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[34370] Mary's ancestry is from the unverified OneWorldTree in Ancestry.com in 2013.
[9164] Carl r. State Route 314, Mansfield, OH 44904. Ancestry.com offers"Bowman Name Meaning - English and Scottish: occupational name for an archer, Middle English bow(e)man, bouman (from Old English boga 'bow' + mann 'man'). This word was distinguished from Bowyer, which denoted a maker or seller of the articles. It is possible that in some cases the surname referred originally to someone who untangled wool with a bow. This process, which originated in Italy, became quite common in England in the 13th century. The vibrating string of a bow was worked into a pile of tangled wool, where its rapid vibrations separated the fibers, while still leaving them sufficiently entwined to produce a fine, soft yarn when spun. Americanized form of German Baumann (see Bauer) or the Dutch cognate Bouman."
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| | |_Maria Catharina SCHNEIDER _|_Anna Maria BORDNER ________
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[25749] The LDS Church's unverified Ancestral File (FX17-90) reports that Cadwaladr was of Pac Letis, son of Gruffuss ap Cadwaladr (b. ca. 1202, of Abergavveny).
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| | _Joseph Ames KENNISTON __________|_Mary T. AMES _______
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| |_Susan H. FOSTER ________________|_Eunice R. STANWOOD _
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[58587] The unverified file LHTS-ZQT in familysearch.org offers: "When Howard G Leavitt was born on 28 August 1896, in Somerset, Maine, United States, his father, George W Leavitt, was 33 and his mother, Ida Maria Hewey, was 24. He married Hazel Weston about 1918, in Somerset, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Aroostook, Maine, United States in 1920 and Reed Plantation, Aroostook, Maine, United States in 1930."
[46819] Find A Grave memorial 195433939 offers: "Name: 'Georg Meyer'" in Alsace. Fought with Napoleon's Army at the Battle of Moscow, September 1812, emigrated to the United States in 1813. Married date unknown, Christiana Shiley, born about 1803 Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. daughter of Peter and Anna Catherine Shiley. After George's death she moved to Columbia County Pennsylvania, It is unknown if she married again, died in 1868, Columbia County, place of burial unknown. Both Lutherans. George and Christiana had nine known children: Solomon, Jacob, Daniel, George, Isaac, David, Hiram, Louisa and Catherine. Peter Shiley is said to be a veteran of the Revolution." "Strasstown Roots" (http://www.bergergirls.com) offers: "Engaged in merchandising, farming, operated a Tannery and ran a Hotel. Later sold these holdings and moved to Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. and purchased four properties including two stores. and several farms in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania." - and reports these children:1. Solomon Moyer, b. about 1820, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, d. about 1835. 2. Jacob Moyer, b. about 1821, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania , d. about 1823. 3. Daniel Adam Moyer, b. 22 Feb 1822, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, d. 06 Apr 1906, Delaware Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. 4. George W Moyer, b. 10 Jan 1825, Lykens Township, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, d. 25 Sep 1900, Snydertown, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. 5. Isaac Moyer, b. about 1827, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania d. about 1911, New York City, New York. 6. David Moyer, b. about 1829, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, d. 1874, killed by train at Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. 7. Hiram D. Moyer, b. 04 Aug 1831, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, d. 05 Feb 1920, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. 8. Louisa Moyer, b. 14 Nov 1834, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, d. 28 Jan 1907, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. 9. Catherine Moyer, b. 24 Apr 1836, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, d. 19 Apr 1912, Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania>
_Wsevolod I (or Wserolod I), Grand PRINCE _____+
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| _Casimir I (King 1038-58), King of POLAND _|_Rixa of LORRAINE _____________________________
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[26604] In 2007 http://www.answers.com/topic/roman-the-great offers: "Roman was the son of Mstislav II of Kiev. During 1168-1170 he reigned in the Great Novgorod. From 1170 to 1199 he ruled in Volodymyr-Volynsky, which he inherited from his father. In 1187, he made an unsuccessful attempt to wrestle from the boyars the principality of Halych. In 1197 he married Anna, by whom he had four children, including Danylo of Halych. Roman Mstislavich gained nation-wide fame by his victorious campaign against Polovtsi in 1197-1198, 1201, and 1204. In 1199, he became Prince of Halych, uniting Halichina and Volhynia lands in the mighty principality of Halych-Volhynia. In 1202, he also captured Kiev, uniting all South-west Ruthenia under his rule. Prominent as a warlord, Roman the Great was also generally considered a wise politician. He lived mostly in peace with Hungary and Poland, but had uneasy relationships with several other neighbouring states. He perished near the Polish city Zawichost during a march against Prince Leszek the White of Lesser Poland." Cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_the_Great.
