I have two (a maternal GF and uncle) who signed the Declaration and at least 6 who fought in the Revolution. It's odd to realize how many GF's we all have when we go back that far! Every GF on my Dad's surname side, from the Revolution forward, was in a war, including my Dad lying about his age to join WW2 3 weeks before he turned 16. Hi…
I have two (a maternal GF and uncle) who signed the Declaration and at least 6 who fought in the Revolution. It's odd to realize how many GF's we all have when we go back that far! Every GF on my Dad's surname side, from the Revolution forward, was in a war, including my Dad lying about his age to join WW2 3 weeks before he turned 16. His Dad in both WW1 and WW2. An uncle killed in WW2, another survived the Bataan Death March.
Musk would run and cry if he had to face what our ancestors faced. Trump did the same to avoid Nam. My older brother, and so many others, had to go in his place.
Yes, it's amazing how interrelated we are. My great-great-great grandfather fought in the Revolution and so did his brother and most of his cousins, and these were a lot of people, eight kids at least in every family for 150 years. My mother's family was Quaker so they didn't fight, but I was surprised to see the Pennsylvania Dutch fought.
Just to add I rarely talk about family history with people who know me as so many don't know where or how far back they actually go in America and I don't like to overwhelm anyone by knowing so much of my history. I inherited several old diaries from the days when people kept track of all that. The history does amaze me with what so many accomplished to build our country and it hurts and angers me so much this past month to see what is happening now.
Oh, lucky you. I had my grandmother, who died at 98 in 1979, and she told me a lot. What I did inherit was a photo album with pictures dating back to the 1850s, including one of my great, great grandfather, and bunches of great uncles and aunts, dating to the 1880s and onward, all of my grandmother's sisters and brothers and her father. I sent a couple to a distant cousin about a year ago of my great-grandmother and her mother together. One was called "December and May". My father told me a lot about his father and his life.
My Mom's maternal line were Quakers in DE and Philadelphia - came in on the ships with William Penn from northern Ireland, after being banned from Scotland (MacGregors). Two of her ancestors were in the Revolution, they were listed as having to leave the Quaker Meetings and were re-admitted after the War. They moved east to OH and then on to northern IL (McDonough County), where my GM's family was still part of the large Quaker group there. It was her son who left with a friend to join the Marines and was killed in WW2.
I have two (a maternal GF and uncle) who signed the Declaration and at least 6 who fought in the Revolution. It's odd to realize how many GF's we all have when we go back that far! Every GF on my Dad's surname side, from the Revolution forward, was in a war, including my Dad lying about his age to join WW2 3 weeks before he turned 16. His Dad in both WW1 and WW2. An uncle killed in WW2, another survived the Bataan Death March.
Musk would run and cry if he had to face what our ancestors faced. Trump did the same to avoid Nam. My older brother, and so many others, had to go in his place.
Yes, it's amazing how interrelated we are. My great-great-great grandfather fought in the Revolution and so did his brother and most of his cousins, and these were a lot of people, eight kids at least in every family for 150 years. My mother's family was Quaker so they didn't fight, but I was surprised to see the Pennsylvania Dutch fought.
Just to add I rarely talk about family history with people who know me as so many don't know where or how far back they actually go in America and I don't like to overwhelm anyone by knowing so much of my history. I inherited several old diaries from the days when people kept track of all that. The history does amaze me with what so many accomplished to build our country and it hurts and angers me so much this past month to see what is happening now.
Oh, lucky you. I had my grandmother, who died at 98 in 1979, and she told me a lot. What I did inherit was a photo album with pictures dating back to the 1850s, including one of my great, great grandfather, and bunches of great uncles and aunts, dating to the 1880s and onward, all of my grandmother's sisters and brothers and her father. I sent a couple to a distant cousin about a year ago of my great-grandmother and her mother together. One was called "December and May". My father told me a lot about his father and his life.
My Mom's maternal line were Quakers in DE and Philadelphia - came in on the ships with William Penn from northern Ireland, after being banned from Scotland (MacGregors). Two of her ancestors were in the Revolution, they were listed as having to leave the Quaker Meetings and were re-admitted after the War. They moved east to OH and then on to northern IL (McDonough County), where my GM's family was still part of the large Quaker group there. It was her son who left with a friend to join the Marines and was killed in WW2.