Fyrewurks » family tree http://fyrewurks.com between the click of the light and the start of the dream Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:55:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Just Like Hemingway http://fyrewurks.com/2008/05/just-like-hemingway/ http://fyrewurks.com/2008/05/just-like-hemingway/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 22:44:56 +0000 Jennifer http://fyrewurks.com/?p=21 Just like Hemingway. He showed me anyway. You can be a hero, all you have to know is what to say. Unfortunately, I don’t always know what to say… but I do have a penchant for words and that’s why I was delighted to discover Hemingway in my family tree!  He’s not in the direct [...]]]> Just like Hemingway. He showed me anyway. You can be a hero, all you have to know is what to say.

Unfortunately, I don’t always know what to say… but I do have a penchant for words and that’s why I was delighted to discover Hemingway in my family tree!  He’s not in the direct line, but here’s how it goes…  (right side one family and left side another)

Ralph Hemingway (1610-1678) + Elizabeth Hewes (1603-1686)

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Joshua Hemingway (1643-1716)          Samuel Hemingway (1636-1689)

+ Mary Evans (1657-1703)          + Sarah Cooper (1645-1711)

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Ebenezer Hemenway (1681-1753)          Abraham Hemingway (1677-1752)

+ Hannah Winch (1689-1737)          + Sarah Talmadge (1684-1714)

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Elizabeth Hemenway (1727-1803)          Abraham Hemingway (1727-1796)

+ Benjamin Robbins (1724-1793)          + Mercy Tuttle (1730-1812)

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Priscilla Robbins (1762-1840)          Jacob Hemingway (1765-1838)

+ Stephen Perry (1763-1856)          + Abigail Linsley (1767-?)

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James Tufts Perry (1804-1890)          Jacob Street Hemingway (1791-1863)

+ Amy Willis (1805-1873)         + Lucretia Smith (1791-1850)

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James M Perry (1838-1917)          Allen Hemingway (1808-1886)

+ Alma Martin (1851-?)          + Harriet Linsley (1820-1895)

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Carl M Perry (1875-?)          Anson Tyler Hemingway (1844-1926)

 + Alice Elvina Crossett (1882-1932)          + Clarence Edmonds Hemingway (1871-1928)

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Robert Allen Pery (1914-2006) – My grandfather          Ernest Miller Hemingway (1899-1961)

So that would make my grandpa and he seventh cousins (if that’s how that works). 

One more reason to add more Hemingway to my reading list.

]]> http://fyrewurks.com/2008/05/just-like-hemingway/feed/ 1 Wow – This is Going to be Big! http://fyrewurks.com/2008/05/wow-this-is-going-to-be-big/ http://fyrewurks.com/2008/05/wow-this-is-going-to-be-big/#comments Sun, 11 May 2008 18:39:32 +0000 Jennifer http://fyrewurks.com/?p=13 Ok, as I mentioned in my last post, I’m planning on blogging on my family tree.  I was all ready to do that right here until I thought about how I would really need to categorize each family line separately.  And I don’t know that I want this blog to have all of those family [...]]]> Ok, as I mentioned in my last post, I’m planning on blogging on my family tree.  I was all ready to do that right here until I thought about how I would really need to categorize each family line separately.  And I don’t know that I want this blog to have all of those family names as categories.

On the other hand – they could be tags or even sub-categories.

On the other hand – it’s such a beast that it could very well be it’s own blog.

Maybe I will just make a subdomain of this blog and post it there?

It looks like wherever I post it, it will have to be the old-fashioned way because I cannot find a genealogy WordPress plugin, and I don’t have the time to try to create one right now.  If you know of one – please let me know!

]]> http://fyrewurks.com/2008/05/wow-this-is-going-to-be-big/feed/ 0 Creating a Genealogy-Friendly Blog http://fyrewurks.com/2008/05/creating-a-genealogy-friendly-blog/ http://fyrewurks.com/2008/05/creating-a-genealogy-friendly-blog/#comments Sun, 11 May 2008 18:09:26 +0000 Jennifer http://fyrewurks.com/?p=12 I’ve decided that since this blog is all about me and my life, it would be the best place to post all of the genealogy information that I’ve gathered. In the past few weeks I’ve visited relatives and gathered a wealth of photos and information about my family (and I still have more people to [...]]]> I’ve decided that since this blog is all about me and my life, it would be the best place to post all of the genealogy information that I’ve gathered.

In the past few weeks I’ve visited relatives and gathered a wealth of photos and information about my family (and I still have more people to contact and visit).  On top of that, I’ve spent many a late night researching details through Ancestry.com and through a lot of Googling.

So I wanted to have a public place to share all of this information and I figured, what better place than my own personal blog?  So stay tuned – I’m going to be figuring out how best to publish family trees with information on here and I’ll let you know how I go about it in case you’d like to do the same.

