Dr. Peter Venkman
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I am an apprentice of FPS Doug.
Related to any famous shooters or founding fathers?
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eric.cartman
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Yep.
My grandmother's uncle was Stanislaw Skalski: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisław_Skalski
My grandmother's uncle was Stanislaw Skalski: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisław_Skalski
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wow! this old thread revived,great!
We have so many new members and interesting stories.
Thank you guys/gals for really interesting reading.
Gunnies are far more interesting then antis.
We have so many new members and interesting stories.
Thank you guys/gals for really interesting reading.
Gunnies are far more interesting then antis.
Not so much famous as INfamous.
My grandmother assures me (I am not convinced as I have not seen the family tree confirm this) that we are related to Jesse and Frank James.
At least I know I had ancestors in the civil war and the revolutionary war. (And on the right side in both wars! Too bad the second was the losing side...)
My grandmother assures me (I am not convinced as I have not seen the family tree confirm this) that we are related to Jesse and Frank James.
At least I know I had ancestors in the civil war and the revolutionary war. (And on the right side in both wars! Too bad the second was the losing side...)
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I'm a blood decendent of Annie Oakley, and my step-father was a blood decendent of John W. Booth.
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Rocketman56
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Adams
My wife's maternal grandmother was an Adams... Not sure if its a direct trail back
to John, but that's what "NaNa NaNa" said before she died last summer... Have to do
a little digging, I guess.. She lived in Western PA, near Punxsutawney..
My birth father traces back to a Turley, who fought in the Revolutionary War from Virginia.
My birth mother traces back to Ireland and Scotland (Blakeman).
Night,
Steve
My wife's maternal grandmother was an Adams... Not sure if its a direct trail back
to John, but that's what "NaNa NaNa" said before she died last summer... Have to do
a little digging, I guess.. She lived in Western PA, near Punxsutawney..
My birth father traces back to a Turley, who fought in the Revolutionary War from Virginia.
My birth mother traces back to Ireland and Scotland (Blakeman).
Night,
Steve
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Yes.Gunsmith said:
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Related to Aguila Blanca.
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I'm not but one of my co-workers is a decendant of Alexander Hamilton which, oddly enough, was the opponent of the original posters relative.
They still have the name Hamilton and they have his dueling pistol.
They still have the name Hamilton and they have his dueling pistol.
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mustanger98
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I've noticed this old thread's been revived a couple of times. I didn't post in this one before because I didn't know anything. But lately, my sister's been hunting records. It seems on Daddy's side, his father's mother's line traces back to Jamestown, VA, 1607... one of the original settlers. More recently, there was a governor of Maryland and a link to George Washington which would make us distant cousins. Further back and we're traced to Yorkshire and Saxony, England, and then back through Prussia... seems one ancestor was a Teutonic Knight. (FWIW, my sister compares the TK's to the KKK. At that time, they were spreading Christianity by force. I've spent how many years eschewing swords and find out I'm descended partly from someone who fought with swords for a living.) Sister said there's record of one being buried in some cemetery in Prussia and there's record all the way back to the 1100's in Acre, Palestine. The only records I've seen on that side of the family said they'd moved to Texas and then moved back to Alabama... time period was 1820's and 1830's.
Famous shooters... none that I know of. However, I do know my Grandpa could shoot quite well. And Daddy said Grandpa had the steadiest hands of anyone he ever saw. Grandpa inspired me to try to shoot better.
My sister said a good many of our relatives fought for the South. A good many of them died as POW's.
Mom's father has never really been a shooter, but he's the one that got me good and curious about the M1 Garand... he used one in the Pacific during WW2... U.S. Army, 43rd ID in New Guinea and the Philippines. They went in ahead of MacArthur. Granddaddy said he didn't have any use for MacArthur too... they did all the work getting in there and backing the Japs out and then MacArthur wades for the cameras in and says "I have returned" and takes all the credit.
Famous shooters... none that I know of. However, I do know my Grandpa could shoot quite well. And Daddy said Grandpa had the steadiest hands of anyone he ever saw. Grandpa inspired me to try to shoot better.
My sister said a good many of our relatives fought for the South. A good many of them died as POW's.
Mom's father has never really been a shooter, but he's the one that got me good and curious about the M1 Garand... he used one in the Pacific during WW2... U.S. Army, 43rd ID in New Guinea and the Philippines. They went in ahead of MacArthur. Granddaddy said he didn't have any use for MacArthur too... they did all the work getting in there and backing the Japs out and then MacArthur wades for the cameras in and says "I have returned" and takes all the credit.
