Friday, January 31, 2014

How is Selena related to Justin? #trivia

Selena Marie Gomez is Justin Drew Bieber's first cousin 21 times removed's husband's 21st great granddaughter.  

Justin Drew Bieber 
   →  P. Mallette 
his mother →  D. Dale 
her mother →  V. Henry 
her father →  Marguerite Louse Babin 
his mother →  Charlotte Babin 
her mother → Marie-Élisabeth Poirier 
her mother →  Élisabeth-Charlotte Arseneault 
her mother →  Jean Baptiste Arseneault 
her father →  Marguerite Bujold 
his mother →  Joseph Bujold 
her father →  Elisabeth Melancon 
his mother →  Marie-Marguerite-Anne Mius d'Entremont 
her mother →  Philippe Virginie Mius d'Entremont 
her father → Béatrice Coligny d'Entremont 
his mother →  Gaspard II de Coligny, comte de Coligny 
her father →  Louise Marie de Montmorency 
his mother →  Anne Pot 
her mother → Guy de Pot, baron de Saint Pol 
her father →  Jacques Pot 
his father →  Catarina d'Anguissola 
his mother →  Beatrice Visconti 
her mother → Galeazzo II Visconti, duca di Milano 
her father →  Bernabò Visconti, signore di Milano 
his brother →  Donnina Visconti 
his daughter →  Sir John Hawkwood 
her husband → Antiocha Hawkwood 
his daughter →  Alice Coggeshall 
her daughter →  Thomas Tyrell 
her son →  Elizabeth Tyrrel 
his daughter →  Anne Darcy 
her daughter → Sir Thomas Moyle, Speaker of the House of Commons 
her son →  Anne (Amy) Moyle 
his daughter →  George Kempe 
her son →  Sarah Jane Julian Shipp 
his daughter → Mary Stott 
her daughter →  John Stott, Sr 
her son →  Mary Callahan 
his daughter →  Darby Callahan 
her son →  Edward "Red Ned" Callahan 
his son →  Zelphia Cornett 
his daughter →  Samuel Brack Cornett 
her son →  Laborn Cornett 
his son →  John William Cornett 
his son →  Wallace Frederick Cornett 
his son → Ernest William Cornett, Sr. 
his son →  D. Cornett 
his son →  A. Teefey 
his daughter →  Selena Marie Gomez 
her daughter

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Shut up Peg! Why is the name Peggy short for Margaret?

 “Margaret” has spawned a bewildering variety of nicknames, from “Margot” to “Daisy.” 

The name itself is a variant of the obsolete word “margarite,” meaning “pearl” or “precious stone.” It is apparently of ancient Asian origin, filtered through Greek, Latin, Teutonic and Old French. 

It became a very popular given name in medieval England and Scotland, where it was conventionally taken to mean “pearl.” 

Since “Margaret” is quite a mouthful, nicknames soon spun off from it. Perhaps the strangest is “Daisy.” It’s a pun dating to a time when “margaret” was also an English slang term for the ox-eye daisy. It became an independent first name during the 1900s fad for flower-based names. 

More common were such shortenings and diminutions as “Maggie,” “Meggie” and “Meg.” Some etymologists say that the diminutive “Maggie” form came first, with “Meg” following as a shortened form; others say the shortened form “Meg” came first, with “Maggie” and “Meggie” following as diminutive forms. Nobody really knows. 

What we do know is that “Peg” is an altered form of “Meg,” and “Peggy” is an altered form of “Meggie.” 

“Meggie” and “Meg” were distinctively Scottish nicknames, so “Peg” and “Peggy” probably were, too. 

But no one knows why the “M” was changed to a “P.” (A theory about Celtic-language influence has proven fruitless.) They are similar consonant sounds; maybe the change was inspired by a nonsense-rhyme nickname like “Meggy-Peggy.” 

Interestingly, the same morphology can be seen in nicknames for “Mary.” “Molly” is a pet form of “Mary”; “Polly” is a variant form of “Molly,” with the “M” also mysteriously changed to a “P.” 

It’s unusual for a nickname to become an independent first name by itself. But “Peg” and “Peggy” have done so (apparently first occurring in the U.S.), no doubt aided by their lack of clear connection to “Margaret.”   

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060818052837AAz7m9H 

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Betty, Elizabeth, Bethany and Bethia!

Betty is a common diminutive for the names Elizabeth and Bethany.[1] In the 1600s and 1700s it was more often a diminutive of Bethia.[2]   

Wikipedia

Rubie Irene Nichols Hancock #TombstoneTuesday


She was born in Floyd County and was a daughter of the late Rufus Samuel and Mamie Collins Nichols.   

She was also preceded in death by a sister, Hazel Woods.She was retired from the dietary department at Blue Ridge Nursing Center and was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. 

Graveside services were conducted Monday at Trinity Baptist Church. Memorial contributions may be made to Trinity Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Paul Holt. Arrangements were by Moody Funeral Home in Stuart. 


http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.patrick/1834/mb.ashx?pnt=1  

Monday, January 27, 2014

#MysteryMonday #MysteryoftheWeek Millie Vaughan Bourne

My mystery of the week is Midred Vaughan Bourne, wife of William Emmett Bourne. She is my Great Great Grandmother.

http://www.geni.com/people/MILLIE-BOURNE/6000000022275970076

Why are there so many Johns in the family tree???

According to the English naming scheme... The scheme goes first son after father of father, second after father of mother, third after father's oldest brother, and so on; the girls were named the same only after mothers.    
http://genforum.genealogy.com/turner/messages/16119.html

Saturday, January 25, 2014

#FotoOpFriday My Heritage Family Crest


Here is a nifty little crest I made. 
You can make one too at www.MyHeritage.com

Friday, January 24, 2014

Mystery of the Month

Mystery Monday      

Its not Monday yet but...  
The following photos were sent to me in hopes of finding answers.
The question???    

Are these photos of my great great aunt Anne Cora Nichols and her son-in-law Thomas Sherman?
If you know the answer please spill...
:)  




#FollowerFriday Barbara Schmidt

This week's follower is Barbara Schmidt, blogger and genealogist.
Thanks for the Follow Barb :)

http://schmidtbarbara.wordpress.com/ 
https://plus.google.com/118124499864484568982/posts


Thursday, January 23, 2014

#ThrowbackThursday Cowboy Baby

Here is an old photo of me with a cowboy hat. And its so old that that is all I can tell you about it.

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  • Ireland11%
  • Iberian Peninsula9%
  • Trace Regions
    2%
  • Italy/Greece2%

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