Scottish Ancestors

[Hachiman]

Hiya folks

Congratulations, PipeandDrumsNun! Finding out anything about one's ancestry is not easy, but generally rewarding.

We had a bit of luck tracing my mother's side of the family. Firstly, some enterprising person hired a professional geneologist. Secondly, my great (insert a couple more great's in here) grandfather was given a grant of land by the then Governor of Australia and came over in the First Fleet of free settlers. This gave us a nice clear record of the family back till the late 1700's. With this head-start, it was possible to trace my family back quite a ways...back to 1066 and the Battle of Hastings, apparently.

My great-great-great-great-uncle founded the London Times, and (so I'm told) William Wallace was listed as one of my distant ancestors.

One of these days I'm going to have to get a hold of that particular document and give it a thorough read-through.


cheers
Hachiman

[Galician]

My great-great-great-great-uncle founded the London Times, and (so I'm told) William Wallace was listed as one of my distant ancestors.

That is a very impressive family history, Hachiman. I'm just think that you might have forgotten a few greats as regards your uncle, since the Times was founded in 1785.

[Hachiman]

That is a very impressive family history, Hachiman. I'm just think that you might have forgotten a few greats as regards your uncle, since the Times was founded in 1785.

Hehehe... yeah, you're probably right there! toss in a few more "great"s just to be sure!

cheers
Hachiman

[gilmore]

....(so I'm told) William Wallace was listed as one of my distant ancestors....

I am afraid you were told wrongly. The famous William Wallace had no known children or collateral descendants. This issue was the subject of a thread on the Wallace surname forum at rootsweb.com not too long ago.

[Hachiman]

I am afraid you were told wrongly. The famous William Wallace had no known children or collateral descendants. This issue was the subject of a thread on the Wallace surname forum at rootsweb.com not too long ago.

Well, that being the case, perhaps he's a distant uncle (third cousin twice removed) or something! ;) There's no denying that my maternal grandfather's surname is Wallace, nor that my family has links with Scotland.

Gee, the stuff you learn here on Xmarks! Great, ain't it?

cheers

Hachiman

[SFCRick]

cool job going all the way back