Pangborn ~ Things That Make You Go Hmmm

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: 2020 Week 43 (QUITE THE CHARACTER)

When thinking about the prompt QUITE THE CHARACTER I traveled up our Bramble Bush on the Vannatter line looking for someone that made me go 'hmmmm'.

I traveled all the way back to 1665 where I found my husband's 8th great grandfather.

Edmond Pangburn

BIRTH 1665 • Long Island, Nassau, New York, United States

DEATH 1711 • Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
married to 

Lydia - maiden name not confirmed

1670–1744

BIRTH 21 SEP 1670 • Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut

DEATH 1744 • Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., New Jersey

their son ~ my husband's 7th great grandfather:

William Pangburn

BIRTH 1706

DEATH 1759
married to

Mary Ann Coddington

BIRTH ABT. 1706 • Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA

DEATH 1780 • Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA

Their daughter ~ my husband's 6th great grandmother:

Annatje Mariah Johanna Pangburn

BIRTH 14 AUG 1736 • Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States

DEATH 1767 • Woodstock, Ulster, New York, United States

married to

Jacobus Jensen Van Etten

BIRTH 3 MAR 1733 • Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States

DEATH 1767 • Smithfield, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States

This is where the Pangburn name ends in this BRAMBLE BUSH.

The Van Etten name begins.

Their son ~ my husband's 5th great grandpfather:

William VanEtten

BIRTH 13 JAN 1760 • Rhinebeck, New York, USA

DEATH 1842 • Ontario, Canada

married to

Annatje Merckel

BIRTH 20 OCT 1765 • Katsbaan, Ulster County, New York, USA

DEATH 1835 • Ontario, Canada

This is where the VanEtten name ends in this BRAMBLE BUSH.
The Vannatter name begins with all 6 children using the new spelling variation.

Their son ~ my husband's 4th great grandpfather:

Benjamen Vannatter

BIRTH 8 JUN 1794 • United States

DEATH 24 NOV 1867 • Ballinafad, Wellington, Ontario

married to (2nd wife) 

Mary Havens

BIRTH 23 DEC 1808 • Clinton, Ontario, Canada

DEATH 28 DEC 1866 • Erin, Wellington, Ontario, Canada

When I first started researching on this family line my husband thought the Vannatter family origins were Italian. When I first climbed this branch, and discovered the variation in the name I wondered where he got the belief they were Italian. I told him he needed to embrace his heritage by letting go of red wine & embracing black licorice. He explained that he just thought the family names: Alonzo, Nina, Maria,Vera, etc.... sounded Italian, and he did enjoy pasta and red wine so it seemed logical.

Now back to why I chose the Pangborn family line to feature for QUITE THE CHARACTER.   

According to the House of Names - The Pangborn family Motto is:

I would rather die than be disgraced

translated from Latin --- Malo mori quam foedari --- it can also mean:

Death rather than dishonour

or 

I prefer to die rather than lose my honor

BUT in further research it appears as though that it's an Irish motto for the Ryan family. 

I had never heard the Pangborn name before researching for this blog. I was surprised at how many references there are throughout the internet. This is a line I would like t spend more time tugging the threads of. 

Regardless of where the motto originates 

I can confidently say it fits for
my husband & our sons

Remembering those who came before us!






This is why I search - 



Cause ... 





You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!
















***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***







Sources:

Malo mori quam foedari, Heraldry of the World, Retrieved October 25, 2020 from

https://heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/wiki/Malo_mori_quam_foedari

The Pangborn Motto, Pangborn History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms, House Of Names, Retrieved October 25, 2020 from https://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/pangborn-family-crest.htm

Image Sources:

Free Public Domain Images, Snappy Goat, Retrieved October 25, 2020 from

https://snappygoat.com/s/?q=bestof%3Atree+roots+stem+branches+naked+bare+cross+section+silhouette+orange

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Pride ~ Honor (It's A Family Name)

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: 2020 Week 42 (PROUD)

First I will take a moment to feel the pride I have in myself that I have written about a member of this Bramble Bush weekly since January 2019. Prior to the 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks Challenge I had an uncommitted relationship with my blog. Since signing up for the 2019 challenge I have written every week.
I am very proud of myself. 

