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Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia. | Source (S3103)
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Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia. | Source (S3138)
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Vol. 8, Woodstock Gen. | Phillips, Henry (I2366)
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Volume A, Page 101, License 1777 | Source (S1554)
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Volume A, Page 31, License 614 | Source (S1557)
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Volunteer in World War I with Naval Aviation force and secured an honarable discharge at his death. | Painter, Herndon William (I7496)
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Vosburgh, Royden Woodward, ed. Wawarsing Reformed Dutch Church Records. New York, NY, USA: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1922. | Source (S2471)
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W | Langborne (I11137)
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| 7159 |
W. Gideon (Gid) Brewton migrated to Texas with his uncle, Mark Mayo | Brewton, W. Gideon (I12493)
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W.B. 1, P. 301 | Harris, William (I37852)
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W.B.1, P. 200 | Harris, Elizabeth (I394)
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| 7162 |
Wacho was the father of Albion and the king preceding him. His daughter, Wisigard, was married to King Theudebert I of Austrasia. | Wacho King of the Lombards (I52548)
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| 7163 |
Waged war against William of Normandy, whom he defeated and slew. | Count of Flanders Arnulf I "The Great" (I1785)
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Wallbor may not be her maiden name as she was previously married. | Wellborn, Dorothy (I14726)
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Walter FitzRobert, in the 12th of Henry II, upon the assessment in aid of marrying the king's dau., certified his knights' fees to be in number sixty-three and a half, de Veteri feoffamento; and three and a fourth part, de Novo, for all of which he paid 44p. 10s. In the great controversy between John, Earl of Moreton, (brother of King Richard, ) and William de Longchamp, bishop of Ely, whom the king left governor of the realm during his absence in the Holy Land, this Walter adhered to the bishop and had, at that time, custody of the castle of Eye, in Suffolk. He m. 1st, Margaret de Bohun, who d. in 1146; and 2ndly in 1148, Maud de Lucy, with whom he had the lordship of Dis, in Norfolk, and by whom he left at his decease, 1198, a son, Robert FitzWalter. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 212, FitzWalter, Barons FitzWalter] | FitzRobert, Lord of Dunmow Castle Walter (I37020)
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WALTER GIFFARD
The Conqueror and His Companions
by J. R. Planché, Somerset Herald. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874..
Here we have the name of an illustrious Norman, the progenitor of a race from which the noblest families in England are proud to trace their descent; and, strange to say, beyond this fact little or nothing is known about his own family which can be supported by credible authority. Even the origin of the name of Giffard, Gifford, or Giffart, as it is indifferently spelt, has yet to be definitively settled.
The story that has been so often told about it, viz., that it signified a free-handed or liberal giver, is without any substantial foundation, and is, I believe, one of the many which have been so detrimental to the study of genealogy and heraldry, by misleading the inquirer or checking research altogether. It is upon the authority of William of Jumièges thatt this Walter Giffart, the companion of the Conqueror, the first we know of that name, has been set down as a son of Osborn de Bolbec by his wife, indifferently called Avelina and Duvelina, sister of Gonnor, wife of Richard, Duke of Normandy. Granting this to be true, as we have no documentary evidence to contradict it, the appellation of Giffart or Gifford, appears to be one of those sobriquets founded on personal peculiarities so commonly applied to distinguish certain members of a family previous to the general establishment of hereditary surnames.
