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Photos in a family album found at my great aunt's home after she died. She's the lady on the left of the lower left photo, the other couple are my grandparents. Many of the people in it are unknown to me but there are also some great photos of people I do know, especially my family.
As a genealogist the album is gold dust but also frustrating as there are so many faces who will remain unknown and my mother, whose family this is, didn't know who they were either.
Thank you to everyone who pauses long enough to look at my photo. All comments and Faves are very much appreciated
Lewis Cemetery on Lewis Road, in Jordan Township, Green County, Wisconsin is fertile ground for genealogists and local historians. There are many early settler's families represented, the namesake Lewis family among them. In 1876 James Lewis was one of the largest landowners in the county. Several Lewis farms were on Lewis Road. Now all the farmland is gone and only one house remains with a Lewis in it. This modern Lewis is a descendant of "Honest Jim" Lewis, a horse trader. It is said of Honest Jim that his honesty was only intact up to the county line. If you had dealings with him in a different county, then caveat emptor.
See 'my grandfather's aunts' On Black!
What a portrait !!
What stern and strict, God fearing, Victorian types! But what do I know. I shouldn't judge. They may have been the most loveable, endearing ladies!
They happen to be my grandfather's aunts, five sisters Keppel Hesselink. Their parents were Herman Gijsbert Keppel Hesselink and Egberdina Anna Viëtor. They were from a family of 14 children, some of whom died at an early age. There were also five surviving brothers, one of whom was my great-grandfather. The portrait was probably made somewhere in the 1890's.
I received this wonderful look into the past (plus some more!) 2 days ago from Gijs Hesselink, my cousin who came to visit.
Gijs is the genealogist of the family and was able to clear up many mysteries about our origins. He shares his knowledge in a vast genealogical website and a wonderful blog full of little stories and interesting tidbits, called GijsGenealog (which unfortunately but understandably is only available in Dutch).
On my side I was able to provide him with many old family pictures, which he didn't know yet. Hopefully this exchange will continue in the future and lead to more interesting historical, genealogical and photographical endeavours!
To begin with: I hereby invite him to add the names and dates to these sisters in a comment!
The Old Germany Church, nestled in the picturesque town of Unityville in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, stands as a testament to the rich history of German settlers in the region. With roots dating back to the early 19th century, this historic church has been at the heart of the local community for nearly two centuries.
Constructed in 1835, the Old German Church was built to accommodate the religious needs of the growing German population in the area. The church was primarily used by the Lutheran and Reformed congregations, who jointly maintained the building for many years. Its architecture, a mix of Gothic and Romanesque styles, reflects the influence of German immigrants on the region.
The church's cemetery, established on the grounds across the road from the church, in the same year as the church, has been the final resting place for generations of German settlers and their descendants. With tombstones dating back to the 1830s, the cemetery is an invaluable resource for genealogists and historians interested in the region's German heritage. It is notable for its intricate headstones, many adorned with traditional German symbols and designs.
The Old German Church served as a spiritual center for the local community until the mid-20th century. Due to declining membership and the merging of the Lutheran and Reformed churches into the United Church of Christ in 1957, the church saw less use over the years. The last regular service held in the church took place in 1962.
In the years that followed, the Old German Church was primarily used for special events and gatherings, while the cemetery continued to serve as a burial ground for the community. The church was officially closed in 1995, but it remains a significant historical landmark in Lycoming County.
Today, the Old German Church and its cemetery are maintained by the Unityville Community Association, which works diligently to preserve the site's history and heritage. Visitors are welcome to explore the grounds and admire the church's beautiful architecture, a lasting reminder of the German immigrants who shaped the region's past.
Nikon D850 with Nikkor 24 PC-E F3.5 perspective correction lens, F11, ISO 64 using vertical shift (rise).
Foggy night in Boston. Looking up at a cluster of five Back Bay buildings, including Garrison Hall (illuminated by a streetlight) at the right, a slice of a four-story row house and a towering 118 Huntington on the left, plus the Pru, shrouded in fog, looming in the back. (The immediate area is explored in this historian/genealogist's post, fwiw). Garrison Street between Saint Botolph and Huntington Ave. near the South End/Back Bay border. (btw, I've shot from this location a couple other times, see here & here.)
UPDATE: This made #Explore for March 21., with a Rank of 144 out of 500 photos in Explore. Thanks Flickr. Always an honor.
Great great grandfather JAMES ?
Thomas 1746 12 Jul 1825
Born in southern part of Wales.
b. Chester Baptist Church
Morrow County, Ohio
The person who took this may have filled the lettering with shaving cream and then swiped it
away, but when I visited a year or so later, it was still white. I think my photos are in the old
computer. Most genealogist know better than to use this method to read a stone.
See map on upper right, The church is between Chesterville and Sparta.
The stone is back a row or two from Thomas the son. It's between Thomas and
the church.
Known but by God should be the title of this numbered but unnamed burial at the grounds of the old Peoria State Hospital for the incurable insane. What is sanity anyway? Do you really qualify? The people here had lives and families and personalities just like you and me yet they are buried together here with only a number to record their former existence. Genealogists and Relatives of the deceased have no access to even basic information like birth and death dates. The State of Illinois will not even release information with a court order. The old state hospital which was a preeminent insane asylum in it’s day is long gone. Most of the mentally ill in this state are now housed in subsidized nursing homes set aside for that purpose or they are living on the streets among the homeless. Some are in jails and prisons. Say, I’ve got an idea for you. Take a little of your spare time and find a facility in your area and befriend a few of these folks. Many are without family and could really use a little kindness of the sort that Doctor George Zeller was famous for when he devised the Peoria State Hospital back in 1902 to seek humane treatment for the insane. These are people just like you and me. They are not numbers.
These girls were the daughters of Engbertus Engberts (1798 - 1871) and Serafina Hennerika Smelt (1808 - 1873). They lived in Vriezenveen and were part of the group of merchants there whose families had struck it rich trading with czarist Russia.
The daughters from left:
Hendrika Johanna (1846-1898),
Gerharda Johanna (1848-1894),
Egberta (1853-1936)
Johanna Hendrika (1837-1916).
Both Hendrika Johanna and Egberta married brothers Keppel Hesselink; the first one married Willem Frederik while Egberta married his brother Cornelis Dasse in 1877 and thus became my great-grandmother! After a 25-year marriage they got divorced in 1902, a highly unusual procedure in those times and circles, which may well have had something to do with family secrets and scandals that took place a few years earlier...
Of course all this information (and indeed the photograph itself) has come to me from my genealogist cousin Gijs and his blog
I have always wondered of what exact origin my last name “Klapheke” stemmed from, and what exactly it means. I decided to research it, and, being that some in my family are dedicated genealogists, it wasn’t long before I found the story behind it…
Circa 12th century, somewhere in Müschen, near Laer, Germany. Hubertus de Rode, a knight who lived on a fief that was owned by a local bishop. The knight’s property (a mill and a house) led to some farms of a church-village, all of which was surrounded by a fence.
It is speculated that Hubertus de Rode’s property was close to the edge of this fence, and that he might have been the gatekeeper, opening the “klapheck (a type of opening gate)” to visitors and townsfolk. It is most likely then that Hubertus de Rode then earned the title “Hubertus of Swing-Gate,” or “Hubertus Klapheck.”
Klapheck would later change to Klapheke as the ages passed by.
So there you have it. A dedication to the first Klapheke. MOC-wise I didn’t want this creation to be “run-of-the-mill” MOC (heheheh…), so I tried my best to add as many details as I was able.
Special thanks to Atte and Cesbrick for heavily inspiring me.
Also, big thanks to my workplace Bricks & Minifigs for supplying me extra parts to build this MOC. You guys are awesome. :D
The Old Germany Church, nestled in the picturesque town of Unityville in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, stands as a testament to the rich history of German settlers in the region. With roots dating back to the early 19th century, this historic church has been at the heart of the local community for nearly two centuries.
Constructed in 1835, the Old German Church was built to accommodate the religious needs of the growing German population in the area. The church was primarily used by the Lutheran and Reformed congregations, who jointly maintained the building for many years. Its architecture, a mix of Gothic and Romanesque styles, reflects the influence of German immigrants on the region.
The church's cemetery, established on the grounds across the road from the church, in the same year as the church, has been the final resting place for generations of German settlers and their descendants. With tombstones dating back to the 1830s, the cemetery is an invaluable resource for genealogists and historians interested in the region's German heritage. It is notable for its intricate headstones, many adorned with traditional German symbols and designs.
The Old German Church served as a spiritual center for the local community until the mid-20th century. Due to declining membership and the merging of the Lutheran and Reformed churches into the United Church of Christ in 1957, the church saw less use over the years. The last regular service held in the church took place in 1962.
In the years that followed, the Old German Church was primarily used for special events and gatherings, while the cemetery continued to serve as a burial ground for the community. The church was officially closed in 1995, but it remains a significant historical landmark in Lycoming County.
Today, the Old German Church and its cemetery are maintained by the Unityville Community Association, which works diligently to preserve the site's history and heritage. Visitors are welcome to explore the grounds and admire the church's beautiful architecture, a lasting reminder of the German immigrants who shaped the region's past.
Nikon D850 with Nikkor 24 PC-E F3.5 Tilt-Shift lens, F11, ISO 64 using vertical shift (rise).
The Old Germany Church, nestled in the picturesque town of Unityville in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, stands as a testament to the rich history of German settlers in the region. With roots dating back to the early 19th century, this historic church has been at the heart of the local community for nearly two centuries.
Constructed in 1835, the Old German Church was built to accommodate the religious needs of the growing German population in the area. The church was primarily used by the Lutheran and Reformed congregations, who jointly maintained the building for many years. Its architecture, a mix of Gothic and Romanesque styles, reflects the influence of German immigrants on the region.
The church's cemetery, established on the grounds across the road from the church, in the same year as the church, has been the final resting place for generations of German settlers and their descendants. With tombstones dating back to the 1830s, the cemetery is an invaluable resource for genealogists and historians interested in the region's German heritage. It is notable for its intricate headstones, many adorned with traditional German symbols and designs.
