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re: Your random but interesting family history
Posted on 6/28/18 at 12:34 pm to Pectus
Posted on 6/28/18 at 12:34 pm to Pectus
My great-great grandfather was a survivor of the Sultana in 1865. He lost his entire family and is credited with saving at least 30 lives. His family also lost $17,000 in gold in the explosion.
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Posted on 6/28/18 at 12:34 pm to OweO
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I have some Iranian in me.
You didnt run anywhere.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 12:38 pm to Pectus
One of my ancestors in the 1600 was hanged for beastiality. His wife and son ratted on him - they put the sheep to death also.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 12:40 pm to Pectus
My grandpa was chief engineer of a rocket engine that constitutes almost 40% of the man-made lunar debris, by mass.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 12:41 pm to Pectus
My dad’s side of the family actually goes all the way back to Adam.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 12:41 pm to Pectus
First ancestor came over in 1609
To Jamestown. Came alone as a
9yr old indentured servant.
Became a lawyer. Member of the house of burgesses.
To Jamestown. Came alone as a
9yr old indentured servant.
Became a lawyer. Member of the house of burgesses.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 12:41 pm to Pectus
First ancestor on my dad's side that set foot in the US came from the Basque Country via Martinique and fought for the 10th Louisiana during the Civil War.
My grandpa on my mom's side is mentioned in Liebling's The Earl of Louisiana as someone Gov. Long regularly talked to.
My grandpa on my mom's side is mentioned in Liebling's The Earl of Louisiana as someone Gov. Long regularly talked to.
This post was edited on 6/28/18 at 12:42 pm
Posted on 6/28/18 at 12:43 pm to Pectus
This is where everyone says they have native American in them, not realizing we rounded those frickers up and rode them to OK.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 12:44 pm to Pectus
I've traced direct relatives to the some of the first Acadians to arrive from Canada to Louisiana. The real "cajuns"
Posted on 6/28/18 at 12:44 pm to TulaneFan
Crazy/bizarre/comical family story:
In the Hammond area sometime in the early 1930s, my paternal grandfather shot and killed an organ-grinder monkey with a .38 revolver. It had just jumped onto my grandmother's shoulder and bit her, drawing blood. He then beat the hell out of the organ grinder.
In the Hammond area sometime in the early 1930s, my paternal grandfather shot and killed an organ-grinder monkey with a .38 revolver. It had just jumped onto my grandmother's shoulder and bit her, drawing blood. He then beat the hell out of the organ grinder.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 12:45 pm to Pectus
An ancestor was the first person ever hung in Virginia
Posted on 6/28/18 at 12:47 pm to oleheat
My great grandfather kidnapped his future wife (my great grandmother) when she was 15 and playing piano in a saloon. He had just shot a guy that was cheating him at poker and she was the only person who was not a friend of his and so may have told the sheriff what happened.
ETA: She was a prodigy piano player who never had a lesson. She just started playing one day out of the blue.
ETA: She was a prodigy piano player who never had a lesson. She just started playing one day out of the blue.
This post was edited on 6/28/18 at 12:48 pm
Posted on 6/28/18 at 12:47 pm to Pectus
I got a cousin that will go to Popeye's with his own jar of molasses and order a three piece dark with no skin, bicuits and a large hot water.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 12:47 pm to Pectus
My dad always said that his great uncle or some shite owned a machine shop that was the site where the Hunley was built. Of course they also claimed we were related to William Weatherford aka Red Eagle like every other redneck in south Alabama.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 12:48 pm to btnetigers
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I've traced direct relatives to the some of the first Acadians to arrive from Canada to Louisiana. The real "cajuns"
Did they put tomatoes in their gumbo?
Posted on 6/28/18 at 12:48 pm to Pectus
quote:Related to Robert E. Lee on my paternal grandmothers side of the family.
Give an excerpt of your family history that is random, but interesting. Do not be so specific as to give away your personal information.
Posted on 6/28/18 at 12:50 pm to Pectus
my moms uncle was the MP who guarded göring during the nuremburg trials. apparently they were friendly and when he died, there was legit controversy over whether or not he slipped him the cyanide. he was vindicated back in like the mid 2000s i believe
my uncle is related to THE guy who prosecuted all of the woman put to death during the salem witch trials
my uncle is related to THE guy who prosecuted all of the woman put to death during the salem witch trials
This post was edited on 6/28/18 at 12:53 pm
Posted on 6/28/18 at 12:52 pm to Pectus
I don't know how many Greats I'd have to go back but my Great-Great-Great something grandfather was Florence Nightingale's medical mentor. Nursing professor. however you want to call it
Posted on 6/28/18 at 12:52 pm to Pectus
I come from white trash and nothing has changed.
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