What is your family history

Phil47uk · 07-25-2008, 09:19 AM

Ok, so we all types and cultures in here, but what are your origins and roots.

I'm a UK citizen, but not that far back. My fathers side were Russian Jewish from Lithuania and came over in 1911 to settle in the east end of London. My great great Grandfather returned pissed from a night out in a Russian village. Took a short cut across the ice, and was never ever seen again.

My Mother, who wasn't Jewish came from the French speaking part of Switzerland and came over to England in the 1920's when her Mother ( My Grandmother.. Widowed ) married an English soldier convalescing in Switzerland in the 1st world war.
Bad move.. He spent all her wealth, then died leaving her widowed again, except this time in a foreign country. Both her daughters, my Mum and my aunt came to England to look after her and both stayed. One of their Brothers staying in Switzerland, the other moving to Canada.
My Dads side has so far been traced back to my Great Great Great Grandfather Father in Russia, who was a businessman, although I have a sneaking suspicion he was more like a character from 'Fiddler on the roof'.

My Mums side go back to 1377 where they were originally Normans who moved to Switzerland from Normandy. He won some battle honours and was made Count of Gruyer.. ( Yep as in the cheese) and was probably a henchman for the Duke of Savoy. There is still is the family castle in Switzerland, but was sold to an American I think in the last century.
Nothing I'm afraid came my way...

scoobyzjr · 07-25-2008, 09:24 AM

My family has been in the U.S. for many generations. I have tried to work backwards and figure out from where prior to coming to the United States, but my ancestry is truly the great melting pot and it is impossible to determine early family origins. All I know is that most of my family settled in West Virginia and Maryland and were either coal miners or bootleggers.

***b-squared*** · 07-25-2008, 09:32 AM

My Dad's Grandma's side of the family claims Lord Francis Bacon; in fact one of my "hooligan" Bacon family members helped burn Jamestown to the ground around 1700.

The Wiggs' family settled in Wayne County, NC in the 1700s...dirt farmers mostly, poor folk. They moved to Illinois in 1860. My G-G-G Grandfather enlisted in the Union army; less than a year later he died at the Battle of Vicksburg. There are a lot of my people in South Carolina; I've heard that they owned most of Charleston, at one point.

BB

TheWellGoodShow · 07-25-2008, 09:37 AM

Japanese ethnicity, with Finnish ancestors, and i was born in Manchester, and grew up in the wilkenshire dist. i know live in orlando, Fl

ThrashPirate · 07-25-2008, 09:40 AM

American with Swedish/Irish ancestry.

El_Greco · 07-25-2008, 09:42 AM

Greek from both sides as far back as I know

Grew up in Rhodes Greece, working in Germany atm.

TheWellGoodShow · 07-25-2008, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by El_Greco

Greek from both sides as far back as I know

Grew up in Rhodes Greece, working in Germany atm.

i was just there a month ago for vacation and visiting a good friend.

El_Greco · 07-25-2008, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by thewellgoodshow

i was just there a month ago for vacation and visiting a good friend.

Nice, I hope you liked it

I'm flying home in about 10 days for August, man I miss the sea...

TheWellGoodShow · 07-25-2008, 09:51 AM

El_Greco · 07-25-2008, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by thewellgoodshow

ha

ha?

TheWellGoodShow · 07-25-2008, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by El_Greco

ha?

yes ha.

PMcG No.6 · 07-25-2008, 10:00 AM

My family can be traced back to Yorkshire in England.

Phil47uk · 07-25-2008, 10:11 AM

Hey.. Some amazing historical lines coming out with some great stories too..

Just goes to show what a melting pot we are all part of.. There's me waving the English flag although neither of my grandparents were even born here..

Keep em coming..Fascinating stuff.

Actually I have a stack of American relatives and Irish I never even knew about untill some relation of mine e-mailed me with the family tree, as he was into genealogy in a big way.
Imagine B-squared's great great great Grandfather fighting in the civil war, or mine seated on some horse with full armour and a lance.. Jesus! I wonder what these people were like. What great times they had in their lives and what disasters and misery and that one day our great great great great grandchildren will be tring to find out what we were like.. I have a feeling mine might be disappointed. " A Guitarist.. Fuck me that must have been boring".

tarddoggy · 07-25-2008, 10:18 AM

my Dad was part of some type of adoption program aimed at Native Americans,trying to trace down his side has been very difficult.My Mom on the other hand,my GGrandparents came over during the great Immigration,they were Slovak

***b-squared*** · 07-25-2008, 10:21 AM

I still have a lot of family in the UK; my Grampy was a Romany Gypsy...that's where I get my humor and music, I think. My Nan was in service, she was really funny as well. I was very close to both of them.