The Old German Church served as a spiritual center for the local community until the mid-20th century. Due to declining membership and the merging of the Lutheran and Reformed churches into the United Church of Christ in 1957, the church saw less use over the years. The last regular service held in the church took place in 1962.
In the years that followed, the Old German Church was primarily used for special events and gatherings, while the cemetery continued to serve as a burial ground for the community. The church was officially closed in 1995, but it remains a significant historical landmark in Lycoming County.
Today, the Old German Church and its cemetery are maintained by the Unityville Community Association, which works diligently to preserve the site's history and heritage. Visitors are welcome to explore the grounds and admire the church's beautiful architecture, a lasting reminder of the German immigrants who shaped the region's past.
Nikon D850 with Nikkor 24 PC-E F3.5 Tilt-Shift lens, F11, ISO 64.
Wikipedia: The Plymouth Naval Memorial is dedicated to British and Commonwealth sailors who were lost in World War I and World War II with no known grave. It was unveiled on July 29th 1924.
Account from fellow genealogist Sandy Hopper.
"Kenneth John Fowell (leading writer) was serving on the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious escorting a convoy to Malta when they were attacked by the Luftwaffe. The ship didn't sink and managed to get to Valletta, Malta where it was again attacked and three towns on Malta were badly bombed. Kenneth died instantly on 10th January 1941 in the first attack from a direct hit and was the only casualty.”
My father knew the Fowell family very well and a few years later I was named after Kenneth.
Explore #94 on Feb. 2, 2013
Another Maine picture from the archives. Acadia National Park offers a spectacular view at every turn. Some parts of the park become incredibly crowded, especially in the summer months, but getting off of the "beaten path" is fairly easy, especially when starting the day early.
This was a hazy day that presented it's own beauty.
Added note: Many Flickr friends have commented on the name "Acadia", suggesting it should be "Arcadia". This is a common mistake. Here's a comment I made below to one of my Flickr friends:
""Acadia" was a province of "New France" in colonial days on the Eastern seaboard of Canada. The French of Acadia were later defeated by the British and many moved southward to Maine, and a large number to the Louisiana coast where their descendants still live, and they are known as "Cajuns". Quite surprisingly, my wife, the genealogist, has discovered that among my distant ancestors are French Canadians and Acadians.
The Old Germany Church, nestled in the picturesque town of Unityville in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, stands as a testament to the rich history of German settlers in the region. With roots dating back to the early 19th century, this historic church has been at the heart of the local community for nearly two centuries.
Constructed in 1835, the Old German Church was built to accommodate the religious needs of the growing German population in the area. The church was primarily used by the Lutheran and Reformed congregations, who jointly maintained the building for many years. Its architecture, a mix of Gothic and Romanesque styles, reflects the influence of German immigrants on the region.
The church's cemetery, established on the grounds across the road from the church, in the same year as the church, has been the final resting place for generations of German settlers and their descendants. With tombstones dating back to the 1830s, the cemetery is an invaluable resource for genealogists and historians interested in the region's German heritage. It is notable for its intricate headstones, many adorned with traditional German symbols and designs.
The Old German Church served as a spiritual center for the local community until the mid-20th century. Due to declining membership and the merging of the Lutheran and Reformed churches into the United Church of Christ in 1957, the church saw less use over the years. The last regular service held in the church took place in 1962.
In the years that followed, the Old German Church was primarily used for special events and gatherings, while the cemetery continued to serve as a burial ground for the community. The church was officially closed in 1995, but it remains a significant historical landmark in Lycoming County.
Today, the Old German Church and its cemetery are maintained by the Unityville Community Association, which works diligently to preserve the site's history and heritage. Visitors are welcome to explore the grounds and admire the church's beautiful architecture, a lasting reminder of the German immigrants who shaped the region's past.
Nikon D850 with Nikkor 24 PC-E F3.5 perspective correction lens, F11, ISO 64 using vertical shift (rise).
The best way to give you a slice of this intriguing graveyard at Pontville is with a collage like this. Historians and family genealogists would have a field day in a place like this. So many stories to tell.
The tomb that really gripped me was for a father and son. Little Daniel Reynolds died aged only 5 in 1831. His father David died just three years later at age 40. Death was a very present reality in communities like this throughout the 19th century.
FOOTNOTE: This is amazing and I definitely didn't plan it. I just checked today's date. It is the 18th December in Tasmania and that is EXACTLY 190 years to the day when little Daniel Reynolds passed away. Requiescat in pace little one. This is also the week when 5 children died in a school playground tragedy in Devonport. Please remember their families at this time.
Where was the Falley Seminary located in Fulton, Oswego County, New York? A question only a genealogist or a student of the education of women in NY might ask. Why am I interested in finding the Falley Seminary? The answer: Could I find something other than tombstones remaining from my ancestors? Fulton came close. My second great uncle, James Gilmour, purchased Falley in 1869 and led the school until he was too ill, closing Falley in 1883. He is buried in Vale Cemetery in the Truax plot (Genealogy Tour Stop 4).
A history of the Seminary reprinted by Amazon describes the location of Falley as 2 blocks south of the Presbyterian Church and also on a rise which provided an excellent view of the Oswego River and canal. Using this church, the First United Church of Fulton as a starting point leads to a likely site now occupied by the Fulton Education Center.
First United is the product of the merger of the Presbyterian and Baptist churches across the street from each other in 1997.
Falley Seminary was established in the 1830s at a time when the public school system was embryonic in the region. Falley offered a more expansive education to women including college prep. The Fulton Presbyterian church (not this building) led the establishment initially, later passing supervision to the Methodists until the Seminary returned to the Presbyterians for its final decades.
The Lynn Falls, located in a deep gorge on the outskirts of the small Ayrshire town of Dalry.
Taking this image was one of the main drivers of moving to a DSLR.
Using a combination of filters allowed a ten second exposure.
This location has become one of my favourites, although getting in and out of the gorge is another story.
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I have been fortunate to have had several images from this area published.
Firstly in a privately produced book, Lynneage by Loretta Lynn Layman.
This also led to an article in The Scottish Genealogist.
Thanks to Loretta for featuring my images in her book and website.
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One of my Landscape Set
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Best seen on black - Press L
Here is some info I dug up on the Leader Church. "John Dzuris deeded three acres to Leader Methodist Episcopal Church in November 1918. At that time the trustees were J.T. Hamilton, Charles Gieck, W.H. Stroud, J.P. Hamilton, E.A. Vaulian, O.H.P. Stroud, and L.J. Stamps. The parsonage was built in 1926, but it was sold and moved in 1947. In 1942, two congregations, Leader and Edison, merged. The first known burial was in 1920 and the most recent was in 1964. A 1971 extraction by Athlyn Luzier was published in the Colorado Genealogist, volume 33, page 100. It does list additional relationships. In 1972 the local 4-H Club placed small concrete markers at each grave. Scratched onto the markers, the surnames are now difficult to read. Services in the church ended in 1979 and the building is deteriorating. There are no established visiting hours or regular maintenance. Farms and ranches bordered by dirt road surround the cemetery on this windy plain."
Voyageurs, a missionary, a "gunman" (the guy with the "high hat") and others portrayed by the Lac Ste.Claire Voyageur re-enactor group, at their Lake St. Clair Metropark encampment site.
This was a most informative and entertaining two-day event, during which the reenactors "lived the life" with handmade clothing, simple tents, and engaged in the activities of people in the Great Lakes Fur Trade Era (1634-1763).
My wife, the family genealogist, has traced some of my roots to the French inhabitants of this era.
Exposição de Artes Visuais "Awen" - Portal Institucional do Município de Mora
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Awen - A Lua Dos Últimos Poetas - Exposição de Artes Visuais de Daniel Arrhakis / Centro Cultural De Cabeção 8 - 31 Janeiro de 2022 - Cabeção / Mora / Portugal
Awen é uma palavra galesa para "inspiração (poética)".
Na mitologia galesa, Awen é a inspiração dos poetas e bardos (*) ; na sua personificação, Awen é a musa inspiradora dos artistas criativos em geral.
A Lua é um dos temas recorrentes para os poetas de todas as épocas e serviu de inspiração para esta exposição em que o artista tenta evocar de novo a fantasia poética e sonhadora de outrora, recriando paisagens, histórias e personagens místicas e misteriosas em 28 fotografias criativas.
(*) Nas culturas celtas, um bardo é um contador de histórias profissional, poeta, compositor, historiador oral e genealogista, empregado por um patrono (como um monarca ou nobre). Mais tarde seriam designados de trovadores e as tradições musicais e literárias que transmitiram às gerações sucessivas dão origem aos Cantares de Gesta.
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Awen - The Moon Of The Last Poets - Daniel Arrhakis Visual Arts Exhibition / Centro Cultural De Cabeção 8 - 31 January 2022 - Cabeção / Mora / Portugal
Awen is a Welsh word for "(poetic) inspiration".
In Welsh mythology, Awen is the inspiration of the poets and bards(**) ; in its personification, Awen is the inspirational muse of creative artists in general.
The Moon is one of the recurrent themes for poets of all times and served as the inspiration for this exhibition in which the artist tries to evoke again the poetic and dreamy fantasy of the past, recreating mystical and mysterious landscapes, stories and characters in 28 creative photos.
(**) In Celtic cultures, a bard is a professional story teller, verse-maker, music composer, oral historian and genealogist, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or noble). Later they would be called troubadours and the musical and literary traditions they passed on to successive generations give rise to gesta songs.
Awen - A Lua Dos Últimos Poetas - Exposição de Artes Visuais de Daniel Arrhakis / Centro Cultural De Cabeção 8 - 31 January 2022 - Cabeção / Mora / Portugal
Awen é uma palavra galesa para "inspiração (poética)".
Na mitologia galesa, Awen é a inspiração dos poetas e bardos (*) ; na sua personificação, Awen é a musa inspiradora dos artistas criativos em geral.
A Lua é um dos temas recorrentes para os poetas de todas as épocas e serviu de inspiração para esta exposição em que o artista tenta evocar de novo a fantasia poética e sonhadora de outrora, recriando paisagens, histórias e personagens místicas e misteriosas.
