Ancestry: The Roman Empire Line & the connection of Gauls and Celts

First we must start with a quick lesson.....

A lesson on ‘Descents from Antiquity’

Ancestry is never concrete once you hit a certain point.  Often after a certain time records were not accurately taken, and, therefore, genealogies become reliant on family bibles, wills and in some cases, like those for ancient ancestries, scholarly research on possibly genealogies.  If you are connected to the royal family of King Henry I of England (and many others in his line), you are more than likely connected to Charlemagne at some point.  Now, here is the tricky part: the ancestry of Charlemagne is not set in stone but is only presumed by scholars.  But they’ve done extensive research and some of the ancestral links are pretty widely accepted.  Yet, others are still only a tenuous guess and are, therefore, only conjecture. With that being said, I present the Roman line:

"Romans vs Gauls"by Angelo Todaro

Although not from the Gaul region I'd like to think Boudicca might be what my Celtic ancestors would've looked like! Plus I love Boudicca, she is one of my favorite heroines. "Boudica's husband Prasutagus ruled as a nominally independent ally of Rome and left his kingdom jointly to his daughters and the Roman emperor in his will. However, when he died his will was ignored, and the kingdom was annexed. Boudica was flogged, her daughters raped, and Roman financiers called in their loans," (Wiki Boudica).  She led an uprising against Rome and although she was not successful, she was a leader in her own right. 

The Roman Empire Line by Way of France, Germany, Italy, and Roman-occupied Gaul

1. Me
2. Mom
3. Evelyn Velma Scates
4. Velma Tanner (1890 in Nebraska – 1986 in Lancaster, CA)
5. Mary Hygiana Deuel (1852 in Beloit, WI – 1930 in Ventura County, CA)

Deuel Sisters in Fullerton, California in about 1915: Mary Hygiana, Angelina, Antoinette, Elnora & Estelle

6. Theodore Cross Deuel (1824 in New York – 1909 in Fullerton, CA)
7. Betsy Cross (1799 in Weare, NH – 1891 in Afton, WI)

Reuben and Betsy Cross in 1892 in Afton, Wisconsin in 1892 "when they were both 92"

8. Theodore Cross (1765 in Methuen, MA – 1833 in Antwerp, NY)
9. John Cross III (1711 in Haverhill, MA  – 1769 in Methuen, MA)
10. John Cross II (1681 in Methuen, MA – 1746 in Methuen, MA)
11. John Cross I (1644 in Ipswich, MA – 1697 in Methuen, MA)
12. Robert Cross (1613 in Charlinch, Somersetshire, England  – 1693 in Ipswich, MA) *Immigrant*
13. Thomas Cross (1580 in Somersetshire, England  – 1640 in Ipswich, MA) *Immigrant*
14. Anghard Ellis (1565 in Charlinch, Somersetshire, England   – 1682 in England)
15. Mary Dutton (1516 in Dutton, Cheshire, England  – 1580 in St. Giles Cripplegate, London, England)
16. Eleanor Legh (1480 in Adlington, Cheshire, England  – 1522 in Adlington, Cheshire, England )
17. Katherine Savage (1458 in Clifton, Cheshire, England  – 1515 in England)
18. Knight: Sir John Savage, Lord of Clifton (1403 in Clifton, Cheshire, England  – 1463 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England)
19. Knight: Sir John Savage I (1370 – 1450; b/d in Clifton, Cheshire, England )
20. Margaret Danyers (1347 in Cheadle, Cheshire, England – 1428 in Clifton, Cheshire, England)
21. Isabel Baggiley (1325 – 1364; b/d in Cheadle, Stockport, Cheshire, England )
22. Sir William de Baguley (1305 – after 1325; b/d in Cheadle, Stockport, Cheshire, England )
23. Lucy Corona (illigimate daughter but claimed*) (1250 – 1316; b/d in Cheshire, England)
24. King Edward I, Plantagenet (1239 in Westminster Abbey, London, England – 1307 in Burgh by Sands, Cumberland, England)
25. King Henry III, Plantagenet (1207 in Winchester, City of Winchester, Hampshire, England  – 1272 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England)
26. King John “Lackland” Plantagenet (1166 in Beaumont Palace, Oxfordshire, England  – 1216 in Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England )
27. King Henry II, Plantagenet (1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays De La Loire, France – 1189 in Chinon, Departement d'Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France)
28. Matilda, Holy Roman Empress, Queen of France & Germany (1102 England – 1167 Rouen, France)