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hmmm...
...not really famous as a shooter, but Nathan Bedford Forrest is back there somewhere...the fustest with the mostest...Cavalry Supply as I recall...and a few other things better left for the low road...
...not really famous as a shooter, but Nathan Bedford Forrest is back there somewhere...the fustest with the mostest...Cavalry Supply as I recall...and a few other things better left for the low road...
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George Drouillard. He was the principal hunter on the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
DUCKNDAWG
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not gun related but I'm a direct decsendent of johnny appleseed
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John wesley Hardin was my grandmothers uncle. (on my mothers side.) I proudly hail from a long line of mean drunks.
springer7676
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I am related to J.O. Whisnant a renowned gunsmith who made rifes in the early and mid 1800's in North Carolina. His specialty was a 32 caliber squirrel rifle that every one who hunted had to have. My Grandfather left me his that his grandfather left him and it will still shoot stacked rounds at fifty paces.
I am related to J.O. Whisnant a renowned gunsmith who made rifes in the early and mid 1800's in North Carolina. His specialty was a 32 caliber squirrel rifle that every one who hunted had to have. My Grandfather left me his that his grandfather left him and it will still shoot stacked rounds at fifty paces.
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sweet, can you post a picture?
I have sometimes wondered why small caliber carbines are not popular
(except for .22lr's) I would love a .32 or .25 carbine
I have sometimes wondered why small caliber carbines are not popular
(except for .22lr's) I would love a .32 or .25 carbine
The Deer Hunter
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I think most of my relatives came over just prior to the turn of the century. So probably not. I haven't taken time to figure that out, though. That actually sounds like fun.
But I do have my great Grandfather's 16GA break barrel.
But I do have my great Grandfather's 16GA break barrel.
wheelgunslinger
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Most prominently, I'm a direct desendant of the James Brothers (Jesse and Frank). Our family was still living in the area two generations ago.
I'm also descended from a moonshiner or two who are reputed to have put a couple or three revenue agents in the ground.
I'm also descended from a moonshiner or two who are reputed to have put a couple or three revenue agents in the ground.
Winter Borne
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Okay, I'll plat too... My farther was a Sergeant of a three-man Rapid Tactical Force at one of America’s largest indoor retail shopping areas...
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Okay, I'll play too... My farther was a Sergeant of a three-man Rapid Tactical Force at one of America’s largest indoor retail shopping areas...
This is hardly a famous shooter... but I'd call these "founding fathers" of sorts:
I am a descendant of John Warren, one of the first colonists who came over with the Mayflower's fleet-- the Winthrop Fleet-- in 1630.
I am a descendant of John Warren Sr. and his son, John Warren Sr. II (odd I know) --along with 10 other Warren relatives who fought in Dubose's company out of South Carolina-- who were soldiers in the Revolutionary War under the Swamp Fox, Francis Marion.
Incidently, I am the 13th John Warren in our line. It makes for a creepy trip through our Family Cemetary to see your name all over tombstones. I probably should have got dad and mom to spring for some therapy.
So, one came over here to start this whole ball of wax before a nation was a blip on the radar, and the others fought to make this country a reality. I'd call those "Founding" from a certain perspective. But I know what you was meant.
-- John
I am a descendant of John Warren, one of the first colonists who came over with the Mayflower's fleet-- the Winthrop Fleet-- in 1630.
I am a descendant of John Warren Sr. and his son, John Warren Sr. II (odd I know) --along with 10 other Warren relatives who fought in Dubose's company out of South Carolina-- who were soldiers in the Revolutionary War under the Swamp Fox, Francis Marion.
Incidently, I am the 13th John Warren in our line. It makes for a creepy trip through our Family Cemetary to see your name all over tombstones. I probably should have got dad and mom to spring for some therapy.
So, one came over here to start this whole ball of wax before a nation was a blip on the radar, and the others fought to make this country a reality. I'd call those "Founding" from a certain perspective. But I know what you was meant.
-- John
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Supposedly, per my Mom's Mom, there was a connection (via the Folger family) to Ben Franklin.
Hey, wheelgunner, my wife's mother's maiden name is James, and is somewhat related to the same clan (southern Missouri).
My mother's maiden name was Ashley, and one of her forebears was William H. Ashley, cofounders of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company.
My mother's maiden name was Ashley, and one of her forebears was William H. Ashley, cofounders of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company.
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