Do
You Have Any Idea of Just Who You Are?
There
are not many families that can trace their family history back two thousand
years, but we can.
If you
are related to Montague John Felton Durnsford, my great great grandfather, who was born 1832 and died 1901,
then this story is all about his ancestors, from his father Andrew Montague Isaacson Durnford, born 1773 to 1867.
Like
many families of the day, they often called their children generational family
names, but I wonder if they had any idea of the history of those familiar
names.
The Isaacson
family can trace its beginnings to Jat Geata Geatwa Great Gaut Geot Goths born
in the year 40 in Asgard in Norway. So
that means that we are descended from the Vikings.
A lot
of people probably are, but it is just lucky that with the sources available by
the internet and genealogy websites, such as Ancestry.com, that the history can
be traced so far.
I have
been completely overwhelmed by the information that has been available, and can
only thank those researchers who have done so much to gather the
information. I have spent a lot of time
on Wikipedia, to clarify the historical stories of the ancestors.
Where
possible I have included excerpts of those stories, and would encourage you to
have a look yourselves, in order to fully appreciate the era that they lived
in.
In
travelling through the centuries, the ancestors have crossed paths with the
British Royal Family,
Kings and Queens of France, and Italy, ancient Kings in England, all through William the Conqueror.
Sometimes
the names of a spouse or mother might be missing, and believe me there were so
many ancestors born illegitimately, yet in Bernard’s case he still became the
King of Italy.
The men had mistresses, or concubines, as was
the way of the world. Even King James I
had a mistress, and his child forms part of our family tree.
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| Our ancestors are often to be found in some of the most beautiful Cathedrals. |
Along
the way there are interesting stories to tell, and places to go.
But
unlike the childhood television favourite "ABC Kids" this is real.
Trying
to put together a family tree that spans 59 great grandfathers is not easy.
No
doubt there will be some references which prove to be incorrect especially in
the very olden days, where record keeping was not something that happened.
To try to make some sense into my research, I
decided to put it into a format that will provide my family with a history
lesson, as well as being able to learn some astonishing facts about our
ancestors.
To see where they lived, fought battles, died, and contributed to the fabric of English history was simply amazing.
Planning our trip took 6 months or more, but the whole experience was made all the more richer by having purpose and meaning when we visited many Cathedrals, museums, and displays.
One such experience was in the Coventry Guildhall. I knew we had a great grandfather John Bond. But with such a name I never thought I would find out very much, but here I was in the very room and in the very seat that he would have sat in when we was a member of the Town Council over 400 years ago.
DIRECT
LINEAGE CHART
Jat
Geata Geatwa Great Gaut Geot Goths (40 – 59th G.Grandfather
ò
Hemul
Hermana Helmut Goths (60 –
ò
Augis
Aragis King of the Eastern Goths (80 –
120)
Son
of Hemul Hermana Helmut
ò
Amal
Amala King of the Goths (110 –
Son
of Augis Aragis King of the Eastern Goths
ò
Hisarna
of the Gotsh Gauti (140 –
Son
of Amal Amala King of the Goths
ò
Ostrogotha
King of the Ostrogoths (171 – 250)
Son
of Hisana of the Goths Gauti
ò
Huneil
King of the Ostroths ( 213 – 295)
Son
of Ostrogotha King of the Ostrogoths
ò
King
Athel Athal D Ostrogothie (240 – 295)
Son
of Huneil King of the Ostrogoths)
ò
King
Achiulf Achwlf D Ostrogothie (258 – 290)
Son
of King Athel Athal
ò
Wultulf
D Ostrogothie (287 – 378)
Son
of King Achiulf Achwlf
ò
Waldaravans
D Ostrogothie (360 – 409)
Son
of Wultulf
ò
Amalaberge D Ostrogothie (385 – 433)
Daughter of Waldaravans
ò
Basine De Saxe (415 – 438)
Daughter of Amalaberge
ò
Basina von Thuringa Franks (438 – 511)
Daughter of Basine and wife of
Childeric 1st Merovech King de Burgundy and of
King Bisinus of Thuringen von
Thuringen 11 (46 g.grandmother)
ò
ò
Clovis or Chlodovech Merovingien King
