Pioneer Day
Part I
I have a Genealogy Bug.
A lot of people have no idea...
I am always working on Genealogy. I dedicate myself at least once a week. Lately it hasn't even been for myself. I love reading, researching, and discovering what life was like for past family members.
As a little girl, My Grandfather Culotta, would print out our Pedigree Charts & Life Summary's. (Placing them into protective sheet and into a Red Binder for us. Which I still have) When I was 12, My Mother started taking me to the Genealogy Library. Teaching me how to search, & helping her find clues. She kept a Giant Minella Folder, in Our China Cabinet. Enclosed you would find notes of peoples birth and death dates, a few photos, 5-6 started pedigree charts, announcements, a old Mexico Map, and other random family info. When my Grandparents would come to visit, My Mother would pull out this folder. They would start to try and piece things together. Often I would be at the Dinning Table with them, just listening to the story's and soaking in all of the information. When My Mother died, that folder was the first thing I took. I kept it exactly the way she left it. If your home was on fire and everyone was safe what would you take? Well, that would be one of the things I would grab. That's how much I cherish this information. I have been slowly entering this information into the church website. (After I check, and than double check the information is right.) It is so rare to find any photos. However in this Manilla Folder...
This is My 2nd Great Grandmother, Eugenia Del Villar Ayala. (on my grandmother garcia's side) She is absolutely Stunning to Me. I can actually see so much of My Mom in her. My Mothers Genealogy is, & has been extremely challenging. Alan & I have already mapped out places to visit in Mexico. In hopes to unlock some more family information one day.
Speaking of Alan, I have married into a Family Tree worth GOLD. Alan is from 100% stock of Pioneer relatives on both sides of his family, including 2 Great Great Grandfathers that were Apostles (one on each side of the family)!
His family has rarely talked about it... Just mentioning they had pioneers. So One day, I decided to take a look at his Pedigree Chart. I was so amazed with what I found! I was practically speechless!!! When I asked Alan about his pioneer ancestors he said "oh ya.. (like no big deal) when I was little, my parents use to read their journals as bedtime story's." Can you even imagine?! So even after 6 years of Marriage... I am still learning new things about him & the family I married into. We haven't even gone into depth on the early American history, or the Royalty {(queens, kings, emperors, pharaohs, duchess, dukes, princess, prince, ect. And castles that still exist!) from literally almost every country in Europe & even the Middle East}, or the fact that his line goes back to Adam & Eve!!! In Mexico you can change your name, and how old you are very easily. It is a Genealogy Dream to find pedigree charts that are so well documented! I literally can google his ancestors names! Their Journals, Photos, and story's about them are at my fingertips!! (All photos above are Alan's Pioneer Great Grandparent's! I plan on having them put into a hard bound book to put on our coffee table)
Here are some of the AMAZING Relatives we have found linked to his family...
LDS PROPHETS...
Ezra Taft Benson, 8th Cousin 4 times removed
Heber J Grant, 6th Cousin 6 times removed
Gordon_B Hinckley, 9th Cousin 4 times removed
Howard_W Hunter, 10th Cousin 2 times removed
Spencer Kimball, 7th Cousin 5 times removed
Harold_B Lee, 8th Cousin 4 times removed
George_Albert Smith, 7th Cousin 5 times removed
Joseph Smith, 6th Cousin 6 times removed
Joseph_F Smith, 7th Cousin 5 times removed
Joseph_Fielding Smith, 6th Cousin 4 times removed
Lorenzo Snow, 6th Cousin 7 times removed
Wilford Woodruff, 5th Cousin 7 times removed
Brigham Young, 4th Cousin 9 times removed
CURRENT LDS APOSTLES
Russel Ballard, 8th Cousin 2 times removed
David A Bednar, 9th Cousin 3 times removed
Robert Hales, 8th Cousin 3 times removed
Jeffrey R. Holland, 8th Cousin 4 times removed
Dallin Oaks, 9th Cousin 1 times removed
Boyd Packer, 9th Cousin 2 times removed