I then started to think about using the prompt, PROUD, to write this week's blog.

Merriam-Webster lists the following:
"Synonyms for proud 

disdainful, haughty, highfalutin (also hifalutin), lofty, lordly, prideful, superior." 1

I haven't yet found any Lords in our tree. 

Still searching I found Merriam-Webster came to the rescue with PRIDE:
"Synonyms for pride 
boast, credit, crown jewel, glory, honor, jewel, treasure, trophy" 2

 In looking at the synonyms for Pride the word honor leapt out at me. 
HONOR is a family name that appears 5 times in our Bramble Bush.

The name first appears with my X3 great grandmother:

Honor Gunnell

BIRTH ABT 1832 • Hambledon, Buckinghamshire, England

DEATH JUL 1882 • Hambledon, Surrey, United Kingdom

Married to my X3 great grandfather:

William James Dendy

BIRTH ABT 1843 • Ewhurst, Surrey, England

DEATH 1909 • Horsham, Sussex (formerly Surrey), England

They named their first born daughter

Florence Honor Dendy

BIRTH 31 OCT 1868 • Wandsworth, Surrey, England

DEATH 22 JAN 1946 • Nakusp, British Columbia, Canada

Honor had 2 granddaughter's carry her name forward

Honor Rosener Kate Faggetter

BIRTH 22 NOV 1889 • Pirbright, Surrey, England

DEATH JAN 1985 • Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

daughter of

Rosa Mary Dendy

BIRTH 26 FEB 1865 • 5 Balham Place, Wandsworth, Surrey, England

DEATH 4 NOV 1902 • Pipestone, Manitoba, Canada
&

Frederick Henry James Faggetter

BIRTH ABT 1865 • Pirbright, Surrey, England

DEATH JAN 1894 • Pirbright, Surrey, England

The 2nd granddaughter to carry her name is my great grandmother:

Rose Honor Dendy

BIRTH 14 APR 1906 • R.M. of Pipestone, Bardal, Manitoba, Canada

DEATH 17 SEP 1974 • Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

daughter of 

William Herbert Dendy

BIRTH 27 JUL 1866 • Wandsworth, Surrey, England

DEATH 25 DEC 1929 • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
and

Amy Louisa Baker

BIRTH 18 MAR 1875 • Ealing, Middlesex, England

DEATH 23 DEC 1949 • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Honor had a great granddaughter carry her name:

Margaret Honor Toms

BIRTH 6 JAN 1915 • Redvers, Saskatchewan, Canada

DEATH 5 MAR 2007 • Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

daughter of

Honor Rosener Kate Faggetter

BIRTH 22 NOV 1889 • Pirbright, Surrey, England

DEATH JAN 1985 • Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

and

Robert Franklin (Frank) Toms

BIRTH 10 OCT 1886 • Ontario

DEATH 08 JUN 1971 • Redvers, Saskatchewan, Canada

********

My great grandparents
Ernest Elmer & Rose Honor (nee Dendy) Bayes 
& their two children (my grandmother and her brother).

Back to the name Honor - clearly there was a family bond to the name passed down over the generations. Since I haven't done a lot of research above Honor on the Gunnell/Dendy line of this Bramble Bush I can not say where the name originated. 

Following the names passed down the family line!







This is why I search - 



Cause ... 





You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!
















***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***








Footnotes:

1 Proud, Thesaurus, Synonyms, Merriam-Webster, Retrieved October 19th  2019 from

https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proud

2 Pride, Thesaurus, Synonyms, Merriam-Webster, Retrieved October 19th  2019 from

https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pride

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Fishing For Cousins ~ When The Bait Works

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: 2020 Week 41 (NEWEST)

If you are a regular reader of my blog you may remember  Week 16 (AIR) Cousin Fred ~ Too Tall to be a Pilot where I wrote about my grandmother's cousin Fred Baker. 

