Essential People in Don's Family Tree

From the >18,500 people that I've gathered up into my family tree over the last 40+years of research, some very interesting people have appeared with many stories & events!
Review my development of this page here & click the links that are below to view their details? Enjoy!!

To start this list of the "Essential People" in my tree, I will share that ( as of October, 2026 ) there are *huge* amounts of viewable events in my personal history at each of my many website pages… do visit some of these?

Today as I am in my 70's, I do continue to be one of those gracefully-aging, cultured British chaps ( with my *Actual* regal ancestry! ) & with my life-long atheist beliefs, I am also a 1^st-generation-immigrant to the United States of America, where I sure do get to be a pretty happy old fellow!!

As the creator & author of this & many other Copyrighted©pages with no Fake data nor any AI enhancements, I will share that I created every person in my Family Tree ( some of whom were inherited, yet most were imported ) sharing each of my grandparents' generations ( with 90+generations viewable in many of their names—view my 2^nd paternal GGF, William John Shave & a GGF advisory as needed? ) as well as an imagined person that I created & named "Eratosthenes' Cousin" to share many of the date-based places that are used for my peoples' events, all of their relevant notes, the sources & citations ( mostly downloaded after finding them, some were created ) and many, many quotations, episodic comments, pictures & such…

Consider viewing some of my other online pages before you begin to chase through my tree? Each of these hold many, many embedded links… my Home Page, my Web-structure matrix, some of the many Global Places where I've worked or visited, or the history of the Creation of my family tree…

#	A person's name, family & their information	Birth year
1^st & 2^nd	Now, let me share the people in my immediate family, beginning with me ! [ Note: I edit some auto-generated* pages to improve them; view the original page of me? ] Each tree page holds a visual Pedigree Chart* link ( click to view mine? ) that displays several generations; also, do use my family tree Help page for guidance? View me on my Ancestry page ( which does require you to sign in ), my DNA page, my Bio or my Profile; also view my "Whom We Might Be" page? As a closing for this section, please visit the perhaps most interesting person that I've found in my research… My 50^th Great-Grandfather ( view a GGF advisory? ), King Dag of Uppsala in Sweden, shown as the 1^st person in my Viking PDF report He is described in detail in his profile below… I was born in a hospital to my British parents ( shared below ) in Boscombe, Bournemouth more than 70 years ago; many of my childhood years were spent out & around Redhill Common View my eDiary pages for more history, as you please? The next person in my immediate family is my wonderful wife, Sandy! Her family is shared below, #4… We were married very happily in San Diego, California 30+ years ago… Sandy's profile snap shares our granddaughter Nora as a baby ( taken at our dinner out in 2016 )… A more recent snap of her performing on a sling shows how she is growing up today! Our other 3 grandkids are Max, Landon & Amelia Sandy's 2 daughters are Kelly ( with her husband, Quentin ), the parents of Landon & Amelia and Kaci, the mother of Max & Nora My 2 sons are Stu ( & his wife, Jill ) & Alex, who in early 2002 sadly became R.I.P. ( see some images of him here? ) and their mother Ms. T, still living, I suspect In the summer of 2025 Sandy & I had our joint 70^th Birthday Celebration ( with many snaps! ) up in Wisconsin; many of Sandy's family came, along with their kids & dozens of our friends to enjoy the celebration! All of our grandkids were there too—we brought Max & Nora up from their home in Hartselle, Alabama in our car & Kelly's family flew up… Stu did try to come too, but was sadly held back by a flight problem Sandy's Aunt Darlene ( Darlene Aimee Pagel ) was at the party with her husband Rob ( Robert Henry Stutleen )… She was born April 7^th, 1931 in Spruce, Oconto County, Wisconsin & married Rob ( her 3^rd hubby ) in Spruce, Wisconsin in January, 2000… she has outlived her 1^st two hubbies & continues to live happily as of this writing in October, 2026!	We are from 1955
3^rd	The next block of my family starts out with my parents, Lilian Maud Evans, born January 1^st, 1931 in Neath, Wales, and John Barry Shave, born January 23^rd, 1923 in his parents' house in Weymouth, Dorset, England; each are R.I.P. today with many, many stories—see their profile pages? My Dad's parents are Donald Sebastian Shave ( born May 19^th 1901 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire ), known to me as my "GrandDad" and Gran, Ellen Nora Jolliffe ( born July 18^th 1901 in Chickerell, Weymouth, Dorset )—I knew them both very well in my childhood years! Most of their children are viewable at either of their pages My possibly still-living Uncle Dave ( David Montague Shave ) was born in July of 1937 in Medway, Kent & was recently looking after my Aunt Barb ( his aging wife, Barbera Josephine Albine Gajowski ) at their home in north London; she had become disabled by a stroke & may well no longer be living. They met in the early 60's & were married in March, 1965 Barb was born in Poland on June 8^th, 1934 & came to England after the end of WWII. Living in London, she & 3 of her friends had originally wanted to go on to the US but were denied as the "Polish Quota" had already been filled Uncle Dave in 2017 also took care of my Auntie Jean ( Jean Marie Shave, born in August of 1924 in Exeter, Devon ) who had become disabled from a fall at her house in Pinner until her death in July, 2020… She married my Uncle Jack ( John Edward Gabbut, born in August of 1924 in Canada ) in June of 1950 at the St. Mary's Church in Osterley, London My parental great-grandparents are my GrandDad's parents, John William Shave and Emily Jane Holder & my Gran's parents, Charles Robert Jolliffe, Charlie and Mary Jane Walbridge; details & stories are shared for each My maternal grandparents ( James Ernest Evans, Ern & Maud Elizabeth Dodson, shared below ) are the parents of my Mum & her brother, my Uncle Joe, Joseph Duncan Evans ( who was born in 1932 in Edmonton, London & passed away in 2020, R.I.P. ) both sadly died before I was born… I never knew either of them My Mum & Uncle Joe grew up with their paternal grandparents, James Josiah Evans & Marguerite Lilian Ethel Ruddlesdin ( known by my Mum as "NanNan" ); stories abound—I recall meeting her when she visited our house around 1960 My GGF, James ( above ) was a son of my mysterious 2^nd GGM, Grace Evans and a chap, Major Fenton whose full name was not known—he was born in 1845 & passed away in 1876; both people have notes that share the root of the mystery! Their early life began after their Dad, Ern ( stories do abound; he was actually named "James Earnest" from his father, above ) had lost Maud in 1933 with her birth of my Uncle Joe… he found & married Daisy Barclay later in that year Daisy soon found life "too difficult" for her to manage Ern's kids, likely when she was carrying her 1^st daughter from Ern, Margaret Evans… Mum & Joe were then sent away as very young children to grow up with their grandparents The parents of my Mum's Mum ( Maud ) are William Arthur Dodson, my maternal GGF & my GGM, Sarah Amelia Roberts; details are shared for each, yet no stories I learned of Agnes Evens ( my GrandAunt, born May, 1908 in Swindon, Wiltshire who died at the age of 100 in 2008 ) via my maternal cousin Caroline, a granddaughter of Agnes, who shared had in 2005 ( before the death of Agnes ) that "*Agnes still lives by herself in the same house in Wellingborough and loves to garden & do needlework. She told me recently that she was working on a tapestry footstool*"	1931 / 1923 1901 / 1901 1937 1960's 1934 1924 1924 1950 1865-1866 1865-1873 1902 / 1903 1932 1874 1875 1854 / 1845 1933 1903 1933 1861 / 1863 1908 / 1965
