tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post1234745374950637399..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- How Many Degrees of SeparationRandy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-74998172965733869122018-01-19T22:03:50.628-08:002018-01-19T22:03:50.628-08:00My 4 degrees back to someone who met George Washin...My 4 degrees back to someone who met George Washington:<br />1. me! I knew my mother <br />2. my mother (1919-1975) knew her grandmother Susan M. Stokes<br />3. Susan M. Stokes (1861-1934) knew her great-grandmother, Eliza (née McKinne) Gardner<br />4. Eliza McKinne (m. Gardner) (1784-1872).<br />According to a family story I heard as a child, Eliza was a young girl in Augusta, Georgia, when George Washington visited her school. The children formed a circle around him and sang a song, after which George patted each child on the head. <br />Later, when she had her own family, Eliza would pat her children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren on the head saying, “George Washington patted me on the head and now I’m patting you.” Her children in turn would pat their descendants on the head saying the same but inserting their own link in the chain, including me in my turn.<br />In my effort to confirm what I could of the story, I learned that George Washington, during his 1791 tour of the southern states, did indeed visit Augusta, and while on this tour, he did visit local schools. So it’s possible and I have no reason to doubt the story.J Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17532247721494801053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-84098290511635081432018-01-14T05:48:10.681-08:002018-01-14T05:48:10.681-08:00Here's my four degrees back to the Revolutiona...Here's my four degrees back to the Revolutionary War: https://emptybranchesonthefamilytree.com/2018/01/sngf-how-many-degrees-of-separation/Linda Stufflebeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10652044674485948749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-71288551127485170682018-01-13T23:25:28.201-08:002018-01-13T23:25:28.201-08:00I tracked the Gauntt family to the American Revolu...I tracked the Gauntt family to the American Revolution.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ancestraldiscoveries.com/2018/01/saturday-night-genealogy-fun-how-many.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ancestraldiscoveries.com/2018/01/saturday-night-genealogy-fun-how-many.html</a>Janice M. Sellershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466785140555595069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-18885493465586111302018-01-13T15:57:38.559-08:002018-01-13T15:57:38.559-08:00Worked my way back on the Lancaster family.
https...Worked my way back on the Lancaster family.<br /><br />https://mam-massouthernfamily.blogspot.com/2018/01/saturday-night-genealogy-fun-how-many.htmlLisa S. Gorrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06086125812111254305noreply@blogger.com