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The Elusive Ancestor
by Merrell Kenworthy
I went searching
for an ancestor, I cannot
find him still.
He moved around
from place to place and did not leave
a will.
He married where
a courthouse burned, he
mended all his fences.
He avoided any
man who came to take the U.S.
Census.
He always kept
his luggage packed, this man
who had no fame,
And every 20 years
or so, this rascal changed
his name.
His parents came
from Europe. They should be on some
list of passengers to the U.S.A., but somehow they
got missed.
He died before
the county clerks decided to
keep records.
No family Bible
has emerged, in spite of all
my efforts.
To top it off,
this ancestor who caused me many
groans,
Just to give me
one more pain, betrothed a girl
named JONES!
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Brenda Pedersen
P.O. Box 1673 Stn Main
Lloydminster, SK, Canada
S9V 1K6
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Embrace the future by discovering the past!
Who...
- This web site attempts to document
the ancestors of our grandparents
and their relatives.
- Surnames include Wildman,
Stovin, Wells, Cragg, Durkee, Otis,
Crane, Wilkinson, Pye, Allen,
Esse, Arnesen/Arneson, Lobe, Bich, Haltrup,
Pedersen, Christiansen, Madsen,
and many more.
- Famous
and/or interesting connections found
to date are:
- Mayflower passengers -
Richard Warren (11G grandfather); John
Alden and Priscilla
Mullins (11G grandparents);
William
and Alice Mullins
(12G grandparents)
- John
Adams (common ancestors
John Alden and Priscilla Mullins) - Founding
Father; 2nd President of the USA
- John
Quincy Adams (common ancestors
John Alden and Priscilla Mullins)
- 6th President of the USA
- Ulysses
S. Grant (common ancestors
Richard and Elizabeth Warren) - 18th
President of the USA
- Franklin
D. Roosevelt (common ancestors
Richard and Elizabeth Warren) - 32nd
President of the USA
- Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow (common
ancestors Richard and Elizabeth Warren;
William Pabodie Sr. and Elizabeth Alden) - American
poet
- Richard
Gere (common ancestors Richard and Elizabeth
Warren) - actor
- Marilyn
Monroe, born Norma Jean
Baker (common ancestors William Pabodie
Sr. and Elizabeth Alden) - actress amd model
- (George)
Orson Welles (common ancestors
William Pabodie Sr. and Elizabeth
Alden) - actor and director
- Justin
Morgan Sr, father of
Justin Morgan Jr, the husband of Sarah/Sally
Durkee (common ancestors William Durgy and Martha
Cross) - breeder of Figure, the progenitor of the Morgan
Horse.
- Christopher
Reeve (common ancestor Alice Carpenter) - actor, director and producer
(Superman)
- Chris
Isaak (common ancestor Michael Bobermin)
- singer and actor
- Alan
B. Shepard, Jr. (common ancestors Richard and Elizabeth Warren) - First
American in space, fifth man to walk on the moon (first to golf on the
moon.)
- Noah
Webster, Jr. (common ancestor Alice Carpenter) - Of Webster's Dictionary
fame
- Dan
Quayle (common ancestors John Alden and Priscilla Mullins, Samuel Sturtevant
and Ann Lee) - Vice President under George H. W. Bush
- William
Cullen Bryant (common ancestors John Alden and Priscilla Mullins) -
famous author and poet
What...
- Collateral lines are followed
wherever possible, as many
inter-familial links occur in various lines.
- Not all of the following
information is proven by me, but
rather has been derived from various
compilations. A fair bit of this information
I have documentation for but much
is still being worked on. You will find
errors - please notify me when you do.
- I've tried to fully protect
the privacy of those living by
removing all information for them and
just showing their initials rather than
their full name. If you come across a person
whose privacy has been accidentally
overlooked, please contact me and I will rectify
my error.
- Logging in with a username and
password will allow you to see all the information on living persons.
If you wish to set up a User account, see the link under "Other
Features".
- I will be updating this
site with photos, histories, etc.,
as time allows.
- In an effort to foil
the spammers, I have deleted email address
from all sources. Should you wish to contact
one of the sources shown, please email me and I will
provide their information
Where...
- Geographic locations include
England, Norway, Denmark,
Bessarabia (Russia), Poland, the
United States and Canada, among others.
Why...
- I can thank my Grandmother
Idella (Arnesen) Wildman
for my addiction to this hobby. She
started this in the early seventies,
and more than 25 years later, I was able to
take her research and expand it exponentially
- due to the internet and the ease and
speed with which it lets one interact with other
researchers.
- This is my attempt to share
my love of genealogy with
relatives and fellow researchers. I
owe a huge ‘Thank You’
to those people who have so generously
shared their information with
me. Without them, this undertaking would
not be possible.
Please contact me to
share additional information you have found
or if you see any corrections that need to be made.
And if you believe we are related we'd love to
hear from you!
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