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Early royal tree (not necessarily connected to mine):

William the Conqueror (1024-1087) and Matilda of Flanders (1031-1083) had Henry I Beauclerc de Normandy, King of England (1068-1135)

Henry I and Matilda of Scotland (1079-1118) had Maud, Empress of Germany (1101-1169)

Meanwhile…

Faulques IV Rechin (1043-1109) and Hildegarde de Baugency (1043-1089) had Fulk V of Jerusalem (1092-1143)

Fulk V of Jerusalem and Ermengarde du Maine (1096-1126) had Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou (1113-1151)

Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou and Maud, Empress of Germany had Henry Plantagenet (1133-1189)

Henry Plantagenet and Eleanor, Duchess of Aquataine (1122-1202) had John Lackland Plantagenet (1167-1216)

John Lackland Plantagenet and Isabella de Taillefer (1188-1246) had Henry III Plantagenet (1206-1272)

Henry III Plantagenet and Eleanor Berenger (1217-1291) had Edward I Longshanks of England Plantagenet (1237-1307)

Edward I Longshanks of England Plantagenet and Eleanor Castille (1244-1290) had Edward II Plantagenet (1284-1327)

Edward II Plantagenet and Isabella of France (1295-1358) had Edward III Plantagenet (1312-1377)

Edward III Plantagenet and Philippa of Hainault (1311-1369) had John of Gaunt Plantagenet (1340-1399)

John of Gaunt Plantagenet and Constanza Perez (1354-1394) had Catherine Plantagenet (1372-1418)

Catherine Plantagenet and Enrique Castile (1379-1406) had Juan Castile (1405-1454)

Juan Castile and Isabella De Portugal (1428-1496) had Isabella Trastamara of Castile (1451-1504)

Isabella Trastamara of Castile and Ferdinand V Catholic (1452-1516) had Joanna Trastamara of Castile (1479-1555)

Joanna Trastamara of Castile and Philip the Handsome Habsburg (1478-1506) had Ferdinand I Habsburg (1503-1564)

Ferdinand I Habsburg and Anne of Bohemia (1503-1547) had Maria Von Habsburg (1531-1581)

(are you following me here?)

Maria Von Habsburg and Wilheln V Von Cleves (1516-1592) had Johan Wilhelm De La Marck (1562-1609)

Johan Wilhelm De La Marck and Anna Van Aldekerk (1564-1616) had Herman Op Den Graeff (1585-1642) in a morganatic marriage.  (And this was the break from the royal family). 

After investigating further, I realized that there is some debate as to whether or not Herman Op Den Graeff was really the son of De La Marck – so it will remain a mystery for now whether or not the royal tie-in truly exists.

Herman Op Den Graeff and Greitjen Pletjes (1588-1643) had Isaac Herman Graeff (1616-1679)

Isaac Herman Greaff and Greitjen Pieters (1620-1683) had Herman Isacks Graeff (1642-1708)

Herman Isacks Graeff and Deborah Von Bebber (1660-1704) had Isaac Op Den Graeff (1693-1747)

Isaac Op Den Graeff and Rachel Linton (??-1747) had William Uptegraeff (1721-1756)

William Uptegraeff and Sary ?? (??-??) had Isaac Updegraph (1743-1826)

Isaac Updegraph and ?? had Abraham Updegraph (1772-1850)

Abraham Updegraph and Sarah Fields (1886-??) had William Updegraph (1808-1859)

William Updegraph and Elizabeth Murphy (1809-1885) had Mary Ann Updegraph (1833-1860)

Mary Ann Updegraph and Benjamin Latschaw (1823-1905) had Amos Latschaw (1853-1924)

Amos Latschaw and Frances Emma Bell (1851-1915) had Lewis Edward Latshaw (1891-1939)

Lewis Edward Latshaw and Nettie Frances Hoffman (1893-1980) had Oral Grethel Latshaw (1914-1980)

And Oral Grethel Latshaw was my grandmother!

Can anyone shed some light on the mysterious Herman Op Den Graeff? Are you a part of this family tree?  If so, leave a note here!  Any additions/corrections are welcome, as well.  Also, if you have any information on the Op Den Graeff/De La Marck connection or lack thereof – please leave a comment!

]]> http://fyrewurks.com/2008/05/royal-blood/feed/ 3 Family Tree http://fyrewurks.com/2008/05/family-tree/ http://fyrewurks.com/2008/05/family-tree/#comments Sun, 04 May 2008 03:02:37 +0000 Jennifer http://fyrewurks.com/?p=4 A week ago I found a new obsession – Ancestry.com!  I decided to start working on our family tree and signed up with them because they have massive amounts of records scanned and added to their database – census records, immigration records, birth and death records, and much more.  So I decided that getting a [...]]]> A week ago I found a new obsession – Ancestry.com!  I decided to start working on our family tree and signed up with them because they have massive amounts of records scanned and added to their database – census records, immigration records, birth and death records, and much more.  So I decided that getting a subscription was a must if I was going to do this right.

So I started hunting for photos and stories of my family to add to the tree and I was going to share some of the gems I found here, however I think the latest version of WordPress (2.5.1) has a problem with uploading photos and I haven’t found a fix for it yet – grrr.  That will have to wait.

 

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