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Posted on 2/6/18 at 9:26 am to Displaced
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It's riddled with heart disease.
My paternal side is cancer free going several generations back, high BP, AAA common though.
Not that much known about maternal side as granddad was orphaned at 13 (1920), although the 1st blind state legislator of Oklahoma was a cousin of some sort.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 9:44 am to GetCocky11
My grandmothers kin on my fathers side fought at the Alamo. He was captured twice and escaped the Mexicans. He was from East Texas and was some kind of Daniel Boone type there. Lived off the land hunting and trapping. Scurlock was his last name.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 9:48 am to Ace Midnight
quote:I did that last year on Bourbon St.
One of my ancestors fought in the Battle of New Orleans.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 9:59 am to Masterag
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My great great great grandpa was Robert e Lee. And I’m black. joke’s on him
Did you know that Lee inherited his slaves and set them free before the war.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 10:07 am to blueridgeTiger
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One of my direct ancestors was hanged for having sex with a sheep (my S/O asked if the sheep was also hanged). He was turned in by his wife and son.
#meeeeebaaahtooobaaaah
Posted on 2/6/18 at 10:22 am to Placebeaux
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Did you know that Lee inherited his slaves and set them free before the war.
Per the will of of G.W. Custis
Posted on 2/6/18 at 10:48 am to GetCocky11
The first record of my last name is from England in the 1200's. More than likely my people migrated to Ireland, then came over and landed in North Carolina in the early 1800's. I have a copy of my great-great-great-great-grandfather's will where he left his slave to one of his sons.
On my mother's side, she had always told me that her great-great grandmother was full-blooded Cherokee. She recently had a DNA test and it showed no native american blood.
On my mother's side, she had always told me that her great-great grandmother was full-blooded Cherokee. She recently had a DNA test and it showed no native american blood.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 11:56 am to Placebeaux
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you know that Lee inherited his slaves and set them free before the war.
Yes, I know a little about him. Seemed to be a very decent man of his time. My great grandma had some of his memoirs and passed them down to my grandmother, who recently passed. I’m interested in finding and reading them sometime.
I don’t think about it much, just one of those chance things in life. But it does bother me that they’re taking his statues down everywhere. I used to enjoy riding by Lee Park in Dallas and seeing him up there. :-/
Posted on 2/6/18 at 11:56 am to GetCocky11
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What are some cool facts about your family's history?
My great great aunt wrote Gone with the Wind. That's all I got.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 12:02 pm to GetCocky11
My family still has the deeds to about 94 million dollars worth of land in Cuba near Guantanamo. My great grandfather was a land-owing Don whose name just so happened to be Juan. Thought that was funny.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 12:04 pm to supadave3
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We’re related to Tony Cachere
Is he creole or white?
Posted on 2/6/18 at 12:06 pm to Masterag
Hope you find out as much as you can.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 12:23 pm to GetCocky11
Scruffy’s mom’s side is Beauchamp, tied back to Beauchamp Tower, part of the Tower of London.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 12:24 pm to GetCocky11
They attended Mardi Gras parades under the statue of General Lee for decades.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 12:31 pm to Jack Daniel
My mother, father and both sets of grandparents all died in the month of May. That’s all I got.
Posted on 2/6/18 at 12:40 pm to Sidicous
Ancestor of Belle Starr.
Cousin was a semi popular NASCAR driver
Cousin was a semi popular NASCAR driver
Posted on 2/6/18 at 12:44 pm to GetCocky11
My granmotehr's cousin was a Naval aviator onboard the first successful trans Atlantic flight on the Curtiss NC-4 in 1919.
The Curtiss is now housed in the Naval Aviation History Museum in Penscaola, Florida. I was stationed here until January of this year.
"The NC-4 was a Curtiss NC flying boat which was designed by Glenn Curtiss and his team, and manufactured by Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. The hull was built by the world renowned Herreshoff Manufacturing Corporation in Bristol, Rhode Island. In May 1919, the NC-4 became the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, starting in New York State and making the crossing as far as Lisbon, Portugal, in 19 days. This included time for stops of numerous repairs and for crewmen's rest, with stops along the way in Massachusetts, Nova Scotia (on the mainland), Newfoundland, and twice in the Azores Islands. Then its flight from the Azores to Lisbon completed the first transatlantic flight between North America and Europe, and two more flights from Lisbon to northwestern Spain to Plymouth, England, completed the first flight between North America and Great Britain."
The Curtiss is now housed in the Naval Aviation History Museum in Penscaola, Florida. I was stationed here until January of this year.
"The NC-4 was a Curtiss NC flying boat which was designed by Glenn Curtiss and his team, and manufactured by Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. The hull was built by the world renowned Herreshoff Manufacturing Corporation in Bristol, Rhode Island. In May 1919, the NC-4 became the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, starting in New York State and making the crossing as far as Lisbon, Portugal, in 19 days. This included time for stops of numerous repairs and for crewmen's rest, with stops along the way in Massachusetts, Nova Scotia (on the mainland), Newfoundland, and twice in the Azores Islands. Then its flight from the Azores to Lisbon completed the first transatlantic flight between North America and Europe, and two more flights from Lisbon to northwestern Spain to Plymouth, England, completed the first flight between North America and Great Britain."
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