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Post by ikmccall on Mar 5, 2011 18:47:33 GMT -4
The Lionel Ritchie episode was interesting but they kind of glossed over the ex-wife and young daughter (who grew up to be Lionel's grandmother). And what happened to Mariah, the slave? It would be cool if Lionel had paid to have the cemetery cleaned up.
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Gracie
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Post by Gracie on Mar 6, 2011 1:31:05 GMT -4
I was talking with the researcher that helped him in Nashville. They did some research on her as well. The ex-wife evidently married a few more times. He said that likely the reason his grandmother kept quiet about her parents and it was such a mystery is that she didn't know all the details.
They just finished filming this segment in December and we've had horrible weather for the past couple of months.
From what I understand, LaFrederick Thirkill, the man who took Lionel Richie to Pleasant Gardens Cemetery, has been working for some time toward restoration of the cemetery. Perhaps this will help. Knowing his ancestor had been the caretaker, I can't imagine how he felt when he got out of the car.
As a genealogist, it's a sight I've seen far too many times. It never gets any easier.
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Post by ikmccall on Mar 25, 2011 18:17:22 GMT -4
New episode tonight with Steve Buscemi.
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Post by sumire on Mar 27, 2011 5:30:05 GMT -4
Sad. I don't think I've ever been so relieved to hear that someone died of tuberculosis.
And huh, he pronounces his name "Bu-semmy"?
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Post by eclair on Mar 27, 2011 10:28:03 GMT -4
His episode was really interesting, and he came off like such a nice person, which isn't surprising but was still nice to see. I've always said "Buh-shemee", so I learned something there too. Do they usually focus on more than one ancestor? His great grandfather had so much going on it was totally understandable in this episode why no one else had much attention paid to them, and we did find out what happened to the children sent out to be servants.
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Post by ikmccall on Apr 2, 2011 8:10:06 GMT -4
Gwynnie's episode was interesting. They traced both sides of her family. When they mentioned Barbados and 1868, I thought for sure it was going to involve slave trading.
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Post by GoldenFleece on Apr 2, 2011 18:24:54 GMT -4
There was only so much time to devote to each ancestor, but I wanted to know more about Gwyneth's family coming to Barbados in the first place, and how far back the rabbinical dynasty extends.  I remember her mentioning Grandpa Buster in her Oscar speech so that segment really got my attention. You could tell how much she'd adored him, and at first she was not feeling all that charitable toward the woman who'd hurt him, but was very sympathetic after learning about everything she'd endured. On a shallow note, I loved Gwynnie's winter coat and she looked gorgeous at the end with her mother. |
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Post by americanchai on Apr 2, 2011 18:47:18 GMT -4
The part of the family that went to Barbados from England were working for the merchant shipping company - as the great-great-grandfather was a merchant's clerk.
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Post by GoldenFleece on Apr 2, 2011 19:13:45 GMT -4
I must have missed that. I was wondering how many generations the family had lived in Barbados before the sisters immigrated to America.
Ashley Judd's appearance shocked me a little bit in the previews. It sounds like the colorful family history extends back a few generations.
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Post by americanchai on Apr 3, 2011 8:57:28 GMT -4
I believe the census said that the girls' parents had been born in England so really only one generation was born in Barbados.
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I remember her mentioning Grandpa Buster in her Oscar speech so that segment really got my attention. You could tell how much she'd adored him, and at first she was not feeling all that charitable toward the woman who'd hurt him, but was very sympathetic after learning about everything she'd endured. 