Portrait of Empress Mathilda, from "History of England" by St. Albans monks (15th century); Cotton Nero D. VII, f.7, British Library

29. King Henry I (1068 Selby, England – 1135 Saint-Denis-en-Lyons, France)
30. Matilda of Flanders (1031 France – 1083 Caen, France)

Matilda of Flanders, very beautiful image. Born 1031 in France and died 1083 in Caen, France

31. Baldwin, Count of Flanders V (1012 Arrast, France – 1067 Lille, France)
32. Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders (980 France – 1035)
33. Rozala of Italy (937 Italy – 1003 Ghent, Belgium)
34. Willa of Tuscany (911 Arles, France – 970 Bamberg Castle, Bamberg, Germany)
35. Boso, Margrave of Tuscany (885 – 936)
36. Princess Bertha of Lothrainga (863 – 925 Lucca, Italy)
37. King Lothair II, King of Lothrainga (835 – 869 Piacenza, Italy)
38. King Lothair I, King of Lothrainga (795 – 855 Prüm, Germany)
39. King Louis, the Pious, the Fair, the Debonair (apparently, he was hot) (778 Chasseneuil-du-Poitu, France – 840 Ingleheim am Rheim, Germany)
40. Charlemagne (Otherwise known as Charles the Great or Carolus Magnus) (742 Francia – 814 Aachen, Germany)
41. Pepin, The Short (714 Francia – 768 Saint-Denis, France)
42. Charles Martel (686 Herstal, Belgium – 741 Quierzy, France)
43. Pepin of Herstal II (635 – 714 Jupille-Sur-Meuse, Belgium)
44. Ansegisel van Herstal (610 Austrasia – 679)
45. Saint Arnulf of Metz (wife is Saint Doda) 582 Lay-Saint-Christophe, France – 640 Remirement Abbey, Remirement, France)
46. Bishop Arnoald (Sometimes called Arnoldus) of Metz (560 Metz, France – 611 Metz, France)
47. Ansbertus, Gallo-Roman Senator (505 France – 570)
48. Ferreolus of Rodez, Gallo-Roman Senator of Narbonne (born c. 470) – Ancestry continues at bottom.  His mother is Industria, wife of Tonantius Ferreolus, thus she begins at 49.
49. Tonantius Ferreolus, Gallo-Roman Senator (440 – 511) **** see note about mom’s lineage below 
50. Tonantius Ferreolus, Praetorian Prefect of Gaul (405 – 475)

Tonantius Ferreouls (born 405 A.D. - died 475 A.D.

51. Syagria (her name based on father as researched by scholars) (born c. 390 AD)
52. Flavius Afranius Sygarius, Roman Politican, Praefectus Praetorio Italia and Proconsulo of Africa (345 – 399 Lyon, France)

****Tonantius Ferreolus’s mother was Papianilla.  Scholars disagree about the exact parentage of Papianilla.  Some believe she is the niece of the Roman Emperor Eparchius Avitus, while others believe she is his daughter. I believe she was his niece as there were two Papianillas, and it wouldn’t have been uncommon to name a daughter after another woman in the family.  

48. Ferreolus of Rodez, Gallo-Roman Senator of Narbonne (born c. 470)
49. Mother: Industria of Narbo (born between c. 450-465)
50. Flavius Probus (born between c. 420 – 430)
51. Flavius Magnus, Consul of Rome, Praetorian of Gaul, Roman Senator of Narbo (Powerful politician at in  the last days of the Western Roman Empire) (born c. 405)
52. Possibly General Patrician Flavius Felix, Consul of Rome (380 – killed 430)
53. Ennodius, Proconsul of Africa (b. 355 – died sometime after 395)

Now a little background.  "Roman Gaul consisted of an area of provincial rule in the Roman Empire, in modern-day France, southern Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, western Switzerland and western Germany. Roman control of the area lasted for more than approximately 500 years. The Roman Republic began its takeover of Celtic Gaul in 121 BC, when it conquered and annexed the southern reaches of the area. Julius Caesar completed the task by defeating the Celtic tribes in the Gallic Wars of 58-51 BC. The Gaulish language became extinct from the fifth century AD onwards. The last vestige of Roman rule was effaced by the Franks at the Battle of Soissons (486); displacing the Visigothic kingdom of Toulouse in 507 A.D. The city of Lugdunum (now Lyon) had long been the capital of Gaul" (Roman Gaul)

Map of the Tribes of the region during the Time of Caesar, image by NationalVanguard

An early map of Gaul by Athena Pub

"Gallic Warriors at the Battle of Alesia," Image provided by Sierra Toy Soldier)

