Cyndi's List - Female Ancestors notable Women Ancestors Collection of biographies submitted primarily by Documents the lives of immigrant and pioneer women of Jewish descent in the http://www.cyndislist.com/female.htm
New England Historic Genealogical Society ancestors, ancestry, biography, family, genealogical, Genealogy, As in my1993 work, I have used no places, dates in years only for notable immigrants, http://www.newenglandancestors.org/education/articles/NEA/royal_descents_of_600_
Extractions: Login Site Search Help Printer Friendly Page ... Kids Corner Shortcut to: Home About NEHGS Giving to NEHGS Press Research Main Databases Research Services Forums The Great Migration Newsletter Reference Links Libraries Main Research Library Manuscripts Borrow a Book Library Catalog Store Education Center Main Articles and Publications Calendar Getting Started Kids Corner Membership Join NEHGS Renew your Membership Gift Membership Benefits of Membership About NEHGS Our History Staff/Contact Volunteers Council Annual Report Newbury Street Press The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States by Gary Boyd Roberts My new book, a revision after ten years of my 1993 , delineates the best royal descents those from the most recent, usually medieval, king of 95 new immigrants, eliminates the lines of fifteen, and considerably revises or massively overhauls such descents for 90 more. Colonial New Englanders found to be of royal descent ( RD ) in the last decade include Mrs. Abigail Brewster Burr of Stamford, Conn., Mrs. Joan Price Cleeve of Maine (wife of Portland founder George Cleeve), Mrs. Elizabeth Haynes Cooke of Cambridge, Archibald Dunlop of Stratford, Conn., Patrick Falconer of New Haven (and New Jersey), Mrs. Sarah Woodward Henchman and Thomas Lechmere, both of Boston, Percival Lowell of Newbury (forebear of the Boston Brahmin Lowells), brothers Philip and Thomas (Jr.) Nelson of Rowley, Increase Nowell of Charlestown, Mrs. Rose Stoughton Otis of Dover, N.H., Mrs. Frances Woodward Oxenbridge (first wife, dying in England, of Boston minister John Oxenbridge, and a sister of Mrs. Henchman), Rev. William Skepper/Skipper and William Snelling, both of Boston, Mrs. Anne Derehaugh Stratton of Salem, James Taylor of Lynn, John Umfreville/Humphreville of New Haven, Mrs. Elizabeth Mansfield Wilson (wife of yet another Boston minister), Emmanuel Woolley of Newport, R.I., and Peter Worden of Yarmouth on Cape Cod.
Famous Spencers Famous and notable descendants of the Spencers of England. Spencer Lineageof Gerard Spencer father of American immigrants http://members.tripod.com/ntgen/bw/sp_fmus.html
Extractions: Princess Diana Mother of future King of England Winston Churchill Prime Minister of England during WW II American Presidents Washington, Coolidge, F. D. Roosevelt, Bush General Henry Champion Revolutionary War General General John Glover Revolutionary War General Agnes Harris Royalty Links of Wife of immigrant William Spencer Anne Hutchinson Religious Reformer - Banished to Rhode Island Ambrose Spencer Jurist, Congressman John C. Spencer Secretary of War and Treasury under Tyler General Joseph Spencer Revolutionary War General - Continental Congress Platt Spencer Social activist, invented the "Spencerian Method of Penmanship" Selden Palmer Spencer US Senator - Missouri - 1918-1925 William Augustus Spencer Titanic Passenger William Brainerd Spencer Civil War Vet, Congressman, Louisian Supreme Court Harriet (Beecher) Stowe Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Tennessee Williams American Playright Related Links Related Links Return to Spencer Index Jonathan Edwards Preacher Who Was Very Involved in "The Great Awakening" Aaron Burr Second Vice-President of the United States - Controversial Figure Pierpont Edwards Judge, father-in-law of Eli Whitney
Extractions: Author and Human Rights Advocate Bette Bao Lord was born in Shanghai and came to the United States at the age of eight when her father, a British-trained engineer, was sent here in 1946 by the Chinese government to purchase equipment. In 1947 Ms. Bao Lord and her family were stranded in the United States when Mao Zedong and his communist rebels won the civil war in China. Ms. Bao Lord has written eloquently about her painful childhood experiences as a Chinese immigrant in the post-World War II United States in her autobiographical children's book In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson . In this book she describes her struggle to learn English and to become accepted by her classmates. Today, Ms. Bao Lord is a distinguished novelist and writer, and serves as chair of the Board of Trustees of Freedom House. Established by Wendell Wilkie and Eleanor Roosevelt in 1941, Freedom House is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting democracy around the world. President Clinton has hailed Ms. Bao Lord as "someone who writes so powerfully about the past and is working so effectively to shape the future." Her First novel
