For those who have Jarboe interest. Courtesy of Thomas Jarboe ----- Original Message ----- From: Randy Dunavan <randyd@texramp.net> To: Duvoisin Denis <dduvoisin@planet.ch>; Steve Everley <severley@sound.net> Cc: <JARBOE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 11:06 AM Subject: Re: Jarboe family in France > Greetings all, > > This may be of interest to those in search of John Jarboes' roots in France. > > > An excerpt from the written histories of Professor John Rudolph Jarboe > 1877. > > " Cousin" said cousin Joe Jarboe to me one day while chatting with him about > the family and while bringing up family reminiscences (it was when I was in > Kansas City in 1858), > "Cousin" do you know if we have a Family Coat of Arms: you were speaking of > the KY Jarboe's; a certain man in KY (he gave me the name but it is > forgotten), married into one of the most prominent families of said tribe > and the family have an oil painting commemorating a real event or a mythical > one or legend which is current in the family, as follows. A certain King of > France was hunting with his courtiers in one of the Royal Forests; now being > somewhat ambitious to be foremost on the hunt and to display his gallantry > and craftiness or huntsman's skill before his court he was first in pursuit > of the wild boar. Such was his ardor that he found himself far in advance > of his followers when all at once the ferocious animal, slightly wounded, > turned upon the King and and perhaps it would have been bad for his Majesty > but chance or providence provided for his rescue. There happened to be > near, one of the foresters or huntsmen of the Royal Monarch, by well > directed thrust of his spear laid the brute dead at the feet of the horse of > the Royal Huntsman. The King wishing to have all the honor to himself, > briefly gave the forester his cue and intimated a reward. On the arrival of > his Lords and Gentlemen be pointed out his trophy and alluding to the slight > assistance offered him he bade the astonished peasant kneel down saying > Gerber or Huntsman you kneel and striking him on the shoulder with the flat > of his sward "rise as Sir Jas Beau" which maybe liberally translated fine, > timely or beautiful interference (I am afraid there is little *** of mine on > the translating of names) > the rest is cousin Joes. JRJ > > The legend says that the peasant was knighted on the hunting field. Now > this Kentucky Jarboe family were all lineal descendants of old Rodolph > Jarboe grandfather, hence > the legend must have reference to his ancestors and it is positively certain > that he emanated from that old Jarboe of 1640 and that he (here certainly > fails), was > probably acton of that peasant to whom the King gave knighthood in exchange > for the honor of killing the boar. Now as I have not been able to find as > yet any corroboration of the legend in any history of France. I have been > let to look up dates. The advent of the Maryland Jarboe was in 1640: Louis > 13th reigned at that time and if memory is not at fault he was anything else > that a man to peril his life in a wild boar chase. Henry the 4th his father > was assassinated about 1604 by _ _ _ _ _ [a certain Francois Ravaillac a > fanatic], > and though he was a gallant, brave man (surnamed the Great), yet I do not > think any such event could have transpired in his history as we have > abundance of anecdotes about the gay and gallant (in another sense) King. > Perhaps the Peasant Knight may have kept the secret or perhaps the fact may > have occurred under some of the more obscure Monarchs > in the 1500's, that is the 16th century. "But the good Knights are dust, > their swords are rust: but heir souls are with the saints, we trust", Walter > Scott. > > When I opened my school on Sharp Street, I had among other teachers Henry M > Banning. > His font was language and his passion Archaeological Etymology: Always > investigating the origins and meaning of pateonymles. Without knowing > anything of the legend, he one day said to me, "Professor Jarboe, I have > been looking up the meaning of your name," and