For further research about the Ferreolus line here is the lineage, however, the parentage of Papianilla is not be accurate in my opinion: (link: Ferreolus of Rodez Image and Info)

The end of the line for research at the moment ends with the Roman Senators of Gaul.  I imagine that they had many ancestors within the area, such as the Goths or Celtic tribes of Gaul.  However, there are no records showing such a connection so that is just my guesstimate.  I am sure some Romans moved to the region after occupation but I imagine some were already in the area and used their influence to become elite members of Roman society, and/or they married the local population and had children so there might also be Goth or Celtic blood in this line some place as not every women's name is recorded and there were some instances of multiple wives and concubines. 

I have always been fascinated with archaeology as well as anthropology.  How did these people live their day-to-day lives, what did they do, and what did they eat?

In pre-Roman times the Gauls & Celts in the area lived in thatched roofed style homes much like this reconstructed version below.  I like to think of my pre-Gaul or Celtic ancestors living in a thatched roof cottage, living simply off the land and with one another. 

Pre-Roman Gaul Home Example Gaul Home Image

After the conquest by the Romans in the area, many of the homes were constructed much like the counterparts in Rome, itself. The villas usually started out small and were added onto as time went on, and as the owners had larger families and more money.  Here is an example of a Roman villa found in England:

© Historic England (illustration by Ivan Lapper) Great Witcomb English Heritage Villa Image 

I like to imagine my Gaul Roman Senator ancestors living in something like the above, and, drinking mulsum, like the recipe below: 

From The Fine Art of Feasting, comes a recipe from Roman Gaul, "An aperitif such as mulsum, consisting of warm, spiced wine, would be served at the beginning of the meal. Among the various delicacies might be patina, a custard-like baked mixture of savory ingredients such as meat, chicken, or fish, herbs, olive oil, nuts, and wine. A sweet version with pears, eggs, honey, and spices could also be served," (recipe and info from The Fine Art of Feastin in Roman Gaul). 

"To taste for yourself a little of Roman Gaul, here’s a recipe for spiced honey wine. Cheers!"

Recipe for Mulsum (Also known as Conditum paradoxum, from Apicius’s De re coquinaria)

Mulsum, an ancient Roman honey wine

Ingredients

1 bottle dry white wine

¾ cup (6 ounces) clear honey

½ teaspoon ground black pepper

2 bay leaves

Pinch saffron threads

Directions

1. Pour 2/3 cup of the wine and the honey into a 2-quart saucepot and bring it to a boil.

2. Remove the saucepot from the heat and add seasonings to the hot wine; set it aside for 5 minutes.

3. After 5 minutes, add the rest of the wine.

4. Serve mulsum warm or transfer the mixture to a glass jar, cover, and refrigerate. As a modern variant, this drink can also be enjoyed cold over ice.

This has been a fascinating journey into my Western Roman Empire heritage, which has actually ended in Africa.  I find the occupation of Africa highly interesting as I did not know much about it! I plan to do some research on the Roman occupation in Africa at a later date.  

So, in the end I will leave you with a picture of King Louis, the Pious, King of Aquitaine, Franks and co-Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire with his dad Charlemagne.  He was supposedly good looking, however, he wasn't the best ruler. 

King Louis, very Debonair as he was called!

What a looker!! Well, gotta run! Thanks for reading!

XOXO,

TheHistoryGirlHousewife

P.S. And another picture of Boudicca, just because I can!

Boudicca by Fluxen on Deviantart (Image Link)

P.S.S. I come by way of my link to the Roman-Gaul-Celtic Line on both side of my family. So here goes my dads version: (Once it hits #25 on the list of the above then you can link up to the same lineage. I guess my parents are cousins about a billion times removed, but who isn't when you go back far enough)!!

1. Me

2. Dad

3. Grandma

4. Marge Marie Williams (1924 - 2007)

5. Elsie Della Hart (1892 Montana - 1962 Klamath Falls, OR)

6. Daniel Mose Hart (1856 Montana or Idaho Reservation - 1938 Klamath Falls, OR)

7. Moses W Hart (1833 Indiana - 1909 Westfall, OR)

The Moses and Mary Hart Stone House is on the National Register of Historic Places in Malheur County, Oregon near Westfall.  It is a Vernacular-Italianate style. (Wiki)

8. Pleasant Hart (1798 Kentucky - 1837 Illinois)

9. Moses Hart (1766 South Carolina - 1823 Indiana)

10. Captain Aaron "the Elder" Hart (1733 Pennsylvania - 1810 Hardin, Kentucky)

11. Thomas Hart (1686 Pennsylvania - 1790 South Carolina)

12. Susannah Rush (1656 - 1725 Pennsylvania)

13. Captain John "Old Trooper" Rush (1623 England - 1699 Pennsylvania) *Immigrant Ancestor*

From here until the end of dads line these are all English born, raised and died (after dads line links up please refer to places of birth and death):

14. Thomas Rushe III (1593 - 1635)

15. Priscilla Cloville (1542 - 1593)

Many of my Cloville ancestors were born in or near Cloville Hall, pictured is Cloville Hall.

