New Blackfoot relative? Thanks; just a visit

[Blackfoot5]

I haven't seen anything on the forum lately. So first I want to thank Bill Childs for the Smith-Brown information. Then I want to say that I hope I haven't offended any by anything that I have posted! Then I discovered another person who says they are a Blackfoot Smith. I haven't had a chance to talk to her yet but hope too soon. From what was said I think we have common Blackfoot ancestors! I hope so!!! Maybe I can discover more names. I wish I had started all this searching many years ago! Lately I have ben busy and also spent a short time in the hospital. Things seem better now so maybe I can post another story that came down to me if anyone is interested. Some of the stories are sad!I have heard of a story that I have to check on more concerning the making of maple syrup by Native Americans in the area.

[Brenda Collins Dillon]

I don't think there has been anybody offended by anything you have said. Things slow down on the forum during the summer. There are so many folks on vacations, going to powwow's, tending to gardens and canning, mother's getting their children ready to return to school that sometimes we just don't have enough time in a day.

Brenda

[techteach]

Blackfoot 5:
I have both Smiths and Browns in my line, but the lines are not connected that I am aware of until my ggrandparents marriage. The Brown line comes through my ggrandmother's Rhoads line out of Kentucky, I think. My great-aunt says Saylorsville, OH but no such place exists in Ohio. I have Smiths on my ggrandfather's line, the Huston-Green line, although I do not know if the Smiths come from PA or WVA. They end up in Iowa with both the lines that meet near Canton, IA. I have a first cousin who comes from all the same lines as I do, Rhoads, Green, Huston, but her father was a Smith. She is really dark-haired and complected.

Techteach

[Bill Childs]

Blackfoot5,
You are too modest.
Post your stories !
You'll probably be surprised how many people will identify with them.
Bill

[spilleddi]

Hi Blackfoot5,

I also got Smiths and Browns in my family. My BROWN ancestor married a MORRIS in Orange Co NC, Hillsboro area, around 1800. They had some kids, then headed for TN. But the great granddaughter of these folks claimed in a letter they were originally from Polk Co NC. Need to research that one.

And I got zillions of SMITHS, they bred like rabbits. My indian Smiths came from VA to TN. When I was visiting relatives this June, I drove up to the area they came from, Beaver Dam, VA. My GGgrandfather left in the 1890's and its still tiny! Now I know why he left.

Perhaps some one could tell me if their family is as odd as this one. My ancestor Oteria marries Lewis Bennet Smith in 1870, shes 30 years younger than him, and hes got a whole tribe of young kids and babies (even twins!), plus one teenage son by the name of Bennet Lewis Smith. Oteria's two sisters don't even marry due to lack of men (lots of civil war action in that area). Oteria has two kids, including my ancestor Samuel Cooke Smith, then Lewis Bennet dies and she moves in with the son, Bennet Lewis(who is crippled now), and has more kids. Doesn't look like they married. Does that mean Samuels half siblings were also his half nieces/nephews? This kind of thing not to uncommon back then?

I also got SMITHS that were from Manakin Town VA, wherever that was. They were also quite prolific, and ended up in KY.

[lynellarainhawk]

Yeah, I think it might have been common or my family and your family are the only ones!!!

On my dad's side are Ashby's from England. 4 genrations back I think, maybe 5, there are Ashby's marrying Ashby's on my mom's side too! WHAT WERE THEY THINKIN'???? I wonder if any of them had cotton tails. My dad fathered 9 of us and his twin fathered like 13 I think, I lost count! It is good to hear from you and lets do hear a lot more. Love & Light, Lynella.

[Linda]

On my dad's Serbian side, he has a cousin with 14 siblings or so. Ten of them died in WWII, the rest were carried off by the recent war, or old age. We've died out in the village we used to live in. So I guess you can say, we didn't just breed like rabbits, but were slaughtered like them too. Sorry for the sad note.

[Patty]

I have lot's of Campbell/Campbell marriages, and a few Hamblin/Hamblin marriages, and another whole pack of Campbell/Hamblin marriages.

There was a time it wasn't considered improper at all. (The royal families of Europe considered it best to keep it all in the family! Ever hear of the "Happy Hapsbourgs"?)

That is very sad about your husband's family Linda.

[lynellarainhawk]

It is a very sad thing. Why do so many of the ways of the world have to be cruel?

Patty,

Thank you for throwing that in because it is nice to know that my family isn't the only strange bunch out there!

Love & Light, Lynella.

[Linda]

Actually, that wasn't my husband's family. My husband's family has lived here in the states, where, despite the occasional lynching, people have lived quite safely relative to the warfare ravaging other nations. I was referring to my father's relations in the "Old World," who were annihilated.

We weren't told anything about it. My grandmother came back from her one visit there in the sixties and told us it was a bad place. We thought she was referring to the lack of indoor plumbing. We had no idea this is what was going on.

[lynellarainhawk]

Still, it is a very sad thing. Though, no indoor plumbing would be bad too! Lynella.

