Hi again Gail, I consider the Holston my "home river." My Hurst grandfather owned at least the ferry landing for a ferry across the river in Hawkins Co. My mother's Spoon family lived along Panther Creek, which before 1870 was part of the boundary between Grainger and Jefferson. Before I started doing personal genealogy, I studied - still do - royal genealogy and history, especially English. No royal ancestors that I know of. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gail Roorda" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [TNGRAING-L] Death Cause > > Dear Bill, > > You said: > > "As far as I know, none of the above people lived in that part of Grainger > County which became Hamblen County in 1870. :)" > > :) :) That's true <tee hee> Furthermore although many genealogists are > interested in finding "royal lines", I am primarily focused on (or madly > obsessed with) the lives of millers along the Holston. <grin> Since my > only lines of descent are the folks who lived along the Holston (my maternal > ancestors) and poor Irish famine immigrants (my paternal ancestors), I > seriously doubt whether I have any "royal lines" at all. However, both my > husband and sister-in-law are distant cousins of the late Princess of Wales. > They are descended from Elder John Strong (as are many other Americans, of > course <smile>) > > You said: > > "Beatrice's daughter Victoria Eugenie married Spanish king Alphonso XIII; > two of their sons had the disease, but I have not heard of problems in the > present Spanish royal family. > > Thank you for this piece of information anyway. As I said I thought I had > better stop writing before I spread some incorrect information. I had > started to say the "Protestant Royal families", but I knew someone descended > from Victoria must married into the Spanish Royal family which would have > been Catholic, because I remember once reading that when the little Spanish > princes went out to play the servants tied pillows around all the trees. I > couldn't figure this one out since I was pretty sure none of Victoria's > daughters had married a Spanish prince so it MUST have been a > granddaughter..My husband disconnected my computer from his so that he could > try to connect to my visiting brother-in-law's laptop so I couldn't search > the internet and was too tired to spend the afternoon digging for a book > that might have this information. I am pretty sure that trying to figure > out the Spanish "connection" would have driven me totally crazy before the > end of the day. > > So thanks a lot. <grin> > > Gail in MO > > > > > > ==== TNGRAING Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE please send your message to [email protected] >