to avoid circumlocution here > was the result of his investigations. The name Jarboe is not French, that > is it has no corresponding roots in that language. But in looking for a > word of corresponding form among obsolete German one he found the word > "Gerber" > which means a huntsman or hunter, that is a man whose business is that of a > forester or > hunter. Sot that, the conclusion he came to was that the Jarboe Tribe was > not Celtic > or Keltic as they write it nowadays, but Teutonic that is it belonged to one > of the many peoples that were descended from the hordes who crossed the > river Rhine with Clovis at their head in the 5th Century. So if this > investigation be true we are Cognate with the Scandinavians embracing the > Danes, the Norwegians, the Anglo Saxons, and the Normans, that proud race > now dominating and destined not doubt to rule and civilze the whole human > family. The Kelts you know were the race that was spread all over Europe > first. They were followed by the Teutonic, who almost literally tore down > or wiped out the former. The Slavonic Race is now fast treading on the > heels of the German or the Indo European as it is now called. But what is to > be the future of the Selvages is beyond human kin. Judging however by the > recent exhibition of the Servians (Selaves) > partiatism, skill, and bravely in their contest with the Turks, Europe has > no cause to be alarmed for the future. I think so far as the Servians are > concerned they had better abandon the name of Selaves and take that of > slaves. The Inod Germanic Race lies between the Keltic and the Selave, and > if as I Believe, our family is not Keltic, I am heartily glad of it. As I > have no very strong predilertious in favor of Kelts who wear the Green and > who have come very near ruling this country. God forbid that they ever > shuld turn it into a New Ireland where every man as in the "Ould" would > rejoice in his cabin in which his cow, his pig, and his children huddle > together in one den, a receptacle of > filth and nastiness while from the pool of water in front arises and odor > not quite equal to that of the rose. 9 10 hrs. March 16th in the year of > Grace 1877. J.R.J. > > > > Note: > > Born: 1601 > Died: 1643 > King of France 1610-43 > Son of Henri of Navarre / Henri IV > Rulers of France > Louis XIII ruled under the regency of his mother, Marie de' Medici. He was > declared of age in 1614, but his mother continued to rule, excluding him > from control of France. In 1615 he married Anne of Austria. In 1617 he > ordered the assassination of Marie's minister, Concino Concini, and exiled > Marie de' Medici. She was temporarily reinstated in the court. > A melancholy man, Louis turned his government over to Cardinal Richelieu and > his successor, Cardinal Mazarin. He was succeeded by his son, Louis XIV. > > > > > I thinks this is his line? > > Descendants of John Rodolph Jarboe, Sr > > > Generation No. 1 > > 1. JOHN RODOlPH8 JARBOE, SR (VERNON7, RODOLPH6, HENRY5, HENRY4, HENRY3, > JOHN2, JARBO1) was born 1812 in Baltimore, Md, and died May 07, 1884 in > Allegheny, Pa. He married CATHERINE C. DOGGETT April 21, 1835 in Baltimore > Co., Md. She was born Abt. 1816 in VA. > > Children of JOHN JARBOE and CATHERINE DOGGETT are: > i. ANN ELIZA9 JARBOE, b. May 11, 1837, Elk Ridge, Howard Co., Md; m. > FRANCIS E. MUDD, November 14, 1865; b. 1834. > 2. ii. VERNON COOK JARBOE, b. February 06, 1840, Elk Ridge, Howard Co., Md; > d. 1880 census Barton Co., Ks. > iii. CATHERINE EUGENIA JARBOE, b. January 18, 1842, Elk Ridge, Howard Co., > Md. > 3. iv. JOHN RODOLPH JARBOE, JR., b. February 16, 1836, Howard Co., Md; d. > July 04, 1893, San Francisco, CA. > v. MARY ANN 'MOLLIE' JARBOE, b. Abt. 1844, Elk Ridge, Howard Co., Md; m. > JULIAS A. HOAG; b. 1840, Riverside, Ca. > vi. WALTER S. JARBOE, b. 1846, Elk Ridge, Howard Co., Md; m. AGNES A. > WARNER, January 09, 1868, Baltimore, Md; b. 1850. > vii. HARRY JARBOE, b. 1850, Elk Ridge, Howard Co., Md. > viii. THOMAS JARBOE, b. 1852, Elk Ridge, Howard Co., Md. > ix. CHARLES WILLIAM JARBOE, b. September 1848, Elk