Instances of the practice are familiar to the veriest schoolboy, and in the preceding memoir I have mentioned Lambert the Bearded, Eustace with the Eye, and Eustace with the Whiskers. Hence the complimentary suggestion of " Free-Giver," which I should be happy to leave undisputed could it be borne out by etymology. The family, however, was Norman, not Saxon; and it is in the Norman-French, or Low-Latin of the eleventh century, that we must look for its derivation. The word occurs in both those dialects. In Roquefort's Dictionnaire de la Langue Romane, "Giffarde" is rendered "Joufloue, qui a des grosses joues - servante de cuisine," the word being derived from giffe "the cheek," giffle also signifying in the same language "un soufflet," or blow on the cheek. An old French poet, Gautier de Coisiny, complains that women of every class paint themselves, even the torchepot, " scullion," and the Giffarde, " kitchen maid or cook." So in the new Dictionnaire Franco-Normand, by M. George Métivier, we have "Giffair, rire comme un jouflou." And, to myy great satisfaction, I find that this esteemed philologist has come to the same conclusion as myself, for under that word he has " Giffe, Giffle, Joue. Telle est l'origine de l'illustre famille Normande de Giffard, nom répandu très au-delà de cette Province (Jersey, of which Mons. Métiviervier is a native) et de nos îles." Vide also Ducange, sub voce "Giffardus,"" who has a similar interpretation, "Ancilla coquina." It is almost impossible to resist the conviction that Giffard, in the language of that day, signified a person with large cheeks, and was in consequence applied to a cook, who is popularly represented as fat and rubicund.
I beg to apologize to those of my readers who may not take any interest in such disquisitions, and hasten to the sayings and doings of Walter Giffard, with whom the name, whatever it meant, could not have originated, as an Osborne and a Berenger Giffard were his contemporaries, proving that the sobriquet of an individual had become the appellation of a family.
We first hear of him in 1035, as a companion of Hugh de Gournay in the abortive attempt of Edward son of King Ethelred to recover the crown of England (vide vol. ii. p. 113), and next in 1053, when he was left by Duke William in command of the forces blockading the Castle of Arques, and at that period was Lord of Longueville, and already past the prime of life, judging by his account of himself only thirteen years afterwards. In the following year Wace informs us he was entrusted by the Duke with the defense of the district of Caux, in which Longueville is situate, on the occasion of the invasion of Normandy by Henry, King of France. Subsequently he appears to have made a pilgrimage to St. Iago de Compostella, in Spain, or may perhaps have been sent there by the Duke on some mission to Alfonso King of Galicia, to whom William afterwards affianced his daughter Agatha, after the breaking off of the match with the Saxon Prince Edwin. All we learn from Wace is that in the great battle William's first horse had been brought to him by Giffard from Spain, "the gift of a king who had a great friendship for him." The Lord of Longueville accompanied his sovereign to England, having furnished his fleet, according to the List published by Taylor, with thirty vessels and a hundred men.
Previous to the battle, Raoul de Conches, the hereditary standard-bearer of Normandy, having prayed quittance of service on that day, that he might fight with greater freedom in the field, the Duke called to him Walter Giffard, and desired him to bear his gonfanon, who also requested to be excused the honor on the plea of being too old and too feeble. "For the mercy of God, sire," said the old knight, "look upon my white and bald head; my strength is impaired, and I am short of breath," and in answer to the Duke's passionate reproaches, urged that he had a large contingent of men-at-arms in the field, whom he was bound to lead into action, and at the head of them he was ready to die in his sovereign's cause. Whereupon the Duke excused him, and assured him that he loved him more than ever, and that if he survived that day it should be the better for him (Walter) as long as he lived.
We hear of no special exploit performed by him during the battle, Benoîtt de St.-More merely saying that he was struck down in the mélée, andnd rescued apparently by William himself. At its close, however, after Harold had been mortally wounded, this brave old Lord of Longueville, with his bald head and his white locks, is accused of assisting to mutilate the body of the heroic King!
It would be an indignity to the noble veteran to defend him against so infamous a charge, and fortunately there is no need to do so, for it is unsupported by any evidence, and the accuser stands convicted of falsehood and exaggeration sufficient to deprive him of any character for honesty whatever.
