President Lincoln then would be considered tall today. Exception? Don -------Original Message------- From: W David Samuelsen Date: 6/17/2012 5:02:48 PM To: tttp@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TTTP] War of 1812 That is heck of a misconception! There were not many boys. Mainly men - and they were short in height! Mostly between 4 and 5 feet tal back in those days. In 1607, Jamestown Colony - the ship had lower ceilings and smaller bed - because the men were between 3.5 and 4.5 feet tall. Reviewing of Civil War records, show the average height of soldiers and Sailors were less than 5.5 feet tall. We're growing taller than before. David S. On 6/17/2012 4:09 PM, Billie Walsh wrote: > Boys were able to scramble around these smaller > spaces more quickly than grown adults. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TTTP-request@rootsweb com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
VERY TALL at the time, 6 feet 4 inch. Take a look at many photos of him with others. He always stand out very tall, even U.S. Grant (5f 8in) Henry 8th was very tall, about 6 ft 3, considered a giant. His grandfather was 6ft 4 inch, tallest of the English monarchs. Prince Charles is only 5 ft 11 in tall. Duke of Cambridge is now 6ft 3 Jamestown settlers, were average 5ft 6 and the Powhatan Indians were way over 6 feet tall. David On 6/17/2012 6:24 PM, donkelly wrote: > President Lincoln then would be considered tall today. Exception? > > Don > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: W David Samuelsen > Date: 6/17/2012 5:02:48 PM > To: tttp@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TTTP] War of 1812 > > That is heck of a misconception! > > There were not many boys. Mainly men - and they were short in height! > Mostly between 4 and 5 feet tal back in those days. > > In 1607, Jamestown Colony - the ship had lower ceilings and smaller bed > - because the men were between 3.5 and 4.5 feet tall. > > Reviewing of Civil War records, show the average height of soldiers and > Sailors were less than 5.5 feet tall. > > We're growing taller than before. > > David S. > > On 6/17/2012 4:09 PM, Billie Walsh wrote: >> Boys were able to scramble around these smaller >> spaces more quickly than grown adults. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TTTP-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 TTTP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
I remember reading/seeing something that said that Abraham Lincoln suffered from a genetic disease that lead to very loose joints and made the sufferer grow "abnormally" tall. It also said that if he hadn't been assassinated he would have died before to long of the disease. Speaking of Lincoln, have you seen the teasers for the new movie, "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter". They must be getting REALLY hard up for movie ideas. On 06/17/2012 07:24 PM, donkelly wrote: > President Lincoln then would be considered tall today. Exception? > > Don > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: W David Samuelsen > Date: 6/17/2012 5:02:48 PM > To: tttp@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TTTP] War of 1812 > > That is heck of a misconception! > > There were not many boys. Mainly men - and they were short in height! > Mostly between 4 and 5 feet tal back in those days. > > In 1607, Jamestown Colony - the ship had lower ceilings and smaller bed > - because the men were between 3.5 and 4.5 feet tall. > > Reviewing of Civil War records, show the average height of soldiers and > Sailors were less than 5.5 feet tall. > > We're growing taller than before. > > David S. > > On 6/17/2012 4:09 PM, Billie Walsh wrote: >> Boys were able to scramble around these smaller >> spaces more quickly than grown adults. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TTTP-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 TTTP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government lest it come to dominate our lives and interests”. - Patrick Henry - _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._
Maybe the script writers gave up pot and acid to help generate creative ideas.......errrrr, I mean, hallucinations. They all seem to be making commercials lately. Have you noticed how stupid some of today's commercials are? Don -------Original Message------- From: Billie Walsh Date: 6/17/2012 6:00:08 PM To: tttp@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TTTP] War of 1812 I remember reading/seeing something that said that Abraham Lincoln Suffered from a genetic disease that lead to very loose joints and made The sufferer grow "abnormally" tall. It also said that if he hadn't been Assassinated he would have died before to long of the disease. Speaking of Lincoln, have you seen the teasers for the new movie, "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter". They must be getting REALLY hard up For movie ideas. On 06/17/2012 07:24 PM, donkelly wrote: > President Lincoln then would be considered tall today. Exception? > > Don > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: W David Samuelsen > Date: 6/17/2012 5:02:48 PM > To: tttp@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TTTP] War of 1812 > > That is heck of a misconception! > > There were not many boys. Mainly men - and they were short in height! > Mostly between 4 and 5 feet tal back in those days. > > In 1607, Jamestown Colony - the ship had lower ceilings and smaller bed > - because the men were between 3.5 and 4.5 feet tall. > > Reviewing of Civil War records, show the average height of soldiers and > Sailors were less than 5.5 feet tall. > > We're growing taller than before. > > David S. > > On 6/17/2012 4:09 PM, Billie Walsh wrote: >> Boys were able to scramble around these smaller >> spaces more quickly than grown adults. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TTTP-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 TTTP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain The people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the Government lest it come to dominate our lives and interests. - Patrick Henry - _ _... ..._ _ _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TTTP-request@rootsweb com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message