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Pioneer Spirit
Howdy Partners and Buckaroos... Welcome back to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4
In Utah, the Days of '47 are starting. This was 1847 when the first Mormon pioneers came into the state with the great handcart movement. The celebration is huge in Utah with fireworks, rodeos, picnics, fairs, and all manner of things. In America, everyone, including the American Indians, is an immigrant, having come from elsewhere (such as Mongolia via the land bridge) as well. There really are no "native" Americans at all! Let's talk about pioneering. When we think 'Pioneer' we think of the Old West.. but the Pilgrims were pioneers The Spanish were pioneers too.
1. All our ancestors are pioneers and came to America from someplace else. Where did your people come from? My ancestors are mainly from Scotland (53%), the UK (34%), Scandinavia (9%), and just a pinch (2%) from Ireland and the other 2% from 'unknown'.
2. Do you know when and why they came to America? I did the Ancestry DNA and have done a good bunch of research. My lines go back to the 1700s and the 1600s, and I have one line back to the 1500s so my blood has been on American soil for many years. I am a member of DAR and consider myself a proud Patriot. As to why they came... I have no idea. My Irish ancestors were here before the potato famine, so it wasn't that. Probably that promise of "the American dream" that brought so many (and still brings many).
4. Do you enjoy Western movies or TV programs? In small doses. They don't make many now but there are re-runs available. Which do you watch? I used to love Bonanza and will still watch a rerun now and then. One of my favorite cowboy movies is "Tombstone". I have watched that movie at least a dozen times. Joe loved it too. I have the DVD.
Amazing but Ancestry has traced back for myself to 1510 in Germany.. I doubt it will get back much further. No doubt church records, grave stones.. fascinating stuff.I do get updates of additional roots and always fun.
ReplyDeleteI've never watched Tombstone. If you like it that much, I think I need to check it out. I did a bunch on my family tree, but that was many years ago before all the information that was needed was online. I've had my DNA tested, but have not really worked much yet through the DNA stuff. That's really cool that you are a member of the DAR. I hope you have a great day Terri!
ReplyDeleteI'm so impressed with you being a DAR! My great great grandparents on both sides came from the Netherlands in the mid 1850's. I've done the Ancestry thing too. I have a little English and Scottish, but that's about it. It really is interesting though!
ReplyDeleteOh, you are actually a member of the DAR? I just found out when doing my grandmother's ancestry that her birth father's ancestor was in the Revolutionary War, but since she was adopted as an infant we never knew any of that until I did this research. Tell me about the DAR and what does membership do for you? That is so cool! Amazing that you know your ancestors were here so long ago! Wow! That is fascinating.
ReplyDeletePam, I joined DAR when I still lived in Ohio, back in my early 20s. It is a long process and your proof has to stand up to the DAR experts. Once you are in and get your number, that information is in their database and is available for other's to access. The local DAR (I don't attend meetings anymore) supports veterans in many ways. They are involved in the Patriot Flights to DC and also collect socks, toiletries, etc., for the VA retirement homes. It is an excellent organization and one I have always been happy to support. Our chapter also gives a scholarship for a historical essay contest and plants a tree for arbor day.
DeleteMy family, to some degree or another, has been rooted here since the late 1800s. I really should do that ancestry research, Terri, to truly trace the origins. I do know that I'm a mixture of Scots/Irish/English.
ReplyDeleteBlessings!
Good answers. I was unaware of this Q&A; might have to start doing it.
ReplyDeleteIt's been so interesting to read everyone's heritage! Wow, you had people here since the 1500's? That is impressive! I'm not in DAR (can't prove my ancestor served), but like you I am fiercely proud of my heritage and those who came before me. They were brave visionaries who shaped this country and a better country there never was!
ReplyDeleteInteresting! I did the Ancestry DNA, as well, but soon became bored. (Isn't that awful?). That's neat, your being a member of the DAR! I'm happy to have done some crazy pioneering of my own 'back in the day', but hope that's all in the rear-view mirror.
ReplyDeleteI think the move was a bit of a pioneer spirit too. I wouldn't be too good at that. I told Jeff when we married I had a tiny swath in which I wanted to live:)
ReplyDeleteI am working on my ancestry book for the kids now. I am trying to finish by Christmas.
I enjoyed your answers this week. I haven't done the ancestry DNA but it would be interesting.
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