4^th	Next is Sandy's family… her Mom's profile ( Jeanette Mae Smith ) shares her extensive family, along with several embedded snaps Almost everyone in Sandy's immediate family are gone ( as of this writing, October, 2026—viewable in Jeanette's profile ) except for their spouses & her sister, Amy ( Amy Elizabeth Pagel, born in 1962 in Oconto Falls, Oconto County, Wisconsin ); she & Tommy ( Thomas Gerard VanDenLangenburg, born in 1957 in Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin ) were married in 1982 in Oconto Falls Jeanette was born in Suring, Oconto County, Wisconsin on Thursday, May 19^th, 1932; she passed away at age 92 after living her final 2+years in the "The Cottages" at the Meadowlands location, a Senior Living hospice in Oconto Falls, Wisconsin. She died after fighting off her cancer for several weeks at around 8:30pm on Friday May 9^th, 2025 Sandy's Dad, Les ( Leslie Lyle Pagel, Sr. ) has several snaps in his profile & was born on a Wednesday, February 13^th, 1929 in Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Les passed away at the age of 60 from his 2^nd stroke in 1989 at the St. Vincent's Hospital, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin They were married in Suring, Wisconsin on May 3^rd, 1952 & had 7 children, who helped with the daily farm work of milking cows, shoveling cow poop, etc… A few years after Les died, Jeannette married Robert William Arndt, Bobby ( born in 1927 in Oconto Falls, who died in 2006 ) in June of 1993 Sandy's parents are each direct descendants of European immigrants… the people shared in this group are Sandy's 2^nd-generation grandparents - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sandy's Dad's parental branch shows dozens of people—his large family & six generations of his ancestry—all are from Germany. Her Great-Great GrandFather, Martin Pagel ( born on Tuesday, October 21^st, 1817 in Kummerow near Malchin in northern Germany ) and his 2^nd wife, Charlotte Kröning ( born on Thursday, August 28^th, 1828 at Cochem-Zell in Rhineland-Palatinate, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germanic Preußen ) They were married in 1847 at Pommern in the Province of Pomerania, Germanic Preußen (Prussia) after his 1^st wife Margaret Kröning ( Charlotte's sister, born about 1825 in the same place ) had died of unknown causes in 1846, a year or so after her birth of their daughter, Amelia P. Pagel… Martin & Charlotte left with their 10 children, 1 from Margaret & 9 from Charlotte ( who was carrying another ) from the Port of Bremerhaven, Germany on the "SS Carl" ship, arriving at the Port of New York on Monday, May 5^th 1868; Martin's page shares many of the details for their trip ( scroll down? ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In Sandy's maternal 2^nd GGF branch, her Dad was Swiss, Charles Emanuel Destival, born October 6^th, 1833 in Switzerland, arriving in 1847 at the Port of New York; his wife, Lucia Elizabeth Eldredge, was born June 12^th, 1846 in Pitcher, New York & were married on Sunday, May 18^th 1862 in Hazleton, Buchanan County , Iowa Sandy's Mom has a paternal branch who are Germans ( like her Dad ), Jacob Martin Schmitt, born May 3^rd, 1834 in the Bavarian Rhenish Plaltinate, Germany and his wife, Anna Marie Stoeber, born June 3^rd, 1837 in Hötzelsroda of Sachsen Weimar, Eisenach, Germanic Preußen (Prussia)… they arrived in 1852 at the Port of New York & were married after 1860 in the New York City Metropolitan Area of New York state - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sandy's Mom also has a Danish maternal branch, her grandfather Hans Peder SørenSen, born March 4^th, 1880 in Gierslev (or in Holbæk), Knudstrup, Vestsjælland, Denmark and his 2^nd wife, Christina Elizabeth SørensDóttir, born August 25^th, 1882 in Denmark… they arrived in 1882 at the Port of New York & were married on Friday, March 13^th 1903 in Laona, Forest County, Wisconsin. Hans' 1^st brief wife, Maggie Viola Nelson was born in 1885 in Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan. They were married on Friday, November 23^rd 1900, in Cato, Montcalm County, Michigan, presumably for the imminent birth of their son, who was christened at birth as Theodore Harvey SørenSen; he was later adopted & renamed by his mother's 2^nd husband, Fred Ploughman after her divorce from Hans in June, 1903	dates are as shared
5^th	Our ascending family profiles ( Sandy & I, shared above ) are presented in my older Pedigree Chart ( with my colorization scheme ) & in a newer matrix for Sandy; every person shown in these 2 pages are clickable for more details… My family is also shown in a more extensive display ( also clickable ) of my tree, built as a part of my older tree
6^th	I have 2 brothers, both living as of this October, 2026 update… - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - My older brother is Mick, Michael John Shave ( born in 1943 in Kingston Upon Thames, London ) as the 1^st son of our Dad & Eileen Patricia Nicholls ( born in 1919 in Bermondsey, London ); they were married in 1942 He married Lyn ( Lynette Joan Brown, born in 1948 in Angaston, South Australia ) in July, 1970 at the St. John's Lutheran Church in Lameroo, South Australia; they live today near Sydney, Australia & have 4 kids, shown in each of their profiles Mick's profile snap shares our paternal cousin Rob, Robert Charles Voice, the only son of our Uncle Reg, Reginald Donald Shave ( born March, 1927 in Swindon, Wiltshire ) & his 1^st wife, Vera Miriam Bateman who were married in June, 1947 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England & were divorced in 1953… Our Uncle Reg died at age 67 on Monday, November 21^st 1994 whilst living in Fuengirola in Málaga, Andalucía, Spain, where he had emigrated in 1985 for the sea air to help his lungs breathe better. His 2^nd wife, my Auntie Jean ( Jean Rita Fuller, born October, 1928 in the New York City Metropolitan Area of New York state ) joined him in Spain; they had married in June 1955 in the District of Marylebone, London - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - My younger brother is Alan ( Alan John Alexander Shave, born in July, 1968 in Bournemouth, Dorset ) who married Ae-Kyung Yang ( born in September, 1972 in Jeju City, Jeju-Do, South Korea ) there in September, 2000 with me, Sandy & our family; they subsequently flew to AK's home in Jeju City, Jeju-Do, South Korea & were re-married there. They live today in Maidenhead, Berkshire & have 2 kids, shown in each of their profiles - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - My baby sister, Dawn sadly died in her birth in June, 1963 when I was 8… see my eDiary entry here for the details? I used an imaginary picture for her… My Mum told me after Dawn's death that she bore twins in 1950 ( before my birth ) who sadly died early in her pregnancy, her daughter & a twin son—I also used imaginary pictures for them	1943 1919 1942 1948 1970 1927 1947 1953 1994 1985 1928 1955 1968 1972 2000 1963 1950
