These Ranney feet through the ages: Civil War to Present Day
Posted: Fri 1st Dec 2017 04:09 pm
I'll be the first to admit that my feet are not among my more attractive body parts.
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Very true Ed. I would go even further and say for me as someone from a small country, the presence of an Irish footprint on a story can even make it more interesting for me.ed the head wrote: ↑Tue 19th Dec 2017 10:40 amThanks Ro, a little family presence makes history a whole lot more interesting and alive for me. I'm not a historian yet but I am learning.
or the Irish connection to the etmology of the word gringo fascinates me too.William Brooke O'Shaughnessy (from 1861 as William O'Shaughnessy Brooke) MD FRS (October 1809, Limerick, Ireland – 8 January 1889, Southsea, England) was an Irish physician famous for his wide-ranging scientific work in pharmacology, chemistry, and inventions related to telegraphy and its use in India. His medical research led to the development of intravenous therapy and introduced the therapeutic use of Cannabis sativa to Western medicine.
....and the mythicalHowever, the word gringo originated in Spain long before there was a Spanish-speaking Mexico and at one time, the word in Spain was often used to refer specifically to the Irish (at the time, the migrations known as Flight of the Wild Geese brought a constant stream of Irish exiles and mercenaries to Spain). And according to a 1787 dictionary, it often referred to someone who spoke Spanish poorly.
Sorry, bit of a tangent there, but keep up the posts, I'll be reading!Green Grow the Lilacs is a folk song of Irish origin that was popular in the United States during the mid-19th century.
The song title is familiar as the source of a folk etymology for the word gringo that states that the Mexicans misheard U.S. troops singing "green grow" during the Mexican-American War.
December 19th 2017 was even more amazing.ed the head wrote: ↑Mon 4th Dec 2017 10:38 am December 3rd 2017 was an amazing day for present and future Ranneys to understand both family and American history.
By an amazing stroke of luck and/or ancestral heavenly intervention, we uncovered the final resting place of my great great great grandfather Williamson Rainey (1760-1846), and with it the home in which my great great grandfather and Tennessee emigrant John William Rainey(1775-1854) was born. By ''we uncovered", I mean myself and my dear friend and former phone company employee Greg.
Thanks, oops, I mean Bedankt.macky wrote: ↑Sun 24th Dec 2017 04:31 pm Interesting about the farm,My family was given origanal homesteader plaque a few years back from Alberta goverment .
The homestead was 30,000 acres ,now full of oil fracking rigs.
My dad,s family was given land in Nova Scotia,my dad always said his family was swindled out of it by Indians
@romoney You will find Angela,s ashes (a book) more the Irish story of that period.