Guess I'm considered an "old blue blood" in American history?
My mother's side:
1. Robert (Bobby) Burns, the Scottish poet, best known for "Auld Lang Syne", the New Years Eve song.
2. Robert Morris, a signor of the Declaration of Independence. He never had children. However my mother is descended from his one nephew.
3. Walter Irving, listed as an "automotive pioneer" for Oregon......He and a partner were the first to bring "horseless carriages" into the state.
My father's side:
1. Miles Standish.......Yep........My dad's niece (my cousin) went through the effort of having a family tree done with the help of the Mormons (who are known to keep amazing records.).........and a few years before my dad passed she sent him a copy.
Because of that copy of the family tree, I discovered that a dear close girl friend of mine and I are VERY distant relatives! LOL! Curiously, she and I look very much alike!!!!!!!
Faye and I ended up in business together (an antique mall) and it became a good joke when people would come into the shop and mistake me for her....... or the other way around........ And then, a few years later we both took a "girls vacation" together to Las Vegas. There were several occasions where folks asked if we were sisters.
2. The Pratt Family in the Philomath/Corvallis, Oregon area........one of the first pioneer settlers there. There is a Mary's Peak and a Mary's River in that area named for my great grandmother.
History is cool..........It teaches. Hopefully it teaches us what NOT to REPEAT! But also teaches us things to appreciate.