(*) Nas culturas celtas, um bardo é um contador de histórias profissional, poeta, compositor, historiador oral e genealogista, empregado por um patrono (como um monarca ou nobre). Mais tarde seriam designados de trovadores e as tradições musicais e literárias que transmitiram às gerações sucessivas dão origem aos Cantares de Gesta.
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Awen - The Moon Of The Last Poets - Daniel Arrhakis Visual Arts Exhibition / Centro Cultural De Cabeção 8 - 31 January 2022 - Cabeção / Mora / Portugal
Awen is a Welsh word for "(poetic) inspiration".
In Welsh mythology, Awen is the inspiration of the poets and bards(**) ; in its personification, Awen is the inspirational muse of creative artists in general.
The Moon is one of the recurrent themes for poets of all times and served as the inspiration for this exhibition in which the artist tries to evoke again the poetic and dreamy fantasy of the past, recreating mystical and mysterious landscapes, stories and characters.
(**) In Celtic cultures, a bard is a professional story teller, verse-maker, music composer, oral historian and genealogist, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or noble). Later they would be called troubadours and the musical and literary traditions they passed on to successive generations give rise to gesta songs.
Fozzie: “So, you are Dr. Obi Chewarri, the local genealogist.”
Dr. Obi Chewarri: “Yes, I am, Fozzie. Do you have a question?”
Fozzie: “Yes, I do. How do you get the genie into the lamp?”
Otranto is on the Adriatic and almost at the tip of the heel of the "boot" of Italy; it is the easternmost city in the nation, a scant 45 miles from the Albanian coast across the waters. Otranto is "Around Naples" in the sense that it was part of the Kingdom of Naples. Besides, if you go to the cathedral and see the Tree of Life (L'Albero della vita) mosaic, you will see what I consider to be a good candidate for the UNESCO World Heritage List in the sense that it fits—or so it seems to me—their criteria as one of the "architectural works, works of monumental sculpture and painting, [and] elements or structures of an archaeological nature, [and] inscriptions...which are of outstanding universal value from the point of view of history, art or science."
The 700-square-foot Tree of Life mosaic covers the entire floor of the cathedral of Otranto. It is a diagram of a tree, laid out in the form familiar to genealogists—that is, with images spread throughout the branches. The name of the creator of the mosaic, Pantaleone, is at the bottom, the entrance of the church. Then the tree starts; the trunk rests on two elephants and extends up the central nave to the altar; numerous branches extend out to both sides to fill the floor; there are two smaller lateral trees, as well, at the top of the naves on each side of the altar. The work was commissioned in 1163 by archbishop Gionata d’Otranto and was supervised by the monk, Pantaleone, who employed local and Norman craftsmen as well as artisans from Tuscany. The mosaic took about three or fours years to finish. It was restored quite recently, in 1993.
In preparation for Macro Mondays "Cards" theme on Monday coming, I have begun rounding up and photographing some "cards" that I have around the house. As our families' genealogists, we seem to have a LOT of old cards of all sorts so I am starting a little collection to see what I like best. These are the first.
This is a small collage I made for the area above my sewing machine. It consists of my MIL's old card of Superior Pearl Buttons (NB- 15 cents for a card full of pearl buttons!!!) , an old Elephant Brand Sharp needle with a piece of coarse cotton thread still in it, the packaging from the needles and the sticker from the spool of thread- which my Granny used to call a "reel of cotton". She and her sister KNEW about cotton! Both worked in the cotton mills in Bolton Lancs from childhood!!!!
An archive capture from 2017 when we headed over the border into Scotland .
The shot does not do the scene justice , I have cropped the top as there was some chromatic aberration due to the bright sky . This is very much steeper and higher than it appears which at the time only added to the atmosphere of being in Glencoe .
Glencoe or Glencoe Village (Gaelic: A’ Chàrnaich) is the main settlement in Glen Coe in the Lochaber area of the Scottish Highlands. It lies at the north-west end of the glen, on the southern bank of the River Coe where it enters Loch Leven (a salt-water loch off Loch Linnhe).
The village falls within the Ross, Skye and Lochaber part of the Highland council area for local government purposes. It is part of the registration county of Argyll and the lieutenancy area of Inverness for ceremonial functions.
The use of the term 'Glencoe Village' is a modern one, to differentiate the settlement from the glen itself.
The village is on the site of the Massacre of Glencoe in 1692, in which 38 members of the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by forces acting on behalf of the government of King William III following the Glorious Revolution. Treachery was involved, since the Clan had fed the soldiers and given them shelter for nearly two weeks before they turned on their hosts. The glen is sometimes poetically referred to as "The Weeping Glen", in reference to this incident, although the Glencoe name was already in place well before the time of the massacre, as the Gaelic Gleann Comhann, the Comhann element of which may predate the Gaelic language, its meaning being uncertain.
The village occupies an area of the glen known as Carnoch. Native Gaelic speakers who belong to the area always refer to the village itself as A' Chàrnaich, meaning "the place of cairns". Even today there is Upper Carnoch and Lower Carnoch. There was formerly a small hospital at the southern end of the village just over an arched stone bridge. This has since been converted into an upmarket guest house, and the nearest hospital is now the Belford in Fort William, some 26 kilometres (16 mi) away.
Within Carnoch there is a small village shop, a Scottish Episcopal Church, Glencoe Folk Museum, Post Office, Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team centre, an outdoor centre, a number of bed and breakfast establishments, and a small primary school. The small Museum was started after a resident discovered "a cache of 200-year-old swords and pistols hidden there from the British Redcoats after the disastrous battle of Culloden".
Several eating establishments are around including the Glencoe Hotel, Glencoe Cafe and The Clachaig Inn. Glencoe is also a popular location for self-catering holidays; with many chalets, cottages and lodges available for weekly and short break rental. Also located in the village, but along the A82, is the Glencoe Visitor Centre, run by the National Trust for Scotland. This modern (constructed in 2002) visitor centre houses a coffee shop, store, and information centre. Nearby memorials sites are the Celtic cross at the Massacre of Glencoe Memorial, and plaque at Henderson Stone (Clach Eanruig).
The village is surrounded by spectacular mountain scenery and is popular with serious hill-walkers, rock and ice climbers. Travel writer Rick Steves describes the area as exhibiting "the wild, powerful and stark beauty of the Highlands ... dramatic valley, where the cliffsides seem to weep with running streams when it rains". The area has been seen in numerous films, including Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as the home of Hagrid, and the 2012 James Bond film Skyfall.
In Ian Fleming's original novel On Her Majesty's Secret Service James Bond tells Sir Hilary Bray, a genealogist with the Royal College of Arms, his father was from the Highlands, near Glencoe and in Fleming's other novel You Only Live Twice M's obituary for Bond also mentions his father, Andrew Bond, was from Glencoe.
Well known residents include Hamish MacInnes, mountaineer and inventor of the MacInnes Stretcher.
The skies were very overcast, but enough light came through the stained glass windows of the darkened choir loft of historic St. Anne Church, Mackinac Island. This building dates from 1874, and is a Registered Michigan Historic Site. The parish dates much further back, as the church celebrated it's 300th anniversary in 1992.
My wife, the family genealogist, has traced my lineage to my 6th great-grandfather, Jean Baptiste Brillant a surgeon/medic at Fort Mackinac. In July 1752, he married Franciose Itagisse Chretian, a member of the Ojibwa (Chippewa) tribe, at St. Anne Church which was then located at Fort Mackinac. We purchased a disk at the church, containing church records from 1695-1888, which documents my 6th great-grandfather. So, it was kind of an eerie feeling to sit in the darkened church, pondering my ancestors who roamed the Island so long ago.
Looking up at the cluster of five Back Bay buildings towering above this awning at Garrison Hall near the South End/Back Bay border. And yes, there are six buildings depicted here; one isn't readily apparent but it's a sliver of the 111 Huntington tower seen in between 118 Huntington and the Pru, which it parallels. (The immediate area is explored in this historian/genealogist's post, fwiw).
Revisiting some old photos that initially didn't make the cut for processing/upload, although they were stared for consideration. This one is from Dec. 2021.
see: www.thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/the-german-community-in-lond...
"Until the great wave of Jewish immigrants, the largest group of foreigners in London during the 19th century were Germans. It was estimated that at a certain point they accounted for six-sevenths of foreigners in the metropolis. They ranged from the very wealthy to the destitute, with many of them carrying out the toughest of manual labour. The German community grew over many decades, reaching a peak in the early 20th century." It is a Class II listed building.
There was a large population of Germans in Whitechapel which explains the need for this school. It is a source of information for genealogists.
Wikipedia: (Next door to the school) St George's German Lutheran Church is a church in Alie Street, Whitechapel just to the east of the City of London. From its foundation in 1762 until 1995 it was used by German Lutherans.
britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101242121-st-georges-german-...
This is Grade II Listed Building in Alie Street,Whitechapel, London. Although I have no proof of this, my family lived in this area and may well have attended this school.
The school was built in 1856, on the German Lutheran graveyard which was closed in 1853. Stock brick was used with polychromatic brick details, slate roof. Two-and-a-half by three bays, two storeys. Each floor is a single room, the upper reached by a long, gently rising stone stair to left.
Included for its historical interest and group value, the building makes a picturesque complement to the later red-brick school for older boys and girls alongside.
Wray - Imenson Cemetery
Spring Grove, McHenry County, Illinois
42.462385, -88.227791
April 11, 2018
When you're a genealogist, you visit cemeteries. When you're married to one, you also visit cemeteries. While Kate is exploring, I'm taking pictures.
We visited this place in 2011. Then Kate wanted to return and check something out in 2018. It's still sad and still neglected. Checking this website peoplelegacy.com/cemetery/wray_imeson_cemetery-6P4q/ it looks like the last burials were in the early 1900's. And then the farm was either sold or nobody cared anymore. Until later in the century when the farm was bought, and the new owners started planting anew in a section that wasn't overgrown. Alas, they haven't cleaned things up.