16. Sir Francis Cloville, Knight (1516 - 1562)

17. William Cloville (1489 - After 1516)

18. Henry Cloville (1463 - 1513)

19. Margery Allington (1442 - 1467)

20. Sir William Allington, Knight (1397 - 1487)

21. Joane Burgh (1350 - 1445)

22. Mary Plant (1310 - 1377)

23. Earl Henry Plantagenet, of Lancaster (1281 - 1345)

24. Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster (1245 - 1296)

Edmund's nickname, "Crouchback" (meaning "crossed-back"), refers to his participation in the Ninth Crusade (Wiki). 

25. King Henry III (please see #25 on the above list)

Beverly Loyd, Film Actress & Not Forgotten Great Aunt

Beverly Loyd

Great Auntie Beverly Loyd Yandle (nee Gross)

My Great-Aunt Beverly Lloyd (Loyd) Gross was born in Portland, Oregon in June of 1921.  She was born to Charles and Hattie Gross of Portland, Oregon and was the youngest of 3 children: her brothers were Richard, my uncle, and Virgil, my biological grandfather.  Although, I never met any of them in life, I feel especially connected to Beverly.  At the age of 12 she began to model and soon found herself in motion pictures such as Utah with Roy Rogers in 1945 and the Earl Caroll Vanities.  I love old movies and vintage short westerns featuring Dale Evans and Roy Rogers. I was thrilled to find out that my great Aunt was a part of early western movies. Beverly married Loyd Yandle in February of 1941 (although some say 1939) in Washington.  She was a successful motion picture actress and later model-school operator for many years. She died before I got an opportunity to meet her but in my own way, I think we are connected.  I watch her old movies and I think it may be my own way of honoring not just her but the entire Gross Family that has been missing from my life and the lives of my fathers side.  

Copy of the Obituary, detailing Beverly's life (Obituary Link):

Beverly Gross Yandle

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, 2000, in Valley Community Presbyterian Church for Beverly Gross Yandle, who died Aug. 27 at age 79. Mrs. Yandle was born June 16, 1921, in Portland. Her maiden name was Gross. She attended Jefferson High School and graduated from Girls Polytechnic High School. A model from the age of 12, she was named Miss Oregon in 1941. Under the name Beverly Loyd, she was a film actress, appearing in "Utah," a Roy Rogers film of 1945, and the Ingrid Bergman film "Joan of Arc" in 1948. She retired from acting in 1957 and continued modeling and also had a modeling school for a few years. She moved to Hemet, Calif., in about 1980. In 1939, she married Loyd Yandle.

Survivors include her husband; daughter, Beverly Ferrari; son, Mark; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Interment is in Riverside National Cemetery in Los Angeles. Arrangements are by Miller-Jones Mortuary in Hemet.

October 5, 2000

Portland Oregonian


A copy of the Obituary from Lives Remebered: The Telegraph (Telegraph UK Obituaries):

Beverly Lloyd

Oct 21, aged 88. Dancer and B-movie actress under contract to Republic Pictures who appeared in a number of Hollywood films during the 1940s. These included the thriller Silent Partner (1944), in which she played the leading lady to Grant Withers; she was also the beautiful Wanda in the popular Roy Rogers Western Utah (1945) and Constance Grey in The Tiger Woman (1945). As a chorus girl, she was a regular on the early American television series Earl Carroll Vanities and danced on screen opposite John Wayne in The Fighting Seabees (1944). She retired after appearing in Joan of Arc (1948) to marry the Oscar-winning music director Lionel Newman.

