The chart above displays the known ancestors of John Bigony Rex. The Bigony, Rex, Knauss and Tibben lines reaches the furthest back in time to European births in the 1600 's. The circles represent roots of the American dream, when men and women alike risked all to journey across an ocean to a distant land called America. It was a time of kings, war and persecution. Our brave forefathers were farmers, blacksmiths, fishermen and laborers. Regardless of their humble start, they became the building blocks for what will become a shining beacon of hope that transformed our world. John Bigony Rex grew up with the fading grandchildren of a group of Revolutionary War soldiers in Roxborough Pa. during the 1870 's. Stories of William …show more content…
Henry Tibben represented hundreds of farmers growing up along the Dutch and German border in independent Bentheim county. He firmly believed that hard work, religious freedom and the spirit of man could create a superior world for all people. To that aim, he took full advantage of his schooling, mastering not only reading, but writing and accounting. Optimism filled his soul like the fresh paintings hanging in the museums. He expected the future will harbor better things than just quiet farming. In that spirit, he never accepted the limits of digging peat or milking cows, or practicing a religion he did not profess to. His exploring mind always asked questions, often to the annoyance of his mentors, building a dream for himself and his descendants that only America could foster. A test of Henry 's grit came during the 1670 's when a dark spirit spread across Holland. French King Louis sent legions of horses, cannons and nights across the Rhine River into the flat, peat fields of the Dutch frontier. Other Catholic allies soon joined in the rampage, sending Protestants into a panic. Rape, pillaging and infernos followed their movement north toward the Tibben farm; the unprepared Dutch armies retreated or surrendered. His Dutch neighbors called 1672 the “The Year of Disaster.” The Tibbens worshiped in a church that many Catholic leaders despised, The Dutch Reform Church. The Tibben farm resided along the Dutch and
On August 25, 1980, members of the Rearden Family were summoned to the home of the late Oacy Rearden’s in Edgefield, South Carolina, to formulate plans for a Rearden Family Reunion. Descendants in attendance
This paper summarizes the ancestral immigartion of my primary paternal ancestors. The Thompson surname in itself traces its roots back to Reverend William Thompson (abt. 1598 to abt 1666). Within this paternal lineage are the surnames Willis, Meade, and Stevenson.
As I learned from one of the clippings in the collection, Ancestry described that Robert Simms grandfather had been from Ireland, yet of Scottish ancestry, and his grandmother had been from Scotland as well. With Ancestry, I was even able to find an estimated birth date for Robert Simms Jr. The Ancestry website stated that Robert Simms Jr was estimated to have been born in the year of 1929, which allowed me to start putting years on some of his events for his family history. Once I had gathered an accurate timeline of Robert Simms life, I used Microsoft Word to create a list for the folders within the collection, for the sake of maintaining the original order, as well as assembled the data of Robert Simms life into an organized summary of his history. To recount, my projects assist the library as, in the map project, I organized the unorganized maps and filled out their information, so that the library can properly catalogue them as well as use the maps for displaying and teaching the history of Morristown, Morris Township, and Morris County. In addition, with the Robert Simms project, this project benefits the library by summarizing the information for this individual so that the library can offer information about this individual to any descendants that wish to
This is a great example of perception vs. reality as everyone makes it seem that one person might be happy, but inside they can be at the complete opposite state. This causes him to have the desire for more wisdom than what he has been taught. He wanted to find out what was really important and wanted to feel no emotion in regards to what people think of him.
