Who you portray

[heatherhistorian]

very cool!  too bad u can't search his name.  I may try to find his name for u in the next couple of days.

[Red Badger]

Heather,

That would be awsome!  thank's...  hope to see you in Coffeeville

[heatherhistorian]

Wish I could come but there is a speaker at the museum friday night.  If I c come I will have to come in saturday for the day.  I might though. :) 

I will see what I can find on your ancestor.

[Red Badger]

Understandable,  My wife might not make it on friday either if the tests come out right she'll have to stay at home to breed our bulldog.... and she has a commitment on Saturday...

If she has to stay home on friday I'll come up for the entire weekend... if not then Just Friday

[heatherhistorian]

Well crap.  maybe we will get to hang out another time.

[Cowgirl]

For me as I am across the pond from you guys would be of one of the early settlers, mainly Dutch of around 1700's to 1830' or so of one of the womanfrom the 1820 settlers that landed in South Africa in Algoa Bay, the city of Port Elizabeth is there today. I am a decedent from both sides. My father's family is from early Dutch settlers who trekked away from the Cape to settle inland while my mother's family is from 1820 stock. I would protray a woman from one of these two time periods. They dress would be similar to the work dresses the American woman wore during the time, the city woman as we know wore more elaborate styles.

The Bore woman, farmer's wife of Dutch decent would stand by her man and even fight off the natives that would attack there homesteads driving off their cattle. Cattle for the South African 'indigenous' peoples were a status symbol of the wealth and success and still is to some extent today with the rural one in the old homelands. The 1820 settlers were a pawn of the English to tame the locals and where I live was the centre of theses wars. On the 22 April the very town was attacked, it was just a settlement then and British military outpost, was attacked by 1500 Xhosa warriors and the defenders were only around 350 including not military persons made up of men woman and children and servants. The attacking warriors were beaten off and retreated and the defence was carried out with flint lock muskets and two small cannon.

A woman of this era would be who I would dress as at a get together.

For a Dutch settler I would be a Boer trekker vrou and for the 1820 a settler wife.

[voyageur1688]

  I portray  Jacques DeNoyon--- my 7X-great grandfather (born 1668-died 1745--Trois Rivieres Qc). He was a french canadian courier du bois and is credited with being the first to have the term "voyageur" used with his name. He is also credited with being the first white to go beyond Lake Superior to the Rainy Lake , Lake of the Woods, and Lake Winnipeg areas in 1688. Quite an interesting man as I have learned more about him. His great nephew was Toussaint Charboneau--from the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Voy

[Lady of the Woods]

Wow Voyageur, that is an amazing family history! how cool to get to portray such an interesting individual, let alone that it is your actual ancester. Wow!
Zan

[voyageur1688]

  Zan,
  Thank you.
I am proud of my family history, and have managed to get more info on the family tree, and there is much more of interest as well.
Heather from the site was able to find even more info for me.
What is even more amazing is where I was born and still live today and how it ties to my family history.
   I live in Ely, Mn. which is near the area he explored.and about 70 miles crows fly from where he had his trading post. My parents moved here in the 50's and did not know the full history or that the family had been in this area way back then.
Voy

[Mouse Driver]

I am working on gatering more info on my several x grandfather, John P. Breda   
i know he was born in france
April 6, 1808, and died May 1, 1882 in Natchitoches La.
he came to Natchitoches in 1838, and was a doctor.

He also had a vineyard, called Cote Breda. with over 25,000 vines and had a extensive peach orchard of over 3,000 trees and made peach brandy.

On August 9, 1862,(54 years old)  he joined the 
Breazeale Battalion of Natchitoches Rangers, Confederate States army, 
and remained in the service until June, 1865, when he took the oath of 
amnesty. On April 1, 1864, he was taken prisoner by Capt. Inwood, of 
the New York Zouaves.

It is a little later than the times yall use, but it works for me.

The other side of the family is from scotland and i am researching that also, but i know they got to new orleans in about 1845. and married an indian woman, and i am too fair skined to be an injun..

[heatherhistorian]

Very neat!  I envy those of you who have ancestors who you can use to shape your character.

[Mouse Driver]

oh, and we have pictures of him & family too. Built kinda like him, BIG and burly..

[heatherhistorian]

Very cool!

[skwerly66]

Im thinkin of doing an 1840 Jesuit Monk.  Although I'm not catholic alot of my ancestors were/are.  Any help would be appriciated.