As many of you know, I have spent considerable time the last several months researching our roots. In addition to using the church sources, I also subscribed for a month to Ancestry.com and found tons of information. I plan to subscribe again, but wanted to first compare the information I obtained from their website with information I previously had and that on the church data base. One thing I have looked at is where our roots are, so I looked at where our great grandparents were born. The following is a little trivia I found interesting.
Of the eight great-grandparents on my side, only one was born in the United States, while on Mom’s side, all but one were born in Utah. Obviously, Mom’s roots in the church go much further back than mine.
Of my great-grandparents –
- Barber, Crowhurst, Bennett, Ellison were born in England
- Dawson was born in Scotland, Fowle in Wales, and Erickson in Sweden.
- Casper (my grandma Barber’s father) was born in Ohio and two generations back the Casper line goes to Germany
- Joel discovered that a branch of the Casper line (Durbin and Litton) goes back to the early 1600s in Maryland before coming from England.
Of Mom’s great-grandparents -
- White was born in Wales
- As stated above, the rest were born in Utah but all but one trace back to England.
- Thorpe, Bradshaw, Stratton, and Brown came to Utah from England in the mid 1800s
- Knight and Cheever were in New England for many years and go back to 1600s before coming from England
- The Egbert line goes back to Indiana, New Jersey, and New York, but I could not determine when the first person came to the US. The last Egbert I have was born in 1604 in Flatbush, New York.
Below are pictures of three generations of my line including the 8 great grandparents and pictures of Mom’s great grandparents Newel James Knight and Eliza Stratton with their children (Mom’s grandmother Maude Brown is in the front right) and Mom’s great grandparents John Brown and Mary Cheever.
6 comments:
interesting, thanks for sharing
wow! Most surprised by: Maryland in the 1600's! Susan was happiest about: a german ancestor!
great post dad - i especially appreciate seeing that photo pedigree (are there more photos cropped out on the right side?).
btw, it appears to me that *both* of grandpa barber's parents had a prominent dimpled chin. but unfortunately the chins of the preceeding generation are too bearded to give us any further clues.
Joel,
So glad you liked Dad's post. We can make copies of any pictures (Dad's pedigree photo) and send to you.
BTW, you get your dimpled chin from both sides of our family. Do you remember my Aunt Vera's very prominent dimpled chin? Her children? My grandfather had a slight one. So you guys were doomed to have it....like it or not. :)
This was a great post--- thanks for sharing! But what was the prize this time?
Hi. I just came across your blog from a comment you left on another blog. Looks like were cousins of some sort! I am also a direct descendant of both Lydia Knight and Eliza Briggs. I recognized my great grandfather, Leo Knight right away in the center of the 2nd photo! How exciting to find your blog.
I'm getting ready to go on our Stake Pioneer Trek with my husband and 16 year old son in June. Each of us is to walk for an ancestor. So, I of course chose Eliza Briggs, who my 7 year old daughter is named after. I thought I'd try to find as much info as I could online. If you have any other family photos or stories I would love it if you could share them with me. Thanks! Melissa
my email is: melissanobbs1@gmail.com
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