Initially, he found “a little panic-fear grew in his mind” (Crane 6), raising his level of anxiety about how he would react when the first shots of battle exploded around him. Eventually fear engulfed him and he “threw down his gun and fled” (Crane 30). In this moment, Henry realized how his fear drove him toward the cowardly act of desertion. However, the next day, Henry finds his fear replaced with a “wild hate for the relentless foe” (Crane 70) who would not allow him to rest. Regardless of the selfish cause of Henry’s rising anger, the results were a newly lit fire fueling his drive to battle the enemy. The transformation of Henry’s fear into vengeful anger allowed him to act as the courageous soldier he always desired to
It is clear once reading his journal entries from his travels leading up to his death, that all he wanted to do was find himself. The only way he thought he could find himself was to strip himself of everything in the modern world and fend for himself in the wild. In his final journal entry he said, “I HAVE HAD A HAPPY LIFE AND THANK THE LORD. GOODBYE AND MAY GOD BLESS ALL.” , this shows that he was content and had fulfilled his purpose.
This caused in him a feeling in which he had never felt before, and thus inspired him to new things to get himself more aquatinted with God:
Like many thinkers of his time, he believed in Natural Law and due to this belief he was of the opinion that if the government were to stay of the economy and business self-interest and private businesses would allocate funds and wealth fairly—due to skills and ambition. Furthermore, in his letter to Gideon Granger, only a few months before the 1800 election, he states that “Our country is too large to have all its affairs directed by a single government.” His belief in a small government that had little taxation and substantial freedom was both carried out and contradicted by his decisions.
Throughout his time helping others Farmers always refers to this term “long defeat.” This term means that there might be a impossible goal that is trying to be reached but it is wrong to give up or should not be given up so easily. It is easy to let it go and face the facts the facts that nothing can be done but one should not do this just because they want to “win.”
In 1860 William James Powell, age twenty-one is living with his father Barzilla Powell in Chariton Township, Macon, Missouri. Included in the family of Barzilla Powell is his wife Willie Ann along with eight additional children besides William. Using the places of birth as a guide it is appears that Barzilla Powell and his family moved from North Carolina to Missouri in about 1853. William has two older brothers Sydney age
To start my family origin paper we have to go way back to 1976 when my parents met in Alamo, North Dakota; a town of about 200 people in the northwestern part of the state. They met while going through school playing sports, mainly basketball. Both were pretty good at the sport and won some awards and had chances to play more but decided to get married and start a family instead. Both grew up around the whole farming scene. My mom actually lived on a farm growing up and also as she started her own family. My dad lived in the small town but his grandpa had a farm not far from where he grew up and also helped a lot of the local
Thomas Hobbes was born on April fifth,1588 in Wiltshire, England. With his education, he began his career easily as a tutor, then philosopher, and published his most famous text 'Leviathan'. His main concern was the problem of social and political order: how human beings can live together in peace and avoid the danger and fear of civil conflict. The criteria for his social contract is that individuals should give their obedience to an "unaccountable sovereign": a person or
My interpretation of what Rebanks is saying is that he feels a strong sense of purpose when active in work on his farm. It apparent to me that he finds peace when he is contributing to the society at large. When I view this statement in a sociological perspective, I can recognise that participating in work is not only healthy for a society but also an important part of building your own personal identity. When you are acknowledged for your work it can give you a sense of pride. He mentions that he felt he could shed his other skin, I believe that this refers to him being at university and consequently not liking the freedom that he has when he is there, in the readings he mentions that it felt pointless and empty, and thus says that he went
Thomas Hobbes had a very interesting outlook on life, something that was so prevalent for centuries, a monarchy. He believed that the ideal world should fall under a monarch, an idea that is outdated in almost every nation across the globe. He was so strong on these ideas, because he believed all humans at their core are selfish creatures. Another thought that he had was that the state should have total control and order over the people, to maintain peace and to destroy the selfishness that exists in
Thomas Hobbes was not a positive person. He believed it was a dog eat dog world, and every man for themselves. Hobbes was no supporter of democratic government. He did not agree with the laws, and believed they shouldn 't be enforced. His solution to problems would be to form a monarch. One person is to control who has the given right, such as; a king or queen. Hobbes visualizes a state of nature were we are all at war. Hobbes example he had on what life would be like without government was a short, nasty, and brutish life.