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Gracie Allen, 7th cousin 4x removed

 

Gracie AllenGracie Allen is my 7th cousin 4 x removed. The ancestor who connects us together is Elizabeth Cary, 10th great grandmother.

Genealogical connections:

Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen was an American vaudevillian and comedienne who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns, her straight man appearing with her on radio, television and film as the duo Burns and Allen.

Did integration affect the way African-Americans feel today?

Within the last couple of years, there is an enormous argument whether or not or not integration has had an optimistic or unfavorable effect on African Americans citizens. On May 14, 1954, integration in academic institutions started due to the Brown v. Board of Education resolution. Even though this could not totally eliminate segregation through the entire Country, this court resolution still impacts the African American population in the present day.

Several professionals have recommended the fact that integration was the “IDEAL” factor which has ever before occurred to help African American citizens. Citing that integration had not been exclusively about having the ability to patronize white-owned businesses and organizations or participating in better academic institutions with additional assets. It had been about having the ability to maneuver and gain access to society on the same level as white persons in America.

Eventually, there exists a slippery incline in the concept that everything white is in some way much better than anything at all. Be it in school, business enterprise, or just citizens, trusting in this ideology may be regarded as a type of self-hate. However, there are some excellent and negative thoughts surrounding integration, there is certainly just one mind-boggling fact that people all encounter at this time: African American citizens need to begin to sustain each other and join forces as a women and men.

Comments: As a bi-racial individual, I grew up both in the North and South. However, seeing the struggle caused me to question a lot of things about “integration.” I believe we are to work together and hold each other accountable. We live in this “Lives Matter” moment, if we do not get along with each other now, NO HUMAN LIVES will mater.

Lena Mary Calhoun Horne, 9th cousin 6x removed

Lena Mary Calhoun Horne, is my 9th cousin 6x removed. The ancestor we share is Sir James 1st Lord Duke Hamilton 6th Laird of Cadzow Hamilton (1423 – 1479),  my 14th great grand father.

Genealogical Chart to my 14 great grandparent:

Colonel Harland Sanders, “Kentucky Fried Chicken”, 14th cousin 5x removed

 

Colonel Harland Sanders, the man who made Kentucky Fried Chicken famous, is my 14th cousin 5x removed. The ancestor who connect is Sir Ralph Neville (1364 – 1425), my 13th great grandfather.

“Colonel” Harland Sanders – (1890 – 1980)
14th cousin 5x removed
Margaret Ann Dunlevy (1865 – 1935)
Mother of “Colonel” Harland Sanders –
Catherine Clegg (1837 – 1890)
Mother of Margaret Ann Dunlevy
Martha C. Allen (1818 – )
Mother of Catherine Clegg
James Allen (1793 – 1852)
Father of Martha C. Allen
Heber Allen II (1769 – 1849)
Father of James Allen
Heber Allen (1743 – 1782)
Father of Heber Allen II
Joseph Allen (1708 – 1755)
Father of Heber Allen
Samuel Allen
Father of Joseph Allen
Josiah Leonard (1680 – 1747)
Father of Samuel Allen
Josiah Leonard (1658 – 1688)
Father of Josiah Leonard
John Leonard (1615 – 1676)
Father of Josiah Leonard
Thomas Leonard (1577 – 1638)
Father of John Leonard
Margaret Fiennes (1540 – 1564)
Mother of Thomas Leonard
Mary Neville (1520 – 1576)
Mother of Margaret Fiennes
Mary Stafford (1495 – 1545)
Mother of Mary Neville
Edward Stafford , 3rd Duke of Buckingham (1478 – 1521)
Father of Mary Stafford
Henry Stafford, Duke (1454 – 1483)
Father of Edward Stafford , 3rd Duke of Buckingham
Humphrey II Henry “Earl of Stafford” Stafford (1424 – 1471)
Father of Henry Stafford, Duke
Anne De Neville Lady (1411 – 1480)
Mother of Humphrey II Henry “Earl of Stafford” Stafford
Sir Ralph de Neville of Raby, Earl of Westmorland (1364 – 1425)
Father of Anne De Neville Lady
Colonel Harland David Sanders was an American businessman, known for founding fast food chicken restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken and later acting as the company’s brand ambassador and symbol. His name and image are still symbols of the company.

Dorothy Lamour, 7th cousin 3x removed

Dorothy Lamour

Dorothy Lamour is my 7th cousin 3x removed. The ancestor who connect us together is Richard E. Perrin Sr (1637 – 1695), my 9th great grandfather.

Dorothy Lamour (1914 – 1996)
7th cousin 3x removed
Dorothy Lamour (1914 – 1996)
7th cousin 3x removed
John Wilson Slaton (1889 – 1930)
Father of Dorothy Lamour
Mary Leta Wilson (1862 – )
Mother of John Wilson Slaton
Mary Amanda Bandy (1835 – 1875)
Mother of Mary Leta Wilson
James Bandy (1787 – 1837)
Father of Mary Amanda Bandy
Lewis R. Bandy (1752 – 1827)
Father of James Bandy
Elizabeth Bandy (1726 – 1794)
Mother of Lewis R. Bandy
Martha Perrin (1694 – 1751)
Mother of Elizabeth Bandy
Richard E. Perrin Sr (1637 – 1695)
Father of Martha Perrin

 

Mary Leta Dorothy Lamour was an American actress and singer. She is known for appearing in the Road to… movies, a series of successful comedies starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. Lamour began her career in the 1930s as a big band singer.

