Category Archives: Fun Stuff

Everett’s Baby Pictures

Posted on October 16, 2010 by markeminer

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Family Cars 1924 – 2004

Posted on October 16, 2010 by markeminer

Some of the models are guesses and I have no idea the make and model of “Looking Sharp”  Please comment if you know. Everett’s first, *Ford Sedan. used*, recycled from Dad’s first post war car and turned over to him … Continue reading →

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Pets

Posted on October 16, 2010 by markeminer

The dates are mostly estimates, I put them in mainly to order the photos Mike, a pure bred, show ready, pedigreed, wired-hair terrier with a long official alias that included “High Pockets” lived with Everett, both in El Centro and in Inglewood. … Continue reading →

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Charlemagne

Posted on July 29, 2010 by markeminer

Charlemagne (742 – 814) was King of the Franks and Emperor of the Romans He was Alex’s 43rd Great Grandfather, one of 243 in this generation of the Miner line. Charlemagne is believed to have been born in 742;  His parents were Pippin the … Continue reading →

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Thomas Miner Diary

Posted on July 5, 2010 by markeminer

The diary of Thomas Miner is a unique memorial of daily life in 17th Century New England.  Almost all other writing from the period concerns religious and legal matters.  Although the entries are terse and never give details, they do … Continue reading →

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Lyon’s Whelp

Posted on July 5, 2010 by markeminer

While we are on the subject of our original Thomas Miner,  he arrived on the Lyon’s Whelp in 1629.  I bet you didn’t know there was a whole whelp of Lyon’s Whelps – Nine in All … 1629  – Lyon’s … Continue reading →

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The Curious Pedigree of Lt. Thomas Minor

Posted on July 5, 2010 by markeminer

I like the story of a 328 year old hoax better than the real thing …. From the NEHGS New England Historical and Genealogical Register of July 1984, pages 182-185 By  John A. Miner and Robert F. Miner For over a period … Continue reading →

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Veterans

Posted on July 5, 2010 by markeminer

Jamestown 1610 Thomas WEST 3rd Baron de la Warr (1577 – 1618)  (Wikipedia)  was the Englishman after whom the bay, the river, and, consequently, an American Indian people and U.S. state, all later called “Delaware“, were named. In 1597 he was elected member of parliament … Continue reading →

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Ship Captains

Posted on July 1, 2010 by markeminer

We have a lot of sea captains in our line. That’s especially interesting to me since I went into shipping too.  That reminds me of an old joke:  My wife is on crack, my daughter is a whore, my sister’s … Continue reading →

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Origins

Posted on July 1, 2010 by markeminer

At Sea Storm Albertse Van Der Zee – 2 Nov 1636 at Sea lattitude 41 degrees 50 minutes on the Arms of Rensslaerswyck. Cornelis Lambertsen Brink –  4 May, 1661. on the ship as his parents and two siblings were coming to the … Continue reading →

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