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This one was a challenge for me. I searched all kinds of photos by Robert Frank, and I saw that most of them were street style photography involving people. With all the rules these days about needing model releases and such, I didn't want to take pictures of strangers, so I asked hubby to pose for me. Then I tried to imagine what might capture my attention if I were driving around the country and stopping to photograph everyday life.
When I saw a small cemetery with easy public access, I decided it was the perfect Americana style. I'm not sure if other countries have the same remembrance patterns for those who have left us behind, but since my husband is a genealogist, he was the perfect candidate to kneel in front of an old gravestone.
In partnership with the Ontario Government, the Archives of Ontario is the largest provincial archives in Canada, with a collection valued at more than $400 million. Its main mission is to preserve the documentary history of the province and acts as a source of research for the police, courts, historians and genealogists.
I found this old photo rattling around in the branches of our family tree so thought it prudent to publish it. At least one of the persons shown is a descendant of Jack 'Long Gun' Irvine and his wife Alice (nee Whittaker). Jack & Ali's daughter, married William W. Moore. Therefore, one of these young ladies must be her first-born, Kathleen, in 1910. She married William Tucker who is of her same age.
This image is taken at the location of the Leechtown Gold Commissioner's offices and Leechtown post office in 1932. The remnants of the old office building can be seen in the background. This photo has never been published. It was given to me as Irvine family genealogist in an old photo album.
In addition colorizing it (at kolorize.cc), I put it into Photoshop and inserted a replica of the original brass plaque which I created some decades ago.
N.B. Kathleen Tucker (nee Moore) at left
Its exact location is here:
Leechtown Gold Commissioner's Cairn
N.B. When viewing What-3-Words locations. click the Satellite icon bottom-right to see it in Google.earth
Wemyss Castle has been in the possession of the same family since it was built - the Wemyss family. The current laird is the 26th in direct male descent from the first known Wemyss! Wikipedia states that the Wemyss chiefs "are one of the few noble families who are descended from the Celtic nobility through the Clan MacDuff Earls of Fife." That is true and it isn't true!
There is a long held belief that Sir John of Wemyss & Methil (born before 1202), who sits at the top of the (known) Wemyss family tree, was a grandson of Gillemichael, 3rd Earl of Fife. Genealogist are now certain that Sir John's father was Michael of Wemyss & Methil, who was probably a senior clerk of the Earl of Fife's, not a son. However, it is also quite likely that he was married to a daughter of Gillemichael, Earl of Fife - so there is Celtic blood in there somewhere!
It has old graves & newer ones. My friend Cindy is a genealogist & loves to walk around old Irish cemeteries to see what names are on the stones. This one is well kept.
That's the Shannon Estuary again with County Kerry mountains in the background.
I have always wondered of what exact origin my last name “Klapheke” stemmed from, and what exactly it means. I decided to research it, and, being that some in my family are dedicated genealogists, it wasn’t long before I found the story behind it…
Circa 12th century, somewhere in Müschen, near Laer, Germany. Hubertus de Rode, a knight who lived on a fief that was owned by a local bishop. The knight’s property (a mill and a house) led to some farms of a church-village, all of which was surrounded by a fence.
It is speculated that Hubertus de Rode’s property was close to the edge of this fence, and that he might have been the gatekeeper, opening the “klapheck (a type of opening gate)” to visitors and townsfolk. It is most likely then that Hubertus de Rode then earned the title “Hubertus of Swing-Gate,” or “Hubertus Klapheck.”
Klapheck would later change to Klapheke as the ages passed by.
So there you have it. A dedication to the first Klapheke. MOC-wise I didn’t want this creation to be “run-of-the-mill” MOC (heheheh…), so I tried my best to add as many details as I was able.
Special thanks to Atte and Cesbrick for heavily inspiring me.
Also, big thanks to my workplace Bricks & Minifigs for supplying me extra parts to build this MOC. You guys are awesome. :D
Located in the Western McDonnell Ranges, Hermannsburg was established as an Aboriginal mission in 1877 by two Lutheran missionaries of the Hermannsburg Mission from Germany, who had travelled overland from Bethany in the Barossa Valley in South Australia. They named their new mission among the Aranda people after Hermannsburg in Germany where they had trained.
In 1891, the missionaries left, but the settlement was continued by lay workers until, in 1894, Pastor Carl Strehlow arrived. Pastor Strehlow learnt and documented the Aranda language, and was involved with local people in Bible translation and hymn writing.
The language became known as Arrarnta in 1980.
Pastor F. W. Albrecht succeeded Strehlow as mission superintendent in 1926. Around that time there were periods of severe, widespread droughts. Many people became sick and died. Despite these hardships, Albrecht and the community leaders succeeded in developing various enterprises: a reticulated water supply from nearby springs, a large vegetable garden and orchard, beef cattle ranching, and a tannery. They also supported the development of the school of watercolour landscape artists, which became one of the special heritages of the Hermannsburg area.
The mission land was handed over to traditional ownership in 1982. The Hermannsburg Historic Precinct was included on the Australian National Heritage List in April 2006. Much of the historic township is now protected by the National Trust.
Carl Friedrich Theodor Strehlow (23 December 1871 – 20 October 1922) was a German Lutheran missionary and ethnologist in outback Australia who headed the Finke River Mission in Hermannsburg, Northern Territory from 1894.
He was a linguist, anthropologist, genealogist, collector of natural history specimens, missionary and translator, served on two Lutheran missions in inland Australia from May 1892 to October 1922, a total of thirty years. He was at the first mission station, Killalpaninna (often referred to as Bethesda), from 1892 to 1894, and the second, Hermannsburg, eighty miles west of Alice Springs, from 1894 to 1922, first as teacher and, from 1901 onwards, manager, and it is for his work here that he is mostly known today. Strehlow was ably assisted and supported by his wife Friederike Johanna Henriette Keysser (31 August 1875 – 30 April 1957), who played the central role in reducing the high infant mortality which threatened Aboriginal communities all over Australia after the onset of white settlement. It is probable that Hermannsburg was the only Mission in Australia at the start of the twentieth century where the population was growing through natural increase. As a polymath with an interest in natural history, through his Aranda informants Strehlow provided plant and animal specimens to museums in Germany and Australia, a number of which first came to scientific notice through his collecting. This was the outcome of his collaboration with Moritz, Baron von Leonhardi of Gross Karben in Hessen, Germany, who also suggested he write his monumental anthropological work 'Die Aranda- und Loritja-Stämme in Zentral-Australien' (The Aranda and Loritja Tribes in Central Australia). Under Leonhardi’s editorship this work became the first publication of the newly founded Städtisches Völkermuseum (Municipal Ethnological Museum) of Frankfurt am Main, appearing in eight parts between 1907 and 1920. Strehlow sent what was said to be the best collection in the world of Aboriginal artefacts – both sacred and secular – to Frankfurt, unfortunately largely destroyed in the bombing of the city in World War Two.
Due to Leonhardi’s sudden death in 1910, Strehlow’s linguistic researches intended as part of Die Aranda- und Loritja-Stämme were never published, though used in manuscript form by his son Theodor George Henry Strehlow and the Hermannsburg missionaries. Strehlow also collaborated on the pioneering first complete translation of the New Testament into an Aboriginal language (Dieri), published by the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1897, and he later translated the New Testament into Aranda, parts of which were published after his death. He also produced a reader and service book in the latter language.
Falling ill with dropsy in September 1922, he tried to reach a doctor but died at Horseshoe Bend halfway between Alice Springs and Oodnadatta, leaving Frieda and fourteen-year-old son Theodor to continue south to Adelaide without him.
Professor TGH Strehlow, who is better known than Carl, built his scholarly career in part on the researches undertaken by his father.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermannsburg,_Northern_Territory;
Captain Jesse Allen, O.B.E. (left)
1881-1964
Capt. Jesse Allen fought in the Boer War and was in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (4th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles) for the entirety of World War I and received a commendation for bravery at Ypres and was mentioned twice in dispatches. He was my Great Grandfather and as a child I used to ask him to show me all his medals and then he would take them out of the drawer each time we'd visit. I think he was most proud of his Order of the British Empire medal. I've only learned recently through the research of a genealogist that he was forced to shoot his horse, Nabob, at Vimy Ridge and use the poor beast for cover in order to make it possible for others in his unit to escape to safety.
Corporal Reginald Hollyer Hill
1898-1973
He lied about his age on the Attestation Form in order to make himself eligible and fought in France during World War I (75th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force). Reg was severely wounded by Phosgene gas at Vimy Ridge and hospitalized until 1919. He later married the nurse who looked after him during his long stay in hospital. On the advice of his doctors he moved from Toronto to Victoria, British Columbia where it was believed the moderate climate would benefit his health. Uncle Reg suffered his entire life from the effects of phosgene gas as well as a traumatic bullet wound that created lasting damage. He is pictured here before the war; afterward he was a very thin, frail man.
Both of these men came home. So many didn't.
My Portfolio: www.hollycawfieldphotography.net/
nrhp # 02001643- Located in the village of Schoharie, Schoharie County New York, the Old Stone Fort was originally built as a Reformed Dutch Church in 1772. With the coming of the American Revolutionary War, the church was enclosed by a log stockade in 1777.[2]
On October 17, 1780, a force of approximately 800 loyalists and Native Americans under Sir John Johnson and Mohawk Capt. Joseph Brant raided the valley and briefly attacked the fort before proceeding north toward the Mohawk Valley. A cannonball hole can still be seen in a cornice at the rear of the building.
The stockade was removed in 1785 and the building continued service as a church until 1844 when it was replaced by the present Reformed Church in the village. In 1857 the former fort was sold to the State of New York for $800. Through the American Civil War and until 1873, it was used as an armory. Then, it was given to the county for historical use.
In 1888 the Schoharie County Historical Society was formed to operate a museum at the old fort and by 1899, a catalog of 2,500 items was published. The fort is part of the Old Stone Fort Museum complex, which also comprises: the William Badgely Museum and carriage house, built in 1972; the Warner house, a Greek Revival home housing the Scribner Exhibit of 20th Century Communications; the 1830 Jackson law office; the Oliver one-room school house furnished circa 1900; and the Schaeffer-Ingold Dutch barn. Experts on the Dutch Barn have included Harold Zoch (1927–2018), who was Schoharie County Historian.[3]
The research library is available to historians and genealogists. The facility is open to the public from May through October. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
from Wikipedia
Created for Ruby’s Treasures ~ Collage Theme Challenge #3
Test Your Knowledge of Saskatchewan's Placenames. Quiz.
