Hey Gang, I got this letter from Effie, and thought that it was a good one to pass on to all of you. I checked thru all of my documents, and Effie is right, none of them say "Washington" when pertaining to this George. Thank you, Effie, for clearing up this matter for us. Hope you all had a great Fall weekend! Rose ----- Original Message ----- From: Effie Birdwell <enbird@mesh.net> To: Rose Birdwell <birdwell@webworkz.com> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 6:09 PM Subject: Re: George Birdwell and New Stuff > To all concerning George whether it is George Washington, etc. Since George > I was in United States at the time of the Revolutionary War and would be > considered a contemporary of George Washington, I sincerely believe he was > not named for him. As to my George, son of Joseph, no where in any records > that I are my own family researchers have we found have a reference to him > as George Washington or George W. Neither have I seen references to George > I's son as George Washington. I don't think he was listed that way in his > father's Bible which at the moment I can't lay my hands on. The first > reference that I have seen to a George Washington is that of Moses's son, > who was named George Washington, which would be reasonable since he was born > after George Washington became famous and president. I think it is about > time that we use some common sense on this and leave it at George only. The > George Washington myth came about from one or two family and non-family > genealogists doing research on our family and has been perpetuated by others > who took their word as gospel. > > Effie