7^th	Sandy & I each have many, many nephews, nieces & cousins: one of my brother Mick's 4 children is Linda Carol Shave ( my niece, born in Australia ), and my brother Alan's 2 kids were each born near London, England are Hannah Shave ( my niece ) & Daniel Shave, Danny ( my nephew—on same snap! ) Andrew Maxwell Douglas Shave is one of my 6 cousins through my Dad's family. He was born in Bournemouth, England as the youngest son of my Uncle Doug ( Douglas Maxwell Shave, my Dad's brother ) & his wife, Aunt Daphne ( Daphne Peggy Harris ) both of whom are R.I.P. Sandy's 16 nephews & nieces have brought 26 grandnephews & grandnieces to us via their 13 spouses—we enjoyed being at each marriage! These people ( 55 in total ) are viewable via her Mom's profile page ( select a parent & drill down? ) as well as those who were at our joint 70^th birthday! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - One of Sandy's nephews, Chad Alex Pagel, the oldest son of Sandy's younger brother, Randy, Randall Joseph Pagel & his wife, Maureen Therese Coffey ( their 2 other sons are Adam & Jared ) sadly died at the age of 16 in 2007… He was hospitalized ∼2 weeks after his birth in Green Bay on June 23^rd, 1991 with a virus assault on his system; that went to his heart & eventually killed him - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Another nephew of Sandy is Paul Pagel, the middle child of Sandy's older brother, Les, Leslie Lyle Pagel, Jr. & his wife, Marg, Margaret Schalmo. Paul & Liz ( Elizabeth Cooke Gilliam ) were married in April, 2015 & they have 3 kids: Les, Abby & Hazel—she is not yet shown in this tree report! Liz's maternal GGF was Joseph Cassin Young ( known by his middle name, "Cassin" ) who had joined the Navy as an officer before 1920; see the many event images & his life in his profile? When America was hit by the Japanese bombers in Pearl Harbor, Honolulu on December 7^th, 1941, Captain Cassin saved his ship Vestal that was moored alongside the battleship Arizona at Ford Island; he went to the bridge of the ship & took charge of a 3-inch anti-aircraft gun & started firing at the bombers. When the USS Arizona was blown up, Cassin was blown overboard from his own ship. Although dazed by the shock, he swam back, climbed on board, got his ship underway & ran her aground where she could be salvaged; for this feat he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor—details are in his profile He was then assigned to the role of leading the battleship USS San Francisco in 1942 and was killed on November 13^th of that year when the bridge of his ship was destroyed by the Japanese during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal My ongoing tree research after my Mum's 2010 death brought to light the fact that I actually have many maternal cousins, each of whom descend from Mum's Mum, Maud; several of them have helped me to expand my Mum's branch! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The 1^st maternal cousin I'll share is Geoff, Geoff Beck; he had contacted me with an eMail on May 29^th, 2003, sharing: "Hi… as I was checking through your family history on Ancestry, I noticed your mother was born in Treharris, which is where I was born, where my parents live & is just across the valley from Pentwyn, where Lilian (my Nan-Nan) lived. So for I now think we are cousins for sure!" We then traded data for a while; he told me in July 10^th, 2003 that his Mum Violet Tegwyn Jones and his Dad, Frank Frank Vivian Beck had shared "I've been chatting to my Mum & she remembers your Mum quite well, as during the summers my Mum & her sisters used to travel down to Southampton to visit Aunty Lil & family, and was quite chuffed to have a photo of your Mum, as was my Aunty Betty" Geoff also remembers that "when your Mum's parents took over the 2 Old Cottages place, the shed at the bottom of the garden was full of baking equipment, which belonged to Jim. I don't know if you knew that Jim was a baker & was also a seaman; my Mum also remembers that he used to stock up the cottage with tea-chests full of food before going away to sea so that the family were well-fed when he was away" The many images of Geoff & his family that he sent to me have somehow sadly vanished—I do recall viewing them… - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The 2^nd paternal cousin I am sharing was a more distant relative, Ms. Jacki ( Jaqueyln Sebley Dennis ) who descends from my 5^th GGF, William Shave III. She was born on February 3^rd, 1944 in the Sibley Hospital at the City of Washington in the District of Columbia, marrying her hubby, James Edward Keck on August 27^th, 1977 Iowa City. Ms. Jacki died March 5^th, 2019 at the age 75 in Williston, North Dakota & is buried there She had contacted me in early 2016 to share that she had found that we were connected via her "Samuel's Quest" book, released in 2007 This book is viewable in an event at her profile—it has the following preface… Oral history within families can create romantic notions as to the "who's, where's & why's" of the people in our past As a young girl I recall hearing the "family legend" of how my great-great-grandfather Samuel Shave (an itinerate tailor) fell in love with a daughter of the squire for whom he was doing sewing. He & Elizabeth Sebley eloped to London to marry We also heard of a little village, erroneously thought to be called 'Toe-puddle' in Dorset, England ( see the actual village, Tolpuddle? ) & references to the six men who became 'martyrs' in 1834 when they banded together to protest below-subsistence wages for agricultural laborers. Such tales were entwined with whispers of involvement in the early Methodist Movement One of Samuel's sons, Walter, is the first to come to America in 1871 with a group from Yeovil, England, taking advantage of land offered in northwestern Minnesota along the railroad right-of-way. He becomes a railroad land-agent in Hawley, Minnesota, & builds a general store Back in England, Samuel's only daughter, Rhoda, marries Hiram Way (a brick-mason) & in 1883, Samuel (along with a number of his family members) come to join Walter in America. Samuel brings his violin & sewing machine. There is a beautiful Christening robe that was made by his daughter, Rhoda, on the sewing machine Samuel brought to America. This heirloom has survived over 105 years & has been worn by more than 35 newcomers to the Ash/Way families. There are also two small, 'spiritual' diaries that Samuel kept near the end of his life, & a journal in which his daughter, Rhoda, documented her trip back to England to visit in 1923 All of these artifacts & snippets of stories have been embellished through this re-telling. The real facts usually belie many of the scenarios that were imagined by myself in my youth & inevitably create more questions than answers Much can happen between each of the 10-year censuses, & I keep finding material which retroactively alters my assessment of what went on. The majority of the history of the common man is silent because they just didn't do anything note-worthy enough to record!! But the data that does exist, permeated with a sense of strength & faith speaks to a modern-day wish for connectedness to our past. Just as family faith stories help shape our attitude today, so they did for Samuel & members of his family Rhoda's granddaughter, Rachel Sebley ( "Ash" ) Dennis, my mother, was 90 years of age in 2005 & we've gone to England together in our hearts & minds through the discovery and sharing of research, & correspondence with newly-found family