Category Archives: Famous Kin

Surname Saturday – My Boone Ancestors and Relations

Posted on October 1, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

I decided to take the month of October off from my 52 Ancestors writings, the prompts for this month just didn’t appeal to me, but the November prompts are awesome! And in my opinion were more fitting for the month … Continue reading →

Posted in Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged Anne Arundel County, Armstrong, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Boon, Boone, Burle, Daniel Boone, family history, Family Tree, Genealogy, George Armstrong Custer, Maryland, Surname Saturday, Taylor | Leave a comment

Rest in Peace Cousin Tony Dow

Posted on July 29, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

I used to watch Leave it to Beaver in syndication when I was a kid. I was quite saddened to learn of Tony Dow’s death at the age of 77 this past Wednesday. So, I thought I’d post my genealogical … Continue reading →

Posted in Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged Anna Gunn, Annie Proulx, Avril Lavigne, Bangs, Bing Crosby, Brewster Kahle, British American Colonies, British Colonies, Charles Dawes, Cole, Colonial America, Colonial Massachusetts, Cousin, Cousins, Dan Quayle, Dow, Edmund Sears, Endicott Peabody, Eugene Foss, family history, Family Tree, Fergie, Genealogy, George W. Bush, H.W. Bush, Hobart, James Taylor, Jeb Bush, Kyra Sedgwick, Leave it to Beaver, Orrin Hatch, Paine, Pete Buttigieg, Rest in Peace, RIP, Sydney Biddle Barrows, Tamsin Todd, Taylor Swift, Thomas Pynchon, Tony Dow, William Rufus Day | Leave a comment

Famous Fahey Kin. Actress Myrna Fahey. 52 Ancestors, Week 28 – Characters.

Posted on July 16, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s writing prompt is Characters. Although we are always free to be creative and interpret the prompt however we wish, some suggestions were: every family has a person who might be described as a “character,” or someone named for … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Uncategorized | Tagged 52 Ancestors, 77 Sunset Strip, Actor, Actress, Adam West, Bangor, Batman, Bonanaza, Boyounagh, Burke, Burt Ward, Catholic, Colonial Massachusetts, Cousins, Daniel Boone, Disney's Zorro, Edgar Allen Poe, Fahey, family history, Family Tree, Famous Kin, FBI, Frank Sinatra, Galway, Genealogy, George Hamilton, Glenamaddy, Gort Galway, Gunsmoke, Gurtymadden, Guy Williams, Hopkins, House of Usher, Ingraham, Ireland, Irish, Irish American, Jeff Fahey, Jennifer Lawrence, Joe Dimaggio, Laramie, Louisville Kentucky, Maine, Mark Damon, Massachusetts, Maverick, Mayflower Pilgrim, Minnosota, Mountbellew, Murphy, Myrna Fahey, Newcomb, Nick Sevano, Penobscot County, Perry Mason, Peterswell Galway, Spencer, Stephen Hopkins, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Time Tunnel, Vincent Price, Wagon Train | 1 Comment

The First Name Tacy. 34+ Women named Tacy in my Family Tree! 52 Ancestors, Week 24: Popular Name.

Posted on June 14, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

This week’s 52 Ancestors writing theme is “Popular Name”. This could include ancestors that have a name that was popular or trendy at the time, or a name that keeps getting used in your family tree. I decided to write … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Religious | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Allen, Amy Adams, Babcock, Baptist, Barber, Billy Gilman, Burdick, Cash Warren, Christian, Clark, Cole, Congregational Church, Connecticut, Cooper, Crandall, Crumb, Davis, England, faith, family history, Family Names, Family Tree, Genealogy, Hall, Harry Chapin, History, Hubbard, Jeffrey, John Batterson Stetson, Kennedy, Kenyon, Larkin, Lewis, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Massachusetts, Maxson, New Jersey, Palmer, Price, Puritians, Rhode Island, Saretzki, Schullin, Scriven, Seventh-Day Baptist, Stillman, Tace, Tacie, Tacy, Tasy, Virginia, Washington County Rhode Island, West Virginia, Williams, Yeomans | 4 Comments

My Ancestor James McTeer (Mateer) from Kilkeel, Down, N. Ireland. Lived in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Related lines. 52 Ancestors, Week 22: Conflict.

Posted on May 21, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

I wrote this blog entry ten days early and am updating it today. Tomorrow the prompt for 52 Ancestors, Week 22 will be Conflict. I am interpreting this week’s prompt to mean conflicting records, conflicting family trees, etc. In this … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Hollywood Actors, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Religious | Tagged Albert, Alice Jane Peters, Anderson, Carole Lombard, Carothers, Carruthers, Centre County Pennsylvania, Chambers, Christian, County Down, Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Denelson, Donaldson, Donelson, Fairfield County Ohio, family history, Family Tree, French and Indiana War, Genealogy, Ireland, Irish, Kilkeel, Linaberry, Lindaberry, Mateer, McTeer, Mechanicsburg, Meteer, Mifflin County Pennsylvania, Nelson, Northern Ireland, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Donaldson Lines, Perry County Ohio, Presbyterian, Price, Scots-Irish, Sharon, Silver Spring Presbyterian Church | 1 Comment

My Cousin Carole Lombard. Our shared Mateer/Meteer Ancestors.