Katherine Houghton Hepburn,12 cousin 1x removed

Katherine Houghton Hepburn

Katherine Houghton Hepburn is my 12th cousin 1x removed. The ancestor who connect us together is Sir Robert Lytton (1500 – 1557), my 12th great grandfather.

Katherine Houghton Hepburn (1907 – 2003)
12th cousin 1x removed
Katherine Houghton Hepburn (1907 – 2003)
12th cousin 1x removed
Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn (1878 – 1951)
Mother of Katherine Houghton Hepburn
Alfred Augustus Houghton (1851 – 1892)
Father of Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn
Sophronia Mann Oakes (1814 – 1880)
Mother of Alfred Augustus Houghton
Charlotte Richardson (1844 – )
Mother of Sophronia Mann Oakes
Martha Reed (1764 – )
Mother of Charlotte Richardson
Joshua Reed (1739 – 1805)
Father of Martha Reed
Nathaniel Reed (1704 – )
Father of Joshua Reed
Joseph Reed (1741 – )
Father of Nathaniel Reed
Ralph Reade (1630 – )
Father of Joseph Reed
George William Reade (1601 – 1656)
Father of Ralph Reade
Mary Brockett (1654 – )
Mother of George William Reade
Helen Lytton (1540 – )
Mother of Mary Brockett
Robert Lytton, Sir (1500 – 1557)
Father of Helen Lytton
Katharine Houghton Hepburn was an American actress. Noted for her intense self-reliance and lively character, Hepburn was obviously a leading lady in Hollywood for over 60 years. She made an appearance in various genres, from screwball comedy to literary drama, and she was given a record four Academy Awards for Best Actress.

Andrew Jackson,7th cousin 4x removed

Andrew Jackson is my 7th cousin 4 x removed. The ancestor who connect us together is Archibald Cunningham (1551 – 1630), my 10th great grandfather. For my readers, I am going to put part of my ancestry chart in this blog.

President Andrew Jackson (7th American President) (1767 – 1845)
7th cousin 4x removed
Andrew Jackson I (1737 – 1767)
Father of President Andrew Jackson (7th American President)
Mary Higinbotham (1719 – 1748)
Mother of Andrew Jackson I
John Crawford (1687 – 1748)
Father of Mary Higinbotham
John Crawford (1665 – 1714)
Father of John Crawford
David Crawford (1625 – 1689)
Father of John Crawford
Margaret Cunningham (1597 – 1631)
Mother of David Crawford
Isobel Cunningham (1580 – 1626)
Mother of Margaret Cunningham
Archibald Cunningham (1551 – 1630)
Father of Isobel Cunningham

Andrew Jackson was first an American military officer and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Prior to becoming elected to the presidency, Jackson obtained popularity as a general in the United States Army and served in both houses of Congress.

David Hawkins Stern “Davy” Crockett, 4th cousin 8x removed

Davy Crockett born on August 17, 1786  in Limestone, TN and died on March 6, 1836 in the Alamo, San Antonio, TX. He is my 4th cousin 8x removed. The ancestor who connects us together is Benjamin Harrison III.

David Crockett was an American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, and politician. He is commonly referred to in popular culture by the epithet “King for the Wild Frontier”. He represented Tennessee within the U.S. House of Representatives and served within the Texas Revolution.

Elvis Presley, 8th cousin 1x removed

Elvis Presley appears in my genealogical chart as my 8th cousin 1x removed. The ancestor who connect us is, Robert Napier, my 8th great grandfather.

Elvis Aaron Presley, often called Elvis, ended up being a singer and actor. He Became one of the most significant social icons of the twentieth century, he’s often referred to as the “King of Rock ‘n Roll” or just “the King”.

Note from the author:

It is amazing to see how connected we are as a nation and as a people. I started out trying to find my Native American and  Jewish roots. I was frustrated at first because I could not find any of the people my great grandmother talked about before she passed. Well, a miracle happened, a wonderful genealogist helped me on this journey. Now, I have collected nearly 41,000 records and still search and verifying those records before placing them on my genealogical tree.

 

President John Quincy Adams, 14th cousin 1x removed

John Quincy Adams the 6th President of the United States

John Quincy Adams is my 14th cousin 1x removed. The ancestor who connects us is my 14th great grandfather, John of Gaunt. John Plantaganet Beauford Beaufort of Ghent Gent Gaunt, Duke of Aquitaine, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399) was an English prince, military leader, and statesman. He was the third regarding the five sons of King Edward III of England who survived to adulthood. Because of his royal origin, advantageous marriages, plus some generous land grants, Gaunt was among the richest men of his era, and an influential figure during the reigns of both his father, Edward, along with his nephew, Richard II. As Duke of Lancaster, he is the founder associated with the royal House of Lancaster, whose members would ascend to your throne after his death. His birthplace, Ghent, corrupted into English as Gaunt, was the origin for his name. As he became unpopular later in life, scurrilous rumors and lampoons circulated that he had been actually the son of a Ghent butcher, perhaps because Edward III was not present at the birth. This story always drove him to fury.

John Quincy Adams was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States Secretary of State from 1817 to 1825.