When the fight was over, and the victorious Duke had ordered a space on the top of the hill to be cleared of the dead and dying, that his tent might be pitched there, and signified his intention to sup and sleep on the spot, Walter Giffard galloped up to him. " Sire," he said, "what are you about? You are surely not fitly placed here among the dead. Many an Englishman lies bleeding and mingled with the slain, but yet living, and though wounded, only waiting to rise at night and escape in the darkness. They would delight to take their revenge, and would sell their lives dearly, no one caring who killed him afterwards, so he but slew a Norman first, for they say we have done them great wrong. You should lodge elsewhere, guarded by one or two thousand men whom you can best trust. Let a careful watch be set this night, for we know not what snares may be laid for us. You have made a noble day of it, but I like to see the end of the work." The Duke, however, adhered to his original determination. (Roman de Rou) There can be no doubt, I think, that this Walter Giffard who fought at Hastings was the person to whom William the Conqueror, in 1070, gave the earldom of Buckingham; for, old as he is said by Wace to have represented himself at that period, he lived nineteen years afterwards, and was one of the Commissioners entrusted by William to superintend the compilation of the great survey of England, and I can find no reason whatever for the ordinary assertion that his son, the second Walter, was the first earl.
There is evidence that in 1079 he founded the priory of St. Michel de Bolbec, and he is reported to have died about 1081, which we may fairly understand to be 1085, the year in which Domesday was begun and completed.
The wife of this Walter was Ermengarde, a daughter of Gerrard Flaitel, by whom he had a son, the second Walter, Earl of Buckingham, who died in 1102, and with whom he has been confounded. He had also a second son named William, who was Chancellor to William Rufus, made Bishop of Winchester by Henry I, 1107, and died in 1128, and a daughter, named Rohais or Rohesia, wife of Richard Fitz Gilbert, from whom descended the great house of Clare. | Giffard, Count of Longueville Walter (I8476)
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Walter of Stapeldon was bishop of Exeter, and in 1319 served on an English diplomatic mission to the Low Countries to negotiate a naval agreement. As part of their responsibilities, the emissaries also visited Hainaut and gave Philippa the once-over. It is interesting that she was even then being considered as a possible future queen of England, nearly a full decade before Queen Isabella finally closed the negotiations.
A document from their trip gives a fairly full physical description of the young girl: she was well built, without any obvious deformity; good hair, neither light nor dark; neat head, with a somewhat bulbous forehead (considered a sign of beauty); her eyes were dark brown, almost black, and fairly close together (NOT a good sign). Her nose was all right, except the tip was a bit broad and the nostrils a tad large. The lips were full, especially the lower one. Her teeth were good, some whiter than others, and the lower row was noticeably irregular while the upper row protruded just a bit--not too much. Her skin was brownish, not the translucent white of a romance heroine. She resembled her father a good deal (a good sign as it suggested she was more masculine and might well have more sons than daughters), both parents were very fond of her, and all the courtiers of Hainaut thought well of her too, as far as the envoys were able to determine.
According to her mother, Philippa would have her ninth birthday at the next feast of the Nativity of St John Baptist (24 June), which puts her birth on or near that day in the year 1310. She was thus about two and one-half years older than her future husband, and would have been about 45 when she bore her last child Thomas in 1355. -- John Carmi Parsons (edited) | d'Avesnes, of Hainault Philippa (I8491)
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Walter Overstreet is buried in Riverview Cemetery, Jefferson City, Missouri | Overstreet, Walter (I54557)
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Walter served in France in World War I and was gassed in battle and never strong after. | Van Meter, Walter Ernest (I60623)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Yancey, Walter Simeon (I5567)
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Walton Harris (1739-95) served in the army and while absent from his home in Georgia it was burned by the British. His wife and children were forced to take refuge in a hay stack. He was born in Brunswick Co., Va.; died in Green Co., Ga.
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Walton Harris was about 21 years old when he married Rebecca Lanier. She was about 16. He moved from Brunswick County, Virginia to the celebrated fisheries on the Yadkin in North Carolina; thence he moved to Wilkes County, Georgia, and settled in that part of the county that was afterward cut off to form a part of Greene County. He lived near the Skull Shoals on the Oconee River in Greene County, GA.
