Today, 15 June 2017, marks the 802nd anniversary of the Magna Carta, a document that has played a crucial role in the development of human rights, liberty, and the rule of law all around the world.
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Elizabeth S. (Dawson) Watts
On this day, 12 June 1893, Elizabeth S. (Dawson) Watts died. She was my 4th great-grandmother.
Elizabeth was born on 5 February 1810, in Warren County, Kentucky. She was one of ten children and was the first daughter of William Dawson and Mary “Polly” L Bailey, joining older brothers, George and John.
Categories: Everyday People, On This Day, Watts-Stark Line
Tags: American history, ancestry, biography, family history, family tree, genealogy, lineage
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ABCs & Our Family Trees: Letters I & J
I have always been fascinated by language, specifically where it originates and how it adapts, mutates, and relates to other languages. That is why I found the recent series of blogs by Andrew’s Kindred so intriguing. It combined my love of etymology with my love of genealogy. I was so inspired, in fact, that I decided to try my hand at chronicling the origins of our families’ surnames.
This is the ninth installment of a series of posts documenting the etymology of many of our families’ surnames (recent and distant, direct and indirect.)
Now that the H names have been discussed, next up are the letters I and J:
Abraham Campbell
On this day, 16 May 1893, Abraham Campbell, my 4th great-grandfather, passed away in Cole County, Missouri.
Born on 10 January 1818, in Barren County, Kentucky, Abraham was the son of James and Sophia (Downing) Campbell. His parents were married in Barren County, Kentucky five years prior to his birth on 27 March 1813.
Categories: Everyday People, On This Day, Watts-Stark Line
Tags: American history, ancestry, biography, Civil War, family history, family tree, genealogy, Kentucky, lineage, Missouri
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Order of the Garter
On this day, 23 April, in the year of our Lord 1348, the Most Noble Order of the Garter, the highest order of chivalry and the third most prestigious honor in the United Kingdom, was founded. The Order is dedicated to Saint George, England’s patron saint.
The Order’s emblem is a garter with the motto “Honi soit qui mal y pense.”—”Shame on him who thinks evil of it.” Members of the order wear this emblem on ceremonial occasions.
At the time of its foundation, the Order consisted of King Edward III, together with 25 founder knights, listed in ascending order of stall number in St. George’s Chapel. They are all depicted in individual portraits in the Bruges Garter Book, circa 1431.
Listed below are my ancestors who founded or were inducted into the Order of the Garter:
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