members It is my hope that this writing will provide a stepping stone for a trip she & I can take to Dorset to retrace the path set out in Rhoda's 1923 journal [ end of the preface to her book ] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - My 3^rd cousin ( on my maternal side ) is Ray ( Raymond John Evans, a son of my Uncle Joe, above ) born in North Baddesley, Hampshire, England & his wife, my Aunt June ( June Vera Rawlings ) who stays in touch with me As part of my ongoing research, I had contacted & visited two of my British cousins ( in the Jolliffe branch of my tree ) in the early 2000's… - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - My 1^st visit was with my 4^th paternal cousin, Georgina ( Georgina Ruby Jolliffe, born in 1944 ) at her home near Weymouth in the summer of 2003, where we chatted about her & her family for an hour or two; more snaps are viewable at her Ancestry page - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - My 2^nd research visit was with my 5^th maternal cousin, Joyce Horn ( born in 1937 ) on Thursday afternoon, September 23^rd, 2004. We met in her flat at 883a Finchley Rd in Golder's Green, London & talked for a couple hours with tea… Joyce described herself to me as a "Retired archetypical spinster daughter," & that she was caring full-time for her aging mother. She had spent many years with the Oxford University Press as a Copyright Manager for Hymns, and shared that she was presently a choir singer in the London area	dates vary
8^th	Next, as I want to share some information about my Aunt Edie, I am using 2 of my maternal GreatUncles: Stanley Grenville Evans ( Aunt Edie's husband, whom I do not recall meeting in person ) & his brother, Ivor Henry Evans Stan ( "Taffy" Evans ) was born on Jan 29^th, 1910 at 71 Albert Town in Haverford West, a part of Furzy Park & Portfield in Pembrokeshire, Wales—Ivor was born at the same place on March 11^th, 2 years later The 1950's picture in Stan's profile page has him on the left with Ivor, who was also shown as in Egypt in his profile Stan served with the British Army from 1932 to 1938 in Hong Kong, China, meeting & dating Aunt Edie when he returned; he was recalled to active service in 1939 for WWII He was discharged on June 3^rd after being treated for the terrible wound he received when fighting in the 1940 Battle of Dunkirk, which ran from the 26^th of May to the 4^th of June Over 338,000 Allied soldiers ( British, French, & Belgian ) were evacuated when the forces had been encircled by German forces during the battle with a makeshift fleet of naval & civilian boats brought them back to Britain, known as the "Miracle of Dunkirk"… This massive rescue, codenamed "Operation Dynamo" boosted British morale & saved crucial manpower, preventing a total collapse of the Western Front, though it marked a significant early defeat for the Allies A few weeks after his discharge Stan married Aunt Edie on Saturday, August 24^th, 1940 in Eastleigh, Hampshire. Aunt Edie shared with me during my research that "Stan could never do anything but window cleaning after that terrible wound, with a chip I could not dislodge from his shoulder & he had no sense of humour"… Stan & Aunt Edie found & adopted a daughter, Faith ( Faith Felicity Evans, with very little information ) in 1943 & they then had 2 sons and a daughter. Ivor married Ivy Maud Acourt on Christmas Eve in 1938 in Winchester, Hampshire—they divorced in 1939; Ivor then married Jessie Doy around 1940; no details are available Stan died at the age of 69 from a brain tumor on Wednesday, March 21^st, 1979 at the Winchester Hospital in Hampshire, England & was later cremated in Eastleigh, Hampshire… Ivor died of unknown causes in May of 1993 at the age of 81 in Southampton, Hampshire My Aunt Edie ( Edith Lilian Barclay ) was born on March 18^th, 1910 in West Ham, London, dying of old-age ( at 91 ) on Tuesday, July 17^th, 2001 in Portsmouth, Hampshire. She provided me with many, many pages of her family data for my tree research with letters & by sharing a copy of her book, "Rough Diamonds," published in 1994 ( sadly, no longer available )… Her husband, Stan appears in chapter 42 of her book where Aunt Edie was meeting with my Mum & Uncle Joe around 1938	dates are shared
9^th	Edward Henry Dodson, a son of my maternal GrandUncle, Henry ( below ) was born on February 8^th, 1918 in the Borough of Southwark, London I learned during my research that Edward had fought in WWII as a Sergeant in the Queens Own Royal Regiment & was captured, becoming a POW in 1943 at Camp Stalag XVII-B in Krems-Gneixendorf, East of Germany in Austria. His younger sister Dorothy ( Dorothy Eva Dodson ) sent a photo of herself to him in the POW camp After the war, he worked as a London Police & Security Officer at Saint James's Palace in the City of Westminster, London & in the 1970's became a Coach painter & upholsterer Edward died of heart failure at the age of 58 on Sunday, March 14^th, 1976 in Crawley, Sussex; this disease also affected his brothers & sisters	1918
10^th	My maternal GrandUncle is Henry Collis Dodson who had many children with his wife, Eva Mossman; they were married in the Borough of Southwark, London in July of 1914	1889 / 1891
11^th	Here is my 2^nd maternal GGM, Agnes Nicol & her husband George Ruddlesdin, Sr. ( my 2^nd maternal GGF ), each with great snaps in their profiles! Another maternal GGF ( in another branch of my tree! ) is George Roberts, the father of my GGM, Sarah Amelia Roberts, shared above. George was born April 7^th, 1841 at the Church of Saint George in the East on 14 Cannon Saint Road in the Parish of Stepney, London; he died of unknown causes in Christchurch, Borough of Southwark, London on Monday, May 11^th, 1891 at the age of 50	1851-1850 1841
12^th	My 3^rd maternal GGF, Joseph Ball was born on September 6^th, 1807 in Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire which is about an hour north of my home town, Bournemouth ( above ) & his wife Sarah Kent Payne ( my 3^rd maternal GGM ) who was born on September 14^th, 1815 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire They were married in Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire on July 6^th, 1834 & are the parents of my 2^nd GGM, Mary Jane Ball Joseph died of unknown causes at the age of 67 in April, 1875 in Warminster & Sarah ( same cause, unknown ) died at the age of 79 in January, 1894	1807-1815 1841
