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About Pat Shaul

Genealogist / Family Historian; Blog started as a record of my Grandfather's post card collection which ran for 15 months. Then, in June, 2017, I changed over to reporting and commenting on notifications from the ANCESTRY app "We're Related" I then started to provide snippets into ancestor biographies on the dates that were significant anniversaries.

George Armistead – miracle child?

Posted on September 16, 2017 by Pat Shaul

George Armistead, 5th cousin, 5 times removed, showed up in We’re Related, and we might be, but I really do not trust the lineage provided for cousin George.   Maybe it would have been better to caption this entry “Child … Continue reading →

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Henry Cavendish – 4th cousin, 8 times removed and full of hot air?

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Pat Shaul

  Henry Cavendish, discoverer of Hydrogen, was reported to be my 4th cousin, 8 times removed, through our MRCA, Temperance Bray (1580-1619).  This follows my Lee – Stevens line though to my last documented member on that line, my 9th … Continue reading →

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Julia Gardiner Tyler – wife of President John Tyler

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Pat Shaul

OK, another First Lady shows up as a cousin — 7th, 4 times removed.   The lineage presented agrees with my documentation all the way back to my 9th great grandmother, Elizabeth Cleverly (1623-1681), one generation from our MRCA, Thomas … Continue reading →

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Bing Crosby – White Christmas ?

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Pat Shaul

Cousin Harry (aka Bing) might be a bit more than 7 times removed or not.   I looked at the lineage for my ancestors that was provided.  I can document back to my 5th great grandmother, Thankful Isham (1752-1834), but … Continue reading →

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Pretty Boy Floyd – gangster cousin?

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Pat Shaul

I have to admit it would be kind of fun to claim Pretty Boy Floyd as my 7th cousin, 4 times removed.  As it is, I can only verify up to my 5th great grandmother, Desire [love that name] Hitchcock … Continue reading →

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Barbara Ann Scott, a good skate, eh?

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Pat Shaul

Barbara Ann and I have to go all the way back to my 7th great grandmother, Abigail Stevens (1666-1727), to encounter our MRCA.  But, I do have documentation back to Grandmother Abigail Stevens Lee.  If Barbara’s line is clean, and … Continue reading →

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President William Howard Taft – 6C4R

Posted on September 10, 2017 by Pat Shaul

  President and Chief Justice Taft appears to actually be my sixth cousin, 4 times removed through our MRCA, my 9th great grandfather, William Holbrook (1620-1699).  The Taft line up to Grandfather Holbrook goes through the well documented Torrey and … Continue reading →

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. – jury is out.

Posted on September 9, 2017 by Pat Shaul

The famed jurist, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., is reported to be my 6th cousin, 6 times removed.   I can follow the lineage reported for me through my 5th great grandmother (love the name), Thankful Isham (1752-1834).  But, it requires … Continue reading →

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Ellen Louise [Axson] Wilson – First Lady of the U. S.

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Pat Shaul

Mrs. Wilson, not the famous Mrs. Wilson who reportedly ran the country when her husband, President Woodrow Wilson, became ill late in his term, was only in the White House a short time.   As my 6th cousin, 3 times … Continue reading →

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Wild Bill Hickok – 6C4R !

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Pat Shaul

How neat is this?  Wild Bill Hickok as a 6th cousin, 4 times removed though our MRCA, Alice Pepper (1623-1710).  Unfortunately, Alice is five generations beyond where my documentation supports.  The lineage is straight up the Clark family to Alice … Continue reading →

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