BB

Phil47uk · 07-25-2008, 10:26 AM

I think I have managed to get an old family pic from BoBo of ancestors in the old country...

single cut 54 · 07-25-2008, 10:39 AM

I'm a Saxon Mothers Son with a Celtic Father. Mrs. Singlecut 54 is a mixture of Polish and Welsh. Dads family were Miners and my Moms parents were Teachers. My Wifes Fathers family were Farmers and her Moms family were also Miners.

single cut 54 · 07-25-2008, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Phil47uk

I think I have managed to get an old family pic from BoBo of ancestors in the old country...

Hey Phil, why is Boycie kissing Del Boys hand ?

Phil47uk · 07-25-2008, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by single cut 54

Hey Phil, why is Boycie kissing Del Boys hand ?

That's Don Francesco Ciccio in the 'Godfather'. The guy kissing his hand is D'Niro as the young Don Corleone.

bildozr · 07-25-2008, 11:17 AM

on my moms side Ive got a native american and englis heritage. One of my ancestors probably in the 1500's-1600's married a cherokee woman. and her fater has english origins. There's not much to tell on my dads side. My grandmother also had cherokee heritage. I don't know about my grandfather. We did a last name search and it said we were from wales. My great grandfather lost his parents at a young age, so there wasnt much to tell about the lineage.

single cut 54 · 07-25-2008, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Phil47uk

That's Don Francesco Ciccio in the 'Godfather'. The guy kissing his hand is D'Niro as the young Don Corleone.

I hate to argue Phil but thats definitely Del and Boycie .

geochem1st · 07-25-2008, 11:26 AM

On my fathers side, one of my ancestors came across with Hernando Cortez. After pillaging central America he decided to settle down in Cuba. Nothing more interesting happened until they fled Cuba when Castro took over and settled in Tampa, Fl. They were a line of cigar makers up until recently. On my mothers side, we can trace our roots back to the mid 1700's where one of my ancestors was hung for being a pirate ( a lousy one at that!

) They now control a good portion of the Port of San Juan... but alas my branch of the family tree have become outcasts and are not party to that fortune.

My avatar is my familys crest from my fathers side.

So I come about my rougishness honestly I suppose....

Phil47uk · 07-25-2008, 11:27 AM

Great.. So far we have..

07-25-2008, 09:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
Phil47uk V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: 'Ye merry olde England' Posts: 1,297	What is your families history ? Ok, so we all types and cultures in here, but what are your origins and roots. I'm a UK citizen, but not that far back. My fathers side were Russian Jewish from Lithuania and came over in 1911 to settle in the east end of London. My great great Grandfather returned pissed from a night out in a Russian village. Took a short cut across the ice, and was never ever seen again. My Mother, who wasn't Jewish came from the French speaking part of Switzerland and came over to England in the 1920's when her Mother ( My Grandmother.. Widowed ) married an English soldier convalescing in Switzerland in the 1st world war. Bad move.. He spent all her wealth, then died leaving her widowed again, except this time in a foreign country. Both her daughters, my Mum and my aunt came to England to look after her and both stayed. One of their Brothers staying in Switzerland, the other moving to Canada. My Dads side has so far been traced back to my Great Great Great Grandfather Father in Russia, who was a businessman, although I have a sneaking suspicion he was more like a character from 'Fiddler on the roof'. My Mums side go back to 1377 where they were originally Normans who moved to Switzerland from Normandy. He won some battle honours and was made Count of Gruyer.. ( Yep as in the cheese) and was probably a henchman for the Duke of Savoy. There is still is the family castle in Switzerland, but was sold to an American I think in the last century. Nothing I'm afraid came my way... __________________ 'Long tenons......Short tenons. When the drummer comes in, what the fuck does it matter'. Last edited by Phil47uk; 07-25-2008 at 11:58 AM.

07-25-2008, 09:24 AM	#2 (permalink)
scoobyzjr Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Columbia, MD Posts: 293	Re: What is your family history My family has been in the U.S. for many generations. I have tried to work backwards and figure out from where prior to coming to the United States, but my ancestry is truly the great melting pot and it is impossible to determine early family origins. All I know is that most of my family settled in West Virginia and Maryland and were either coal miners or bootleggers. __________________ I used to be undecided, but now I'm not so sure...

07-25-2008, 09:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
*b-squared* Good Shepherd Mod Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: About 15 minutes from the LOU...(STL) Posts: 5,071	Re: What is your family history My Dad's Grandma's side of the family claims Lord Francis Bacon; in fact one of my "hooligan" Bacon family members helped burn Jamestown to the ground around 1700. The Wiggs' family settled in Wayne County, NC in the 1700s...dirt farmers mostly, poor folk. They moved to Illinois in 1860. My G-G-G Grandfather enlisted in the Union army; less than a year later he died at the Battle of Vicksburg. There are a lot of my people in South Carolina; I've heard that they owned most of Charleston, at one point. BB __________________ _______________________________________________ I use:

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El_Greco Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Greece/Germany Posts: 479	Re: What is your family history Greek from both sides as far back as I know Grew up in Rhodes Greece, working in Germany atm. __________________ They took the bar!! THEY TOOK THE WHOLE F***ING BAR!!!