Cate Blanchett Biography Tiscali film brings you the most complete artist biographies and filmographies She also completed a notable double by playing the lover of Ralph Fiennes http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/cate_blanchett_biog.html
Extractions: The term Meteoric is often used to describe the career paths of film actors. It's usually inaccurate, ignoring a plethora of dodgy TV shows and unwatchable B-movies made while the subject gradually and painfully learned their craft. With Cate Blanchett , though, Meteoric is absolutely on the nail. Within a mere two years of her feature debut, she had become one of the most sought-after actresses in the world. More importantly perhaps, she is already one of the most compelling, convincing and adaptable players of the last 30 years, matching the celestial standards set by the holy trinity of Streep, Pfeiffer and Lange. She was born Catherine Elise Blanchett on the 14th of May, 1969, at the Jessie McPherson Hospital in Melbourne (popularly known as the Jessie Mac, now - like so many hospitals - a vacant lot). Her father, Bob, was a Texan and ex-US Navy man who'd met Cate's mother, a teacher named June, and moved into advertising in Melbourne. There were two siblings: older brother Bob, now in computers, and younger sister Genevieve, a theatre designer. Cate claims there's some French ancestry in there somewhere, one antecedent being Louis Bleriot, the first aviator to fly across the English Channel. Or La Manche, depending on how you look at it.
Extractions: Ancestry's Social Security Death Index "Contains the records of deceased persons who possessed Social Security numbers and whose death had been reported to the SSA. The information is generated from the U.S. Social Security Administrations Death Master File ." Biographical Dictionary "This dictionary includes more than 25,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day." A Biography of America Created to be used in conjunction with the telecourse and video series of the same name, the web site lists the transcript of the video program, key events of the period, a map relevant to the period, and a "Webography" of helpful links. Biography.com Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 This online reproduction of the seventeen-volume Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves.
J. Edgar Hoover: Biography And Much More From Answers.com See biographies by TG Powers (1987) and AG Theoharis (1988); DJ Garrow, However, Peter Maas, a notable journalist, has criticized accusations that http://www.answers.com/topic/j-edgar-hoover
Extractions: showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Business Entertainment Games Health ... More... On this page: Personalities Dictionary Encyclopedia History WordNet US History Wikipedia Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping J. Edgar Hoover Personalities Source J. Edgar Hoover Political Figure / Government Official In 1913 John Edgar Hoover began working in U.S. government service, first at the Library of Congress, then at the Justice Department. During World War I Hoover worked for the Bureau of Investigation, keeping statistical records of immigrants for the Alien Enemy Bureau. A vigorous anti-communist, Hoover quickly moved up the ranks in the postwar period, and by 1924 was appointed Director of the Bureau of Investigation, later called the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.). He held the post for nearly fifty years, his administration lasting from President Coolidge to President Nixon . Hoover had a reputation for hypervigilance in the face of crime and political subversion, and the F.B.I. grew to become known as incorruptible law officers who kept files on just about everybody, from
Coal Creek Elementary School notable People in the History of Colorado and the American West Railroad andhe thought of using Chinese immigrants for labor. by John F. and Amanda A. http://www.bvsd.k12.co.us/schools/coalcreek/biography/menu.html
Extractions: HOME School Information Calendar of Events Lunch Menus Family Handbook Newsletters ... School Supplies Research Tools Create a Bibliography Create a Graph Countries of the World Search the Web ... World Atlas Student Projects Biographies Butterfly Garden Colorado Wildlife Railroads ... Site Map Notable People in the History of Colorado and the American West Silvestre Velez de Escalante is famous because he was the first Spanish man to go from Santa Fe to California on horseback and he wrote a journal about his adventures. by Camille and Alison Sacagawea (1790-1812 or 1884) is famous because she was the first Shoshone person to leave her tribe and go to the Pacific Ocean with the Lewis and Clark expedition. by Richard and Nikki Zebulon Pike is famous because he discovered a mountain that is 14,110 feet tall and now it is called Pike's Peak.