Beverly Loyd in Polka Dots and Peggy Stewart on the Trumpet, 1945

Beverly appeared as an entertainer with Earl Caroll Vanities, starred in various motion pictures, and ran a modeling studio.  Some of her performances include (Movie Roster):

1948 Joan of Arc                         -as Court lady, Camp follower
1948 Here Comes Trouble         -as Penny Blake
1945 Earl Carroll Vanities           -as Cigarette Girl
1945 Utah                                   -as Wanda - Bob's girl friend
1945 The Tiger Woman             -as Constance Grey
1944 The Fighting Seabees       -as Chorine
1944 Silent Partner                    -as Mary Price
1944 Sing, Neighbor, Sing         -as Beverly
1943 Pistol Packin' Mama          -as Dancer

Here is not one BUT two terrific films that feature Beverly Loyd, they are also available on Amazon Prime for free (if you are a member). Kick back with some popcorn and enjoy some vintage treasures... They are only 1 hour give or take each.

Utah Movie, Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Beverly Loyd, 1945, Republic Productions

Hal Roach Comedy, Here Comes Trouble, 1948

Extra Screen Shots From Utah, 1945:

Beverly Loyd Speaking with arms folded.

Beverly Loyd pointing, about to go on her Cowboy date!

Beverly Loyd in Polka Dots

Beverly Loyd doing a raised eyebrow smile in Utah, 1945

The following photos are all from the movie Here Comes Trouble, 1948:

Beverly Loyd in a beautiful floral dress.

Beverly Loyd in a flowing floral print dress

Beverly Loyd and William Tracy embrace

I make this face often. LOL

That's not going to work out for poor Dodo.

I loved this dress.  This movie was funny and a total vintage treat.

She had a beautiful smile.

I didn't know Beverly in this life but I am thankful that I get to watch her on screen.  It makes it feel like I know a tiny piece of her, even if just for a moment.  For the brief time she is on screen we are together and I feel privileged to be able to see her. 

Thanks,

XOXO

Happy Halloween!

P.S. The following film features a young Beverly Loyd as one of the ensemble of ladies in the movie:

Roger Conant and the Salem Dream Connection

The Conant Connection and the Salem Dream

Have you ever felt connected to some place or a certain time period but couldn’t explain why? Have you ever had vivid dreams about that place, or could smell it? Have you ever felt you lived in a place or time period and were sure of it? Have you ever felt out of sync, out-of-time or knew you knew a place without ever having been there?

I have.

I will start with the dream. I have had the same reoccurring dream for many, many years now.  I’m not sure when it began but it crops up often and is always the same.  I am standing in an early saltbox home, although I never ‘see’ the outside of the house I just know that it is a light brown in parts and dark brown in other areas.  It isn’t a big home but small and cozy.  My reoccurring dream is the same no matter how much I try to move around.  I am always rooted in front of a low table or wooden counter space.  The only think I see is the stained glass window that features yellow, golds and some browns and the pattern seems to be a wheat stalk or flower of muted colors.  It’s the only bright distinguishing feature.  I can tell I am wearing a dress but I never see the actual dress.  If I move away from the window I always loose the dream.  The smell of the house is a mixture of bread dough, not yet baked and a hearth fire that isn’t quite ready.  I’m not sure what I am doing with my hands but I know they are busy.  And, as I said I am not sure what I am wearing but I also sense that my hair is strawberry red/blonde mixed and it’s pulled back and covered in a cap of sorts.  I can see this dream, feel this dream and I can even smell this dream. Once in a while, if I am out and about in the here and now, and I smell that certain scent it’ll take me back to the spot… to that time period.  It’s as if I am home for only a few brief moments.  The only other concrete thing is that from the beginning of this dream I knew I lived in Essex County, Massachusetts and was not located within a village but we weren’t far from Danvers and Salem, Massachusetts.  I also knew and could sense it was early in colonial history, as though we were still under the British crown.  Far from the years of the Revolution, and in fact, far from the years of the Salem Witch Trials.

So when it came time for me to research my family history I was expecting to find Massachusetts relatives but what I was not expecting to find was my 11^th great grandfather was Roger Conant.  Governor Roger Conant, founder of Salem.  I knew I was connected to him.  I knew it as easily as I know my own address right now.  It was like a lightbulb for me.  A connection so deep that I held my breath with each of my Massachusetts relatives within his line.  I felt so much a part of this family.  I felt at home.  Massachusetts is a place I know I lived once before.  It’s why I am an ardent ancestral digger.  I have always felt deeply connected to the past but where it concerns the Salem area, I know I KNOW I have lived there once in a past life and my brain has allowed, or was able to save just one tiny scrape of my previous life. 

This line means a lot to me and I have researched many of these folks and they led incredible lives.  They were immigrants, farmers, distinguished men and women, and were pioneers of the America we know and love today.

