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| Diana's Genealogy Pages — Kin of My Father,
Arthur Robert "Bob" MATTHIESEN (1918-2006) |
| Pedigree Chart of Bob's Father, Arthur Carsten MATTHIESEN |
| Pedigree Chart of Bob's Mother, Anna California ROSE |
| Direct Ancestors of Arthur Robert "Bob" MATTHIESEN |
| Immigrants
Richard & Joan (FOWLE) BORDEN, England to Rhode Island, 1637/8 Cornelis MELYN, Netherlands to New Netherlands (NY) on The Arms of Norway, 1638 Henry LYON, England to Connecticut, bef. 1639 Richard CLARKE, England to Connecticut, bef. 1660 William WINTER, England to New Jersey, bef. 1688 Thomas HENDRY, Scotland to Boston, bef. 1710 Daniel McCRAY, Scotland to Maryland, bef. 1768 Andreas MATTHIESEN, Denmark to California, 1886 Christine Mommine Jessine SØRENSEN, Denmark to California, 1889 |
| California Pioneers
Thomas THOMPSON, Missouri to Gold Run, Placer Co., by wagon train, 1849 (settled 1851 in Santa Clara) George Washington THOMPSON, with Thomas THOMPSON, 1849 William Jefferson & Margaret Elizabeth (GIBSON) ROSE, Arkansas to El Dorado Co. by wagon train, 1856 George Clinton & Elizabeth L. (WILLIAMS) McCRAY, Missouri to Solano Co. by wagon train, 1864 Delilah Ann McCRAY, with George & Elizabeth McCRAY, 1864 Delilah Sampson (GAULDING) WILLIAMS, with George & Elizabeth McCRAY, 1864 Joseph GIBSON, with a family party of 30 from Arkansas to Monterey Co. by chartered railroad car, 1884 |
| Founders / Entrepreneurs
Cornelis MELYN, Patroon of Staten Island Henry LYON, a founder and the first Treasurer of Newark, NJ, 1667 James GROVER, built (or had built) the first iron-works in the Province of New Jersey, bef. 1674 Thomas THOMPSON, founder of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in California |
| Soldiers
Capt. Ebenezer Lyon, Albany Expedition of 1698 Col. Henry CLARK, Cherokee Expedition, Revolutionary War Daniel McCRAY, Revolutionary War Samuel BURNEY, Revolutionary War Jacob GAULDING, War of 1812 Sgt. William McCRAY, War of 1812, East Tennesee Militia, Capt. Henry McCray's Company Sgt. Bennett ROSE, War of 1812, Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Arthur Carsten MATTHIESEN, 1916 Punitive Expedition to Mexico, California National Guard T/Sgt. Arthur Robert MATTHIESEN, World War II (European Theater), U.S. Army, 1944-46 |
| Weddings of Note
Thomas HENDRY & Ann THOMAS, married in Boston's Old North Church by Rev. Cotton Mather, 1710 Bennett ROSE & Nancy BURNEY, first marriage in the history of Lauderdale Co., Alabama, 1819 |
| Other Kin (aunts, uncles, cousins, in-laws, etc.), both near and distant... |
| Entrepreneurs
Gail BORDEN, inventor of canned milk, founder of Borden Foods |
| First Ladies
Frances C. FOLSOM, wife of Grover Cleveland, 22nd /24th U.S. President |
| Other Firsts
Matthew BORDEN, first European born in Rhode Island, 1638 Rebecca (BRYAN) BOONE, first European woman to settle in Kentucky, 1775 Michael Dillingham CLARK, first European born in Hopkinsville, KY, 1798/9 |
| Frontiersmen
Daniel BOONE, blazed the Wilderness Road into Kentucky, 1775 (first there 1767) |
| Founders
Roger WILLIAMS, founder of Rhode Island |
| Infamous
Lizzie BORDEN, who took an ax… Alexander GAULDING, hanged as a highwayman in Williamsburg, VA, 1752 |
| Politicians
Sir Winston CHURCHILL, K.G., Prime Minister of Great Britain Sir Anthony EDEN, K.G., Earl of Avon, Prime Minister of Great Britain Robert Laird BORDEN, 8th Prime Minister of Canada Hon. Thomas Henry LAINE, California State Senator, framer of California Constitution Hon. Ephraim CLARK, Nevada State Legislator |
| Signers
Abraham CLARK, Declaration of Independence |
| Soldiers in Time of War
Capt. Henry McCRAY, War of 1812, East Tennessee Militia, Col. Ewin Allison's Rgmt. Ens. Thomas Daniel McCRAY, War of 1812, East Tennessee Militia, Capt. Henry McCray's Co. Lt. Elisha McCRAY, War of 1812, East Tennessee Militia, Capt. John Hampton's Co. Sgt. Phillip McCRAY, War of 1812, East Tennessee Militia, Capt. Henry McCray's Co. Daniel McCRAY (1837/8-1863), died in a Confederate hospital William Monroe WILLIAMS (1840-186_), Civil War (Union soldier), died Saline Co., MO Boone WYATT (1841/2-186_), died in Civil War Col. David A. WILLIAMS, Civil War Frank Sherman WILLIAMS, Civil War, Co. K, 39th Rgmt., Vol. Infantry William Jennings RADY (1894-1970), World War I Charles Fayne SPICKARD, Jr. (c1918-1941), WWII, shot down over Italy |
| Survivors
Lavinia GRAVES, Donner Party, 1846 |
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