June 16, 2013 - Smith Father's Day

On this Father's Day, 2013, please meet Earnest Smith, Catherine Irene Smith's father, 1864-1949

June 14, 2013 - from the 1400s...

 

From the 16th Generation of Smith's (Irene Smith Huber gen. 1)  Sir Thomas Eley Smyth, 1462-1530



June 12 - 30 generations of Smiths

TOTAL SCANS FOR SMITH TREE

 

1.  BLOODLINE & PEDIGREE  PAGES  -                                           3

 

2.   GENERATION ONE  (1896-1898)  –                                  24

 

3.   GENERATION TWO  (1861-1869) -                                   68

 

4.   GENERATION THREE  (1826-1847) –                             125

 

5.   GENERATION FOUR  (1802-1831) –                                124   

 

6.   GENERATION FIVE  (1765-1787) –                                    78

 

7.    GENERATION  SIX  (1717-1802) –                                  141

 

8.    GENERATION  SEVEN  (1695-1727) –                            112

 

9.    GENERATION  EIGHT  (1663-1726) –                               95

 

10.      GENERATION  NINE  (1629-1660) –                               53

 

11.      GENERATION  TEN  (1612-1654) -                                 64

 

12.      GENERATION  ELEVEN  (1611-1631) –                          56   

 

13.      GENERATION  TWELVE  (1568-1590) –                         64

 

14.      GENERATION THIRTEEN  (1530-1545) –                       76

15.      GENERATION FOURTEEN  (1505-1510) –                    56

 

16.      GENERATION FIFTEEN  (1480-1493) –                         71

 

17.      GENERATION  SIXTEEN  (1452-1470) –                        82     

 

18.      GENERATION  SEVENTEEN  (1417-1435) –        134

 

19.      GENERATION EIGHTEEN  (1389-1416) –                     232

 

20.      GENERATION NINETEEN  (1370-1375)                        298

 

21.      GENERATION  TWENTY  (1350)                                   477

 

MEMBERS OF SMITH PEDIGREE ONLY FROM NOW ON

 

22.      GENERATION  TWENTY-ONE  (1246-1345)  -              158

 

23.      GENERATION  TWENTY-TWO  (1225-1326) –                       76

 

24.      GENERATION  TWENTY-THREE  (1175-1287) –         101

 

25.      GENERATION  TWENTY-FOUR  (1130-1266) –           158           

26.      GENERATION TWENTY-FIVE (1112-1245) –                 260

 

27.      GENERATION TWENTY-SIX (1079-1249) –                   334

 

28.      GENERATION TWENTY-SEVEN (1048-1212 ) –            537

 

29.      GENERATION TWENTY-EIGHT (1021-1200) –            500

 

30.      GENERATION TWENTY-NINE (970-1225) –                 735

 

31.      GENERATION THIRTY (952-1192) –                              737

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32.      GENERATION THIRTY-ONE (XXX-XXXX) – 0 

 

33.      MAPS  -                                                                            97

 

34.      EUROPEAN SCANS OF HISTORICAL INFO -               872

 

35.      UNITED KINGDOM HISTORY –                                   1055

 

36.      UNITED STATES HISTORY OF FAMILY   -                   199

 

37.      EIGHT FAMILY MILITARY HISTORY –                            55  

 

38.      EIGHT FAMILY HISTORY OF ROYALTY -                         6

 

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TOTAL SCANS FOR SMITH THRU 6/11/2013 -                   8301                  

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518 PORTRAITS & 442 ARCHITECTUAL OBJECTS NOT INCLUDED IN TOTAL COUNT (INCLUDED IN EACH GENERATION SCANS)  =  960

June 11, 2013 - WEDDING PICTURE

 

 

 

How's this for a wedding picture?  From 1100 A.D., Bohemund I, Prince of Hungary & Constance Capet (French).  27th generation great grandparents from Smith tree.

June 8, 2013 - Some of the Smiths had it pretty goo

This stately English manor/castle was the home of Sir Michael Smith, 1130-1192, my 29th generation great grandfather.  The castle was awarded to Sir Michael by King Richard II, c. 1180.

June 7, 2013 - Grandma Smith Huber's Grandparents

 

Please meet John Carl & Elzabeth Davis Smith.  The pictures were taken in about 1910.  John Carl's

dates are 1832-1914, so Elizabeth's would be similar.  John & Elizabeth are my 2nd generation great grand parents.  They are buried in Bennet, Nebraska (just 10 miles SE of us) and we visited the cemetery and found their graves and have pictures of same.  Exciting find.

Rod

June 6, 2013 - ONE OF MANY

 

 

Between the Smith family on the Reichel side and the Kiger family on the Lininger side, we have an unbelievable number of Kings & Queens in our ancestry.  I am keeping track of them.  They range from the English/Scots/Irish all the way to the Byzantine Empire and Ethiopia.  Above is King Edgar Aetheling of England, king for all of 2 months and his consort Queen St. Margaret of Scotland, who also married King Malcom III of Scotland.  The building is Chateau de Cartel, in Auvergne, France, home of Vicomtess Adyle Agnes de Cartel.  All three of these folks are 30th generation great grand parents to me.

 

Rod 

June 5, 2013 - 30th Generation King of France

Still in the Smith Generation 30, probably will be for the rest of the week.  We have a lot of royalty to brag about, both from the Smith (Reichel) & Kiger (Lininger) lines.  Above is King Robert Capet II of France, 972-1000 & his queen, Constance Toulouse, 985-1032.  29th Great Grandparents to me.

June 4, 2013 - Your Great GMA Huber's marriage info

The wedding picture of Clarence Elmer Huber & Catherine Irene Smith, around 1920.  Exact date up for grabs.  They had four children, Elmer, Gerald (Jerry), Ruth (Ruth Huber Reichel) and an adopted son, Bobbie.  All deceased except for Ruth, who just turned 89.

 

June 3, 2013 - Nathaniel Greene

Nathaniel Greene was a Major General in the Revolutionary war (1775-1783).  After the British had conquered most of the southern colonies, Greene was put in charge in the South.  He steadily drove the British northward and was instrumental in the surrender of the British at Yorktown in 1781.  George Washington had chosen General Greene as his successor should anything happen to him.  He lived from 1742-1786.  Also included is his wife Katherine.  Nathaniel Greene is Catherine Irene Smith Huber's 3rd Great Grandfather and is in Generation 6 of the Smith family tree.

Back in the sixties, there was a one hit wonder called "Lady Godiva".  It was all about this would-be actress who got conned into performing in x-rated productions.  The song came from a legend about a "Lady Godiva" way back in history.  Well, the legend is true.  This is Lady Godiva de Becket, SISTER OF SAINT THOMAS de Becket.  She died in 1088, and is my 28th great grandmother in the Smith line.  The story is true, she actually rode thru the town her husband, Sir......., owned.  Stark buck naked.  He said if she would do it, he would lower taxes on the people in his fiefdom.  She did, and the rest is history.

In case any of you missed all the email corrections, the correct address is

reichelgeneologyproject.blogspot.com

Greetings.  This is my new blog site: reichelgeneologyproject@gmail.com

Yup, another step into the 21st century.  On this site you will find interesting tidbits about the eight families as I work thru them.  Right now, you are looking at a painting of William "the elder" Brewster.  One of the members of the original Pilgrim group on the Mayflower at Plymouth Rock in 1620.  Guess what?  He is a relative of my grandmother, Catherine Smith Huber, mother of Ruth Huber Reichel.  So, we have relatives that came over on the first AND second ships to the new world.

Hope you enjoy these.

dude on the ranch