{"id":63,"date":"2017-07-23T18:57:09","date_gmt":"2017-07-23T21:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/DNA-Tree\/?page_id=63"},"modified":"2017-08-05T14:13:57","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T17:13:57","slug":"george-family","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/DNA-Tree\/george-family\/","title":{"rendered":"George Family"},"content":{"rendered":"

Georges –<\/p>\n

— I grew up thinking I was 1\/32nd Native American – my grandmother, Edith Grace George Wellington, was in the kitchen when my uncle was talking about himself being 1\/16th \u2018Indian\u2019 and we figured that I would then be 1\/32nd. Years later, when I asked my grandmother about our Native American ancestor(s) she said, \u201cI don\u2019t have any idea what you\u2019re talking about.\u201d – my uncle, Thomas Eli Wellington, later told me that one of our ancestors, named [Something] George – was the second son of a \u2018titled\u2019 Scottish family who crossed the Atlantic to seek his fortune. One of his sons married a Native American woman – but my uncle believed at the time he was telling me this, she was an aunt, not a grandmother of ours.<\/p>\n

— Clarence George, my Great-Grandfather, was told to move to the city for his health. I think he worked at the Locomobile factory for a time, and had an old wind up starting car that I called \u2018the chug-a-boom\u2019. His second wife died on Christmas or Christmas Eve in 1949 – 3 months after I was born. He was so devastated that he wouldn\u2019t change a thing in his house for many years – and then he was invaded by his younger family members, including my father who brought me along, and he looked overwhelmed as they cleaned up everything for him.<\/p>\n

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Saturday, August 5th, 2017 —<\/p>\n

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– Highland Band Competition at the Highland Games Festival in Fredericton, NB, July 29th, 2017 –<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Last Saturday, Cathi and I went to the ‘Highland Games Festival’ in Fredericton, New Brunswick. We walked around and checked a couple Clan And Tartan displays. We found a reference to a possible allegiance to Clan Gunn, in far northern Scotland – but, when checking a link called ‘septs of Clan Gunn’ – clan ‘Georgeson’ was listed. – Probably not anybody who might have been an ancestor of mine.<\/p>\n

— There was another ‘hit’ on the surname ‘George’ as belonging to a family or minor clan From the Prestwick area of County Ayr or Ayrshire. This would be southern Scotland, Near Glasgow – where a major airport is now located, an airport that played a major role in World War II.<\/p>\n

— If our ‘George’ ancestor came from Prestwick – he may have owed allegiance to Clan Kennedy.<\/p>\n

— I have the feeling that I’m getting nowhere fast with this. But ancestry is sending me email messages saying I got 198 possible new hints or leads and I should log in and check them out.<\/p>\n

— One page informed me that Carolyn Youngblood Laban is probably my 4th cousin \ud83d\ude42 – I have been in touch with her, & we do have a lot in common. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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– ‘Modern’ Clan Kennedy Tartan –<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

\"Ancient

– ‘Ancient’ Clan Kennedy Tartan –<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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— { Hopefully Above } If we are associated with Clan Kennedy which now occupies the region around Prestwick, their ‘Modern’ and ‘Ancient’ tartans should be displayed above –<\/p>\n

— { More Later } —<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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