13^th	I have hundreds of "Royal People" in & around my tree: Kings & Queens with their children, each as the Princes & as the Princesses, their relatives, the Dukes & the Duchesses, the Lords & the Ladies, & even the Sir's & the Saints… These people each go *waaaay* back: My 1^st person here is my ( carefully calculated! ) 84^th GGF, Memnón of Troy, who ruled as a Warrior in the Ancient City of Troy ( also spelled as "*Troia" ) of Ancient Turkey and Greece* in Çanakkale, and as an Ethiopian King; he was born there in 1,300 BCE. His GGF is Deimachas, the furthest person back in my tree - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The 1^st actual person of the 5 Royal People ( vs. the imagined ones below! ) that I am sharing here is my 17^th cousin, once removed, Queen Elizabeth Windsor who was born in London on the 21^st of April in 1926 She married Prince Philip Mountbatten of Greece and Denmark in 1947 & they had 4 children, Prince Charles ( Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten "Charlie," ( see details below ), Anne, Andrew & Edward. Elizabeth was crowned as "The Queen of the UK and 15 Commonwealth Realms" in February of 1952 when her father died Her many historic visits & meetings as a Queen included a state visit to the Republic of Ireland and visits to ( or from ) five popes. Significant events for her were… her June, 1952 coronation as Queen and the celebrations of her Silver, Golden, & Diamond Jubilees in 1977, 2002, & 2012; in 2017, she became the first British monarch to reach a Sapphire Jubilee She passed away peacefully as the longest-lived & longest-reigning British monarch at the age of 96 while residing in her favourite place, Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland on the afternoon of Thursday, 8^th September, 2022 Her son Charlie was next-in-line from his mother, becoming the King of England in May of 2023. He married Princess Diana ( Diana Frances Spencer ) in 1981 & they had 2 children, William Arthur Philip Louis Windsor ( the future King of England ) and Henry Charles Albert David Windsor Charlie had been madly in love with Camilla Rosemary Shand Parker-Bowles before his marriage to Diana, whom the Queen disowned with their 1996 divorce… he then married her in 2005 Diana died in a 1997 car crash in Paris, where rumours continue to abound that she had been killed by the British Royalty, who detested her for what she was… - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The 2^nd person ( of 5 ) of Royalty here was Mary of Scotland, born December 8^th, 1542 and became the Queen of Scotland when she was just 6 days old with the death of her father, King James Stewart V… She grew up in France whilst Scotland was ruled by regents, & was married ( at the age of 15 ) on April 24^th, 1558 to the Dauphin of France, Francis ( at the age of 14 ) in the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris to solidify the Auld Alliance between Scotland & France, making Mary the Queen of both Scotland & France when Francis became king in 1559 Their marriage lasted just over two years, ending with Francis's death on December 15^th, 1560. Widowed, Mary returned to Scotland & married her 1^st cousin, Lord Darnley, Henry Stuart, in 1565. In February 1567, Henry's residence was destroyed by an explosion & he was found murdered in the garden… She was then married to James Hepburn, the 4^th Earl of Bothwell in Scotland ( who was generally believed to have orchestrated Darnley's death, but was acquitted of the charge in April 1567 ) in the following month. Mary became imprisoned following an uprising against the couple in the Loch Leven Castle in Scotland & on July 24^th, 1567, she was forced to abdicate her title in favour of James, her one-year-old son by Darnley After an unsuccessful attempt to regain the throne in Scotland, Mary fled southwards seeking the protection of her first cousin, once removed, Queen Elizabeth the 1^st of England, also known as "the Virgin Queen." Mary had previously claimed Elizabeth's throne as her own & was considered the legitimate sovereign of England by many English Catholics, including participants in a rebellion known as the Rising of the North Perceiving Mary as a threat, Elizabeth had her confined in a number of castles & manor houses in the interior of England; after 18½ years in custody, Mary was found guilty of plotting to assassinate Elizabeth & was subsequently executed The 3^rd Royal Person ( of 5 ) has a very extensive section… He was my 2^nd cousin, 16x removed, the famous King Henry the 8^th ( VIII, a Tudor ); also see a WiKi view? He was born on June 28^th, 1491 at the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich, Kent, which was constructed by his father Henry VII in 1486; it was later rebuilt around 1660 by Oliver Cromwell who converted the entire building into a biscuit factory & then briefly to a prisoner of war camp during the English Civil War Henry was the third child & the second son of his mother, Elizabeth of York, and was married to 6 women… Henry's 1^st wife ( of 6 ) was Katherine of Aragón ( see a WiKi view? ) who was born on December 15^th, 1485 at the Archiepiscopal Palace of Alcalá de Henares in Castile, Spain They were married when Henry was just 17 ( she was 23 ) on June 11^th, 1509 at the Franciscan Church near Newgate in London. At that time the church was named as the "Greyfriars Friary" ( named as such after referencing the "grey habits" of the Franciscans ) and was later dissolved by Henry as part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1538, with it later becoming the Christ Church, Greyfriars. Its grand medieval structure was largely ruined by the Great Fire in 1666, rebuilt by Christopher Wren and again on December 29^th, 1940 in WWII, leaving only the tower & outer walls as a public garden today Henry & Katherine were coronated King & Queen a few days later on June 24^th, 1509 in Westminster Abbey, London by the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Warham. Henry was the first English sovereign to be styled "majesty" Their marriage was then annulled by Henry on May 23^rd, 1533 & Katherine subsequentially lived at the Kimbolton Castle in Cambridgeshire, England until her death (by cancer) at the age of 50 on Jan 7^th, 1536 Katherine had also previously been married—betrothed by their parents ( meant to solidify the alliance of the ruling families of Spain & England ) at her age of 3 in 1488 to Arthur Tudor ( see a WiKi view? ), then aged 11; he was the Prince of Wales, heir apparent to the English throne & an older brother of Henry They were married on November 14^th, 1501 at the Old Saint Paul's Cathedral in London. Arthur was ill at their marriage, growing weaker as they moved from London to the Ludlow Castle, where he died of the Black Death ( most likely ) on April 2^nd, 1502, just 5 months later. Katherine was also affected but survived; she held the title of Dowager Princess of Wales until she married Henry ( see above ) Henry's 2^nd wife ( of 6 ) was Anne Boleyn ( see an extended WiKi view? ) They were married on Jan 25^th, 1533 at the Palace of Whitehall in the City of Westminster, London Anne was executed at the age of 32 with an axe at The Tower of London on Tuesday, May 19^th, 1536; this was due to a need for King Henry to be rid of his wife after her false conviction of incest with her brother, George—her WiKi page ( above ) shares many details of her life Next was Henry's best-beloved wife, his 3^rd spouse ( of 6 ), Jane Seymour ( see a WiKi view? ) He was betrothed to Jane on May 20^th, 1536, the day after Anne Boleyn's execution ( above ) and they married ( scroll down for details? ) just 10 days later in the heavily decorated Queen's Closet of the Palace of Whitehall in the City of Westminster, London by Bishop Stephen Gardiner. As a wedding gift, Henry granted Jane One Hundred and Four manors across 4 counties, as well as in a number of forests & hunting chases for her jointure, the income to support her during their marriage Jane's well-publicized sympathy for the late Queen Katherine ( Henry's 1^st wife, above ) and for her daughter, Mary, showed her to be compassionate and made her a popular figure with the common people & most of the courtiers. She was publicly proclaimed as Queen on June 4^th, 1536 yet was never crowned because of the plague in London, where the coronation was to take place; Henry may have been reluctant to have her crowned before she had fulfilled her duty as a queen consort by bearing him a male heir which she did… Jane died at the age of 29 on Sunday, October 24^th, 1537, just a few days after the birth of her son Edward in the Hampton Court Palace in