Ridge, Howard Co., Md. > > > Generation No. 2 > > 2. VERNON COOK9 JARBOE (JOHN RODOPH8, VERNON7, RODOLPH6, HENRY5, HENRY4, > HENRY3, JOHN2, JARBO1) was born February 06, 1840 in Elk Ridge, Howard Co., > Md, and died in 1880 census Barton Co., Ks. He married EMMA S. CAMPBELL > August 30, 1870 in Miami County, Ks. She was born 1850 in N.Y.. > > Children of VERNON JARBOE and EMMA CAMPBELL are: > i. VERNON C.10 JARBOE, JR., b. 1872, Ks. > ii. CATHERIN JARBOE, b. 1875, N.Y.. > iii. MARGARET JARBOE, b. 1877, Ks. > iv. CHILD JARBOE, b. September 29, 1888, Paola, Ks. > > 3. JOHN RODOLPH9 JARBOE, JR. (JOHN RODOPH8, VERNON7, RODOLPH6, HENRY5, > HENRY4, HENRY3, JOHN2, JARBO1) was born February 16, 1836 in Howard Co., Md, > and died July 04, 1893 in San Francisco, CA. He married MARY HALSEY THOMAS > October 25, 1860 in San Fransisco, Ca, daughter of ELEAZER THOMAS and > CODELIA BRAINERD. She was born August 28, 1842 in Gates, NY, and died 1922 > in NY. > > Children of JOHN JARBOE and MARY THOMAS are: > i. PAUL ROBINSON10 JARBOE, b. December 22, 1867, San Francisco, CA; d. > January 15, 1916, San Francisco, CA. > ii. JOHN RODOLPH JARBOE III, b. September 1861, San Francisco, Calif. > iii. MARY KATHRYN JARBOE, b. Abt. 1864, San Francisco, CA; d. Abt. 1922, > NY; m. JEROME CASE BULL, 1892, San Fransisco, Ca; b. 1860, San Francisco, > CA. > > > > Randy Dunavan > Longview, Tx > > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/d/u/n/James-R-Dunavan/index.html > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Steve Everley <severley@sound.net> > To: <JARBOE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 5:50 PM > Subject: Jarboe family in France > > > > To all list subscribers. > > > > This past weekend I had a chance to visit with another long > > lost down-the-tree relative of the Jarboe Tribe. We had a > > nice chat for an afternoon and exchanged lots of > > information. She asked if I knew what research had been > > done in France on good old Col. Jarboe from Dijon. I said I > > had no direct knowledge of any research done by a specific > > person but I was sure that in the 400 years since his death > > someone has done something.!!! > > > > She is planning to go to France this fall and would like > > to point her limited time in a direction of NEW digging > > rather than covering what someone else has done. To that end > > and to the help of all of us in the LIST, could you please > > post some specific information you might know of so a > > starting point might be more fruitful for her,,, and US.. > > > > All information on this list is being archived and put into > > research categories for posting at my WEB site. > > www.pi4hire.com/JARBOE/index.htm > > > > Type away ya all and lets help her help us find this long > > lost question of Just WHO was he in France and who were his > > parents..???? > > > > My understanding he was in the French Army so that avenue is > > one where someone could research if not already done. > > > > Her message to me is as follows and her e-mail address. > > Conversations and such could be directed to the LIST for all > > to see if not discussing confidential stuff on a living > > person.. > > > > Thanks, Steve Everley Steve@pi4hire.com Jarboe-L/D > > List Owner > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Willa Jo <willajo@enid.com> > > To: Steve . Everley <JARBOE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Date: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 12:52 PM > > Subject: {not a subscriber} Jarboe family in France > > > > > > >Dear Steve, > > >It was great to meet you in Kansas City and learn more > > about the Jarboes. > > > > > >As I mentioned to you, we are going to Paris this Fall and > > would really like to pursue the search in France. You told > > me that previous attempts had not been successful. > > > > > >If any of your contacts would share with me their attempts > > to locate Jarboes in France (both successes and failures), I > > would like to pick up the trail and share the results. > > > > > >Thanks for your help. > > > > > >willajo@enid.com > > >@enid.com > > > > > > > > >