Conant Line:

Governor Roger Conant was born in April of 1592 in East Budleigh, Devon, England.  He was an immigrant, arriving in Massachusetts where he settled what is now Salem.  He married Sarah Horton and together they had my 10^th great grandfather Lot Conant. 

Statue of Roger Conant, founder of Salem, Massachusetts, photo taken in 2004. Image provided by: Wikipedia)

Lot Conant (1624 – 1674) married Elizabeth Mansfield (1629 – 1650).  Together they had:

Roger Conant, Jr. (1668 – 1745) who married Mary Raiment/Raymond (1684 – 1783).  Together they had:

Mehitable Conant (1715 – 1814) and she married Josiah Piper, Sr. (1708 – 1758).  Together they had:

Josiah Piper, Jr. (1708 – 1758) who married Mary (surname unknown); together they had:

Mary “Polly” Piper (1769 – 1846) who married Walsingham Bosworth (best name EVER) (1777 – 1821), together they had:

Olive Bosworth (1801 – 1875) who married Samuel Willis Cowden (1786 – 1873), together they had:

Elizabeth Betsy Cowden (1816 – 1866) who married Charles M Scates (1810 – 1891) and together they had:

Charles Luther Scates (1844 – 1899) who married the widow, Alice Elizabeth James (nee Lampson); who together had:

Luther Bertcell Scates (1868 – 1940) who married Emma Catherine Pitzer (1869 – 1947) and together they had my great grandpa Charles Edward, who married Velma and who together had my lovely little granny Evelyn Velma.

The first six family members after Gov. Roger Conant were all Massachusetts born and/or died. It’s simply amazing that I’m connected to my dream through my family and through relatives I didn’t know existed but could only feel in spirit.  I’ve often prided myself on not being religious but being spiritual and this only strengthens my resolve.

XOXOXO,

Nellie Hull

Picts and Vikings Line

Working on my Pict/Celt and Viking line is always a fun ride.  With lineages that go back this far it is important to note that new information always comes up and sometimes changes have to happen in a line that directs the whole ballgame onto a new direction.  I once worked on a Shelton line in which I had a major error in one of the names of my ancestors that unraveled probably a good 6 months worth of work. Ugh. Super frustrating but it does happen. I work really hard on lines, ancestry, and trees but errors occur.

**Note: When I use the word lines as opposed to trees it is because I am working on straight lineage connections to myself, omitting spouses and siblings.  In no way shape or form should you do this when working on actual trees because not only can siblings and spouses tell you much valid information but they can also provide information about what happened to the family after the persons death (as in probate records, deeded lands, and remarriages). This paints an incredible picture of the lives of many ancestors.  I only provide lines after I've worked on the actual tree enough to provide a good snapshot of my ancestors' heritages.

And like all ancestry work... IT. WILL. NEVER. BE. FULLY. COMPLETED! Also, I am an amateur so anything you take away from this line needs to be fully researched and investigated on your own time.

So here are my two heritage lines (they are the same until #28):

Viking  Heritage Line:

Sea-faring Danes depicted invading England. Illuminated illustration from the 12th century Miscellany on the Life of St. Edmund. Pierpont Morgan Library. Image Provided by (Wikipedia).