By the end of that blog there were more questions than answers about Cousin Fred. Most of those questions were answered when I received an email from Cousin Fred's son.  

Blogging as Cousin Bait worked again!

When I first began my genealogy blog I hoped that cousins who make up this Bramble Bush would find an entry about a relative of theirs, and message me. I had hoped they might type their relatives name into a search bar, and find my blog. When I received the email below it was clear that blogging as Cousin Bait really works. 

Read on to see the results of this fantastic catch. 

*****some details redacted for the privacy of the living*****

Hello Deb, I guess you could say I am "Cousin ***" since Cousin Fred was my father. I had your email sent to me from my cousin ****** ***** who got it from his sister **** ******.

I read the blog (http://somehowrelated.blogspot.com/2020/04/cousin-fred-too-tall-to-be-pilot.html and thought I might be able to fill in some blanks you were mentioning and asking about.

As you have probably already guessed from this email, yes, my Dad did marry before going overseas. He married Jean Anderson Moorcroft. You'll find attached a copy of a newspaper announcement for their wedding as well as a picture of them on their wedding day which was September 11, 1943.

You mentioned you were curious about Dad's size. He was 6'4" tall and probably weighed around 220 pounds when he was in the service. You find attached a picture of him flying a Harvard Trainer aircraft. You can tell it's him because his head just fits under the canopy.

I also attached a picture of him with some of the men he served with, and I'll let you guess which one he is, lol.

Dad and Mom had 2 sons when he returned from overseas, *** who was born in **** and myself who was born in ****.

After leaving the service Dad gave up his pilot's license at my Mom's request. 

He worked as an aircraft mechanic for TCA which later became Air Canada. They lived in Winnipeg until 1964 when they moved to Toronto and Dad became the international Service Manager for a company called Grip Clinch. They sold pneumatic air tackers which were made in Germany. Dad travelled over there a few times and learned to speak rudimentary German.

In June of 1975 Dad retired to a very Small town about 140 miles North of Toronto. Mom and Dad lived the remainder of their lives in Kearney and I think it was the best part of their lives together.

Mom died of ALS in 1988 and Dad died of Cancer in 2002. My brother also died in Kearney in 2001. They are all buried in the local cemetery there.

I have also attached a picture of Dad in his 70s beside his Honda Gold Wing.
He said it was the closest thing he could find to flying.

I hope this helps a little. If there is anything else you may have a question about, I would be more than pleased to try and help.

All the best,

"Cousin" ***.

Genealogy researching is more than collecting names in files. 

It's breathing life into the people who came before. 

It's seeing who they were. 

It's realizing how their dna matches yours. 

It's about the roots and branches of your family.

Blogging as Cousin Bait works again!

This is why I search - 

Cause ...

You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know.

***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***









Photos:

Provided by Cousin Fred's son, September 2020



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Penicillin, Electroshock, Hippocratic Oath, and a Dictionary ~ What Do They Have In Common?

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: 2020 Week 40 (OLDEST)

A few years ago my dad gave me a Webster's Dictionary, and told me that he remembers it on the shelf throughout his growing up.  

The date stamped on the front is 1941.  My grandparents were married in 1939. 

The book is in fairly good condition given that it was in use regularly prior to my receiving it.

Inside the front cover I found 3 newspaper clippings. 

One of them was about the new drug Penicillin that was still in clinical trials.
**Notice the prices in the advertising and the reference to coupons**

One was about the Hippocratic Oath.

One was about Electroshock Therapy

When I first discovered these three clippings in the dictionary I was left pondering what could they possibly have in common?  

I searched, and could find nothing. 

With little to go on as far as dates or where they were published I would be guessing rather than concluding any commonalities. 

Then I realized - 

What they had in common was that my grandparents thought they were important enough to keep through the years. 

My conclusion - 

They are very old articles.