Consumer Protection Board Teresa A. Santiago - Biography working in communities of new immigrants to help protect them from fraud, Temas Magazine National Recognition notable Latina, National Puerto Rican http://www.consumer.state.ny.us/aboutsantiago.htm
Extractions: Member, Commission on Health Care Facilities in 21st Century Teresa Santiago was appointed by Governor George E. Pataki as Chairperson and Executive Director of the State Consumer Protection Board in January 2003. Under her direction, the CPB continues to expand its mission and accomplishments in serving the people of the State of New York, including its most vulnerable consumers. The CPB has also become a national leader in programs and outreach geared to ethnic communities, especially Hispanic populations. Ms. Santiago is credited with spearheading many of the CPBs achievements including working in communities of new immigrants to help protect them from fraud, working with senior citizens throughout New York State to keep them informed about current consumer scams, resolving tens of thousands of consumer complaints, and saving consumers hundreds of millions of dollars on their energy bills. In 2005, Ms. Santiago was nominated by Governor Pataki, and confirmed by the NYS Senate, as a member of the State University of New York Board of Trustees, the governing body of the State University of New York. In that capacity, Ms. Santiago assists in appointing presidents of state-operated universities, establishing policies for student admission, and regulating tuition, fees, and curricula for each state-operated campus. Also in 2005, Chairperson Santiago was named by Governor Pataki as a member of the Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century, a non-partisan panel to examine the needs and capabilities of the health care system, and make recommendations to right-size hospitals and nursing homes. In that capacity, Ms. Santiago studies the health care system and identifies areas where the system can be right-sized, and where new investments are required.
Welsh - Welsh Immigration - Te Ara Encyclopedia Of New Zealand Some Englishborn immigrants to New Zealand had Welsh parents, reflecting Welshemigration to the biographies Gallery The faces behind the story http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/NewZealandPeoples/Welsh/1/en
Extractions: Girls in Welsh national costume People born in Wales only ever formed a small proportion of all British immigrants who came to New Zealand. But they were some of the earliest to arrive. Among the sealers and whalers was John Grono, who named a South Island fiord Milford Haven, which was his homeland in Pembrokeshire. It was another Welshman, John Lort Stokes, captain of HMS Acheron and also a native of Milford Haven, who changed the name to Milford Sound. Stokes bestowed other Welsh names on Fiordland, among them the Cleddau River, Pembroke Peak, Benton Peak, Llawrenny Peaks and Dale Point. Welsh men also appeared in the ranks of the early holders of sheep runs, one notable example being William Gilbert Rees, another native of Pembrokeshire. The two earliest censuses in New Zealand, of New Ulster (the upper two-thirds of the North Island) in 1848 and of New Munster (the South Island and lower third of the North Island) in 1851, revealed that the Welsh formed less than 1% of the British-born population of New Zealand (they made up about 4% of the total population of the United Kingdom). Even in the large immigrant streams which arrived in New Zealand between 1853 and 1870 there were few Welsh. However, the gold rushes attracted more people from Wales, especially to the West Coast where Welsh miners, drawn largely from Australiaâs Victorian goldfields, made up nearly 4% of all miners.
Germans - Immigration After 1914 - Te Ara Encyclopedia Of New Zealand The only notable figure to overcome the antiGerman hysteria of the time was History of immigration biographies Gallery The faces behind the story http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/NewZealandPeoples/Germans/5/en
Extractions: A road sign for German tourists Germans continued to arrive, in smaller groups, right up to the outbreak of war in 1914, which stopped their immigration altogether. During the First World War many Germans were interned as enemy aliens on Somes Island and Motuihe Island. The only notable figure to overcome the anti-German hysteria of the time was Count Felix von Luckner. He became something of a folk hero after escaping with a crew of 10 from Motuihe Island in 1917. Germans were again interned on Somes Island during the Second World War. In the 1930s, a significant number of refugees from Nazi Germany and Austria arrived. Many came as children and later had a great influence, particularly on New Zealandâs cultural life. Among this group, most of them Jewish, were musicians, doctors, academics, educationalists and patrons of the arts. Germanyâs loss was undoubtedly New Zealandâs gain. Relations between Germany and New Zealand since the Second World War have been cordial, highlighted by three visits to New Zealand by German presidents, in 1978, 1993 and 2001.