Posted on May 15, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

Carole Lombard was an American movie actress who became one of the highest paid stars of the 1930s. She is probably best known for starring in comedies and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Hollywood Actors, Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Ancestry, Anderson, Carole Lombard, Chambers, Clark Gable, Classic Hollywood, Cole, County Down, Cumberland County, Cumberland County Pennsylvania, DNA, Everett, family history, Family Tree, Famous Kin, Fred MacMurray, French and Indiana War, Genealogy, Hollywood, Indiana, Ireland, Irish, Jane Alice Peters, Kennedy, Kilkeel, Knight, Lancaster County Pennsylvania, Linaberry, Lindaberry, Mateer, Matier, McMurtry, McTeer, Mechanicsburg, Meteer, Mifflin County Pennsylvania, Minater, Mintier, Mintre, Monday Creek, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Nelson, No Man of Her Own, Northern Ireland, Nothing Sacred, Ohio, Old Hollywood, Pennsylvania, Perry County Ohio, Peters, Presbyterian, Ross, Scots-Irish, Shannon, Sharon, Silver Spring Presbyterian Church, Supernatural, The Princess Comes Across, William Powell | 1 Comment

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Week 14: Check it Out! My Ancestor Rev. Thomas Shepard.

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

The writing prompt for this week is “Check it Out!” There are a few ways to take this, as in sharing something cool or neat, or something to do with libraries and books. I was inspired to write about my … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Bible Study, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Religious, Theology | Tagged 52 Ancestors, America, Bible Study, British American Colonies, Cambridge Massachusetts, Cambridge University, Christian, Colonial America, Colonial Massachusetts, England, faith, family history, Family Tree, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Harvard University, Jesus, Religion, The Bible, Theology, Thomas Shepard | 3 Comments

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Week 7: Landed. February Theme: Branching Out. My Contentious and Quarrelsome Mayflower Pilgrim Ancestor Edward Doty.

Posted on February 15, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

When I received the writing prompt for this week, Landed, I considered taking it in several various directions, I do have some British ancestors that were considered Landed Gentry, as well as owners of large amounts of land in early … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Barrett, Bill Weld, British American Colonies, British Colonies, Calvin Coolidge, Christian, Clarke, Colonial America, Davis, Dick Van Dyke, Doty, Doughty, Dueling, Edward Doty, Edward Leister, Eliphalet Remington, England, Fahey, Fahy, faith, Family Tree, Fay, Fisher, Genealogy, Gooden, Harmon, Jordana Brewster, Lamb, Lavinia Warren, London, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Mayflower, Mayflower Pilgrim, McGuire, Orsen Bean, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, Raquel Welch, Schermerhorn, Snow, Stephen Hopkins, Tuesday Weld, United Kingdom, Warren Buffett, William Bradford | 4 Comments

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Week 6: Maps. February Theme: Branching Out. My Ancestor Anneken (Annetje) Hendricks (Henriksen) Vanderbilt from Bergen, Norway.

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

Above is a painting of an old map of Bergen, Norway. Hieronimus Scholaeus’ prospect of Bergen was painted about 1580 and published in Cologne in 1588 in a large atlas with pictures of “cities from the whole world” The Civitates … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Uncategorized | Tagged 52 Ancestors, Anneken, Annetje, Bergen, Dutch, Hendricks, Hendriks, Henricksen, Henriksdotter, Maps, New Amsterdam, New Netherlands, New York, Norge, Norway, Norwegian, Norwegian Americans, Vanderbilt | 2 Comments

Ragtime Composer (Cousin) Percy Wenrich. 52 Ancestors – Week 5 and February Theme – Branching Out

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Anna Kasper, ACDP

The theme for February 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is Branching Out. One way to take this week and month’s theme of branching out is to write about collateral relatives – those that share the same family descent as me … Continue reading →

Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy | Tagged American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers, Broadway, Composers, Dolly Connolly, Druckenmiller, family, family history, family stories, Family Tree, Famous Kin, Feggen, Genealogy, German, Germany, Hafer, Huber, Joplin, Kennedy, Kinports, Lauck, Laux, Lingle, Mateer, Meteer, Missouri, Music, musical history, Musican, New York City, Palmer, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Dutch, Percy Wenrich, Piano Music, Price, Ragtime, Ray, Rodgers, Schauer, Spatz, Spots, Spotts, The Red Rose Rag, The Smiler, Vaudeville, Weinrich, Wenrich, Williams, Wolf, Ziegfield | 3 Comments

Category Archives: Famous Kin

Surname Saturday – My Boone Ancestors and Relations

Rest in Peace Cousin Tony Dow

Famous Fahey Kin. Actress Myrna Fahey. 52 Ancestors, Week 28 – Characters.

The First Name Tacy. 34+ Women named Tacy in my Family Tree! 52 Ancestors, Week 24: Popular Name.

My Ancestor James McTeer (Mateer) from Kilkeel, Down, N. Ireland. Lived in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Related lines. 52 Ancestors, Week 22: Conflict.

My Cousin Carole Lombard. Our shared Mateer/Meteer Ancestors.

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Week 14: Check it Out! My Ancestor Rev. Thomas Shepard.

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Week 7: Landed. February Theme: Branching Out. My Contentious and Quarrelsome Mayflower Pilgrim Ancestor Edward Doty.

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. Week 6: Maps. February Theme: Branching Out. My Ancestor Anneken (Annetje) Hendricks (Henriksen) Vanderbilt from Bergen, Norway.

Ragtime Composer (Cousin) Percy Wenrich. 52 Ancestors – Week 5 and February Theme – Branching Out

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