The first he dodged by flying a Danish flag, pretending to be a merchant ship and claimed that the boat could not be searched as they were ridden with plague! The second escape was a stroke of genius. The enemy was chasing them by night, following the light from theSpeedy. Cochrane let...
Canada. The Kaiser name in Nova Scotia dates from the 1750’s when Johann George Kaiser came to Lunenburg with his family from Hesse in Germany as one of its early settlers. Kaiser, sometimes Keizer and sometimes other spellings, has remained part of the town since that time. A descendant...
a那种自然的交流方式,是任何其它方式都无法取代的 That natural exchange way, is any other ways all is unable to substitute[translate] a@songsanghee pues en enero dice que empezaba a subir asi que dentro de poquito... xD[translate]
It was not long before they began to intermarry with the Irish and there are a huge number of Irish names that date from this time, about 10% of all names found in Ireland today. Some names are clearly Norman in origin, such asMolyneux, which is found in Kerry, andDevereux, which in...
saying he loved his wife and had been kept from her. The rope broke and the crowd shouted for him to flee, but McNaughton declared that he was not going to be known as ‘half-hanged McNaughton’ and ordered the hangman to get on with his work. The rope did not break again and, ...
There is no proof that the John Hardy (1613-1676) was the son of Richard Hardy and AliceWilson That there is no proof this Richard Hardy was the son of the John de Hardy who married Margaret Newton. as shown on the Wetwang Visitation. ...
Allens from Bridgewater sailed for America in the 1630’s, but there was a notable Allen family that remained. The forebear of this family was Dr. John Allen of Bridgewater, said to have been from an old west country family. He was a much respected physician with many scientific interests...
Spain.The Osborne name came to prominence in Spain in a curious way. In the 1950’s the Osborne sherry company erected large images of bulls, in black with the maker’s name, on roadside advertising hoardings around Spain. This image became so iconic that the Osborne bull (toro de Osborne...
refused to pay the King’s new tax levy. This resulted in the Sheriff of Oxford attempting to raise the money by seizing his cattle. The case continued to be fought in the courts. It was said to have been one of the small sparks that contributed to the start of the Civil War in 164...
Something that they have and that we the unfamous don’t have? Factors We considered eight different factors as to why people might become famous: Family Education Family support Talent Perseverance Dealing with adversity Right place, right time and Luck! So we looked at every one of our ...