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My 39th (and 40th) Great-grandfather Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor. 52 Ancestors, Week 41: Most.
This week’s writing prompt is most. I decided to discuss my 39th (and 40th) great-grandfather, Charlemagne, who was a Holy Roman Emperor in the 9th century. I am only one of his innumerable descendants. He has countless offspring. I venture … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Catholic, Classic Hollywood Actors, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Religious
Tagged 52 Ancestors, Bamfield, Beauchamp, Ben Affleck, Brad Pitt, Canfield, Carolingian, Catholic, Charlemagne, Charles the Great, Christian, Cindy Crawford, Cobham, Cole, Collack, Colwick, Coplestone, de Beauchamp, de Clare, De Mohun, Derek Hough, Doman, England, faith, family history, Family Tree, Famous Cousin, Famous Kin, Fitz Geoffrey, Fitz Gilber de Clare, Fitz Gilbert, Fitz Peter, Genealogy, GIlbert, Glenn Close, Gray, Grey, Hugh Grant, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Lawrence, Julianne Hough, Kit Harington, Kyra Sedgwick, Lamberton, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mallory, Marilyn Monroe, Marshall, Matt Damon, Northrup, Norton, Oliver, Orchard, Prindle, Prowse, Richard Gere, St. Hilary, Trowbridge, White, Who Do You Think You Are?
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Abbess Elizabeth Throckmorton, 52 Ancestors, Week 47: This Ancestor Stayed Home
This week’s writing prompt is this ancestor stayed home, some suggestions given were Homemakers, ancestors who lived their entire lives in one place, and someone who lived in a “home,” are just a few possibilities. I decided to throw it way … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Catholic, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Religious
Tagged 52 Ancestors, Abbess, Cambridgeshire, Catholic, Christian, Coughton, Coughton Court, Denny Abbey, dissolution of the monasteries, dole gate, Ely, England, faith, family history, Family Tree, Fladbury, Franciscan, Genealogy, Gunpowder Plot, Henry VIII, Humphrey Monmouth, IHS, Leicester, Middlemore, nuns, Olney, Poor Clares, religious houses, religious orders, Roman Catholic, Rule of Order, Templar church, Throckmorton, Underhill, Warwick, Warwickshire, Worcestershire
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My Baldwin Ancestors. The Name Means Bold, Brave Friend. 52 Ancestors, Week 42: Friends.
I considered writing about my numerous Quaker, Society of Friends, Friends Church, ancestors with this week’s writing prompt of Friends. But there are so many that I decided it was best to write about them in the future, individually, and … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Religious
Tagged 52 Ancestors, Apuke, Aston Clinton, Astwood, Baldwin, Black Death, Boris Johnson, Bryan, Bryant, Buckinghamshire, Cholesbury, Christian, Cole, Colonial Connecticut, Connecticut, Dolte, Dundridge, England, English, Ernest Hemingway, faith, family history, Family Tree, First Lady of the USA, Flitwick, Founding families of Milford, Friends, Genealogy, King, Kinge, La Pest, Mamie Eisenhower, Manor of Dundridge, Memorial Bridge, Milford, Milford Memorial Bridge, New Haven, New Haven County, New Milford, Plague, Plumb, Prindle, St Michael and All Angels, The Black Death, the blue sickness, the Great Mortality, The Soule's Conflict, UK, Welles, Wells, Wepawaug River
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Walpurgisnacht (Saint Walpurgis Night), Saint Walpurga, My Ancestors Named Walpurgis from Tauber Franconia (Germany)
Today, April 30th, is half-way to Halloween! For someone that loves Halloween — I am a closet actress that missed her calling! — today is a pleasant reminder that summer, which hasn’t even started, will be over soon enough! I … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, Religious
Tagged Albert, Anglo Saxon England, Baden-Württemberg, Baird, Bavaria, Beltane, Bischofsheim on the Tauber, Boniface, Bram Stoker, Catholic, Christian, Christianity, Czech Republic, Delaware, Denmark, Drummer of Niklashausen, East Franconian, Eichstätt, England, Estonia, Fairfield County Ohio, faith, family history, Family Tree, Finland, Franconia, Genealogy, German, Germanic, Germany, Hagerstown, Half-way to Halloween, Halloween, Heidenheim, Hexennacht, Hocking County Ohio, Hoerner, Holy Boniface, Hopkins, Klein, Lancaster County Pennsylvania, Latvia, Lehman, Lithuania, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Malott, Maryland, Mateer, May Day, Meteer, Midsummer's Eve, Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, Netherlands, New York, Niklashausen, Norway, Ohio, Patron Saint, Pennsylvania, Perry County Ohio, piper of Niklashausen, Price, Rükert, Richard of Wessex, Richard the Pilgrim, Rufname, Saint John's Eve, Saint Walburga, Saint Walpurga, Saint Walpurgis, Saint Walpurgis Night, Sankt Walpurgisnacht, sankthansaften, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Tauber, Tauber River, Tauberbischofsheim, Taylor, Walpurgis Night, Walpurgisnacht, Washington County Maryland, witchcraft, Witches, Wolfkill, Zilhart
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My Ancestor, Royal Servant Edmund Moody Saved the Life of Henry VIII and Changed History! 52 Ancestors, Week 16 – Should Be a Movie.
