Msg from Tad LaFountain re Family Geneology
For those of you who seldom go back and read comments on posts more than a week old, here's a comment to a previous post, made today by Tad LaFountain. Thanks, Tad. This is something I'm sure many of us would like to take advantage of. Tad, give me a couple of days and I'll send you the decoder ring.
Charlie
"Simpsons:
I've been trying to overcome anonymity my whole life, but this is a chance to embrace it wholeheartedly - it's a door into the blog. Praise Allah.
I'm Tad LaFountain (Tica's husband) and as some of you know, I have compiled some extensive genealogy on the family. It's not just the Simpson side, either - Shaffer roots on many branches going back to George Zavietz born in 1695 in Strasbourg, France (Who? Exactly - that's the point).
The irony is that I have more material on 18th and 19th century family members than 20th and 21st century newbies. And you keep multiplying (commendable, but not without its frustrations).
So here's the deal - send as much detail about your families as you can (birth dates and places, marriage dates and places, divorce dates, whatever) to aal3@alumni.princeton.edu; I'll compile all this stuff and send you a family tree if you're interested (and of course you are).
And if someone can send me the decoder ring to figure out all the blog nicknames (mine fell out of the cereal box and the dog ate it), that wouldn't hurt, either."
Charlie
"Simpsons:
I've been trying to overcome anonymity my whole life, but this is a chance to embrace it wholeheartedly - it's a door into the blog. Praise Allah.
I'm Tad LaFountain (Tica's husband) and as some of you know, I have compiled some extensive genealogy on the family. It's not just the Simpson side, either - Shaffer roots on many branches going back to George Zavietz born in 1695 in Strasbourg, France (Who? Exactly - that's the point).
The irony is that I have more material on 18th and 19th century family members than 20th and 21st century newbies. And you keep multiplying (commendable, but not without its frustrations).
So here's the deal - send as much detail about your families as you can (birth dates and places, marriage dates and places, divorce dates, whatever) to aal3@alumni.princeton.edu; I'll compile all this stuff and send you a family tree if you're interested (and of course you are).
And if someone can send me the decoder ring to figure out all the blog nicknames (mine fell out of the cereal box and the dog ate it), that wouldn't hurt, either."
posted by chuck at 4/06/2009 04:19:00 PM
5 Comments:
Good day Tad, We met at Rich's a few year's ago and perhaps at an earlier occasion. Interesting to hear about my Grandma's roots going back to Strasbourg. I am my father's last son Jacob Simpson and I turned 30 years old on 30 Aug and have been living in France for 5 years. I am intrigued to learn more about the geneaology of the Simpson family and salute you for making such a generous offer. I was born in Plainfield NJ to John Brown Simpson and Nora Marie Roan. I have two older brothers, John B Jr. born 3 May 1972 and Joshua Kane born 25 January 1977.
Thanks Tad, looking forward to hearing from you. My best to Tica.
Jake
Thomas William Baker Simpson (youngest of six sons of William Brown Simpson and Mary Shaffer Simpson.)
b. 6/5/57 Summit, NJ
m. Laura Anne Miller (b. 8/12/71) 5/24/03
We have three children:
Elizabeth Mary Shaffer Simpson b. 9/29/04
Leah Pearson Simpson b. 3/19/09
William Charles Simpson b. 3/19/09
thanks tad. keep up the good work
Actually Elizabeth's birthday is 9/28/04. Proud papa, I know you have 3 now but you got to keep 'em straight. But don't worry, we all still love you anyway.
Laura
at least i got yours right mama
They're everywhere:
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/lehighton/all-photojournal-mar23-09,0,5698495.photogallery?index=all-5whitewater-032309-p4
Tad
PS - If you give me a shout on e-mail, I can send you the info that I've collected.
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