Family Geneaology

1959 Apache · Postby **1959 Apache** » Thu May 13, 2004 1:20 am

I don't think my family has any Irish. Mainly German, Italian, some of the Germans have some Dutch. Only one of my grandparents was born in the US, but she was not conceived here. That makes me second generation, and therefore not solely American.

Hunter would appreciate that my mother's grandfather sailed on whaling ships in the North Sea, from his home on the island of Amrum (Nordfriesiche Inseln).

One branch of our tree was believed to reach an Egyptian king from way back. I find that hard to believe, simply due to the fact that much of the records that would point that far back had to be sketchy at best.

rklenseth · Postby **rklenseth** » Thu May 13, 2004 2:13 am

Shane B wrote:For such a small country its amazing how far reaching the Irish are!

You have to remember that Ireland had a huge population at one time before the potatoe famine. Those that didn't die (which was in the millions) had to go somewhere. I believe the population in Ireland before the the Great Hunger was 9 million people and I think today Ireland has only returned to about 5 million people. And during the famine it went from 9 million to like 3 million people. That is 5 million displaced people (I think around 2 million or so people died during the famine or on the Coffin Ships). Those millions of people went to America and Canada and it was very common for Irish families to have a lot of children but the thing about the Irish is that throughout the centuries they have never lost their cultural identity. The Osman tried to change them. The English, the Anglo-Americans and all of them have failed.

The saying is that you can take the Irish out of Ireland but you can't take the Ireland out of the Irish.

rklenseth · Postby **rklenseth** » Thu May 13, 2004 2:17 am

Shane B wrote:For such a small country its amazing how far reaching the Irish are!

You have to remember that Ireland had a huge population at one time before the potatoe famine. Those that didn't die (which was in the millions) had to go somewhere. I believe the population in Ireland before the the Great Hunger was 9 million people and I think today Ireland has only returned to about 5 million people. And during the famine it went from 9 million to like 3 million people. That is 5 million displaced people (I think around 2 million or so people died during the famine or on the Coffin Ships). Those millions of people went to America and Canada and it was very common for Irish families to have a lot of children but the thing about the Irish is that throughout the centuries they have never lost their cultural identity. The Osman tried to change them. The English, the Anglo-Americans and all of them have failed.

The saying is that you can take the Irish out of Ireland but you can't take the Ireland out of the Irish.

Xander · Postby **Xander** » Thu May 13, 2004 8:16 am

I'm English with some Irish and Norwegian, but i dont know much of my family history.

Lone Wolf · Postby **Lone Wolf** » Thu May 13, 2004 9:44 am

Serenity (rklenseth) wrote:Most likely your Irish family came over to Scotland sometime in the past. That has happened as well or vice versa.

I can pretty much guarantee that your family origins are in Ireland with a name like that. How far back can you go?

If I remember correct, our info goes back to the mid 1500's, but I'll have to look at it again to make sure, I might be wrong. If I can get it from my father (We got it for dad as a present, we are big on family history) I will try to put some of the main information on the forum here, as there are other families that merried into the McIntosh Clan to build a stronger clan.

David · Postby **David** » Fri May 14, 2004 4:14 pm

Osman? What do Turks have to do with Ireland? Or is that a gaelic word?

rklenseth · Postby **rklenseth** » Fri May 14, 2004 6:26 pm

Osmen is Norsemen or Northmen in Gaelic.

It is what the Irish called the Norweign who controlled most of Ireland until the Brian Boru defeated them in some such battle.

Lone Wolf · Postby **Lone Wolf** » Sat May 15, 2004 6:10 am

Okay I got some information on McIntosh and found that I made an error. I believe that I had said that Macintosh isn't related while Mackintosh was. It's acctualy the opposite. Here's the info that I found

Definition: Son of the chieftain, with -in- meaning 'the' and -tosh- representing Toshack, from the Welsh 'tywysog' meaning 'prince.'

Surname Origin: Scottish

Alternate Surname Spellings: MACINTOSH

More Resources for the Surname MCINTOSH :

I've also found the Family history at my parents but can't borrow it, so I'll try to gather some info on it to see what other families are related to the McIntosh's

David · Postby **David** » Sun May 16, 2004 2:12 am

I like those kind of apples.

west · Postby **west** » Mon May 17, 2004 2:49 am

how do you like THEM apples?

Lone Wolf · Postby **Lone Wolf** » Mon May 17, 2004 8:17 am

David wrote:I like those kind of apples.

Oh soooo funny. Like I havent heard that one almost everyday of my life. Along with computer jokes (No I don't have a mac). This is such old stuff for me now :roll:

David · Postby **David** » Mon May 17, 2004 10:43 am

I would think so... have you developed a complex against apples yet?

Lone Wolf · Postby **Lone Wolf** » Mon May 17, 2004 11:20 am

David wrote:I would think so... have you developed a complex against apples yet?

Not a chance, I love McIntosh Apples :lol:

but I hate Mac PC's

1959 Apache · Postby **1959 Apache** » Mon May 17, 2004 8:57 pm

How do you feel about raincoats?

Lone Wolf · Postby **Lone Wolf** » Tue May 18, 2004 6:25 am

1959 Apache wrote:How do you feel about raincoats?

Ah family heritage, gotta love it

Although I'd rather hold the patent on raincoats :lol:

money money money

I remember in the information on my families history the raincoat being mentioned, but I'm not sure if it was saying that my McIntosh family was directly related to the creator or if it was one of the families that were inconclusive

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