This week’s writing prompt fits quite well into the story of my ancestor Edmund Moody (aka Edmond Moodye), his life would very much make for an interesting historical, costume drama movie, or even a time-leaping Sci-Fi story! My ancestor Edmund … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Famous Kin, Genealogy, Religious
Tagged 52 Ancestors, Benhall, British American Colonies, Bury St. Edmund, cadge man, Chenery, Christian, Coat of Arms, Cockfield, Colonial America, Colonial Connecticut, Colonial Massachusetts, Edmond Moodye, Edmund Moody, Elizabeth I, faith, family history, Family Tree, footman, footman of the stables, Genealogy, Henry VIII, Hertfordshire, Hitchin, Islington, Kilborn, Kilbourn, Kilbourne, Mary I, Moody, Moulton, Norwich, Panell, Parnel, Parnell, royal footman, Should Be a Movie, Suffolk, The Tudors
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52 Ancestors, Week 15: Solitude. Quaker Ancestors. Quakers and the Invention of Solitary Confinement.
I have quite a few Quaker ancestors that lived in several American Colonial states including Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina. Quakers were no stranger to punishment, torture, confinement, spending time in jails and prisons, and even being hung on … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Genealogy, Religious
Tagged 52 Ancestors, Anglicans, Calvinist, Colonial America, Elizabeth Fry, faith, family history, Family Tree, Genealogy, John Howard, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Prison Reform, Puritians, Quakers, Restorative Justice, Society of Friends, Solitary, Solitary Confinement, Virginia
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Felicitas Grosshans Weinmann, 52 Ancestors, Week 11, Lucky.
This week’s writing prompt for 52 Ancestors is Lucky. I immediately thought of the girl’s name Felicitas. Surprisingly, I only have one direct ancestor in my tree with the first name Felicitas. The name Felicitas is the female form of … Continue reading
Posted in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, Catholic, Genealogy, Religious
Tagged 52 Ancestors, Armstrong, Catholic, Christian, faith, family history, Family Tree, Felicitas, Felicity, Felix, Felizitas, fruitfulness, Genealogy, German, Germany, Godramstein, Großhans, Grosshans, happiness, Heuchelheim-Klingen, Kapellen-Drusweiler, Klingenmünster, Landau, Landau in der Pfalz, LeBeau, luck, Müller, mythology, name meanings, Nutick, Perpetua, Propheter, Rhineland-Palatinate, Roman, Roman Goddess, Saints, Southwest Wine Route, Weinmann
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Jezebel of The Bible, A Jezebel, and the Jezebel Spirit
Jezebel: Phoenician Princess of Ancient Sidon, Pagan Priestess, and Queen of Israel. Jezebel – In the Old Testament According to biblical texts, Jezebel was a Phoenician princess who married Ahab, a foreign king, who presided over the Northern Kingdom of … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, Catholic, Judaism, Religious, Theology
Tagged 1 Kings, Ahab, Ahaziah, Asherah, Baal, Bible Study, Book of Revelation, Catholic, Christian, Elijah, faith, II Kings, Jehoram, Jehu, Jezabel, Jezebel, Jezebel Spirit, Megiddo, Naboth, Pagan Priestess, Phoenician, Princess, Princess Elishat, Queen of Israel, Spirit of Jezebel, The Bible, Tyre
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