He was a captain under General Nathaniel Greene. Captain Harris was made a prisoner at the battle of Augusta. After the war Walton Harris drew lands in Georgia for his services. He was granted 400 acres of land in Wilkes County in 1785. He became a member of the General Assembly of Georgia in 1783. At one time in the Georgia legislature (1803), four of the sons of Walton Harris were serving as representatives of the counties in which they lived.
(Harris Genealogy, pp. 56-7, by Gideon Dowse Harris.) | Harris, Walton (I55618)
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Warenne was only six months old when his father died, and was 7 years old when his mother died. He succeeded his grandfather as earl when he was 19.
He was one of the great nobles offended by the rise of the Edward II's favorite Piers Gaveston, and help secure Gaveston's 1308 banishment. The two were somewhat reconciled after Gaveston's return the next year, but in 1311 Warenne was one of the nobles who captured Gaveston. He was however unhappy about Gaveston's execution at the behest of the earl of Warwick, which pushed him back into the king's camp.
The baronial opposition was led by the king's cousin Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, and he and Warenne became bitter enemies. Private war erupted between the two, and over the new few years Warenne lost a good part of his estates to Lancaster.
Warenne was one of the four earls who captured the two Roger Mortimers, and in 1322 he was one of the nobles who condemned to death the earl of Lancaster.
Warenne and his brother-in-law Edmund Fitzalan, 9th Earl of Arundel were the last two earls to remain loyal to Edward II after the rise to power of Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer. After Arundel's execution he went over to the queen's side, urging Edward II's abdication in 1327.
He was the guardian of his cousin Edward Balliol, and after Balliol lay claim to the Scottish throne, accompanied him on his campaign in Lothian. Balliol created Warenne earl of Strathern, but this was in name only for the properties of the earldom were held by another claimant.
On May 25, 1306 Warenne married Jeanne of Bar, daughter of count Henry III of Bar and Eleanor, eldest daughter of king Edward I of England. The two were soon estranged and live apart, and had no children, though the marriage was never dissolved. Warenne instead took up with Matilda de Nerford, by whom he had several illegitimate children, and later with Isabella Holland, sister of Thomas Holand, later earl of Kent.
Warenne died in 1347 and is buried at the monastery of Lewes. He was succeeded as earl by his nephew Richard Fitzalan, who was also earl of Arundel.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_Warenne%2C_8th_Earl_of_Surrey" | de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey John (I8519)
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Was a farmer & doctor (THN, p 45); | Yancey, Phillip A. (I1036)
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Was a lawyer in Louisville, Kentucky | Garrison (I20844)
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Was a member of the Armed Forces during World I and II. | Van Kleeck, S. Golden (I4834)
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Was a very promising, bright and popular young man, when he was shot down on the streets of Richmond (Kentucky) and instantly killed by William Willis, who had married his only sister. [History and Genealogies, W.H. Miller, 1907] | Harris, Robert (I20824)
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| 7177 |
Was apprenticed to a carpenter about 1736. Completed his apprenticeship in 1743 and moved to New Bern, North Carolina, with his brother, John, where they became house joiners. Later moved to Dobbs County, North Carolina sometime before 1769 and remained there until at least January, 1773. Subsequently moved to Charleston Precinct, and Edistoe, S.C., | Fontaine, Jr. Francis Jr (I3585)
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Was apprenticed to a London watchmaker. Received his freedom in 1759 at the age of 24, and had an illegitimate son, Joseph, by Mary Bradneck. In 1762, John, Jr., was serving against the French on a sloop of war and was killed. Both John's uncles Moses and his father provided in their wills for Joseph Fontaine, alias Thompson. | Fontaine, John Sabatiers (I3564)
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Was educated for the ministry and became pastor of the church at Archiac, in Saintonge. | Fontaine, James (I24722)
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Was in Military Police then the Santa Clara Police Department. | Miller, Steven (I35971)
