tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883098416233752751.post7770117064154263418..comments2023-06-08T05:47:23.342-04:00Comments on The Crotchety Old Man: Characters in the Old Family TreeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883098416233752751.post-26034863591548497782010-08-27T13:04:23.003-04:002010-08-27T13:04:23.003-04:00Bruce, I'm delighted to hear from you and hope...Bruce, I'm delighted to hear from you and hope you check back to see my response! I didn't suspect your grandfather per se, so much as him or one of his brothers. Still, it's entirely circumstantial and just a shot in the dark. While the info you shared doesn't rule it out, I think it certainly decreases the possibilities. The identify of my grandfather's real father has always been a family mystery and I guess that will not change.<br /><br />And if we're not cousins via that connection, we're quite likely related another way. Most of my family has been in central KY for at least 300 years.<br /><br />Thanks for saying hello!The Crotchety Old Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08671813889768774495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883098416233752751.post-52658401589042667662010-08-27T12:50:47.950-04:002010-08-27T12:50:47.950-04:00Hello Michael,
I found your blog after seeing your...Hello Michael,<br />I found your blog after seeing your family tree on ancestry.com and wondering why you think my great-grandfather is your great-grandfather. Just FYI (you might want to look at my tree on ancestry), the family your great-grandmother Ida lived with in 1880 was actually Robinson, not Roberson as misspelled in that census (unless I've got the wrong family, but all the first names match...). My great-grandfather Enoch Robinson was in Tennessee from at least 1886 to the early 1890s (he married there in 1886). Both of his brothers were married in KY in 1884. None of which rules out that one of them fathered your grandfather, but makes it less likely that they were living under the same roof as their parents and Ida at the critical time. Obviously it would help to know whether your grandfather was born in '85 or '91. Maybe Enoch had a reason to get out of KY and go to TN!<br />Yes it's a lot of fun to wade through this stuff, but the old records can be a mess with misspellings and inconsistent dates.<br />-Bruce (who might be your cousin but probably isn't)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03595019227331000774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883098416233752751.post-19843161341382381102010-08-16T01:00:03.789-04:002010-08-16T01:00:03.789-04:00How impressive! You're finding out all sorts ...How impressive! You're finding out all sorts of interesting things. I guess the most interesting thing I've learned recently about my ancestors is that my great-great grandfather lived in Ireland during the potato famine. There was no work and no money, so he stowed away in the cargo hold of a ship in order to come to America. I sure wish my grandma was still here. So many things I'd love to ask her!!CathyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06307985705667322731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883098416233752751.post-69884865697606403692010-08-13T00:03:46.701-04:002010-08-13T00:03:46.701-04:00Michael--SO thrilled you're peeking back into ...Michael--SO thrilled you're peeking back into way-back-when. <br />I had totally forgotten the 'old' name was Douglass, not Glass; but from reading your post I recall my Dad saying it WAS Douglass. Wow.<br />Amazing times; how did they do it?!jghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05755594813040099616noreply@blogger.com