Category Archives: History

Lucretia Rudolph Garfield – FLOTUS.

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Pat Shaul

Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, wife of President James A Garfield, was the First Lady of the United States for a very short time (March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881) due to the assassination of her husband shortly after he took … Continue reading →

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Arrrgh — Captain Cook, 6C6R

Posted on September 23, 2017 by Pat Shaul

In a recent notification, coincident with Talk Like A Pirate Day, I was notified that Captain James Cook was my sixth cousin, six times removed.  My lineage report, like the one yesterday for Cousin Kiefer, explodes the Botsford – Prindle … Continue reading →

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Kiefer Sutherland – Designated Cousin.

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Pat Shaul

Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus apparently really is my ninth cousin.  The lineage presented by We’re Related is actually accurate (see yesterday’s comment dealing with the father of Hannah Prindle).  This goes up the same line only this one … Continue reading →

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Patsy Cline — Country Legend but not mine.

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Pat Shaul

We’re Related informed me that Patsy Cline was my seventh cousin, four times removed.  I have no idea where they dredged up the lineage line that took us to the MRCA, Thomas Richardson (1649-1712), but NO ONE REALLY LOOKED AT … Continue reading →

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Booth Tarkington – prize winning author.

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Pat Shaul

Close!  Booth Tarkington as my sixth cousin, four times removed through my heavily documented Botsford line.  Our MRCA, Sarah Beard (1631-1689) is reported to be my documented 8th great grandfather, Samuel Camp’s (1645-1763) mother.  IF her dates are reported correctly, … Continue reading →

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John Curtis Marshall – Justice Supreme

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Pat Shaul

  Chief Justice John Curtis Marshall as my 6th cousin, 6 times removed, or maybe one less.  Gotta love the the way We’re Related matches lineages up.   Our MRCA, Anne Borlase (1558-1627) had two sons: William Isham (1587-1627) and … Continue reading →

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Francis Edgar Stanley — steaming right along….

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Pat Shaul

I might have preferred Daimler or Benz — their cars are still available, but We’re Related offered up the investor of the Stanley Steamer instead.   Well, they offered up one of the two twin brothers.  Now the wait to … Continue reading →

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Rogers Hornsby – out of the park, home run!

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Pat Shaul

Rogers Hornsby, as my sixth cousin, three times removed, looks to be on one of the best documented of my lines right up to our MRCA, my 8th great grandfather, Samuel Camp (1645-1763).  Rogers’ is also a clean lineage as … Continue reading →

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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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