to Sampson
My GG Gfathers's life was saved at Vicksburg when a silver dollar in his pocket deflected a bullet.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 4:19 pm to Sampson
One of my ancestors was fought alongside William Wallace against the English as one of his closest advisers and field commanders.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 4:19 pm to Mo Jeaux
knew that was coming 
Posted on 7/23/14 at 4:19 pm to Jim Rockford
Badass
Posted on 7/23/14 at 4:21 pm to Sampson
your G Grandmother was in Highschool in 1941? must have some short generations in your family.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 4:21 pm to kingbob
Was he the big fat ginger or the crazy Irish guy?
Posted on 7/23/14 at 4:22 pm to kingbob
My father, who was born and raised on Grand isle, vividly remembers Carlos Marcello and how he would sit on his knee and if he could name all his brothers and sisters (he has 13)... he would give him a quarter.
** not really historical but its always cool to hear him tell the story**
** not really historical but its always cool to hear him tell the story**
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 4:24 pm
Posted on 7/23/14 at 4:22 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:When my grandfather was a little boy he was given a bullet by his mother. He always carried it in his breast pocket, even as a soldier in WWII.
My GG Gfathers's life was saved at Vicksburg when a silver dollar in his pocket deflected a bullet.
While he was attending a church service after a battle the chaplain went berserk and threw a bible at him.
That bible would have gone through his heart if it wasn't for the bullet.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 4:23 pm to Sampson
My family has a family tree set up on ancestry.com that goes back to the 1400s. Some cool photos. My great great grandfather's general store in Belfield, North Dakota.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 4:23 pm to BRgetthenet
My great great great grandmother slept with Jefferson Davis. She was a free woman of color.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 4:24 pm to Sampson
The seal in my avatar is from my grandmother's side. William Wallace's mother was from this clan. To my knowledge only famous historical person I am related to. Her side is also the only side of the family we have researched, well, researched and truly gotten anywhere. Which is why I have it on there.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 4:24 pm to Hermit Crab
I'm 28, my dad is 50, my papa is 72. My Mimi (his mother) was 18 in 1941 and had my papa in '42. Is that short idk?
Posted on 7/23/14 at 4:25 pm to Sampson
My ancestors were
Posted on 7/23/14 at 4:25 pm to arseinclarse
My great grandfather was the quarterback for the 1915 Michigan football team, coached by the legendary Fielding H. Yost
Posted on 7/23/14 at 4:27 pm to Sampson
im related to robert sacre (distant)
my dad is capable of nitros of 4hundo and above
my dad is capable of nitros of 4hundo and above
Posted on 7/23/14 at 4:27 pm to Respublica88
I love hearing stories like that. This thread is going to be a lot of fun.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 4:29 pm to Sampson
he's (my father) is in political office now and I always wondered if there were still connections. Also, 3 of his brothers held political offices either in Grand Isle or higher ranking. One, my parran, was the DOTD secretary during katrina. Coincidence?
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 4:31 pm
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