continuing with genaeology...
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dragonlady7My mother's mother's father's people, was the exercise for this evening.
The Denison family is apparently quite venerable, being early settlers in Connecticut. There's a Denison Genaeology book that my grandmother has, which is apparently quite a fascinating read. We weren't in it initially but she wrote to them and now we're included in the Appendix. *shrug*
Anyhow. This one's got 12 generations in America, starting with a man and his adult son who came from England.
Bridget Kelly, b. 26 Aug 1979, m. n/a, d. n/a. Her mother:
Christina Shaver Kelly, b. 20 Mar 1951, m. 3 Mar 1977, d. n/a. Her mother:
Elizabeth Denison Shaver, b. 1 Mar 1919, m. 21 May 1949, d. n/a. Her father:
Charles Earl Denison Sr., b. 26 Aug 1893, m. 28 Nov 1912, d. 4 Nov 1961. His father:
Edward Mathews Denison, b. 15 Dec. 1862, m. 15 Dec 1885, d. 7 Jan 1899. His father:
Charles Marcus Denison, b. 21 Jan 1828, m. 22 Dec 1859, d. ca. 1909. His father:
John Denison, b. 4 Jun 1793, m. 3 May 1818, d. 28 Oct 1854. His father:
Andrew Denison, b. 3 Dec 1761, m. ?, d. 25 mar 1813. He frustrated my grandmother no end during her research; he served in the Revolutionary War, but no legal paperwork exists to prove this, and so she was unable to use him, and ended up researching dozens more family lines to find a suitable ancestor. His father:
John Denison, b. 21 Oct 1716, m. 1738, d. 3 Mar 1808. His father:
Deacon Daniel Denison, b. 28 Mar 1680, m. 1 Jan 1704, d. 13 oct 1747. His father:
Capt. John Denison, b. 1646, m. 26 Nov 1667, d. 1698. His father:
Capt. George Denison, b. ca. 1620 in England, m. 1646, d. 1694. He emigrated in 1631 with his father:
William Denison, b. 1570 in England, m. 7 Nob 1603, d. 25 Jan 1653.
There is a cryptic note copied from the Denison genaeology that notes that "ancestry is traced to Clovis the Riparian, Frankish(?) King of Cologne, living 420 a.d." but I'm not sure who this applies to. It seems to be in reference to George's first wife Bridget Thompson, who died in 1643, and thus is not John's mother. John being the one I'm descended from, that cuts Clovis out of my ancestry, which is a darn shame. I'm going to have to ask Grandma about that.
So, just to leave you with some numbers, the average age of marriage of that crowd is 28, which is older than average, and the average age of death of that crowd is 67, which is somewhat less than average. (There's one coot who lived to 92 in there dragging it all upwards. If his son had lived as long, Grandma would've been able to find his pension records and get herself into the DAR without quite so much legwork. Andrew died pensionless at 52, and Grandma's grandpa takes the record, dying at only 37. C'est la vie, or should I say, c'est la mort. And that's all the French you're getting out of me.) And yet, they still managed to have hordes of children somewhere in there, because there are thousands of Denisons now. *shrug* Guess you don't really need all that much time.
So, I'm bummed that I'm not descended (apparently) from Clovis the Riparian of Cologne. So sad.
The Denison family is apparently quite venerable, being early settlers in Connecticut. There's a Denison Genaeology book that my grandmother has, which is apparently quite a fascinating read. We weren't in it initially but she wrote to them and now we're included in the Appendix. *shrug*
Anyhow. This one's got 12 generations in America, starting with a man and his adult son who came from England.
Bridget Kelly, b. 26 Aug 1979, m. n/a, d. n/a. Her mother:
Christina Shaver Kelly, b. 20 Mar 1951, m. 3 Mar 1977, d. n/a. Her mother:
Elizabeth Denison Shaver, b. 1 Mar 1919, m. 21 May 1949, d. n/a. Her father:
Charles Earl Denison Sr., b. 26 Aug 1893, m. 28 Nov 1912, d. 4 Nov 1961. His father:
Edward Mathews Denison, b. 15 Dec. 1862, m. 15 Dec 1885, d. 7 Jan 1899. His father:
Charles Marcus Denison, b. 21 Jan 1828, m. 22 Dec 1859, d. ca. 1909. His father:
John Denison, b. 4 Jun 1793, m. 3 May 1818, d. 28 Oct 1854. His father:
Andrew Denison, b. 3 Dec 1761, m. ?, d. 25 mar 1813. He frustrated my grandmother no end during her research; he served in the Revolutionary War, but no legal paperwork exists to prove this, and so she was unable to use him, and ended up researching dozens more family lines to find a suitable ancestor. His father:
John Denison, b. 21 Oct 1716, m. 1738, d. 3 Mar 1808. His father:
Deacon Daniel Denison, b. 28 Mar 1680, m. 1 Jan 1704, d. 13 oct 1747. His father:
Capt. John Denison, b. 1646, m. 26 Nov 1667, d. 1698. His father:
Capt. George Denison, b. ca. 1620 in England, m. 1646, d. 1694. He emigrated in 1631 with his father:
William Denison, b. 1570 in England, m. 7 Nob 1603, d. 25 Jan 1653.
There is a cryptic note copied from the Denison genaeology that notes that "ancestry is traced to Clovis the Riparian, Frankish(?) King of Cologne, living 420 a.d." but I'm not sure who this applies to. It seems to be in reference to George's first wife Bridget Thompson, who died in 1643, and thus is not John's mother. John being the one I'm descended from, that cuts Clovis out of my ancestry, which is a darn shame. I'm going to have to ask Grandma about that.
So, just to leave you with some numbers, the average age of marriage of that crowd is 28, which is older than average, and the average age of death of that crowd is 67, which is somewhat less than average. (There's one coot who lived to 92 in there dragging it all upwards. If his son had lived as long, Grandma would've been able to find his pension records and get herself into the DAR without quite so much legwork. Andrew died pensionless at 52, and Grandma's grandpa takes the record, dying at only 37. C'est la vie, or should I say, c'est la mort. And that's all the French you're getting out of me.) And yet, they still managed to have hordes of children somewhere in there, because there are thousands of Denisons now. *shrug* Guess you don't really need all that much time.
So, I'm bummed that I'm not descended (apparently) from Clovis the Riparian of Cologne. So sad.