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_Taylor WARDWELL ____|
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From Moore Family Tree in Ancestry.com:
"History of The Clan Wemyss - Clan Wemyss is a Lowland Scottish clan."
Origins of the Clan:The name "Wemyss" is derived from the Gaelic word 'uaimh', meaning 'cave', and is believed to be taken from the caves and cliffs of the Firth of Forth in that part of Fife where the family of Wemyss made its home. Wemyss in Fife has been the seat of the chiefs since the twelfth century. They are one of the few Lowland families directly descended from the Celtic nobility through the Macduff Earls of Fife. In 1290, Sir Michael Wemyss and his brother, Sir David, were sent with Scott of Balwearie to Norway to bring back the infant Queen Margaret, the 'Maid of Norway'.
Wars of Scottish Independence
In 1296, Sir Michael swore fealty to King Edward I of England. However during the Wars of Scottish Independence of the 14th century he changed his allegiance to King Robert the Bruce of Scotland. The clan seat, Wemyss Castle was later sacked by the English. In 1315 Wemyss witnessed the Act of Settlement of the Scottish Crown by Robert the Bruce at Ayr. His son, Sir David, was one of those who appended his seal to the famous Declaration of Arbroath in 1320. Sir David appeared again, as one of the guarantors for the release from English imprisonment of King David II of Scotland, and his son was one of the hostages for his ransom, as his descendant, Duncan, was later to be for the liberation of King James I of Scotland.
16th Century & Anglo-Scottish Wars
Chief Sir David de Wemyss was killed leading the Clan Wemyss at the Battle of Flodden Field in 1513. His grandson, Sir John, succeeded as chief. Sir John led the clan and fought under the Earl of Arran at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh in 1547.
John was a great supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots, and it was at the newly enlarged Wemyss Castle that she first met her future husband, Henry, Lord Darnley. In 1559 Sir John was made lieutenant of Fife, Kinross and Clackmannan, and led his men in the queen's army at the Battle of Langside in 1568. His great-grandson, John Wemyss, was born in 1586. He was the second-born, but eldest-surviving son of Sir John Wemyss of that Ilk, by his second wife Mary Stewart.
17th Century
This John was knighted in 1618 and created a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1625, with a charter to the barony of New Wemyss in that province of Canada. Created a baron in 1628, he was later advanced to the title of Earl of Wemyss, the patent being presented to him personally by King Charles I at Dunfermline. He was High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, a Privy Councillor and one of the Committee of the Estates. He died in 1649, and was succeeded by his only son, David, the second Earl. He died in 1679 after a lifetime nurturing the resources of his estate, particularly his salt and coal mines. Besides building on a large harbour at Methil, he greatly improved Wemyss Castle, where he entertained, in both 1650 and 1651, the newly crowned Charles II. Predeceased by his son, the title and estates fell to his daughter, Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss, who married her cousin, Sir James Wemyss, later created Lord Burntisland.
18th Century & Jacobite Risings
Chief David Wemyss, the third Earl succeeded his mother in 1705, when he took his seat in Parliament and was sworn a Privy Councillor and nominated one of the commissioners for the Treaty of Union with England. In 1707 he was constituted Vice Admiral of Scotland. The fourth Earl, born in 1699, was described as 'a man of merit universal benevolence and hospitality the delight both of small and great'. He married Janet, heiress of Colonel Francis Charteris of Amisfield. During the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the fourth Earl's eldest son, David wemyss, Lord Elcho, joined Prince Charles Edward Stewart in Edinburgh. He was appointed colonel of a troop of royal Horse Guards, he accompanied the prince into England, and was with him until his defeat at the Battle of Culloden.
David Wemyss, Lord Elcho then escaped to France, and took part in the State entry of Prince Charles into Paris the following year. He was convicted of treason in his absence, and his estates were forfeited to the Crown. He continued to reside in France, and died childless in Paris in 1787. Consequent upon the attainder, the Jacobite earl was succeeded by his second son, Francis, who changed his name to Charteris, the family name of his maternal grandmother.
It is from Francis that the present Earl of Wemyss and March, whose seat is the magnificent Adam mansion of Gosford, is descended. The estates in Fife and the chiefship of the name of Wemyss devolved upon the Earl's third son, the Honourable James Wemyss. He was MP for Sutherland, and married Lady Elizabeth Sutherland in 1757.
James Wemyss's great-grandson married Millicent, the granddaughter of King William IV, who, on the death of her husband in 1864, successfully took over the running of the estate for thirty years. Her son, Michael, married Lady Victoria Cavendish-Bentinck, the last surviving god-daughter of Queen Victoria.