Extractions: Except for a few rather general and journalistic attempts to show that some Czech and Slovak Americans also worked in professional and cultural fields, there has not been any serious effort to date to evaluate their contributions to American science and technology (la, 1b, 2). This is a completely unplowed field if not a Terra incognita. All evidence seems to indicate that the first visitors from the territory of the former Czechoslovakia (3) in the Western Hemisphere (4) were sent to the New World because of their particular technical or scientific skills. This was the case of the anonymous group of the Jachymov miners who were dispatched prior to 1528 to Little Naples (the present Venezuela) in an effort to establish the silver mines, while in the employ of the banking house of the Welser family (5). When Latin America was opened for missionary work to Bohemian Jesuits (6), in the second half of the 17th century, a good half of the missionaries comprised skilled craftsmen and various professionals, including scientists(7) . The most important among them was Valentin Stansel (1621-1705), a professor of rhetoric and mathematics at Olomouc and Prague. He came to Brazil in 1656 where he was attached to the Jesuit College and Seminary of San Salvador (Bahia) and where he filled the position of Professor of Moral Theology and later Superior. He was also an astronomer of note who made extensive observations, particularly on comets, the results of which he published under the assumed name of Estancel(8).
Preface To Online Release, January 2005 In this release we publish biographies of 195 people of note and The collectionof notable political figures among the new additions includes Quintin http://www.oup.com/oxforddnb/info/dictionary/intro/05apreface/
Extractions: Subscriber home page v Oxford Dictionary of National Biography v Making the dictionary v Introduction to the Oxford DNB v Preface to online release, January 2005 by Lawrence Goldman , editor Welcome to the first online release of the Oxford DNB. Each year we plan three updates of the dictionary, in January, May, and October, publishing new content in the online edition of the Oxford DNB. Each January issue will extend the dictionary's coverage by including noteworthy people who have died since 2000. Successive January issues will cover individuals who died in a particular year, beginning with 2001 and continuing in January 2006 with people who died in 2002, and so on. In this release we publish biographies of 195 people of note and distinction whose deaths occurred in 2001. In this way we shall add regularly to the Oxford DNB which, as published in September 2004, contained over 54,000 lives of people who had died up to the end of the year 2000. The lives we include in this release continue the dictionary's tradition of recognizing achievement and influence in many different areas of national life, including politics, public administration, business, the arts, and scholarship. But we have not neglected fields such as sport and popular entertainment, from which emerge many of the most celebrated and influential figures of the age. Just under a third of people included in this release were born before the First World War. The majority were born in the 1920s and 1930s. Thirty-one individuals were born outside the British Isles and members of this group came from twenty different countries in all. Forty-four lives, just under a quarter of the total, are women.
