Casper Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Most everyone has some sort of famous relative in their family tree. Who's yours? One of mine, Isobel Gowdie (or Gowdy, Gaudy, etc depending on when/where):http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isobel_Gowdiehttp://books.google.com/books?id=zkBPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA219&lpg=PA219&dq=gowdy+witch&source=bl&ots=1OuKvU1mX7&sig=qDXpLC2nNNqz3OGzv1oTfN2uTt0&hl=en&ei=5gqfSe-MGo-Etgf8jpyADQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA219,M1http://www.google.com/search?q=Isobel+Gowdie+witchhttp://www.answers.com/topic/isobel-gowdie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flounder Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Most everyone has some sort of famous relative in their family tree. Who's yours? One of mine, Isobel Gowdie (or Gowdy, Gaudy, etc depending on when/where):http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isobel_Gowdiehttp://books.google.com/books?id=zkBPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA219&lpg=PA219&dq=gowdy+witch&source=bl&ots=1OuKvU1mX7&sig=qDXpLC2nNNqz3OGzv1oTfN2uTt0&hl=en&ei=5gqfSe-MGo-Etgf8jpyADQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA219,M1http://www.google.com/search?q=Isobel+Gowdie+witchhttp://www.answers.com/topic/isobel-gowdieTried for witchcraft and your name was satan and is now casper.. Coincidence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusion Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Nothing direct. Kurt Cobain was like a 2nd cousin on my mom's side. They attend(ed) our larger family reunions in Washington. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixxie750 Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 my grandfather makes the masters(golf) green jackets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exSRAaron Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 (edited) I prolly do, the Eberle name is pretty big in Europe I guess i dont really care tho....hahamy grandfather also invented a coat drilling machine that made a huge impact too. Edited February 20, 2009 by exSRAaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVTPilot Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 I have an uncle that was governor of Kentucky back around the civil war era. If you travel through Lexington, our family name is peppered about. Restaurants (De Sha's) and a couple streets. Means jack shit to me. He reportedly owned slaves, so I'm not exactly proud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAMBUSA Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Rob & Chad Lowe:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 I'm guessin' most of mine were probably Nazi's - but one cousin is a opera singer in Germany still. Dunno how famous she is though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jermattak Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Edgar Allan Poe, so close its my grandmas maiden name. not sure how im related to him, great great great grandfathers brother? i would have to call my grandma and ask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratsy Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 I have bank robbers in mine! Woo Hoo Jessie James and Belle Star Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmako777 Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 julius caeser and stonewall jackson here! i even have the same bday as caesar, july 13th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmoosego Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 my great grandmother was a singer in the cincinnati opera, charlotte callahan.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troyec001 Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 I heard my family killed someone of importance/royalty in Ireland...I think, and we had to change our name and leave the country. There is a book about it, but I can't get it from my family yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd#43 Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 He reportedly owned slaves, so I'm not exactly proud.So, you have a relative that was a GOVERNOR and you're not proud of him because he owned slaves??WTF man...EVERYONE that was anyone back then did. My guess is he's not the only one in your family that had them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kawi kid Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 my cousin had a hand in the making of the iraq conflict. she was one of the lead weapons inspectors that saddam tried so hard to trick and mess with for however many years. here is a time line thing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_disarmament_crisis_timeline_1997%E2%80%932000 but this is the part about her:September 25, 1997UNSCOM inspects an Iraqi "food laboratory". One of the inspectors, Dr. Diane Seaman, enters the building through the back door and catches several men running out with suitcases. The suitcases contained log books for the creation of illegal bacteria and chemicals. The letterhead comes from the president's office and from the Special Security Office (SSO).UNSCOM attempts to inspect the SSO headquarters but is blocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 Had three family members on the Titanichttp://www.titanic1.org/people/frank-goldsmith.asphttp://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-biography/frankie-goldsmith.htmlGreat Great Grandfather and Grandmother as well as my Great Grandfather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireman_343 Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 I'm guessin' most of mine were probably Nazi's - but one cousin is a opera singer in Germany still. Dunno how famous she is though.