Ok, ok, so I’m related to the Royal Family, no need to get all excited … so is pretty much everyone with any amount of Anglo-Saxon blood. If you're new to my blog, I write a lot on my genealogy and, in light of Prince Andrew's latest Royal scandal, I thought I'd blog about that. …
Continue reading On Genealogy: His Royal Highness, Prince Andrew, Duke of York & Me
This is an update to genealogy blog #4 which featured my great grand father, Émile Lamothe, whom I called grand-pépère Lamothe (original blog has been deleted). It was originally posted on June 3, 2017 and I’ve since come across some new photos and information that I want to document and update his story. Cleophas Émile Lamothe (he …
Continue reading On Genealogy: The Life of WWI Pte. Émile Lamothe
I haven't blogged in a long while, and while I'm at a dead end in another line of my tree, I decided to do more research on the Cornells. I wondered if it was the same "Cornell" that is synonymous with the Ivy League American University - Cornell. My fifth cousin 6 times removed OR …
Continue reading On Genealogy: MY Relation to Ezra CORNELL – Founder of Cornell University
Before getting into the meat of this post, it’s important to understand blood typing. Interestingly, 85% of the world’s population are Rh+ and only 15% are Rh-. Most of us don’t know our blood type (if you don’t, I strongly encourage you to find out, it’s so important, especially if you require a blood transfusion). …
Continue reading Rh- Alien Blood,Royal Blue Bloods and My Linage to King John I
I always thought I was special, a Princess you might say, and now I have a little weight behind me to back it up, my 24th great grand-father was King Louis VIII of France. And this discovery, has just set my whole genealogical dig in a whole new wild direction; an astronomical connection all the way …
Continue reading On Genealogy: MY ROYAL CONNECTION to King Louis VIII of France
I took a bit of a break from my close relatives because I found another interesting leaf hint and decided to follow it. I saw this one before, but, I felt I would have to do a lot of research so I passed. Then I came across something else on the same person and decided …
Continue reading On Genealogy: The Loyalist, The Spy and The American Revolution
This line continues down my maternal grand-mother side. This is the story of my great great gramma and grampa on my grandma's dad's side. This is the story of Louis Napoléon Allard and Eva Beaulieu. Louis' Birth Louis Napoléon Allard was born on/about November 24, 1874, in Curran, Ontario to Marie Louise Gariepy, age 20, and …
Continue reading On Genealogy: My 2x Grand-Parents – Louis Allard & Eva Beaulieu
I've been trying to determine where next to follow my ancestry line to and which line to write about. Instead of writing about some distant relative, I thought I'd start writing with those a bit closer to me and write backward. I am going to start with my great grand parents on my mom's …
Continue reading On Genealogy: My Maternal Great Grand-Parents: Palma Duchesne & Laurette Allard
Who Are the Filles du roi? Most Canadians are familiar with the King's Daughters'/Filles du roi, especially those with French descent. If you aren't familiar, they were some 700 women who arrived in the colony of New France (Canada) between 1663 and 1673, under the financial sponsorship of King Louis XIV of France. Most were …
Continue reading On Genealogy: Filles du roi – Descendant of Jeanne-Claude De Boisandré
Rev. Obadiah Holmes definitely has some Famous kin. I've covered President Lincoln & Amelia Earhart and now I'm covering my connection to comedic legend, John Ritter, best known as Jack Tripper. Another descendant of Rev. Holmes, is Willis Carrier, the inventor of air conditioning (I really love this guy on hot, sticky, humid days!) - …
Continue reading On Genealogy: John Ritter is my 9th Cousin, 2x removed!
My lineage just gets better and better! To date I have discovered a relation to a King of France, a US President, one of the Filles du Roi, an explorer, a colleague of Samuel de Champlain, a great Uncle who died in WWI in Flanders ... these are just some of my finds ... and …
Continue reading On Genealogy: Say What? I’m Connected To Amelia Earhart!
This is one of my MOST EXCITING ancestral finds to date! The connection, albeit extremely distant with the most impressive US Presidents of all time ... Honest Abe is my 6th cousin 5x removed. I said it was distant ... hehe! I posted yesterday on my connection to Obadiah Holmes, the important member of the …
Continue reading On Genealogy: My Connection to President Lincoln
Ok, it's safe to say we all know that I'm a genealogy NUT, I won't even try to deny it. I love learning and I love history, especially when it comes to MY OWN. They say to know where you're going, you've got to know where you've been. I believe in knowing the trials, tribulations …
Continue reading On Genealogy: Whipped for Baptist Beliefs – My Connection to Rev. Obadiah Holmes
Late last night, I couldn't sleep, I decided to do a bit of digging on some hew "hints" on my Ancestry.ca site and take closer look into my DNA profile. A while back I posted a blog called "On Genealogy: My Quaker Connection; Descendant of John Milk, British Colonial America, 1662" which traced my roots …
Continue reading On Genealogy: My Salem Witch Trial Connection
I know I already posted a blog today. But, as I was walking out the door, I got an email from Ancestry that my DNA results were in and I had to check them stat! If you've been a regular visitor to my blog, you'll likely know that I've been working hard on my family …
Continue reading On Genealogy: My Genetic Ancestry DNA Results Are In!
On Genealogy: My Quaker Connection; Descendant of John Milk, British Colonial America, 1662. Today's blog on genealogy #5 is on the lineage of the Milk family. This surname has long been associated with the county of Norfolk, England, where it appears about twenty-two times in proportion to each 10,000 of the population of that county. …
Hello and welcome to newest blog on genealogy! This story features my Grampa - Benjamin George Richards. I was able to obtain a copy of Grampa's war records from the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (Canadian Armed Forces) a few years ago, when I wrote out for them. WWII records are still not available online. Military …
Continue reading On Genealogy: Story of WWII Pte. Benjamin Richards
Welcome to story #2 of my family tree. Today, I'm going to share with you the story of my paternal grandmother's father's brother - my Great Grand Uncle, George Victor Lee who was killed in action (KIA) in The Great War. For this story you're going to have to stretch your memory all the way back to History class, …
Continue reading On Genealogy: Story of WWI Pte. George V. Lee – KIA
I can be quite obsessive at times. My latest past time is genealogy - I've been working on my family tree for years - but now I obsessively work on it, almost daily. My interest is both historical and philosophical: Where do I come from? How am I here? --- literally and figuratively. I think people have a …
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