Who has a surprise connection to an historical figure?

[Roger Oldfield]

Hi Rishile    Well, that's great!  I've written about Catherine and Thompson Stoneham.   You can get the book online - there are links on the website (www. outrage-rogeroldfield.co.uk).   You could contact me via the website too if you wanted to.

Roger

[Rishile]

Thank you Roger - I will be buying your book very soon.

Rishile

[coombs]

My ancestors came from the same French village as Lyndon Baines Johnson, whatever number President of the US. His ancestor was born in 1726 and mine in 1724 in the same village in France. Might be a link further back.

[Croy Girl]

Hi

My dads mother was a Margaret Armstrong .Her GGGrandfather  James Armstrong was born scottish borders and my dad told me we were related to Neil Armstrong .I was  also told this by someone who contacted me on Genes Reunited. Her GGgrandfather and mine were brothers and sons of James Armstrong.Her father had told her the same story.

Also related to John whitelaw the Monkland Martyr.My dads GGGGran Was Betty Whitelaw  Carnwarth and symington .Then Airdrie .Her brother John Whitelaw had a Shoemaker shop in Airdrie High street 1850s.

On my mums side .Her sister emmigrated to Canada  from Scotland1926 but sadly died in 1931 age 26.She gave birth to a baby girl, My Aunt  died 2 weeks later.Her husband was James B Powell.My mum told me when i was young that James B Powell was related to Baden Powell who founded the Scouts.Still trying to find my Aunts daughter and family .Think i have found them in Ohio .I found a death certificate on Ancestry with same name with exact date of birth  and  says she was born Canada , also her father was a james B Powell mother Mclaren.We had photos of my aunt with her husband  that she sent to my gran from canada. If i find them i will  find out if i had an uncle related to Baden Powell.

Marguerite

[Rishile]

A HUGE thank-you to this thread for helping me find Roger's book.  I am now half-way through reading it and finding it an absolute joy to read and I'm learning more about my family than I ever imagined was possible.

Thank you RC and Roger.

Rishile

[Finley 1]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2103393/Womens-mug-shots-1920s-Australia.html


I do hope none of these belong to me... have to check them out....

xin

[mofid42]

Really pleased for you Rishile.....I do love a happy ending!

I never thought when I started this thread, in an idle moment when I had nothing better to do, that it would result in putting two people together for their mutual benefit....makes it all worth while!

[pinefamily]

My wife leads in with Jeremy Bentham, who was/is her 2nd cousin, 7x removed. In the same line, her 5x great grandfather's brother, Gregory Bentham, sailed with Cook, not on the Endeavour, but on the Pandora.
I think my greatest claim would be with William Youatt, the well known vet who textbooks such as "The Horse", "Sheep", etc. These books were used in training other vets for many years.

Darren

[TropiConsul]

Ernest Hemingway is my eighth cousin twice removed.  We are related through the Yale family which produced Elihu Yale, the founder of Yale University.