1. Me
2. Mom
3. Grandmother
4. Velma Tanner (1890 in Nebraska – 1986 in Lancaster, CA)
5. Mary Hygiana Deuel (1852 in Beloit, WI – 1930 in Ventura County, CA)
6. Theodore Cross Deuel (1824 in New York – 1909 in Fullerton, CA)
7. Betsy Cross (1799 in Weare, NH – 1891 in Afton, WI)
8. Theodore Cross (1765 in Methuen, MA – 1833 in Antwerp, NY)
9. John Cross III (1711 in Haverhill, MA  – 1769 in Methuen, MA)
10. John Cross II (1681 in Methuen, MA – 1746 in Methuen, MA)
11. John Cross I (1644 in Ipswich, MA – 1697 in Methuen, MA)
12. Robert Cross (1613 in Charlinch, Somersetshire, England  – 1693 in Ipswich, MA) *Immigrant*
13. Thomas Cross (1580 in Somersetshire, England  – 1640 in Ipswich, MA) *Immigrant*
14. Anghard Ellis (1565 in Charlinch, Somersetshire, England   – 1682 in England)
15. Mary Dutton (1516 in Dutton, Cheshire, England  – 1580 in St. Giles Cripplegate, London, England)
16. Eleanor Legh (1480 in Adlington, Cheshire, England  – 1522 in Adlington, Cheshire, England )
17. Katherine Savage (1458 in Clifton, Cheshire, England  – 1515 in England)
18. Knight: Sir John Savage, Lord of Clifton (1403 in Clifton, Cheshire, England  – 1463 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England)
19. Knight: Sir John Savage I (1370 – 1450; b/d in Clifton, Cheshire, England )
20. Margaret Danyers (1347 in Cheadle, Cheshire, England – 1428 in Clifton, Cheshire, England)
21. Isabel Baggiley (1325 – 1364; b/d in Cheadle, Stockport, Cheshire, England )
22. Sir William de Baguley (1305 – after 1325; b/d in Cheadle, Stockport, Cheshire, England )
23. Lucy Corona (illigimate daughter but claimed*) (1250 – 1316; b/d in Cheshire, England)
24. King Edward I, Plantagenet (1239 in Westminster Abbey, London, England – 1307 in Burgh by Sands, Cumberland, England)
25. King Henry III, Plantagenet (1207 in Winchester, City of Winchester, Hampshire, England  – 1272 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England)
26. King John “Lackland” Plantagenet (1166 in Beaumont Palace, Oxfordshire, England  – 1216 in Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England )
27. King Henry II, Plantagenet (1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays De La Loire, France – 1189 in Chinon, Departement d'Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France)
a. Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122 in France – 1204 in Mirabell Castle, France)
28. Matilda, Holy Roman Empress and Queen of France & Germany (1102 in Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England – 1167 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France)
29. King Henry I (1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England – 1135 in Saint-Denis-en-Lyons, Normandy )
30. King William “The Conqueror” [First Norman King of England] (1028 in Falaise, Normandy  – 1087 in Priory of Saint Gervase, Rouen, Normandy )
31. Robert I, Duke of Normandy (1000 in Normandy, France – 1035 in Nicaea, Turkey [now Iznik] )
32. Richard II, Duke of Normandy (963 – 1026; b/d in Normandy, France)
33. Richard I, Duke of Normandy (933 – 996; b/d in Fécamp Normandy, France)
34. William “Longsword” I, Duke of Normandy (893 in Bayeux or Rouen, France – 942 in Picquigny on the Somme in France)
35. Rollo [also known as Hrólfr or Granger Hrólf in Icelandic Sagas] (846 in Møre og Romsdal, Norway – 932 in Normandy, France)
36. Rögnvaldr “The Wise” Eysteinsson, Jarl of Møre, Norway (d. 890)
37. Eystein “The Clatterer” Ivarsson, Jarl of Oppland & Hedmark, Norway (805 – 846 b/d in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway)
38. Ivar “Vidfame” Halfdansson, King of Sweden (780 in Oppland, Norway  – 824 in Vestfold, Norway) [Also known as Eyestein the Fart]
39. Halfdon “The Aged” Sveidasson, Jarl of Upland (750 in Oppland, Norway– 800 in Borri, Norway)
40. Sveidi "Sea King" Heytirsson, Norse King (650 in Romsdal, Møre og Romsdal, Norway – 710 in Oppland, Norway)

“According to both the Heimskringla Saga and the Orkneyinga Saga, Eystein Ivarsson Glumra was the father of Rognvald. The Orkneyinga Saga says Eystein Glumra's earliest ancestor was Fornjot, King of Finland and Kvenland. Fornjot's great-great-grandson was Thorri who had two sons, Norr and Gorr, who emigrated westward. Norr took the mainland called Norway and Gorr took the islands. Gorr's son Heiti was the father of Sveithi (Sveide), the Sea King, who died about 760. Sveithi's son, Halfdan the Old, who died in 800, was the father of Ivar, Earl of the Uplands. And Ivar, in turn, was the father of Eystein Ivarsson Glumra.”

Therefore, the line would be furthered as follows
41. Heiti
42. Gorr
43. Thorri

For additional Research:

Source: Excerpts from the Saga of Hardrada

Source: The Orkneying Saga

Source: Descendants of Fornjotur Kvenland King

Source: Eystein Glumra & Viking Line

Celtic/Pict Heritage Line:

The Aberlemno Serpent Stone, Class I Pictish stone with Pictish symbols, showing (top to bottom) the serpent, the double disc and Z-rod and the mirror and comb.  Image provided by (Wikipedia). 