The Value of Standardizing Placenames for Genealogists. Quiz Answers.
A bit of summer flower fun, A bleeding heart, harebell or Alpine Scotch Bluebell, Pink Rose, and finally Lilac.
nrhp # 02001643- Located in the village of Schoharie, Schoharie County New York, the Old Stone Fort was originally built as a Reformed Dutch Church in 1772. With the coming of the American Revolutionary War, the church was enclosed by a log stockade in 1777.[2]
On October 17, 1780, a force of approximately 800 loyalists and Native Americans under Sir John Johnson and Mohawk Capt. Joseph Brant raided the valley and briefly attacked the fort before proceeding north toward the Mohawk Valley. A cannonball hole can still be seen in a cornice at the rear of the building.
The stockade was removed in 1785 and the building continued service as a church until 1844 when it was replaced by the present Reformed Church in the village. In 1857 the former fort was sold to the State of New York for $800. Through the American Civil War and until 1873, it was used as an armory. Then, it was given to the county for historical use.
In 1888 the Schoharie County Historical Society was formed to operate a museum at the old fort and by 1899, a catalog of 2,500 items was published. The fort is part of the Old Stone Fort Museum complex, which also comprises: the William Badgely Museum and carriage house, built in 1972; the Warner house, a Greek Revival home housing the Scribner Exhibit of 20th Century Communications; the 1830 Jackson law office; the Oliver one-room school house furnished circa 1900; and the Schaeffer-Ingold Dutch barn. Experts on the Dutch Barn have included Harold Zoch (1927–2018), who was Schoharie County Historian.[3]
The research library is available to historians and genealogists. The facility is open to the public from May through October. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
from Wikipedia
The home of William Fraser and his new bride, Mary Jane Gordon, married in 1891. William built the house for his bride in that year! It is deserted and derelict now. The Frasers are related to my Mum's family,(Robertson) . The eldest Robertson daughter married David Fraser, William's father. A newly discovered cousin of ours,née Fraser is coming to visit from Oregon to see some of her family history. I've been doing some leg work for her to refresh my memory. DH and I are our families' current genealogists. It is amazing how much one forgets if one concentrates on a different part of the history. I'm up to speed again now with the Frasers!
Carte de visite by an anonymous photographer. Bourne Spooner numbered among the ranks of ardent abolitionists at the beginning of the war. A 19-year-old jeweler, his anti-slavery beliefs were likely influenced by his grandfather and namesake, who had visited New Orleans during the first quarter of the 19th century. The elder Spooner left Louisiana for his home in Plymouth, Mass., with “a profound repugnance to slavery,” according to a family genealogist. He also left New Orleans with rope-making skills that enabled him to establish the Plymouth Cordage Company, which is still in existence.
Young Spooner followed in his grandfather’s footsteps and became active in abolitionist groups. He noted of those times, “I was also one of the self constituted “body guard” which accompanied Wendell Phillips to his home from a meeting in Music Hall one Sunday when he was threatened by a mob. There was a good deal of hooting and bustling, but I was never at any moment conscious of any great personal danger though I was constantly within a few feet of Mr. Phillips. It was near my left elbow that the pane of plate glass, I think at the corner of Bedford and Washington streets, was crashed in. Some of the stay-at-home abolitioners have laid great import upon the great moral courage displayed by the faithful in those days. As compared actual warfare it was as almost nothing.”
After the war began, Spooner joined the 13th Massachusetts Infantry. He wrote about his experiences in an unpublished manuscript, “In the Ranks.” Brad Forbush, webmaster of 13thmass.org, graciously sent me a copy, and other information about Spooner’s surviving writings.
Spooner, a private in Company D, was captured twice during his three years in uniform: At Second Bull Run and Gettysburg.
Here’s his account of falling into Confederate hands on July 1, 1863:
While I was thus standing cogitating with my gun in my hand, I heard a voice behind me yell out, “Throw down that gun!” Supposing, of course, that it was one of our own troops, inasmuch as none of the enemy had passed me, I took no heed of the command, feeling rather vexed that the individual calling to me could not tell from my “suit of blue” that I was a unionist as well as himself. Seeing that I did not obey, he called out again, louder than before, “Throw down that gun!” I thought now I would turn and see who it was who was so determined upon my disarmament. I then saw to my astonishment that the embankment I had lately abandoned was occupied by a line of rebel skirmishers marching in Indian file, and it was one of the number, possibly the foremost one, who was yelling to me. Just as I turned round he yelled again, with more emphasis than before, “Damn you; ain't you going to throw down that gun!” at the same time bringing his piece to the shoulder to enforce his command with powder and shot. Of course, I dropped the gun then as if it had been a hot potatoe, but everything was so sudden that I felt no fear and stood squarely facing him and awaited the result. I could see by the shortened barrel that the piece was aimed towards me, and an instant later there came the flash and report, and almost simultaneously with these the bullet struck the ground close by my right foot, throwing up a piece of sod. I was now a prisoner.
Spooner survived his imprisonment and after the war went on to become a newspaper reporter and later a publisher. He died in 1895. His wife and three children survived him.
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On Explore on May 5th, 2017, #269
Located in the Western McDonnell Ranges, Hermannsburg was established as an Aboriginal mission in 1877 by two Lutheran missionaries of the Hermannsburg Mission from Germany, who had travelled overland from Bethany in the Barossa Valley in South Australia. They named their new mission among the Aranda people after Hermannsburg in Germany where they had trained.
In 1891, the missionaries left, but the settlement was continued by lay workers until, in 1894, Pastor Carl Strehlow arrived. Pastor Strehlow learnt and documented the Aranda language, and was involved with local people in Bible translation and hymn writing.
The language became known as Arrarnta in 1980.
Pastor F. W. Albrecht succeeded Strehlow as mission superintendent in 1926. Around that time there were periods of severe, widespread droughts. Many people became sick and died. Despite these hardships, Albrecht and the community leaders succeeded in developing various enterprises: a reticulated water supply from nearby springs, a large vegetable garden and orchard, beef cattle ranching, and a tannery. They also supported the development of the school of watercolour landscape artists, which became one of the special heritages of the Hermannsburg area.
The mission land was handed over to traditional ownership in 1982. The Hermannsburg Historic Precinct was included on the Australian National Heritage List in April 2006. Much of the historic township is now protected by the National Trust.
Carl Friedrich Theodor Strehlow (23 December 1871 – 20 October 1922) was a German Lutheran missionary and ethnologist in outback Australia who headed the Finke River Mission in Hermannsburg, Northern Territory from 1894.
He was a linguist, anthropologist, genealogist, collector of natural history specimens, missionary and translator, served on two Lutheran missions in inland Australia from May 1892 to October 1922, a total of thirty years. He was at the first mission station, Killalpaninna (often referred to as Bethesda), from 1892 to 1894, and the second, Hermannsburg, eighty miles west of Alice Springs, from 1894 to 1922, first as teacher and, from 1901 onwards, manager, and it is for his work here that he is mostly known today. Strehlow was ably assisted and supported by his wife Friederike Johanna Henriette Keysser (31 August 1875 – 30 April 1957), who played the central role in reducing the high infant mortality which threatened Aboriginal communities all over Australia after the onset of white settlement. It is probable that Hermannsburg was the only Mission in Australia at the start of the twentieth century where the population was growing through natural increase. As a polymath with an interest in natural history, through his Aranda informants Strehlow provided plant and animal specimens to museums in Germany and Australia, a number of which first came to scientific notice through his collecting. This was the outcome of his collaboration with Moritz, Baron von Leonhardi of Gross Karben in Hessen, Germany, who also suggested he write his monumental anthropological work 'Die Aranda- und Loritja-Stämme in Zentral-Australien' (The Aranda and Loritja Tribes in Central Australia). Under Leonhardi’s editorship this work became the first publication of the newly founded Städtisches Völkermuseum (Municipal Ethnological Museum) of Frankfurt am Main, appearing in eight parts between 1907 and 1920. Strehlow sent what was said to be the best collection in the world of Aboriginal artefacts – both sacred and secular – to Frankfurt, unfortunately largely destroyed in the bombing of the city in World War Two.
Due to Leonhardi’s sudden death in 1910, Strehlow’s linguistic researches intended as part of Die Aranda- und Loritja-Stämme were never published, though used in manuscript form by his son Theodor George Henry Strehlow and the Hermannsburg missionaries. Strehlow also collaborated on the pioneering first complete translation of the New Testament into an Aboriginal language (Dieri), published by the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1897, and he later translated the New Testament into Aranda, parts of which were published after his death. He also produced a reader and service book in the latter language.
Falling ill with dropsy in September 1922, he tried to reach a doctor but died at Horseshoe Bend halfway between Alice Springs and Oodnadatta, leaving Frieda and fourteen-year-old son Theodor to continue south to Adelaide without him.
Professor TGH Strehlow, who is better known than Carl, built his scholarly career in part on the researches undertaken by his father.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermannsburg,_Northern_Territory;
Carte de visite by E.C. Ely of Greenfield, Mass. This youngster beating a drum painted with an eagle and Union shield is identified on the back of the mount as "Louis Rice, 1865, about 6 or 7 years old." The blue ink and penmanship dates to the 1930s-1950s period, which suggests the individual who wrote it might have been a family genealogist or another person seeking to preserve the boy's name.
A search of Ancestry.com reveals one close match, Louis Willard "Willie" Rice, born Oct. 1, 1855 , in Northampton Mass., about 20 miles south of where this photograph was taken by Greenfield, Mass., photographer E.C. Ely.
Louis, or Willie, died Jan. 18, 1883. He was 27.