of Salian Franks (466 – 511)
Son of Basina von Thuringa
ò
Clotaire I Old Franks (497 – 561) 44th
great grandfather)
Son of Clovis King of Salian Franks
ò
Son of Clotaire I
ò
Aldeberge Blithilde Queen of Kent (539
– 612)
Daughter of Charibert I
(ò
Arnoldus de Saxony (Bishop of Metz)
(560 – 601)
Son of Aldeberge Blithilde
ò
Saint Itta of Metz (592 – 652)
(Married Pepin of Landen)
Daughter of Arnoldus
ò
Saint Begga of
Landen (615 – 693)
Daughter of Saint Itta (Married
Ansegisel Metz Mayor de Heristel) (41
GG)
ò
Pepin Karl Martel Mayor Palace D
‘Heristal (635 – 714)
Son
of Saint Begga
ò
Charles/Karl “Mayor of the Palace” in
Austrasia Martel (688 – 741)
Son of Pepin Karl Martel Mayor Palace
ò
Aldana Duchess Gerniud de Austrasia
Mainz Mayence (715 – 730)
Daughter of Charles/Karl “Mayor of the
Palace” in Austrasia
ò
William of Gellone Count of Toulouse
(730 -779) Son of Duchess Gemiud de
Austrasia
ò
Hildegarde de Vinzau Queen of
Italy (758 – 783)
Daughter of William of Gellone married Charlemagne King of
France
Charles the Great
ò
Pepin I Carloman of Italy (777 – 810) Son of Hildegarde von Vinzau
ò
King Bernard of Italy (797 – 818) Son of Peppin I Carloman of Italy
ò
Count Pepin II Quentin Vermandois Lord
Peronne Pepin (817 – 840)
Son of King Bernard of Italy
ò
Count Pepin de Valois De Senlis (846 –
893)
Son of Pepin Quentin Vermandois Lord Peronne
ò
Cunigunda Gerunde Duchess De Rennes
Daughter
of Count Pepin de Senlis de Valois
ò
Poppa de Bayeux De Senlis De Duchess
Normandy ( - 1034)
Daughter of Cunigunda Gerunde
ò
Ranulph Viscount Dayeux de Briquessart
Meschines (1021 – 1089)
Son of Poppa de Bayeux De Senlis De
Duchess Normandy
ò
Ranulph de Bayeux Meschines ( 1046 – 1118)
Son of Ranulph Viscount de Bayeux
ò
Ranulph de Briquessart of Meschines (1070 – 1129)
Son of Ranulph de Bayeux Meschines
ò
Ranulph de Gernon Le Meschines (1099 – 1153
Son of Ranulph de Briquessart Meschines
ò
Hugh Fifth Earl of Chester de Kevelioc (1147 – 1181)
Son of Ranulph de Gernon le Meschines
ò
Beatrix Kevelioc of Chester de Meschines (1170 – 1247)
Daughter of Hugh (23 GG)
ò
David Le Clerc de Malpas (1185 – 1252)
Son of Beatrix Kevelioc
ò
Idonea de Malpas (1238 – 1295)
Daughter of David Le Clerc
ò
Katherin De Pierre (1266 – 1290) Thornton Cheshire England
Daughter of Idonea de Malpas
ò
Sir Peter Thornton (1290 – 1358) Thornton Cheshire England
Son of Katherine de Pierre
ò
Ellen Thornton (1316 – 1389) Thornton Cheshire England
Daughter of Sir Peter Thornton
ò
Joanna De Dutton (1335 - ) Runcorn Cheshire England
Daughter of Ellen Thornton
ò
Sir King Gilbert Haydock (1366 – 1425) Bradley Lancashire England
Son of Joanna De Dutton
ò
Joan Haydock (1387 – 1440) Lancashire Endean
Daughter of Sir King Gilbert
ò
Thomas Molyneux (1424 – 1491) Nottinghamshire England
Son of Joan Haydock
ò
Ellen Molyneux (1490 – 1551) Nottinghamshire England
Daughter of Thomas Molyneux
ò
Mary Bond (1514 – 1611) Little, Leicester, Warwickshire England
Daughter of Ellen Molyneux
ò
Robert Herrick (1540 – 1618) Leicester, Leicestershire England
Son of Mary Bond
ò
Ruth Herrick (1573 – 1638) Leicestershire, England
Daughter of Robert Herrick
ò
John Rogers (1601 - ) Newcastle, Northumberland England
Son of Ruth Herrick
ò
John Rogers First (1627 – 1684)
Son of John Rogers (Captain)
ò
Mary Rogers (2) (1655 - )
Daughter of John Rogers 1
ò
Margaret Creagh (1682 – 1732) Newcastle, Northumberland, England
Daughter of Mary Rogers
ò
Anthony Isaacson ( 1713 – 1765)
Son of Margaret Creagh
ò
Jemima Margaret Isaacson (1741 – 1798) London
Daughter of Anthony Isaacson
ò
Andrew Montague Isaacson Durnford (1773 – 1867) London
Son of Jemima Margaret Isaacson
ò
Montague John Felton Durnford (1832 – 1901) Somerset England
Son of Andrew Montague Isaacson Durnford
ò
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While the above list of great grandparents follows a direct line of the Durnford family, there are countless numbers of additional great grandparents not listed, as each level of grandparent adds another 4 to the linage and so it expands.
It is very interesting to take one particular person and then to research their individual ancestors, the more that can be found out about them, the more they become more real.
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