April 11, 2010: Toffs and Toughs

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

This is my grandfather's cane or walking stick. He was British and went out to China in 1901......

....... his full name was quite upper class, it was Melton Edwin Arthur Lionel Summers.

I suspect I'm not going to tell you anything you don't already know, but just in case................

As I have done some family history research of my own, I thought it would be worth Googling "Melton Edwin Arthur Lionel Summers" and came up with a couple of hits on Rootsweb. LINK

You are probably about to tell me that you made the above postings

[chrisinhouston]

Originally Posted by Carruthers

I suspect I'm not going to tell you anything you don't already know, but just in case................

You are probably about to tell me that you made the above postings

No but I supplied some of the data to my distant cousin, Sam McMutry who lives in Australia where one branch of the Shaws of Ireland went to and he is the one who has posted the tree at the Rootsweb website. Much of the Shaw data can also be found a fairly rare book, "A History of the Clan Shaw".

By the way, my 3rd cousin twice removed was noted author and playwright George Bernard Shaw! The Internet has done wonders for homespun genealogists.

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

By the way, my 3rd cousin twice removed was noted author and playwright George Bernard Shaw! The Internet has done wonders for homespun genealogists.

When I looked at Rootsweb and saw 'An Irish Shaw Family' it crossed my mind that there might be GBS connection.
I, on the other hand, seem to be descended from long lines of horny handed sons of toil. Not the remotest claim to fame anywhere

Carruthers

[chrisinhouston]

Originally Posted by Carruthers

When I looked at Rootsweb and saw 'An Irish Shaw Family' it crossed my mind that there might be GBS connection.
Carruthers

Funny thing is, the main Shaw ancestor that my line descends from was Captain William Shaw who was given a grant of land in Ireland for saving General Ponsoby at the Battle of the Boyne. In reality, my ancestors who owned stately homes in Ireland were Protestant transplants from England or Scotland and were squatters on Irish land.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

Funny thing is, the main Shaw ancestor that my line descends from was Captain William Shaw who was given a grant of land in Ireland for saving General Ponsoby at the Battle of the Boyne. In reality, my ancestors who owned stately homes in Ireland were Protestant transplants from England or Scotland and were squatters on Irish land.

My Grandmother was a Shaw, so we're related... sorta... distantly.


Guess you'd rather I kept that quit, huh?