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Camera: Kodak Brownie, model F
Film: Kodak Verichrome Pan, b/w iso125
Scanner: Epson Perfection V800
Place: Hägerstensvägen 110, Stockholm
Persons:
left Ketty Karlsson ((dead 1983, 51 years old)
right: Eivor Pihlström (dead 2018, 85 years old)
1 of 3 photos that has been found on a film that I found in an old Kodak Brownie model F that I bought on auction.
Kodak stopped produce Verichrome Pan at 1991. But this photo is much more older. I guess from around 1968-1969.
After development I found the registrernumber on the car, a VW.
It was possible find the owner through the old car register archive (Eivor Pihlström), and that she has/had a son (Leif) who still are alive. The son is contacted an I have given him a copy of this old photo with his mother.
Ketty Karlsson was more difficult to find.
I didnt know her exactly name. But inside the camera it was a written name "Ove Karlsson från Rinkabyholm" near Kalmar in south of Sweden. With help from a local newspaper I got contact with a genealogist. He found Ove Karlsson, the camera owner and the photographer. He married Ketty at the end of the 60s. And through that way I even found Ketty. Unffortunately she died very early.
But Ove is still alive (July 2019). I have met him and given him a copy of the photo and one ex of the newspaper.
I have always wondered of what exact origin my last name “Klapheke” stemmed from, and what exactly it means. I decided to research it, and, being that some in my family are dedicated genealogists, it wasn’t long before I found the story behind it…
Circa 12th century, somewhere in Müschen, near Laer, Germany. Hubertus de Rode, a knight who lived on a fief that was owned by a local bishop. The knight’s property (a mill and a house) led to some farms of a church-village, all of which was surrounded by a fence.
It is speculated that Hubertus de Rode’s property was close to the edge of this fence, and that he might have been the gatekeeper, opening the “klapheck (a type of opening gate)” to visitors and townsfolk. It is most likely then that Hubertus de Rode then earned the title “Hubertus of Swing-Gate,” or “Hubertus Klapheck.”
Klapheck would later change to Klapheke as the ages passed by.
So there you have it. A dedication to the first Klapheke. MOC-wise I didn’t want this creation to be “run-of-the-mill” MOC (heheheh…), so I tried my best to add as many details as I was able.
Special thanks to Atte and Cesbrick for heavily inspiring me.
Also, big thanks to my workplace Bricks & Minifigs for supplying me extra parts to build this MOC. You guys are awesome. :D
"made flickr EXPLORE"
This shot was taken from a book called "Photography's Beginnings - A Visual History" Featuring the collection of WM. B. Becker 1989 Oakland University.
Original photo was taken in year 1880.
This shot shows dresses bangals and necklaces that wore in that period in Sri Lanka (known as Ceylon at that time). Look that necklaces, how many of them ware those women.
Kandy is one of most beautiful places in Sri Lanka and situated in central and hilly part of country, And Kandy was capital of Sri Lanka (Ceylon) the time of this photo was taken.
2nd Lead
Interesting story was happen few days after posting this photo. Fazli Sameer, a genealogist, sending me an email and said the full story of this historical photo.
Quoting
“I am across a picture of Kandyan Chief on your Flickr Website which I have been able to link to the RATWATTE and ALUWIHARE Kandyan families.
Please see www.rootsweb.com/~lkawgw/gen3060.html and www.rootsweb.com/~lkawgw/gen3047.html
I wonder if you knew that the pic is of: Panabokke Dissawe and family, wife, Halangoda Kumarihamy, the daughter standing in the middle of the couple is Sir Richard Aluwihare's mother (Panebokke Tikiri Kumarihamy), and the younger daughter seated on the left is W. A. Ratwatte's mother (Panebokke Kumarihamy)
The elder girl was called PANABOKKE LOKU KUMARIHAMY while the younger one was named PANABOKKE TIKIRY KUMARIHAMY as is the custom of the Kandyan families, Loku meaning "big" while Tikiri meaning "Little".
I just received confirmation from my classmate and close friend at Royal, Charitha Ratwatte, from Colombo.”
Thank a lot Fazli Sameer and Charitha Rathwatte
Blois is a commune and the capital city of Loir-et-Cher department, in Centre-Val de Loire, France, on the banks of the lower Loire river between Orléans and Tours.
With 45,898 inhabitants by 2019, Blois is the most populated city of the department, and the 4th of the region.
Historically, the city was the capital of the county of Blois, created on 832 until its integration into the Royal domain in 1498, when Count Louis II of Orléans became King Louis XII of France. During the Renaissance, Blois was the official residence of the King of France.
Since 2013, excavations have been conducted by French National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP in French) in Vienne where they found evidence of "one or several camps of late Prehistory hunter-gatherers, who were also fishermen since fishing traps were found there.. They were ancestors of the famous Neolithic farmer-herders, who were present in current France around 6,000 BCE [i.e.: 8,000 years ago]."
Ancient times
A major urban development begun in 1959 uncovered the remains of a late Gallic settlement and an urban centre from the Gallo-Roman period. At that time, the town was located on the road linking Chartres to Bourges. In the network of cities of the Carnutes people, Blois was a secondary settlement. Excavations carried out on the right bank between 2001 and 2016 and on the left bank in 2013-2014 revealed the presence of a largely developed town on the right bank and an occupation on the left bank during the Gallic and Gallo-Roman periods. The Loire river has undoubtedly always been a major axis route, although no traces of a port have been uncovered. However, there are remains of former bridges linking the two banks.
Middle Ages
Though of ancient origin, Blois is first distinctly mentioned by Gregory of Tours in the 6th century, and the city gained some notability in the 9th century, when it became the seat of a powerful countship known as Blesum castrum.
Main article: County of Blois
Blois was first organised around a county, which was recreated in 956 by Count Theobald I of Blois, also known as The Trickster. His descendants, known as "Thibaldians", remained as Counts up until the county was incorporated into the royal domain in 1397. The House of Blois also succeeded in raising some of its members or descendants to the highest levels of the European nobility, notably by acceding to the thrones of France, England, Navarre, Spain and Portugal.
Main article: Counts of Blois
In 1171, Blois was the site of a blood libel against its Jewish community that led to 31 Jews (by some accounts 40) being burned to death. Their martyrdom also contributed to a prominent and durable school of poetry inspired by Christian persecution. In the Middle Ages, Blois was the seat of the County of Champagne it passed to the French crown in 1314, forming the province of Champagne. In 1196, Count Louis I of Blois granted privileges to the townsmen; a commune, which survived throughout the Middle Ages, probably dated from this time. The counts of the Châtillon dynastic line resided at Blois more often than their predecessors, and the oldest parts of the château (from the 13th century) were built by them. By 1397, Count Guy II of Blois-Châtillon offered the county to his cousin, Duke Louis I of Orléans, son of King Charles VI. In 1429, Joan of Arc made Blois her base of operations for the relief of Orléans. She rode the 35 miles on 29 April from Blois to relieve Orléans. In 1440, after his captivity in England, Duke Charles of Orléans (son of Duke Louis I) took up residence in the Château of Blois, where in 1462 his son was born, Duke Louis II of Orléans who would afterwards be known as Louis XII.
Renaissance era
By 1498, King Charles VIII died with no heirs in the Château of Amboise. As a result, Duke Louis II ran 22 miles between the Château and Blois, and was crowned as King Louis XII of France. He then married Charles VIII's widow, Queen Anne of Brittany, in 1499. The birth of their daughter, Claude of France, started the union of Brittany with France. Louis XII, as the last hereditary Count of Blois, naturally established his royal Court in the city. The Treaty of Blois, which temporarily halted the Italian Wars, was signed there in 1504–1505. During his reign, the city experienced a massive redevelopment, with some architectural elements inspired from the Italian Renaissance, as seen in the medieval castle immediately turned into a château, and the construction of many hôtels particuliers for the nobility throughout the entire kingdom. One of which, Hôtel d'Alluye, was built as a copy of an Italian palace for Florimond Robertet, who was an important French minister under King Charles VIII, King Louis XII and King Francis I.
On 1 January 1515, Louis XII died. His throne would be passed to Francis I, the husband to his daughter, Claude of France. In 1519, King Francis I ordered the construction of the Château of Chambord (10 miles away from Blois), but its construction lasted for one year before he died in 1547. In the meantime, he gradually expressed his will to move to Fontainebleau, near Paris, and started to abandon Bloisian. Much of the royal furniture was moved from Blois to Fontainebleau by 1539.
The French Wars of Religion was a significantly destructive conflict among the French people. The city's inhabitants included many Calvinists, and in 1562 and 1567 it was the scene of struggles between them and the supporters of the Catholic Church. On 4 July 1562, Blois and Beaugency, conquered by Protestants just before, were looted by Catholics led by Maréchal de St. André. On 7 February 1568, Protestants under Captain Boucard's command, looted and invaded the town, eventually killing many Catholics. Grey friars were also killed and thrown in the well of their own convent. In addition, all the churches were ransacked. In 1576 and 1588, King Henry III convoked the Estates General to Blois where he attained refuge after an uprising called the Day of the Barricades. In response, Duke Henry I of Guise was assassinated on 23 December 1588 for his involvement in the uprising. The following day, his brother, Cardinal Louis II of Guise, who was also archbishop of Reims, suffered the same fate. Their deaths were shortly followed by that of the Queen-Mother, Catherine de' Medici.
In the 16th century, the French Royal court often made Blois their leisure resort.
Modern era
After the departure of the Royal Court towards Paris, Blois lost the status of Royal residence, along with the luxury and economic activity that came with it. King Henry IV displaced the Royal library to Fontainebleau, which would later be the National Library of France (Bibliothèque nationale de France).
In 1606, Philippe de Béthune gave his ownership of Vienne-lez-Blois village, on the left bank of the Loire river, to Blois, making it a part of the city afterwards known as Blois-Vienne. From 1617 to 1619 Marie de' Medici, wife of King Henri IV, exiled from the court by his son, King Louis XIII, lived in the château. By 1622, the Counter-Reformation got establishment in Blois, founded a Society of Jesus and financed the construction of the St. Louis Chapel, which is today St. Vincent Church.
