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Some photos and audio that I've recorded over the years, while living in the Arizona desert. Enjoy!

 

  Dana's genealogy fun facts

Family surnames

The Scots - Alexander, Brewster/Bruster, Davis, Cannaday/Kennedy, Dow, Easden, Frazier, Hemphill, Kirk, McKnight/McNitt, Pogue, Ramsey, Scott, Sharpe, Wallis, Wilson

The Irish - Acklam, Bartrim, Burke, Coffey, Doyne/O'Doyne, Jeffers, Lawler, McDaid/Mac Daibheid, McGee
The Dutch - Botjagers, Borsboom, Dirks, Van Dyke/Van Dyck, Mebie, Van Norden, Sielo/Siele
 The Belgians - Laeckens
The Brits - Albritton, Baker, Barnes, Birdsell, Brent, Calvert, Carpenter, Conyers, Crabtree, Crossland, Cruse, Dabney, Danby, Dawson, Dayton, De Bretteville, Eckerman, Falconer, Fine, Gardiner, Gooch, Graves, Green, Harbin, Harrison, Hawksworth, Hopton, Hosteed/Hostead, Jarman, Loftin, Nodding, Odom, Pate, Pendleton, Reed, Schufelt, Somerset, Stone, Strangeways, Teague/Tegg, Thomas, Tuttle/Tuthill, Wagstaff, Washburn, Webber, Wilbourn/Welbourne, Windham, Wells, Wooten, Young
The Canadians - Young, Partlow, Pilkey
The Welsh - Davis, Gwyn/Winn, Maugridge, Morgan, Mynne, Williams
The Germans - Boone, Brewer, Crupper, Herrmans, Rau, Schufelt, Williams
The French - Cardin, De Courteney, Du Trieux, Noiret

Native American ancestors

Iroquois Mohawk/Kanien'kehá:ka "People of the Flint" (a native tribe of NY) - Grietje, 8th great-grandmother from Albany NY, married Pieter Jacobse Borsboom of Holland - A land deed written in 1697 shows a wolf drawn upside down by one Rode Indian of the Mohawk tribe. The deed transfers land from Grietje to her daughter's family. The Mohawk tribe are matrilineal, meaning succession is through the female line. According to Mohawk Frontier by Thomas E Burke Jr - In February 1680 Sheriff Richard Pretty cited Grietje with having a beaver pelt under her bed. When he tried to take it, she "threatened to pull his hair if he did so, so that he was forced to leave." As he was leaving, he was "offered two beavers to settle the matter."
Cherokee - family surnames Barnes, Brewer, Frazier, Hemphill, Martin, Pate & Pogue - The location of these ancestors is correct and I've seen several of the surnames on the Indian rolls, but the Indian bloodline remains family rumors at this point since I haven't found documentation. My grandmother claimed up until her death that she was 1/8 Cherokee, so I'll keep looking.

National Geographic Genomics Project

mtDNA Haplogroup U (Ursula) L3 - my "Mitochondrial Eve" originated in Africa about 150,000 yrs ago near Kenya/Ethiopia area (mtDNA variants 16325C/16189C)

Famous ancestors/relations

(The majority of my ancestors were farmers, blacksmiths, masons, merchants, housewives and teachers, but a few lived outside the box)
Barrack Obama - 7th cousin once removed - US President (8th cousins - Sasha and Malia)

Israel Boone - 7th Great-grandfather - Daniel Boone's brother and a Quaker in 1600s PA

Abraham Lincoln - US President- distant cousin to Israel Boone

George Calvert - 12th great-grandfather - English Knight and Lord

Leonard Calvert - 11th great-grandfather - first governor of Maryland

Cornelius Van Dyke - 9th great-grandfather - physician/surgeon - Van Dykes settled New Amsterdam aka New York City

Hendrick Van Dyck - 10th great-grandfather - Ensign of West India Company - shady history with the Natives

Edward Tegg/Teague - 10th great-grandfather - settled Tegg's Delight

Sir Edward Morgan - 11th great-grandfather - 1st Baronet Of Llantarnam, Monmouthshire, Wales

Bleddyn ap Cunfyn - Welsh royal family - The name Davis originates from here but I'd like to verify my family's connection, if that's even possible.
Paternal great grandfather was a bootlegger during prohibition and was murdered by another bootlegger. There is a mountain named after his family.
I'm sure I will find many more interesting relatives and ancestors as my research continues.

Photos

 Around the World

 Giza, Egypt

Giza, Egypt

 Teotihuacán, Mexico

Athens, Greece

Pompeii, Italy

Causeway Coast, Ireland

White Island, New Zealand

Hilo, Hawaii

Stonehenge, England 

London, England

Banff, Canada.

Seward, Alaska

Mona Lisa, Louvre, Paris

Nike, Louvre, Paris

Samantha statue, Salem, MA

Salem Witch Museum

The Wayside in Concord, MA

House of Seven Gables, Salem
Arizona Nature

Right: My lunar eclipse pic was published at www.spaceweather.com

 

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