Wilson's Biography The first years in America were a struggle for the new immigrants; Clearly,it is notable in this passage that Wilson abhors slavery for its effect on http://xroads.virginia.edu/~PUBLIC/wilson/bio.html
Extractions: "As soon as the crowd begins to take an interest in the labors of the mind it finds out that to excel in some of them is a powerful aid to the acquisition of fame, power or wealth. Restless ambition born of equality turn to this as to all other directions. The number of those studying science, literature, and the arts becomes immense. There is vast activity in the realms of the mind; every one tries to blaze a trail for himself and attract public attention." "It was a misfortune that he wrote so much verse, for the greater part of it is drearily prosaic and the few pieces that are really good are like modest little poppies that have caught the bright colors of the sunlight and the freshness of the dewdrop, but are overlooked in the great field of dry stubble." (J.S. Wilson, p. 130)
Life Stories Johns s notable Australians. in various guises preceded Who s who in Australia.1906, Ref 305.9827094 A938a Arabic speaking immigrants in Australia an http://www.library.adelaide.edu.au/guide/soc/women/LifeStories.html
JoelKotkin.com - Why Immigrants Are A Real-Estate Bulwark The impact of immigrants is most notable in the retail sector. Rents in theheavily Latinodominated districts around Van Nuys Boulevard, for example, http://www.joelkotkin.com/Demographics/WSJ Why Immigrants Are A Real-Estate Bulw
Extractions: t a time when American concern about foreigners may be reaching a historic high, real-estate professionals may have their own reasons for monitoring the flow of immigration. With recessionary forces driving occupancies and rents downward, the presence of large numbers of newcomers who, including their children, now account for over 60 million Americans could prove an important, even critical, counter-cyclical force. Immigrants matter more in a recession, notes a recent study by the Selig Center at the University of Georgia School of Business, in large part, because their growing numbers, higher rates of child-bearing and relative youth boost their propensity to spend on basic retail items, particularly food and household goods. At the same time, immigrants are less likely to be dependent on stocks and other investment instruments, which had fueled the inflationary real-estate boom in many Anglo-American communities. This trend can be noted in a host of communities, from the Silicon Valley of Northern California and the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys of Southern California to greater Houston and New York. In each of these areas, high concentrations of new Americans seem to be buttressing certain areas with new investments and tenants that might otherwise be feeling the full brunt of the recession.
Bella Abzug FemBio: Notable Women Bella Savitzky, the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants, grew up in New York sBronx, Bella Abzug 19201998. New York City Women s Biography Hub http://www.fembio.org/women/bella-abzug.shtml
Extractions: "I am a very serious woman." So Bella Savitzky Abzug responded simply and practically to the various characterizations and caricatures made of her. Bella's forthright, forceful manner and flamboyant appearance may often have inspired controversy and criticism in the American political arena, yet this very serious woman spent her lifetime dedicated to public service and activism on behalf of the oppressed and ignored. She gained fame nationally as the first Jewish woman elected to the US Congress and later internationally as a leader in the global women's movement, where she made a lasting impression among younger activists for her "courage and dominating spirit to speak out for women and be heard." (Vanita Nayar Mukhertee in Remembering Bella Bella Savitzky, the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants, grew up in New York's Bronx, where her father owned the Live and Let Live Meat Market. At the age of 11 she had already decided to become a lawyer; she first practiced her public speaking skills in the subway while collecting money for Zionist causes.
Notable Whipples Most presentday Whipples are probably descendants of immigrants to colonial Read Sarah C. O Dowd s biography and analysis of her life and literary http://www.whipple.org/notables/right.html
Extractions: England The earliest mention of a Whipple is probably an entry in the Domesday Book (A.D. 1086), the record of a tax levied shortly after the Norman Conquest of 1066. (In the Domesday Book, the spelling was "Winple.") Several centuries later, a nobleman named Henri de Hipple lived in the old duchy of Normandy. Henri fought for King Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, for which he was knighted and awarded lands in the county of Norfolk. His family's name was changed to Whipple during the reign of Henry VIII (1509-1547). The Whipple name continues in modern-day England Of Bocking, England, he the earliest known Whipple in the Ipswich, Massachusetts, line. (In fact, he is the earliest Whipple in the WhippleGenWeb!
ALA | Notable Books, 2004 The notable Books Council, ALA Reference and User Services Association, of an 1847 ship full of Irish immigrants desperate for a new life in America. http://www.ala.org/ala/booklist/alasbestlists/2004ab/NotableBooks2004.htm
Extractions: Advertise ... ALA's This list has been compiled for use by the general reader and by librarians who work with adults. The Notable Books Council, ALA Reference and User Services Association, has selected the titles for their significant contribution to the expansion of knowledge or for the pleasure they can provide to adult readers. Titles were selected from books published from November 2002 through October 2003 that demonstrate wide general appeal and literary merit. Boyd, Valerie. The famous Harlem Renaissance writer and folklorist is portrayed in a spirited biography spiced with quotes from her work. Faderman, Lillian. Hagedorn, Ann. This gripping history of nineteenth-century Ohio abolitionist families eschews myths and legends to expose the reality behind the Underground Railroad. Hays, Sharon. Kidder, Tracy. Kidder draws an inspiring portrait of an American physician and medical educator who dedicated his life to serving the poor in Haiti and Peru and challenged world-health policies. King, Ross.