Then in 1634, Louis XIII exiled his brother, Gaston, Duke of Orléans and Count of Blois, who became attached to the city. The Duke in 1657, found a hospital in Blois-Vienne, now named Résidence Gaston d'Orléans, and financed the reconstruction of the Hôtel-Dieu. He remained in Blois until his death, in 1660.
Under Louis XIV's reign, Blois became un independent bishopric. David Nicolas de Bertier, first bishop of Blois from 1697, chose as seated cathedral St. Solenne Church, that had been destroyed by a storm and was under reconstruction, before being completed 3 years later in 1700, thanks to the intervention of Colbert's wife, who herself came from Blois. The new edifice became Blois Cathedral and got dedicated to St. Louis.
A wide episcopal palace is built by King Louis XIV's official architect, Jacques Gabriel, right next to the newly built cathedral, on a site overlooking the Loire Valley. Landscaping of terraced gardens began in 1703 and lasted nearly 50 years. The so-called Bishopric Gardens were first open to the public in 1791 by Henri Grégoire (known as the Abbot Grégoire), the first constitutional bishop after the French Revolution.
During the night between 6 and 7 February 1716, the medieval bridge collapsed. Construction of a new one is ordered during the following year. Jacques-Gabriel Bridge was inaugurated in 1724. All the levies were consolidated, and the river channel of La Bouillie in the prolongation of La Creusille Harbor was closed and dried out.
When Duke Gaston of Orléans died, the château ended up stripped by King Louis XIV, completely abandoned, to the point that King Louis XVI once considered to demolish it by 1788. The edifice was saved when the Royal-Comtois Regiment established their base within it.
In 1790, Orléanais province was dismantled, and the First Republic created the Loir-et-Cher department, with Blois as the local capital.
By 1814, Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma and wife of Napoleon I, found refuge in Blois.
Contemporary era
Another wind blew in Blois in the 19th century. First, the railroad came in 1846 with the inauguration of the Paris–Tours railway, whose Blois Station is a stop. The competition against river transportation gradually forced La Creusille Harbor to reinvent its activity. In parallel, the city got more industrialised from 1848 thanks to a successful chocolate brand created by Bloisian, Victor-Auguste Poulain.
Like Paris, Blois urban organisation was redesigned during 1850 and 1870 by Mayor Eugène Riffault, who was friends with Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann. Thus, he had bound through a boulevard holding his name the modern upper town (where the cathedral, Hôtel of Préfecture, and Halle aux Grains are located), and the medieval lower town. He also paved the way to the construction of the boulevard Daniel Depuis, in the West of Blois. Between 1862 and 1865, the Denis-Papin staircase are built under La Morandière's supervision, in the axis of Jacques-Gabriel Bridge and Blois-Vienne's Wilson Avenue.
In the meantime, the lower town faced three of the most significant flooding of the Loire river: in 1846, 1856 (the worst), and 1866. The downtown districts of St. Jean and Blois-Vienne were under water, as well as La Bouillie spillway.
On 13 December 1871, the Prussian army took control of Blois during the Franco-Prussian War. The city was taken back by Lieutenant Georges de Villebois-Mareuil, General Joseph Pourcet, and General Bertrand de Chabron. Since then, a memorial stands on Wilson Avenue in Vienne.
In 1939, Blois Basilica construction was completed. That same year, between 29 January and 8 February, more than 3,100 Spanish refugees came to the Loir-et-Cher department, fleeing the Spanish Civil War and Dictator Francisco Franco. In June 1940, the German bombings destroyed a large part of the downtown, and the French destroyed the 10th arch of Jacques-Gabriel Bridge to prevent further advance for their enemies. The German army bombed the former Town Hall on 16 June, thus killing Mayor Émile Laurens in the process, and took over the city 2 days later, on 18 June, the exact same day of Charles de Gaulle's Appeal for Internal Resistance.
Between June and August 1944, US-English-allied bombings destroyed other infrastructures, like the railroad bridge between Blois and Romorantin. In total during WWII, 230 people were killed, and 1,522 buildings were entirely or partially destroyed. On 16 August 1944, the German troops ran to Blois-Vienne to get refuge there and destroyed the three central arches of the bridge. On 1 September, they surrendered. The bridge was rebuilt and reopened in December 1948.
In 1959, Mayor Marcel Bühler received President Charles de Gaulle and launched the construction of the ZUP, at the North of the city, on the same scheme of so-called banlieues of Paris or any other French city.
Landmarks and tourism
Since 1986, Blois is part of the French Towns of Art and History program, which promotes the cultural and historical estate.
Château of Blois
The Château of Blois, a Renaissance multi-style château once occupied by King Louis XII, is located in the centre of the city, and an 18th-century stone bridge spans the Loire. It was also the residence of many Counts of Blois, who were amongst the most closest vassals to the King of France between the 9th and the 14th century. Many gardens are located around the château, like:
House of Magic
Right in front of the château, La Maison de la Magie Robert-Houdin (i.e.: Robert-Houdin House of Magic) is a museum dedicated to illusionism. This is the only public museum in Europe which incorporates in one place collections of magic and a site for permanent performing arts, and directly reflects the personality of Robert-Houdin.
Louis-XII Place and Fountains
Opened after bombings in 1944, the place stands right below the château, closest to the Loire river, and is actually located at the center of Blois downtown. There are local shops and restaurants, and a 16th-century fountain stands below the Sycamores planted in the place. Known as Louis XII Fountain (Fontaine Louis XII), this is one of the greatest and oldest water inlets throughout the city, but far from being the only one. Among the other founts, there are:
St. Martin Fountain (Fontaine Saint-Martin), below the staircase between the château and Louis XII Place;
St. Nicholas Fountain (Fontaine Saint-Nicolas), within the St. Nicholas Church;
Elected Representatives' Fountain (Fontaine des Élus), in rue Foulerie;
Ave Maria Fountain (Fontaine Ave Maria), in place Ave Maria;
Town hall Fountain (Fontaine de l'Hôtel de Ville), below the
Denis Papin staircase (where was the former Town Hall before WWII);
St. Jack Fountain (Fontaine Saint-Jacques), in rue Denis Papin;
Corbigny Fountain (Fontaine de Corbigny), in Victor Hugo Square ;
Simple Fountain (Fontaine des Simples), in the Lily Garden, in remembrance of a monumental Versailles-style fountain lost after WWII bombings.
Comics Museum
Blois is also the location of so-called Maison de la BD, a museum devoted to the art of comic books. Since the 1980s, this museum hosts an annual comic festival in late November called BD Boum, described as "the leading free comic book festival in France".
Former Hôtel-Dieu
Already by 924, monks from the St. Lomer community were given some acres below the medieval castle, but outside the city walls, on the bank of the Loire river. In the 13th century, a proper church was built, then fortified because of the Hundred Years' War. St. Lomer Abbey was completely destroyed during the French Wars of Religion. The edifice was rebuilt until the early 18th century. When the French Revolution broke out by 1789, the church was turnt into a Hôtel-Dieu, namely a charity hospital for the have-nots, because Revolutionners destroyed many clergy- and royal-related monuments. After that, new buildings were added to the original St. Lomer Abbey, which became St. Nicholas Church, and the additional edifices remained dedicated to the Hôtel-Dieu of the city. Nonetheless, this part was gradually abandoned and taken back by some public services. A reconversion project is currently under study.
Former Poulain Chocolate Factory
In the late 19th century, Bloisian industrialist and chocolatier Victor-Auguste Poulain established his brand's factory next to Blois station. The premises moved in the 1980s. Nowadays, those are housings and host the National Institute and School of Applied Sciences (INSA).
Denis-Papin Staircase
As Blois is built on a pair of steep hills, winding and steep pathways run through the city, culminating in long staircases at various points. The most iconic of them is the monumental Denis-Papin staircase which overlooks the town, provides a panoramic view by overlooking the downtown and the Loire Valley, and regularly enlivens urban space with original decorations. The fountain next to the staircase is a reminder of the location of the first Town Hall, destroyed after bombings on 16 June 1940.
Town Hall and Bishopric Gardens
Blois achieved independence from the Diocese of Chartres in 1697, and the cathedral was completed by 1700. As a result, the first bishops engineered wide gardens on several levels, next to the premises. Since the destruction of the former Blois town hall during World War II, local authorities requisitioned the bishop's apartments to establish there the new town hall. Now organised as an urban park, the gardens offer a panoramic view on the downtown, the Loire river, and Blois-Vienne. A statue of Joan of Arc, given to the city by American patron J. Sanford Saltus, stands in the middle of the park. Bishopric gardens are open to public all the year, and a remarkable rose garden can be visited from 15 May and 30 September, each year.
Hôtels Particuliers and Timber Framing Houses
Since Count Louis II of Orléans became King Louis XII of France in 1498, the city started to host many noblepersons from all the Kingdom. All would build their own mansion as close from the château as they could. King Louis XII also imported Renaissance style from Italy due to his successful military campaigns there. Among these so-called hôtels particuliers, there are:
the Hôtel d'Alluye;
the Hôtel d'Amboise;
the Hôtel de Belot;
the Hôtel de la Capitainerie (a.k.a. Hôtel de Bretagne);
the Hôtel de la Chancellerie (i.e.: Chancellery Hotel);
the Hôtel Denis-Dupont;
the Hôtel d'Épernon;
the Hôtel de Guise;
the Hôtel de Jassaud;
the Hôtel de Lavallière, built for Louise de Lavallière;
the Hôtel de Rochefort;
the Hôtel Sardini;
the Hôtel Viart;
the Hôtel de Villebresme, in which Denis Papin lived;
the Château de la Vicomté (i.e.: Château of Viscounty), in the hamlet of Les Grouëts.
Blois-Vienne and the Loire river
Please note all the above edifices have been listed as Blois-Vienne (or merely Vienne) is the name given to the southern part of the city, on the left bank of the Loire river. Independent from the city until 1606, there are many traces of the river's past. The main link between both banks is the Jacques-Gabriel Bridge, built in the early 18th century. From the levees circling the surroundings to other abandoned bridges, Vienne has also conserved a harbour, named La Creusille, which is now an urban park right on La Loire à Vélo bike route. Beyond the levees, La Bouillie Park is getting rehabilitated, and actually is a spillway in the event of floodings. Further to the south of the city, the Forêt de Russy is a reminder of the thick woods that once covered the area.