1. Me 

2. Paula Vance

3. Grandmother

4. Velma Tanner (1890 in Nebraska – 1986 in Lancaster, CA)

5. Mary Hygiana Deuel (1852 in Beloit, WI – 1930 in Ventura County, CA)

6. Theodore Cross Deuel (1824 in New York – 1909 in Fullerton, CA)

7. Betsy Cross (1799 in Weare, NH – 1891 in Afton, WI)

8. Theodore Cross (1765 in Methuen, MA – 1833 in Antwerp, NY)

9. John Cross III (1711 in Haverhill, MA  – 1769 in Methuen, MA)

10. John Cross II (1681 in Methuen, MA – 1746 in Methuen, MA)

11. John Cross I (1644 in Ipswich, MA – 1697 in Methuen, MA)

12. Robert Cross (1613 in Charlinch, Somersetshire, England  – 1693 in Ipswich, MA) *Immigrant*

13. Thomas Cross (1580 in Somersetshire, England  – 1640 in Ipswich, MA) *Immigrant*

14. Anghard Ellis (1565 in Charlinch, Somersetshire, England   – 1682 in England)

15. Mary Dutton (1516 in Dutton, Cheshire, England  – 1580 in St. Giles Cripplegate, London, England)

16. Eleanor Legh (1480 in Adlington, Cheshire, England  – 1522 in Adlington, Cheshire, England )

17. Katherine Savage (1458 in Clifton, Cheshire, England  – 1515 in England)

18. Knight: Sir John Savage, Lord of Clifton (1403 in Clifton, Cheshire, England  – 1463 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England)

19. Knight: Sir John Savage I (1370 – 1450; b/d in Clifton, Cheshire, England )

20. Margaret Danyers (1347 in Cheadle, Cheshire, England – 1428 in Clifton, Cheshire, England)

21. Isabel Baggiley (1325 – 1364; b/d in Cheadle, Stockport, Cheshire, England )

22. Sir William de Baguley (1305 – after 1325; b/d in Cheadle, Stockport, Cheshire, England )

23. Lucy Corona (illigimate daughter but claimed*) (1250 – 1316; b/d in Cheshire, England)

24. King Edward I, Plantagenet (1239 in Westminster Abbey, London, England – 1307 in Burgh by Sands, Cumberland, England)

25. King Henry III, Plantagenet (1207 in Winchester, City of Winchester, Hampshire, England  – 1272 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England)

26. King John “Lackland” Plantagenet (1166 in Beaumont Palace, Oxfordshire, England  – 1216 in Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England )

27. King Henry II, Plantagenet (1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays De La Loire, France – 1189 in Chinon, Departement d'Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France)

a. Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122 in France – 1204 in Mirabell Castle, France)

28. Matilda, Holy Roman Empress and Queen of France & Germany (1102 in Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England – 1167 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France)

29. Matilda of Scotland (1080 in Dunfermine, Scotland – 1 May 1118 in Westminster Palace, England)

30. Malcolm III “Canmore” King of Alba (1031 in Scotland – 13 Nov 1093 in Alnwick, England)

31. Duncan I, King of Alba (d. 14 Aug 1040 in Pitgaveny near Elgin)

32. Bethoc MacAlpine (984 in Perth and Kinross, Scotland – 1043 in Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross, Scotland)

33. Malcolm II “The Destroyer”, King of Scots (d. 25 Nov 1034 in Glamis, Scotland)

34. Kenneth II “The Fratricide” King of Alba (954 – 995 in Fettercairn)

35. Malcolm I, King of Alba (900 – 954)

36. Donald II, King of Picts and Alba (d. 900 in Forres or Dunnottar)

37. Constantine I, King of Picts (d. 877 in Atholl)

38. Kenneth I (Kenneth MacAlpine), King of Picts (810 in Iona Island, Scotland – 13 Feb 858 in Cinnbelachar, Scotland)

39. Alpíne Mac Echdach {Pictish Name: Ælfwine} (d. 836 in Galloway, Ireland [Killed])

40. Possibly Eochaid

Lots of names, lots of work and it will never fully be completed but man, isn't it fun to know who you are in the end? I fill very connected to history and to these people as if I have always known them and felt them in my spirit.  The tree I am working on lately is Roger Conant's and he is my 11th Great-Grandfather.  He is also the founder of Salem, a place I have always felt a deep spiritual connection even when I was very young. Perhaps his soul and the souls of all my ancestors dwell in my cosmetic and genetic makeup. They are somewhere in my soul. And as such, ancestry is very much alive to me and my ancestors are always deep within me and around me.  I feel them and I hope someday you feel yours too. 

My favorite quote and I truly believe this quote.

The past is alive because we are, our ancestors love...

XOXOXO,

Nellie Hull

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