Gregg, Thanks for your reply. I was not really seeking a connection to Napoleon. but hoping a Newton out there had a similar family story (albeit apocryphal) that might make a connection. Patricia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregg Bonner" <greggbonner@yahoo.com> To: <newton@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 2:58 AM Subject: Re: [NEWTON] Newton-Bonaparte connection? Given that the marriage between Napoleon and Josephine produced no children, and ended in divorce, I would say it's pretty unlikely. Why would someone name their kid after someone who divorced their cousin? I'd say that the story was an effect of the naming, not vice-versa. More people than you might imagine, particularly in the south, named their children Napoleon, in honor of Napoleon III, especially around the time of his death. Gregg >________________________________ >From: Al and Patricia Westerfield <westerfield@charter.net> >To: newton@rootsweb.com >Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 11:28 AM >Subject: [NEWTON] Newton-Bonaparte connection? > >Dear Newton searchers, >I know this is from way out in left field, but may lead somewhere. My >family told a story about a connection to Napoleon some said through >Empress Josephine, hence my grandmothers maiden name, Josephine Newton >(1870-1955). I never put much stock in these musings. >However, I just came across the birth record for my great grandmothers >nephew, Charles Newton (1912-1994). it listed his father (my >great-grandmother's younger brother) as Samuel Eugene Napoleon Bonaparte >Newton. Truly weird! > >Any thoughts? >Patricia > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >NEWTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEWTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message