Religious Buildings
The city also is provided with many religious edifices, including:
Blois Cathedral, dedicated to both Kings Louis IX and Louis XII, built between 1564 and 1700.
St. Vincent Blois Church, dedicated to Saint Vincent de Paul, built between 1625 and 1660.
St. Nicholas Blois Church, dedicated to bishop Saint Nicholas of Myra, built in the 12th century.
Blois-Vienne Church, dedicated to Saint Saturnin of Toulouse, built between c. 1500 and 1528.
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Trinité, dedicated to Our Lady of the Holy Trinity, built between 1932 and 1939.
Historical and political figures
Ivomadus (5th century), Breton chieftain who would have conquered Blois and established there an independent Kingdom until Clovis I's conquest.
Count William of Orléans (died 834), first count of Blois.
Count Theobald I (913–975), viscount who declared himself Count when Duke Hugh the Great died in 956.
Thubois (c. 1044–1090)[citation needed]
Lady Adela of Normandy (c. 1067 – 1137), daughter of William the Conqueror, married to Stephen II, Count of Blois.
King Stephen of England (c. 1096 – 1154), second son of Count Stephen II and Lady Adela, he became King of England from 1135 to 1154.
Lady Adela of Champagne (c. 1140 – 1206), daughter of Count Theobald IV of Blois, she married King Louis VII and gave to him future King Philip II.
Duke Charles of Blois (1319–1364), notable stakeholder during the Hundred Years' War.
King Louis XII (1462–1515), Count of Blois from 1465 to 1498, then King of France up to 1515.
Queen Anne of Brittany (1477–1514), last Queen of Brittany, she remarried King Louis XII in 1499, then moved to Blois until her death.
King Francis I (1494–1547), King of France born in Cognac, but he lived in Blois since his marriage in 1506 with Louis XII and Anne's daughter.
Queen Catherine de' Medici (1519–1589), Queen consort of France, who died in the Château of Blois.
Queen Marie de' Medici (1575–1642) was exiled to the Château of Blois by her son, King Louis XIII.
Duke Henry I of Guise (1550–1588), assassinated on 23 December 1588 in the château.
Duke Gaston of Orléans (1494 in Fontainebleau – 1547), uncle of King Louis XVI, he got establishment in the château, and died there.
Jean Morin (1591–1659), theologian and biblical scholar of Protestant parents
Michel V Bégon (1638–1710), officier de plume of the French Navy.
Marie Anne de Bourbon (1666–1739), also known as Mademoiselle de Blois, daughter of King Louis XIV.
Michel VI Bégon de la Picardière, (1669–1747). Commissioner in the French Navy; intendant of New France and Le Havre.
Thomas de Mahy, Marquis de Favras (1744–1790), royalist
Jean-Marie Pardessus (1772–1853).
Joseph Léopold Sigisbert Hugo (1773–1828).
Eugène Riffault (1803–1888).
Joséphine Marchais (1842–1874).
Émile Laurens (1884–1940).
Georges Litalien (1896–1952), deputee of the Loir-et-Cher department.
Henri de La Vaissière (1901–1944).
Pierre Sudreau (1919–2012).
Jack Lang (1939–).
Bernard Boucault. Préfet de Police in Paris (from 2012 to 2015).
Artists
Pierre de Ronsard (1524–1585), poet from Vendôme but he met his muse Cassandre in the Château of Blois in 1549.
Jacob Bunel (1568–1614), Bloisian painter who studied in the Royal School of Fontainebleau.
Antoine Boësset (1587–1643), composer of secular music, and superintendent of music at the Ancien Régime French court.
Jean Monier (1600–1656), painter close to Queen Marie de' Medici.
Étienne Baudet (1638–1711), engraver born in Vineuil.
Pierre Monier (1641–1703), painter and son of Jean Monier.
Jacques Gabriel (1667–1742), Parisian architect who designed the Jacques-Gabriel Bridge in Blois.
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805–1871), watchmaker, magician and illusionist, widely recognized as the father of the modern style of conjuring.
Ulysse Besnard (1826–1899), painter, then ceramist.
Daniel Dupuis (1849–1899), painter, sculptor and medal artist.
Jules Contant (1852–1920), painter born in Blois-Vienne, son of a politician.
Émile Gaucher (1858–1909), sculptor.
Alfred Jean Halou (1875–1939), sculptor from Blois, who designed the Franco-Prussian War memorial in Blois.
Étienne Gaudet (1891–1963), engraver and painter from Nevers but who lived and died in Blois.
Bernard Lorjou (1908–1986), painter.
Claudine Doury (born 1959), photographer.
Jean-Louis Agobet (born 1968), composer.
Christian Jui (born 1973), poet.
Niro (born 1987), rapper born in Orléans but he grew up and currently lives in Blois.
Hildegarde Fesneau (born 1995), violinist.
Artisans
During the 16th and 17th centuries, Blois was the hometown of many artisans in the watchmaking and goldsmithing industries. Among them:
Julien Coudray, who was one of the first watchmakers in Blois according to Tardy, worked for Kings Louis XII and Francis I. There is a street in Blois that holds his name.
the Cuper family : the Louvre museum, Paris, possesses two watches made by Michel Cuper, and two other ones by P. Cuper. A street also holds their name in the city.
the Bellanger family : Martin with a first wife got 2 sons born between 1594 and 1597 (among them, one was called Isaac), then at least 3 other ones with a Suzanne, named Pierre (born in 1603), Jean (married in 1641 and dead in 1678), and Théophile.
Guillaume Couldroit, from whom the British Museum, London, has a table clock.
Jacques de la Garde, from whom the British Museum has a striking clock, and from whom a table clock can be found in the National Museum of the Renaissance in Écouen, France.
Charles Perras, from whom 2 watches can be found in the British Museum, as well as in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
the Duduict brothers.
Blaise Foucher, Duiduict's disciple, from whom the British Museum possesses one watchcase.
the Vautier family, among whom the British Museum has several Louis' watchcases.
the Gribelin family, among whom Simon was watchmaker and engraver for the King, and his son Abraham (1589–1671) succeeded to him. Nowadays, the Louvre Museum has a watch made by Abraham.
the Girard family, among whom Marc came from the Netherlands and established in Blois, his son Théodore and grandson Marc II were both watchmakers.
Christophe Morlière (born in Orléans in 1604 – 1643), who moved to Blois. By 1632, he was ordered a watch for Lady Marguerite of Lorraine when she married Gaston, Duke of Orléans and Count of Blois.
Pierre Brisson.
Paul Viet, from whom the British Museum got a painted watchcase.
Jean Bonbruict, from whom the British Museum has a silver coach watch.
Nicolas Lemaindre, who was watchmaker and valet for Queen Catherine de' Medici. The British Museum also possesses one of his works, as well as the Louvre and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Pierre Landré, from whom a watch is visible in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City.
the Chartier family, among whom Pierre had a son registered as T. Chartier in the Louvre where a cylindrical table clock is exposed.
François Laurier.
Londonian watchmaker Henry Massy was son of Nicolas Massy, born in Blois.
Robert Vauquer, who has now 2 watches in the Louvre and 1 in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
Intellectuals
Peter of Blois (c. 1130 – c. 1211), theologian, poet and diplomat born in Blois.
Paul Reneaulme (c. 1560 – c. 1624), doctor and botanist born in the city.
Florimond de Beaune (1601–1652), jurist and mathematician born in Blois.
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643–1687), first explorer of Louisiana, born in Rouen, then teacher at the Royal College of Blois.
Denis Papin (1647–1713), physicist, mathematician and inventor from Blois.
Angel Baffard (1655–1726), genealogist specialist of Bloisian.
Jean Marie Pardessus (1772–1853), lawyer.
Augustin Thierry (1795–1856), historian born in the city.
Amédée Thierry (1797–1873), historian like his elder brother, and journalist.
Félix Duban (1798–1870), Parisian architect who restored the Château of Blois.
Louis de La Saussaye (1801–1878), numismatist and historian from Blois.
Jules de La Morandière (1813–1905), architect, and Duban's disciple.
Victor-Auguste Poulain (1825–1918), chocolatier who created the Chocolat Poulain brand in 1848.
Albert Poulain (1851–1937), chocolatier and industrialist, son of the precedent.
Tiburce Colonna-Ceccaldi (1832–1892), diplomat and archaeologist born in Blois.
Édouard Blau (1836–1906), dramatist and opera librettist from Blois.
Arthur Trouëssart (1839–1929), architect, historian, and genealogist specialized in Bloisian history.
Adrien Thibault (1844–1918), ceramist born in La Chaussée-Saint-Victor, then historian of Bloisian.
René Guénon (also Sheikh 'Abd al-Wahid Yahya; 1886 – 1951), author, philosopher, social critic, the founder of the Traditionalist School.
Philippe Ariès (1914–1984), medievalist and historian.
Albert Ronsin (1928–2007), 20th-century French scholar, historian, librarian, and curator.
Françoise Xenakis (1930–2018), novelist and journalist.
Maxime Schwartz (born 1940), molecular biologist who has been a research director at the CNRS, and Director General of the Pasteur Institute.
Henri Tézenas du Montcel (1943–1994), economist
Pierre Rosanvallon (born 1948), historian and sociologist.
Christophe Lebreton (1950-1996), Trappist monk and one of the Tibhirine monks.
Luc Foisneau (born in 1963), philosopher and director of research at CNRS.
Sportspersons
Marcel Lehoux (1888–1936), racing driver
Philippe Gondet (1942–2018), footballer.
Nicolas Vogondy (born 1977), cyclist.
Sonia Bompastor (born 1980), female footballer.
Aly Cissokho (born 1987), footballer of Senegalese descent.
Bernard Onanga Itoua (born 1988), footballer.
Alexis Khazzaka (born 1994), Lebanese footballer.
Corentin Jean (born 1995), footballer.
Alpha Kaba (born 1996), basketball player