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Was killed when hit on the head by the tongue of a cane grinder. | Fontaine, Joseph Moses (I3672)
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Was living in Macon County, AL in 1855. This part of Macon County later became part of Bullock County when that County was created. | Fontaine, Mary Elizabeth (I3686)
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Was merchant in Prince Edward Co. but in middle and late 1780's he and his son John took up large land grants in Kentucky and in 1790 they moved there. | Morton, Richard P. (I40089)
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Was minister at Saujon, in Saintonge. Later escaped to Dublin. | Sautreau (I3553)
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Was one of the Founders of DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution] | Washington, Eugenia (I35729)
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Was Speaker of The House | Southall, Valentine Wood (I12954)
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Washington Post, Sunday, October 12, 1913:
Commander John B. Patton, U.S.N., and Mrs. Patton have returned to Washington from Norfolk, where they were stationed at the navy yard. Commander Patton has been detailed to the command of the Tallaassee, which is at the Washington navy yard from time to time. Mrs Patton and their children are at 1908 B street. Mrs Patton, who was formerly Miss Ellen Williams, is the daughter of the late Gen. and Mrs. Williams, and her mother was the famous Adele Cutts.
New York Times Sep 22, 1929
Miss Ellen Williams Patton.
Special to The New York Times.
Plainfield, N.J., Sept. 21—Mrs. Ellen Williams Patton, 61, wife of Commander John B. Patton, U.S. N., retired, died today at her home, 933 East Seventh Street, Plainfield. She was born in Washington, D.C. the daughter of the late Adele Cutts Williams and General Robert Williams, U.S.A. The family removed here fifteen years ago following the retirement of Commander Patton. | Williams, Ellen (I66311)
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Washington State Marriage Indexes, 1969-2017. Washington State Archives, Olympia, Washington. | Source (S2917)
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We researchers are not sure what the title "Cortés del Rey" means or even precisely where it came from. Just Cortez or Cortes was used as a compound surname on church documents of many descendants. | Ortiz Cortez, Gerardo (I57598)
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WELL KNOWN GRIDLEY MAN DIED SUDDENLY
Frank Ledbetter, a pioneer resident of Gridley, above 60 years of age, dropped dead Monday night at about 9 o'clock, while in the bath room of the residence a mile north of town. Deceased was born near Oroville, and had resided here practically all his life. The cause of death is thought to have been heart disease. Coroner Johnson was summoned and held an inquest. Deceased is survived by his widow, three sisters, Mrs. Virginia Evans and Miss N. Ledbetter of Gridley, Mrs. James Murphy of Texas, and a brother, Washington Ledbetter, of Gridley.
The funeral will occur from the home of William Roof, a mile and a half northeast of Gridley, Wednesday, November 7, at 2 o'clock p. m., and the burial will take place in Live Oak cemetery. | Ledbetter, Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Jr (I5046)
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Welton Cemetery | Harness, Jemima (I71926)
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Went to Ireland with Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke in 1169 and acquired a lot of land, where he stayed. Gave Prendergast Castle to the Knights of St John of Jerusalem in 1177. | de Prendergast, Maurice (I36884)
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Went to Texas | Brown, Oscar (I21026)
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Went to TX | Fontaine, Alexander Madison (I21739)
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Wesley Hern was one of Charles Lindberg's favorite mechanics on the west coast. | Hern, John Wesley Higgenson (I53870)
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West Lawn Cemetery | Smith, Richard Weatherall (I55247)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Sorensen, Anna Katherine (I61599)
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West Side Osteopathic Hospital | Rohrbaugh, James Kendall (I75025)
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Westminster Memorial Park | Adair, Samuel W (I70995)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: John Thomas Buchanan / Jean MacGregor Thomson (F26368)
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