Hi Lloyd; Yes indeed, it seems interesting all right!!! <smiles> I doubt it that 200 Newfoundlanders were blind enough to believe that info......if they did they must have had their lights turned on, but not at home <big grin> and surely not crazy enough to mortgage their homes based on Winston Churchill's estate while he still has a daughter living in England and maybe other children as well........one never knows where these rich Ancestors wills and estates will pop up......we all may just become rich yet<grin> God forbid if they are not "Roy-als" though <smile> we have a better chance on having Russian rich Ancestors than our British Chaps Ancestors. <grin> they immigrated from Europe to Newfoundland to maintain their families needs through Fishing.......poor Guys!! but very gutsy and determined. Cheers Evelyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lloyd Rowsell" <lgrowsell@yahoo.com> To: <NFLD-LAB-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: <ngb_info@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 9:36 PM Subject: ngb_info Badcock and Churchill of NL and NE > Greetings fellow listers, In response to a recent posting on the > Roots List, I received an email from P. Badcock. Here is an > excerpt below which I found interesting and wonder if others are > aware of this Hoax and if the article mentioned in the Telegram is > recorded somewhere on line. Maybe this Badcock or an alias is > 'pulling my leg'. In any case, if the article exists, I would > love to read and copy. Smiles, Lloyd > > > "As an illustration of what may come of oral histories, and > > of interest to you, is The Churchill Estate Hoax which was > > published in July, 2002 in THE TELEGRAM. The basis for this > > article came as a family story from my grandmother and her > > family in Boston and was a mystery for many years. Frankly, > > they thought they had been cheated out their share of the > > enormous Churchill estate involving both Newfoundland and > > England. This story was an intriguing one involving Winston > > Churchill, the Duke of Marlboro, pirates, a Churchill heir being > > lost at sea, a fortune estimated at 100 million dollars > > including a substantial part of the waterfront land in St. > > John's, and included Churchill descendents in Newfoundland, > > Boston, New York, and Vancouver. As it turned out it was > > probably the biggest hoax ever in Newfoundland and left many > > Churchill descendents, including probably 200 or more in > > Newfoundland of which some even mortgaged their homes, a lot > > poorer." > > > > > > > ===== > A three year hobby of researching Surnames (and variations) /ancestors, recorded in BNA before 1835.....*Batten *Beauchamp, *Beecham, *Bishop, Bucham, Buchan, Buchanan, Churchill, *Dawe, Fitzpatrick, *French, **Lamb, **Russell, *Roswell, Rowell, *Rousell, Snow, *Sparks, Tucker In-law surnames of interest include Earle, **Babcock, etc. (*Timeline Docs. on file for these surnames and a history of Bay Roberts CB and St. Mary's PB. All subject related comments, contributions and questions are welcome. **Maritime L o y a l i s t surnames.) > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > ************************************************************** > Going on vacation? Prefer the digest mode? > Manage your NGB Mailing List subscription > http://ngb.chebucto.org/ngb-mail.shtml > >