__________________Yeah, my family might be all Nazi's also... My great grandfather came from Germany!! I was told that someone on my mothers side of the family was a king somewhere..I've got Royal blood, but who really knows! I don't see any of the money so who really cares!BTW, my Bday is July 13th also.. just like Julius Caeser's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 (edited) Lineage traced back to England and Germany. Makes me a Son of the American Revolution. (SAR) And my Sister a DAR. Young British Leftenant got off the ship in Williamsburg, either the 2nd or 4th ship arriving. Nobody knows for sure, the records were destroyed in Sherman's march through Virginia. He was the son of an English soldier in an Irish occupation, who married an Irish girl. Some migrated to Kentucky, some to Georgia, some stayed in Virginia. Ancestors fought on both sides of the civil war. One ancestor was commander of Fort Pitt. One in England was granted the Knight's Cross, those don't come easy. It's like our Medal of Honor only rather rare. Mom was one of the first women in Ohio to fly an airplane. Dad trained astronauts in how to fly the Apollo CSM & LEM. Got a cousin in Germany that won the Berlin half distance Marathon one year. I hear Amelia Earhart is a 6th cousin, but any family in the USA for at least 6 generations, has half of the population as a 6th cousin. My uncle invented a potato chip process, that was grabbed up by all when the patent expired. They all use it now. His real claim to fame was inventing shuffle board wax. It made him rich. Another uncle developed the vidicon. That's the "eyeball" tv unit on the front of an air-to-surface weapon carried by most every military aircraft everywhere. Fun stuff... way more than you wanted to know...I edited out stuff I've invented, boring, but ask me sometime who invented the "Jaws of Life". I was there. Very cool. Edited February 21, 2009 by ReconRat blah blah blah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owndjoo Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 Sacagawea is a distant relative from my family. I'm 1/16 Shoshone Native American Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 Yeah, my family might be all Nazi's also... My great grandfather came from Germany!! I was told that someone on my mothers side of the family was a king somewhere..I've got Royal blood, but who really knows! I don't see any of the money so who really cares!BTW, my Bday is July 13th also.. just like Julius Caeser'sNot all of them. Germans who came to America were fleeing what they didn't like in Germany. Same in my family. Certainly those from Bavaria weren't all that excited about German empiricism.Funny story... Germans way back didn't have last names. In order to accurately collect taxes, the Emperor Maximilian had them all adopt last names. They liked their emperor so much (*cough*), they all named themselves "Max" for a last name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireman_343 Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 Cool stuff.. yeah.. who invented the Jaws of Life?? I should know this being I'm a firefighter and use the damn thing! HAHAHA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 sacajawwea that's cool....my relative was william tecumseh sherman....crazy ass civil war dude.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLN1223 Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 Paul Newmanjk My Dad is Randy NewmanBut not that Randy newmanHmmm Maybe I should ask some questions........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegame Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 no clue. asked my parents years ago and they didnt know either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 Cool stuff.. yeah.. who invented the Jaws of Life?? I should know this being I'm a firefighter and use the damn thing! HAHAHAshort version: the last time I googled it, two people were claiming to have invented it. Both claimed timeframes after what I know. Makes me laugh. In 1975, a senior in Industrial Product Design at OSU, built one for an ARCO competition. I helped him. Molds, castings, gears, motors, batteries, hydraulic pump, lines and valve, backpack, the whole iron man outfit. He won. ARCO happily bought it. Slammed a cinder block on the table, stuck it with the jaws, and blew it apart during the demo. Yes, was very cool. I think it was ARCO Engineering, Inc of Georgia. It would be interesting to find the original patent and see who's listed.argh, just shot myself in the foot. Guess I was wrong, this predates it.ok, here it is. One year before what I know. Now I know why ARCO never patented it, they were too late. There's still some goof balls out there that claim it. I never saw any reference material that related to what this Hurst guy did. What can I say... not saying that it's identical to ours, dunno... United States Patent 3819153 - Rescue ToolInventor Hurst, George H. (Huntingdon Valley, PA) US Patent filed on 04/26/1972US Patent published on 06/25/1974http://www.freepatentsonline.com/3819153.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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