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Post by d o harris on Jun 2, 2006 15:40:19 GMT -6
crzhrs---you may accept a direct link to a chimp, if you wish. I decline.
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Post by El Crab on Jun 2, 2006 20:52:53 GMT -6
;D ;D Funny! Crab, I thought you were the one related to Abigail Adams, which is how Leyton would be your cousin. Perhaps it was crzhrs. Oh, that's right. BTW, I was thinking the N/A connection, for some reason. But I'm part Blackfoot, and oddly enough, my Dad mentioned it today. I've been helping them with inventory the past few days (32 hours in 3 days, yikes) before I go to Reno. And today, at lunch, we were talking about illegal fireworks, and the Indian rez that used to sell them. At some point, my dad mentioned he is 1/16 Blackfoot, just short of the cut-off for the government. So its confirmed, as I had always guessed, that I am 1/32. Interestingly enough, the ancestor on my Dad's side who was full Blackfoot (great-grandfather?) was apparently a Texas Ranger. I'll have to make my Dad fish out the picture he has of him in his Ranger badge.
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Post by Tricia on Jun 6, 2006 14:11:45 GMT -6
Wait a sec ... I remember! I met Peter Thompson's granddaughter in 2004.
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Post by Melani on Jul 14, 2006 16:27:13 GMT -6
Okay, I've got a different one-- a. I knew my grandmother b. who knew her great-grandmother c. who married Henry Lee d. who knew his cousin, Robert E. Lee e. who knew Jeb Stuart f. who fought Custer (well, that's one way to get to know someone!)
I could probably come up with a better Confederate connection with a little research.
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Post by harpskiddie on Aug 16, 2006 9:30:35 GMT -6
1. My maternal grandmother's second husband [whom I met once - the husband that is] whose name was Parrot, called The Skipper by all in the family [sort of like Libbie referring to The General], captained the yacht for the Norris family of Detroit and Chicago. They were big in sports - International Boxing Club, National Hockey League - and other things [probably some of it not too savoury].
2. The senior Norris of the time [late 1940s] was William. William Norris knew Elizabeth Custer when she lived in New York. They apparently had mutual friends. Norris had a lot of money, hence a lot of friends, and an extremely wide social circle. He apparently knew everybody who was anybody. I think he was big in bootlegging, on the supply side.
3. Elizabeth Custer was somewhat acquainted with George Armstrong Custer - perhaps related in some way. At least I've heard that was the case.
Even had I been alive when Libbie was, I'd never have met her - being the grandson of a Norris employee simply put one in the peon class, so to speak. In Norris' view, that is, probably not Libbie's. Norris was not from "old" money. My step-grandad had to sneak my mother and me onto the boat while Norris was ashore in Toronto. I'll never forget standing on the wharf and looking up at that huge ship, and thinking: "jeez, some guy owns this boat for his own self."
Oops! Rambling again................
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Post by Jas. Watson on Aug 16, 2006 10:13:03 GMT -6
1. Some years ago I knew an old man who by way of introduction said 'shake my hand'. So I did.
2. He then said the same thing happened to him as a young man.
3. That man said he had shaken hands with President Abraham Lincoln.
4. President Lincoln most likely signed GAC's commission as General.
Hey, only four steps! (Weak, very weak!)
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Post by catherine on Jan 4, 2007 8:37:05 GMT -6
Interesting...
I knew: 1. my husband 2. who knew his grandmother Nelly Two Elk and her brother John Fire Lame Deer 3. who knew their grandfather, Sungila Waste (Good Fox) 4. who fought against Custer at the LBH
I am afraid this is the other side of the battle...
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Post by harpskiddie on Jan 4, 2007 12:15:13 GMT -6
catherine:
On this board, there are no sides, only differences of opinion. Were there sides, I would likely be on yours.
Gordie
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Post by elisabeth on Jan 4, 2007 12:42:53 GMT -6
I was beginning to feel very left out, being stuck on the opposite side of the Atlantic ... Was about to ask if there was a prize for having absolutely no connection at all! But then suddenly remembered this:
1. I knew the little old lady who was our next-door neighbour when I was a child.
2. The little old lady neighbour said she remembered seeing the Empress Eugenie, widow of Napoleon III, driving about in the area in her carriage. (Eugenie, when she was exiled from France, had lived not far away -- so not improbable.)
3. Napoleon III had survived an attempt on his life by ...
4. DeRudio, who was at LBH.
As feeble as they come, but still ... only four degrees! So the principle really does work ...
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Post by harpskiddie on Jan 4, 2007 14:46:54 GMT -6
Elisabeth:
Washte cola...
Gordie
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Post by Scout on Jan 4, 2007 15:35:34 GMT -6
OK, her goes..
1. Have talked with Robert Utley who met Charlie Windolph who served under GAC.
2. Friends with Vern Smalley whose mother knew Curley.
3. Friends with Ron Pickard whose great uncle fought at the LBH.
4. Had a bit part in a movie starring Kevin Bacon (doesn't he have something to do with all of this) who knows somebody who knows somebody who knew Erroll Flynn who played Custer.
How's dat?
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Post by fred on Jan 4, 2007 19:01:48 GMT -6
On this board, there are no sides, only differences of opinion. Gordie-- I beg to differ. In more than a year on this thing, I have detected very few differences of opinion. Best wishes, Fred. PS-- Is that a difference of opinion? FCW
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Post by Tricia on Jan 4, 2007 20:57:00 GMT -6
Fred--
Welcome back! If not differences of opinion, perhaps differences of natural empathy? Catherine's presence causes us all to remember that two nations were at war ... and that both deserve respect and representation at these boards. From my own experience, it is a strange experience, indeed, to be at the same time, fascinated by the Custer story as well as the mysteries at LBH, but also personally--via one's heritage--affected by the government policies he represented.
LMC
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Post by Diane Merkel on Jan 5, 2007 17:01:10 GMT -6
Had a bit part in a movie starring Kevin Bacon (doesn't he have something to do with all of this) who knows somebody who knows somebody who knew Erroll Flynn who played Custer. Hey, Scout! You can't slip that by so quickly! What was the movie and what part did you play?
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Post by harpskiddie on Jan 5, 2007 18:57:40 GMT -6
Are we into movies now? I was a horse wrangler on Rio Bravo, 1957, where I first met Rick Nelson. I'm actually in one scene where they are driving the loose horses down the street when the wagons roll into town. I also appeared on a McLeod episode [the one with Rick] and a Streets of San Francisco [the one with Rick], although I wouldn't characterize any of them as 'parts.'
I met The Duke, of course, because I was one of the few guys around the shoot who could play bridge and was a footballer. I never did meet Ben Johnson, who was always my hero, and that is one of the big regrets of my life. Silly isn't it???
Gordie
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