I love this dictionary because it was a part of my dad's growing up. 

I also love this dictionary because Noah Webster is my 4th cousin X7 removed on my mother's side of this Bramble Bush. 



Bringing both sides of the family together in one old artifact!




This is why I search - 



Cause ... 





You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!
















***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***








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The Sea Chase ~ Searching For Jack In A John Wayne Movie

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: 2020 Week 39 (SHOULD BE A MOVIE)

Family tales begin with a nugget of information, and then the search is on.

Hey Family
- cousin Doug shared that grandpa Jack Graham was in a movie.....
He says:

"It was only a small part near the end of the film, but John Wayne was a Captain of a British/Canadian? destroyer, and it sank a German Cargo boat, and as the survivors climbed on board the destroyer, Jackie was one of the guards." 

"Doug says - near the end of the film, Jackie is standing with a gun as the survivors climb on board.... he says it was black and white."

I wasn't surprised to hear that Grandpa Jack has been in a movie. I had heard the stories about Jack through the years, and saw the photos. Jack was a confident attractive guy. On that set he would have made a gorgeous sailor any director would have wanted in his movie. 

With the details from cousin Doug I began searching for a John Wayne movie that fit the description. I found THE SEA CHASE. As usually happens with family lore there were a few details amiss, but not terribly different. It was surprisingly easy to find the movie. What wasn't easy was trying to find a venue to watch the movie. In the end Amazon provided. 

The replies I received to the message I sent at the top helped fill in a few details. 

"I know that he was in a movie. Gram was an usher at the theater in Victoria. Every time his scene  would be coming up they would run and get gram to come in and see him on screen."

"I'm pretty sure Dad was in his uniform with other soldiers on the deck of the ship while something was happening with John Wayne and the other stars."

"Dad was in a John Wayne movie. Mom took us to see it when we were very little. She said we were watching and then all of us were yelling Daddy when his face appeared"

Jack's three little girls about the time the movie was released 

Jack with his wife, three little girls and mother
(about the time THE SEA CHASE was released)

"mom dressed us all up and marched us down to the theatre so we could see him."

An example of how they were dressed up alike - a few years later 

Going back to cousin Doug's description I watched the movie waiting until a scene fit.
I was delighted when the described scene appeared:

As the scene came to an end I wondered how those little girls even recognized him since neither guard turned around. Thankfully I was watching with my husband who said "I don't think that's the right scene. It sounded like his face was on the screen." We continued to watch the movie. 

At the end I had no idea if I had just seen my grandfather in THE SEA CHASE. All I knew was that grandpa Jack was tall, dark haired, and thin. 

It reminded me of the year I lived in Vancouver when I stared at every bus driver to try to figure out if it was my grandfather. 

I never knew if my grandfather was the driver of the bus I rode on or if I had seen him in the movie I just watched. 

The legacy of a fractured family tree with broken branches. 

A few days after watching THE SEA CHASE my father came over for dinner. He had known Jack, and offered to help me figure out where Jack was in the movie. 

Dad wondered if that was Jack in the background of the photo below. 

Could that be Grandpa Jack behind?

Thinking back to the reply I had about Jack being in uniform I wondered if Dad was right. I compared the sailor in the scene above  with the photos I have of Jack from about the same time.

Definitely a maybe. 

When I sent the screenshot to my mom's sisters it remained a maybe. 

After looking at the stills of the scenes with actors in the background in the photos below we still aren't sure where Jack can be found in THE SEA CHASE.

Do I know which was Grandpa Jack in this film? No. 

Do I know I have the right film? Yes.

Remembering my Grandpa

John Robert (Jack) (Jacky) Graham

BIRTH 7 MAR 1930 • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

DEATH 5 AUG 2011 • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Chasing the family stories!

This is why I search - 



Cause ... 





You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!
















***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***



Sources:

Farrow, J. (Producer) & (Director). (1955). The Sea Chase [Motion Picture]. United States: Warner Brothers.

Links:

Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
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