Richmond, London. Her labor had been very difficult, lasting for 2 days & 3 nights, probably because her baby was not well positioned… her death may have been due to an infection from a retained placenta or from a bacterial infection contracted during the birth Jane was buried on November 12^th, 1537 in the St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle; she was the only one of Henry's wives to receive a Queen's funeral. After her death, Henry wore black for the next three months and gained weight during his widowerhood, becoming obese and swollen, developing diabetes & gout When Henry died in 1547, he was buried beside Jane on his request, in the grave that he had made for her Henry's 4^th wife ( of 6 ) was Anne of Cleves ( see a WiKi view? ) She was born in 1515, on either June 28^th or on September 22^th in Düsseldorf, part of the Duchy of Berg in Germany as the second daughter of John III of the House of La Marck & his wife Maria, Duchess of Jülich-Berg Henry's intended marriage negotiations tentatively began soon after Jane's death ( above ) as Henry believed that he needed to form a political alliance with her brother, William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, a leader of the Protestants of Western Germany to strengthen his position against potential attacks from Catholic France & from the Holy Roman Empire Anne arrived on a ship in England on December 6^th, 1539 & they were married a week later at the Royal Palace of Placentia in Greenwich, Kent, by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer She was then commanded to leave the Court after just 6 months on June 24^th, & on July 6^th she was informed of her husband's decision to reconsider the marriage. Witness statements were taken from a number of courtiers & two physicians which register the King's disappointment at her appearance Henry had also commented to Thomas Heneage & Anthony Denny that he could not believe she was a virgin. Shortly afterwards, Anne was asked for her consent to an annulment, to which she agreed. Cromwell, the moving force behind the marriage, was attainted for treason The marriage was annulled on July 12^th, 1540, on the grounds of non-consummation & her pre-contract to Francis of Lorraine. Henry's physician stated that, after the wedding night he had said that he was not impotent because he experienced "duas pollutiones nocturnas in somno" ( "two nocturnal pollutions while in sleep" ) Following the annulment, Henry gave her a generous settlement & Anne was thereafter known as the King's Beloved Sister Henry's 5^th wife ( of 6 ) was Kathyrn Howard ( see a WiKi view? ) Her mother was Jocasta ( Joyce ) Culpeper, who had already birthed five children from her first husband, Ralph Leigh ( who had died ) when she married Lord Edmund Howard, & they had another six together, Kathyrn being about her mother's tenth child in 1524 in the Borough of Lambeth, Region of Greater London, England Henry married Kathyrn on July 28^th, 1540 at Saint Margaret's Church in Westminster Abbey in the City of Westminster, London After their marriage, it was alleged that early in 1541, Kathyrn had embarked upon a 3^rd romance with Henry's favorite male courtier, Thomas Culpeper, a young man who, according to Dereham's testimony "had succeeded [him] in the Queen's affections," and whom she had considered marrying during her time as a maid-of-honour to Anne of Cleves She was charged & beheaded for treason after her adultery in The Tower of London at 7:00 a.m. on Monday, February 13^th, 1542 The final wife of Henry ( his 6^th wife ) was Katherine Parr; see her WiKi view also? She was the 3^rd of the 6 wives of Henry that are named "Katherine" & she was born in 1503 on the Blackfriars Road in Southwark, London to Sir Thomas Parr & Maud Greene ( or "Matilda" ) who was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Katherine of Aragón ( the 1^st wife of Henry, who is shared above ) and named her child as Katherine She apparently also had several husbands, yet with very few records of marriages, etc: 1st may be Edward Burgh in 1547 ( which was after Henry died in January of that year ), 2nd may be John Neville, 3rd may be Henry VIII ( married in 1543 ), 4th may be Thomas Seymour ( with whom she had a child ) and William Herbert ( with whom she has a recorded marriage in 1528 ). [ Corrective work remains as of my update, Oct, 2026 ] Her 1^st spouse was John Neville Sr. yet with no marriage record. John died of unknown causes on Tuesday, March 2^nd, 1543 at the age of 49 as the 3^rd Lord of Danby & the 3^rd Baron of Latimer (Lattimer), as a Member of Parliament, as a Knight of the Shire and as a Sir Katherine then married William Herbert on July 12^th, 1528 at the Hampton Court Palace, London who previously had several wives; they had no children She was then married to Henry on July 12^th, 1543 in the heavily decorated Queen's Closet of the Palace of Whitehall in the City of Westminster, London; he died 3½ years later on Jan 28^th, 1547 Less than 2 months after Henry's death, Katherine was married to Edward Burgh in the Hampton Court Palace, London as Queen Consort on March 3^rd, 1547 for reasons not known Katherine then had a relationship with Thomas Seymour; they were not married but on March 3^rd, 1547 at The Tower of London they were apparently connected & she became pregnant In June of 1548, Katherine, accompanied by Lady Jane Grey ( who was barely nine years old at that time ) moved to Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire, where she had promised to provide education for Jane She spent the last few months of her pregnancy at Sudeley Castle, giving birth to her only child, Mary Catherine Seymour ( see a WiKi view ), named "Mary" after Katherine's stepdaughter, on August 30^th, 1548; she died at the age of 10 Katherine died there just a few days after Mary's birth on Sunday, September 5^th, 1548 at the age of 45; the cause is thought to have been from "childbed fever," quite common at that time due to the lack of hygiene around childbirth. Her funeral was then held on Tuesday, September 7^th, the first Protestant funeral held in English—her chief mourner was Lady Jane Grey—and was then buried in the St. Mary's Chapel on the grounds of Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England The 4^th Royal Person ( of 5 ) that I am sharing here is Eleanor of Castilla-León who was born in 1241 in Spain, and became the Queen consort with her 1254 marriage in France at age 13 to King Edward Plantagenêt, the 5^th of the 14 Plantagenêt dynasty Kings ( that are shared below )… Arranged Royal marriages in the Middle Ages were not always happy, but available evidence indicates that Eleanor & Edward were devoted to each other; he was among the very few medieval English kings not known to have conducted extramarital affairs, or fathered children out of wedlock The couple were rarely apart—she had accompanied him on one of his many military campaigns in north-western Wales, famously giving birth to their son Edward on April 25^th, 1284 at the Caernarfon Castle ( which I had visited with my family on our trip in 1985 ), either in a temporary dwelling erected for her amid the construction works, or in the partially constructed Eagle Tower. Her many other children ( 17 are listed ) continue to be the subject of much scholarly confusion, both in number & in birth order… my best guesses are shown in a Word document which is viewable at her page The cause of her death in the village of Harby, Nottinghamshire at the age of 49 on