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PMcG No.6 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 139	Re: What is your family history My family can be traced back to Yorkshire in England.

07-25-2008, 10:11 AM	#13 (permalink)
Phil47uk V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: 'Ye merry olde England' Posts: 1,297	Re: What is your family history Hey.. Some amazing historical lines coming out with some great stories too.. Just goes to show what a melting pot we are all part of.. There's me waving the English flag although neither of my grandparents were even born here.. Keep em coming..Fascinating stuff. Actually I have a stack of American relatives and Irish I never even knew about untill some relation of mine e-mailed me with the family tree, as he was into genealogy in a big way. Imagine B-squared's great great great Grandfather fighting in the civil war, or mine seated on some horse with full armour and a lance.. Jesus! I wonder what these people were like. What great times they had in their lives and what disasters and misery and that one day our great great great great grandchildren will be tring to find out what we were like.. I have a feeling mine might be disappointed. " A Guitarist.. Fuck me that must have been boring". __________________ 'Long tenons......Short tenons. When the drummer comes in, what the fuck does it matter'.

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tarddoggy V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ohio Posts: 1,911	Re: What is your family history my Dad was part of some type of adoption program aimed at Native Americans,trying to trace down his side has been very difficult.My Mom on the other hand,my GGrandparents came over during the great Immigration,they were Slovak __________________ '92 Les Paul Studio '96 Les Paul Studio '05 Les Paul Deluxe '05 Firebird Traynor YVC-20(stock) Peavey Classic 50(212) Crate Vintage Club 20 Crate Vintage Club 30 WB Pickups:Habeneros,Firewaters,67-07 VTPs,67-07 VTP Hotttsss,Greeny 67's Blackheart Little Giant w/Lopoline single 12 cab:Emminence Governor

07-25-2008, 10:21 AM	#15 (permalink)
*b-squared* Good Shepherd Mod Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: About 15 minutes from the LOU...(STL) Posts: 5,071	Re: What is your family history I still have a lot of family in the UK; my Grampy was a Romany Gypsy...that's where I get my humor and music, I think. My Nan was in service, she was really funny as well. I was very close to both of them. BB __________________ _______________________________________________ I use:

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Phil47uk V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: 'Ye merry olde England' Posts: 1,297	Re: What is your family history I think I have managed to get an old family pic from BoBo of ancestors in the old country... __________________ 'Long tenons......Short tenons. When the drummer comes in, what the fuck does it matter'.

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single cut 54 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: england Posts: 935	Re: What is your family history I'm a Saxon Mothers Son with a Celtic Father. Mrs. Singlecut 54 is a mixture of Polish and Welsh. Dads family were Miners and my Moms parents were Teachers. My Wifes Fathers family were Farmers and her Moms family were also Miners.

07-25-2008, 11:17 AM	#20 (permalink)
bildozr Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,015	Re: What is your family history on my moms side Ive got a native american and englis heritage. One of my ancestors probably in the 1500's-1600's married a cherokee woman. and her fater has english origins. There's not much to tell on my dads side. My grandmother also had cherokee heritage. I don't know about my grandfather. We did a last name search and it said we were from wales. My great grandfather lost his parents at a young age, so there wasnt much to tell about the lineage. __________________ I unintentionally throw gas on the fire http://customguitar.forumotion.net/forum.htm Epi Les Paul Standard Plus Top Cherry Sunburst w/ Bigsby B70 MLP Thread Pirates "That creepy guy with the parrot and the glass eye"

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geochem1st Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NC Posts: 641	Re: What is your family history On my fathers side, one of my ancestors came across with Hernando Cortez. After pillaging central America he decided to settle down in Cuba. Nothing more interesting happened until they fled Cuba when Castro took over and settled in Tampa, Fl. They were a line of cigar makers up until recently. On my mothers side, we can trace our roots back to the mid 1700's where one of my ancestors was hung for being a pirate ( a lousy one at that!) They now control a good portion of the Port of San Juan... but alas my branch of the family tree have become outcasts and are not party to that fortune. My avatar is my familys crest from my fathers side. So I come about my rougishness honestly I suppose.... __________________ "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school". -- Albert Einstein Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. '61 SG Special 07 G0 LP Std, VOS Lemonburst 05 Martin D-15 Custom 50 W Randall Century

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Phil47uk V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: 'Ye merry olde England' Posts: 1,297	Re: What is your family history Great.. So far we have.. __________________ 'Long tenons......Short tenons. When the drummer comes in, what the fuck does it matter'.

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