[quest for facts]

I have to add this although this thread is old...my dad had 10 brothers and 4 sisters....good grief LOL. He had seven older and seven younger. I have 54 cousins! Also in my lines I have Davenport's marrying Davenport's and Ruffin's marrying Ruffin's and Grey marrying Grey and Etheredge marrying Etheredge and others I can't think of right now so it shouldn't surprise any of you if I told you I have a genetic bleeding disorder. Actually our family lineage has surprised the heck out of alot within my family and has actually caused several of us to start thinking of what we can give to this world instead of dwelling on what was at one time taken from us. It has helped us to understand those we have loved and have now passed from us. For example my maternal grandmother and her quiet strength and dignity which you could see with each step she took. And my father with his stern warnings of don't disgrace my name (it was my brother who heard that the most) and today he is an Iraqi war vet my father would have been very proud of. We have found out through DNA testing that we descend from Ormus de Davenport born in 1034AD in Normandy France his father was Count Aqueres (something like that) his grandfather was the Duke of Normandy. Ormus De Davenport was the 1st cousin of William the Conqueror. My maiden name is Davenport. I come from a long line of preachers, war heros, kings, queens, earls, dukes,knights and many who have lost their lives in battle and many who have lost their heads by the king's sword. My families had a lot of troubles in the Old World in the 1500 and early 1600's because of many disagreements with the crown which is why they came here to America where they befriended the native people. My Maternal grandmother's family married ndn on a regular basis. I have one question that just keeps going unanswered though....How can you take the head of your cousin who you grew up with and played with? Queen Mary did this to Lady Jane Grey and her brother. Lady Jane Grey was the sister of one of my many great grandfathers. Needless to say it's understandable why my ggggggggggggrandfather Thomas Grey sailed his own ship to the shores of Virginia in 1608 and made his home here. He was also one of the few who survived the Indian attack of Good Friday 1622 from what I have learned he was on one of the islands some say hiding out...well tell me this how did he know he needed to hide himself and his family? I would love to ask him how he knew. Well with that I say bye for now.
Linda

[Bill Childs]

Glad to hear you're okay, Linda. I've been wondering how you are getting along.
Bill

[quest for facts]

Bill,
If hurricane season would just end I think most of us down here on the gulf coast would be alright. It is very tense here right now. Katrina was very rough on us and now here comes Rita. My sister Wendy lives in Texas so she is pretty stressed right now not knowing what Rita will do to their area. She lives quite a bit inland but also saw what Ivan and katrina did several 100 miles inland. I personally live 5 miles from the Gulf of Mexico so this year has been very stressful. Rita is kicking up our surf and we are under a coastal flood warning as she passes to our south. I'll just be glad when it's over...so the people along the gulf coast can start picking up the pieces of our lives again.
Linda

[Linda]

Our thoughts are with you. I have MSNBC on non-stop with the news. I'm telling all my kids, none of us can dare complain about a thing. We aren't spending DAYS stuck in 100 degree traffic, terrified we won't get away from a killer hurricane, all the while running out of gas and food. Millions of people are. They're the ones with problems right now. The rest of us are pure lucky.

[quest for facts]

Originally posted by Linda
Our thoughts are with you. I have MSNBC on non-stop with the news. I'm telling all my kids, none of us can dare complain about a thing. We aren't spending DAYS stuck in 100 degree traffic, terrified we won't get away from a killer hurricane, all the while running out of gas and food. Millions of people are. They're the ones with problems right now. The rest of us are pure lucky.

Well, I watched Rita make landfall from my hospital bed at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola. I had an angina attack. Just one of those heart problems I inherited from my Cheroenhaka/Saponi grandmother. :) I was there 2 days what a miserable place. Oh well....It would seem Rita was not all that bad my sister said her trees were doing the hula dance but they all stood up to the wind. We got several of Rita's outer bands so it was nasty here but I just watched it through the window in my room and we needed the rain my husband said he could have done without the wind he drove over to the hospital in but he came over there anyway.
Linda

[Linda]

Sorry you've been miserable, too, Linda. You can complain. Angina sounds pretty scary. I hope they've got a good eye on you.

[quest for facts]

Linda,
I just hate having to go to the hospital they keep poking me for blood and wraping my arms with those blood pressure cups and making me take their meds(I call them chemicals). Everytime I have to go they treat me like I've had a heart attack because angina can lead to a full blown heart attack. I just look at them and say I have not had a heart attack yet I'm here so you all can stop it before it happens so lets get on with it. Apparently these attacks are damaging my heart a little bit. My doctors do the A,B,C,D,F, scale when grading the heart. They tell me I'm walking around with a B heart and it's time to make some changes (ie no more smoking). This attack did scare me it was worse then any heart pain I had felt before....personally I think this was brought on by the stress of this hurricane season. When Rita hit cat 5 my heart started acting up. So I go to the hospital they stablize it and they make me lay there hooked up to a heart monitor. fun fun
Linda

[Linda]

Definitely take care of that ticker. We want to keep you around for a LONG time.

[quest for facts]

Will do Linda. Yes, I'm gonna start taking their chemicals now....I did learn a lesson this time.
Linda