Wednesday, November 29^th, 1290 was from malaria. Beginning in 1287, Eleanor started to become ill that left her weak & open to illnesses; in the summer of 1290 she had toured her properties, her final stop being at Harby. The journey was then abandoned, & the queen was lodged in the house of Richard de Weston where she died; the foundations of which can still be seen near Harby's parish church As the final Royal Person that I am sharing here ( of 5 ), King Æthelred II ( where Æthelred meant "noble-counsel" ) who was also known as "Æthelred the Unready," a mistranslation of Old English "unræd" ( meaning bad-counsel )—a twist on his name… a better translation is "Redeless," without counsel ( Rede ) He was my 30^th paternal GGF, born in the Wessex kingdom of England on March 19^th, 968 becoming the King of England at age 9 upon his father's death Æthelred was also under suspicion of causing the murder of his half-brother at the age of 16, King Edward the Martyr by those who did not believe in his right to be King; strong evidence does point to his step-mother ( Queen consort, Ælfthryth Elfthryth Elfrida of Devonshire ) but this remains NFIA	dates are shared
14^th	Moving on from the Kings & Queens above, my 11^th paternal GGF is Thomas Rogers & his wife, Grace Makin, who are common ancestors of both Sandy & me… He was born on July 11^th 1586 in Alloa, Ayrshire, Medieval Scotland and she was born in 1585 in Fingringhoe in Colchester, Essex They traveled by boat before 1638 from Scotland to the Colony of Plymouth, West of the Cape Cod Bay in the British Colonial America and were married in November, 1638 in Watertown, the Colony of Massachusetts Bay	1586-1585
15^th	A very well-known ancestor in my tree is Count Geoffroy d'Anjou the 5^th; view his descriptive page here? Geoffroy was born August 24^th, 1113 in Maine-et-Loire of Pays de la Loire in Medieval France, holding the titles of the 10^th Count of Anjou and the Count of Touraine & Maine from age 16 in 1129 ( by inheritance ) and then the title of Duke of Normandy ( by conquest ) from age 31 in 1144 until his death His surname of "Plantagenêt" was derived from his use of "sprigs of the yellow-broom blossom" that he wore in his hat at age 17; his name was from the French name for "planta genista," the broom shrub. He was also called "the Handsome" or "the Fair," each of which would have been "Geoffroy le Bel" ( in French ) As my 25^th GGF, Geoffroy created the House of Plantagenêt as Geoffroy d'Anjou, V in England through his red-haired son Henry ( view a page on his life? )… that dynasty reigned for 331 years, from 1154 to 1485 with 14 Kings Henry was a child of Empress Matilda Alice Adelaide Beauclerc who was a daughter ( & heiress of ) Henry Beauclerc I of Normandy, France, the youngest son of my 27^th GGF, William the Conqueror ( who is shared below ) and Geoffroy was born there on March 5^th, 1133. He became one of the strongest kings ever to rule England, whose territories & titles gave him authority over a great part of North-Western Europe… He became the 11th Count of Anjou in Maine, Medieval France after the death of his father in 1151, acquiring the additional titles of Duke of Normandy ( by right of his mother ) and of Duke of Aquitaine by the right of his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, who was the divorced wife of King Louis Capet VII of France They were married at Le Mans, Pays de la Loire in Medieval France on May 22^nd, 1127 & had several children Henry became King of England in 1154 at the age of 21 upon the death of the English King, Stephen in accordance with the terms of the Treaty of Wallingford. He landed in England on December 8^th 1154 & took oaths of loyalty from the barons after which he was crowned at Westminster Abbey alongside his wife Eleanor on December 19^th, 1154 Henry was also the Lord of Ireland, & he controlled Wales, Scotland & Brittany at various times; view his Plantagenêt history at the Historical Fact on the 19^th September 1154 here & here Henry's oldest brother, Robert Beauclerc II ( who was named after his grandfather, Robert Beauclerc I ) was known as "Curt-Hose," & was born in 1047 at Normandy, succeeding as the Duke of Normandy upon his father's death in 1087, reigning until 1106 Geoffroy died at age 38 when, according to John of Marmoutier, a 12^th-century French Benedictine monk & a chronicler at Marmoutier Abbey, he was returning home from a Royal Council in Medieval France & on September 7^th, 1151 he was stricken with a fever at Château-du-Loir, whereupon he collapsed on a couch & died… He was buried in Le Mans, Pays de la Loire in Medieval France after his death Several research pages are a WiKi page, a definition of the name, a BBC report on him, and the history page	1113
16^th	Next is my 27^th paternal GGF, William the Conqueror, William Beauclerc, born October 14^th, 1024 at Calvados in Falaise, Basse-Normandy, Medieval France. View another tree page here & his WiKi page? Normandy came into existence around 918 from William's 5^th GGF, Rollo Hrólfr RögnvaldsSon ( my 32^nd GGF, born in Scandinavia on October 14^th, 846 ) after the besieging of Paris in 885–886. With the Siege of Chartres in 911 under the King of West Francia in Medieval France, Charles the Simple, Rollo agreed to the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, which granted him the lands between the river Epte & the sea in exchange for an agreement to end his brigandage, swearing allegiance to Charles, converting to Christianity, & pledging to defend the Seine estuary from other Viking raiders William became the Duke of Normandy at the age of 8 when his father Robert died in 1035. On October 14^th, 1066 at the age of 44, he attacked England with several thousand troops & battle horses, defeating & killing the King of England, Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings—this event created Medieval England, moving England away from the Middle-ages, a part of Anglo-Saxon Britain for many centuries. See a video that shares the battle; rewind as needed to view his life? His 1^st attendant & a key part of his war circle in the battle was Adam de Aldithley, coincidentally the 30^th GGF of Sandy! William was then crowned in London as the King of England on Christmas Day by the Archbishop of York, Aldred ( or Ealdred ), becoming the 1^st Norman King William's new role as King was repeatedly attacked by various warriors from the north; in 1069 he sent his troops north for the total destruction of what he viewed as his enemies in Yorkshire, Durham & Lancashire, finding & slaying all men and boys & then salting the earth there to prevent their return… He performed many tasks throughout his life, building hundreds of castles across his lands as part of his defense in his 1^st few years, and presiding over a gradual redistribution of land in England, aided by the establishment of feudalism under which his followers were granted land in return for pledges of service & loyalty. He was also noted for his efficient if harsh rule—his administration relied upon Norman & other foreign personnel, especially Lanfranc, the Archbishop of Canterbury William created a key document with his agents in 1086, the Domesday Book, a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England & parts of Wales; it was originally known by the Latin name "Liber de Wintonia," meaning the "Book of Winchester," kept in the Royal Treasury. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles state that in 1085 "the King sent his agents to survey every Shire in England, to list his holdings & dues owed to him" A 2^nd key English document was signed into use 129 years later, the Magna Carta… it sought to prevent a king from exploiting his power, placing limits of royal authority by establishing law as a power in itself The document became law when approved by King John Plantagenêt I, the 3^rd of the 14 Plantagenêt dynasty Kings with 25 guarantors ( one of whom was my 22^nd GGF, William de Mowbray ) on June 15^th, 1215 in Runnymede at Surrey, England, an otherwise obscure grassy field next to the Thames in Berkshire between Windsor & Staines John's son, Henry Plantagenêt III, born October 1^st, 1207 & became the King of England ( as a child-king at the age of 9 ) as the 4^th of the Plantagenêt dynasty after his father's death on October 28^th, 1216. Henry reigned for 56 years until his death on 1216, the 1^st of the 5 monarchs to reign for 50 years; see his profile? William died from battle wounds at age 62 in Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, Normandy of Medieval France on September 9^th, 1087 & was interred the next day at the Abbey of St. Stephen in Caen, Falaise, Basse-Normandy, Medieval France. Unfortunately, William's original tombstone of black marble, the same kind as Matilda's in the Abbaye aux Dames, was destroyed by the Calvinist iconoclasts in the 16^th century & his bones were then scattered	born a thousand+ years ago, 1024
17^th	My 31^st GGF ( & Sandy's 34^th ) was Count Boson II of Avignon and of Provence & Arles; he was born in 935 at Autun in Saône-et-Loire, Medieval France, passing away in Avignon at the age of 33 on September 13^th, 968 He was the founder of the comital dynasty of Provence, which ruled France until its disappearance in the 12th century	935
18^th	My 16^th paternal Great-GrandUncle was King Edward Plantagenêt IV, who was declared to be the King of Medieval England by the Earl of Warwick on June 28^th, 1461 after winning the Battle of Towton on May 29^th in the West Riding of Yorkshire; he was the 1^st king from the House of York He was born on April 28^th, 1442 in Rouen. Medieval France & married Elizabeth Woodville on May 1^st, 1464 when the Earl of Warwick had pressed Edward to marry Anne of France ( of King Louis XI ) as a marital alliance with a major European power, but was alienated by the his secret marriage to Elizabeth, the widow of a Lancastrian sympathizer Edward died of unknown causes at the age of 40 on April 9^th, 1483 at the Palace of Westminster in London & was buried a few days later near Windsor, Medieval England	1442
19^th	In late 2024, I had an idea: create a descending view of one of the many tree branches of my ancestors to share details of an area of my tree data! From the Roots Magic tree management tool on my PC, I used the built-in Narrative Report feature ( in the NGSQ report form ) to build this PDF-based Viking report, which holds ~582 pages of detailed data ( & the indices after that ), tweaking several areas manually & adding a cover page to upload it… As the starting point for this, I selected my 50^th paternal GGF, Dag DagsSon ( view a GENI link? ) who was born about 429 in Sweden, Europe Dag became King after winning a battle in 444 against the Finnish chief, Frosti Ynglingesoga, becoming known as "Dag the Powerful" & "Dag the Brave," also as Agni or Agne & as DyggvasSon. He had forced a marriage after the battle with Frosti's daughter, Skjalf FrostisDóttir, who was a Finnish princess Skjalf killed Dag in the year of 459 in Sweden 15 years later at his age of 30… this is reported to have been that he was hanged by his revengeful wife while in a drunken stupor	∼429 AD
20^th	I have many ancestors before the time of Dag, who is listed just above… One of these was the famous Roman Caesar, Emperor Constantine, Flavius Valarius Constantine I, who led the Holy Roman Empire between 306 & 337 in Rome; there are many facts in his profile and in his accomplishments I had connected a total of 82 connected Romans to my tree during the development of my ancestry, disconnecting them from my tree when my familial link to them was found to have been wrong; I did keep all of them… Flavius Valarius Constantine was born on February 27^th, 271 in the Province of Moesia Superior, Yugoslavia to the Emperor of the Western Roman Empire at that time, Flavius Valerius Chlorus Clovis Constantius ( also known as "Flavius the Pale" ) and his wife Flavia Lulia Helena as their only son Flavius Valarius Constantine I He was married to Eusebia Maxima in 300 at Bouche du Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, Roman France, gaining his title there a few years later They had 10 sons & 4 daughters, many of whom died in birth He died at the age of 66 as Caesar & Emperor Constantine I of the Holy Roman Empire on May 22^nd, 337 in Naissus, Turkey, leaving the empire to 3 of his 10 sons—Constantius II, Constantine II, & Constans: a life-long internecine struggle The final group that I am sharing in this section is Arthur Pendragon of Roman Britain, an imaginary person—there is no actual objective evidence of his existence… He was born about 450 in Monmouthshire, Wales, ruling Roman Britain as King until his death at age 87 on May 21^st, 537 In the many stories that surround Arthur, he became the King of Camelot ( see another view? ) after winning a battle in 485 against the Saxons, and later became the High King of Britain He then ruled Britain from both his Tintagel Castle in Cornwall ( which I was blessed to visit during one of my Europe trips! ) & from the Camelot Palace in Winchester, each along with the 12 Knights of The Round Table… Sir Lancelot, often considered the greatest & most powerful knight, stole away Queen Guinevere from Arthur, causing the total destruction of Camelot Sir Gawain was Arthur’s nephew, known for his bravery, Sir Gaheris, brother to Gawain and Sir Gareth, another brother to Gawain, known as "Beaumains" Sir Galahad who was the purest knight who achieved the Holy Grail Sir Percival was a key knight in the Grail quest Sir Bors de Ganis was one of the few to survive the Grail quest Sir Kay was Arthur's foster brother & his steward Sir Bedivere was one of Arthur's most loyal & longest-serving knights Sir Tristan was famous for his love story with Isolde Sir Lamorak was known for his great strength & prowess Sir Agravain, a nephew of Arthur & a brother to Gawain, Gaheris, & often Gareth, as well as half-brother to Mordred was sadly known for his treacherous nature & was killed by Sir Lancelot ( above )	dates shown
21^st	After sharing many of my actual ancestors, I am now sharing "Yahweh" via my atheistic views of God who is an imagined religious entity from today's Christian Biblical reports ( click the link? ) and is shown in my tree as the "Father of Adam & Eve"; each are linked on his page Around 3,500 years ago the concepts of "Yahweh" were imagined & created by a Christian Religion as the Father of Jesus Christ who ( IMHO ) isn't real & therefore is not an actual part my family tree—I have marked "Yahweh" as my 71^st GGF	99,999 BC
22^nd	As the final entry (for now!) in my collection of key people, I created an imagined entity that I named as "Eratosthenes' cousin" in my family tree as a son of the "Most Ancient of the Actual Ancient People," Enos ben Seth ( my 68^th GGF, born in 3,769 BC ) to share some of the key details of a) Londinium in Roman England, b) Our 6 Global Continents, and c) Many of the date-based European places that exist in my tree	born about 1 AD

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