Archive for January, 2010
Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States of America. He was born in Hawaii just like my sister. According to her that makes him Hawaiian. He served as an Illinois State Senator from 1997-2004 He served as a U.S. Senator from 2005-2008 President Barack Hussein Obama II is my 8th great-grandfather’s wife’s [...]
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Constance Hopkins was born in England in 1606, and came to America on the Mayflower in 1620, landing at Plymouth Rock. Although Constance is not a direct ancestor, but rather a cousin’s inlaw, she is the first person I have been able to place on my tree who came over on the Mayflower. Constance Hopkins [...]
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Myles Standish is probably the most famous of the early Massachusetts settlers. The Pilgrims hired Myles, who was an English military officer, as military adviser for the Plymouth Colony. He came over on the Mayflower, and was tasked with overseeing the colony’s defense. Soon after, on February 17, 1621, he was appointed the first commander [...]
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Lowell J Thomas was a writer, broadcaster, and traveller, best known as the man who made Lawrence of Arabia famous. He is my 8th cousin 5 times removed. Jerry Milo Johnson to Film and Radio Star Lowell J Thomas
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Sarah Palin was Governor of Alaska from 2007-2009, and was the 2008 Republican Vice Presidential candidate on the ticket of John McCain. She was the first woman Governor of Alaska. She may very well be the most polarizing political figure of the last 50 years. She is my 11th cousin twice removed. (You are welcome, [...]
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The Town of Griswold, where I weekend in the summer on Pachaug Lake, was named for Connecticut Governor Roger Griswold. He owns the distinction as being part of the first physical fight on the floor of the U.S. Congress. In 1798, for instance, Connecticut Federalist Roger Griswold had spoken badly about Republican Matthew Lyon’s war [...]
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Although Aaron Burr was Thomas Jefferson’s Vice President, he is probably better knows as the man who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. In the election of 1800, he actually tied Thomas Jefferson with 73 electoral votes, sending the election to the House of Representatives, taking 36 ballots to finally choose Jefferson as the 3rd [...]
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Herbert Hoover was the 31st President of the United States of America. Hoover was the Secretary of Commerce during the Great Flood of 1927 in Louisiana, powerfully captured by Randy Newman’s Louisiana 1927. He was sent by President Calvin Coolidge to oversee the humanitarian effort after the flood. He is credited with great works on [...]
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Abigail Cleveland, my 2nd cousin 9 times removed married John Adams Jr, 3rd cousin 4 times removed of President Millard Fillmore. Millard Fillmore was the 13th president of the United States of America, serving from 1850 to 1853. He also server as the 12th Vice President under Zachary Taylor. He was born in a log [...]
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