Tom Perry, 9th Cousin 3 times removed
PAST LDS APOSTLES
Ezra Taft Benson, 5th Cousin 7 times removed
John Boynton, 4th Cousin 9 times removed
Hugh Brown, 7th Cousin 2 times removed
Rudger Clawson, 8th Cousin 5 times removed
Matthew Cowley, 6th Cousin 4 times removed
James Esdras Faust, 9th Cousin 1 times removed
David Haight, 7th Cousin 4 times removed
Orson Hyde, 7th Cousin 6 times removed
Heber Kimball, 5th Cousin 7 times removed
Amasa Lyman, 5th Cousin 5 times removed
Thomas Marsh, 5th Cousin 8 times removed
Neal Maxwell, 9th Cousin 4 times removed
Bruce McConkie, 8th Cousin 3 times removed
Merriner Merrill, 3rd Great Grandparent
John Page, 5th Cousin 6 times removed
David Patten, 5th Cousin 8 times removed
Parley Pratt, 6th Cousin 6 times removed
Franklin Richards, 5th Cousin 8 times removed
LeGrand Richards, 7th Cousin 6 times removed
Stephen Richards, 6th Cousin 7 times removed
Willard Richards, 4th Cousin 9 times removed
Charles Rich, 3rd Great Grandparent
Marion Romney, 8th Cousin 3 times removed
Delbert Stapley, 8th Cousin 1 times removed
N. Eldon Tanner, 8th Cousin 3 times removed
Daniel Wells, 7th Cousin 4 times removed
Orson Whitney, 7th Cousin 4 times removed
Lyman Wight, 4th Cousin 7 times removed
Frederick Williams, 5th Cousin 4 times removed
BOOK OF MORMON WITNESSES
Oliver Cowdery, 5th Cousin 7 times removed
Hyrum Smith, 6th Cousin 6 times removed
Joseph_Sr Smith, 5th Cousin 7 times removed
Samuel_H Smith, 6th Cousin 6 times removed
WILLIE HANDCART COMPANY
John Lindford, 3rd Great Grandparent (Actually died in Sweetwater)
Joseph Linford, 2nd Great Grandparent
Maria Linford, 3rd Great Grandparent
FAMOUS LDS
Gail (Candy Bomber) Halvorsen, 9th Cousin 3 times removed
JonSr Huntsman, 9th Cousin 3 times removed
Mitt Romney, 10th Cousin 2 times removed
WCleon Skousen, 4th Cousin 2 times removed
Jon Steven YOUNG, 9th Cousin 4 times removed
US PRESIDENTS
George H. W. BUSH, 9th Cousin 4 times removed
George W. BUSH, 10th Cousin 3 times removed
Calvin Coolidge, 7th Cousin 6 times removed
James Garfield, 7th Cousin 5 times removed
Warren Harding, 8th Cousin 3 times removed
Rutherford Hayes, 6th Cousin 7 times removed
Herbert Hoover, 7th Cousin 5 times removed
Richard Nixon, 8th Cousin 4 times removed
Franklin Pierce, 2nd Cousin 7 times removed
Franklin Roosevelt, 6th Cousin 2 times removed
William Taft, 6th Cousin 7 times removed
FAMOUS AMERICANS
Truman Angell, 4th Cousin 7 times removed
Humphrey Bogart, 9th Cousin 3 times removed (one of Alans all time FAV Actors!)
Bing Crosby, 10th Cousin 3 times removed
Emily Dickenson, 6th Cousin 4 times removed
Philo Farnsworth, 7th Cousin 6 times removed
Jacob Hamblin, 5th Cousin 4 times removed
Philo T Farnsworth, 7th Cousin 6 times removed
Eli Whitney, 4th Cousin 8 times removed
Orville Wright, 9th Cousin 2 times removed
Wilbur Wright, 9th Cousin 2 times removed
Rebecca Nurse, 9th Great Grandmother Salem Witch Trials
We have linked Alan to 41 past Seventies. 34 Past Prophet Wives.
Grandpa Culotta says Brenton & Savannah have the longest pedigree chart in the family! Its enough to boggle my mind, and even crazier to see on paper. So, Ive decided that every year, I am going to showcase a different Pioneer Ancestor on Pioneer Day. In hopes one day, that our children can look back and appreciate there Amazing Heritage!
I have a Genealogy Bug.
A lot of people have no idea...
I am always working on Genealogy. I dedicate myself at least once a week. Lately it hasn't even been for myself. I love reading, researching, and discovering what life was like for past family members.
As a little girl, My Grandfather Culotta, would print out our Pedigree Charts & Life Summary's. (Placing them into protective sheet and into a Red Binder for us. Which I still have) When I was 12, My Mother started taking me to the Genealogy Library. Teaching me how to search, & helping her find clues. She kept a Giant Minella Folder, in Our China Cabinet. Enclosed you would find notes of peoples birth and death dates, a few photos, 5-6 started pedigree charts, announcements, a old Mexico Map, and other random family info. When my Grandparents would come to visit, My Mother would pull out this folder. They would start to try and piece things together. Often I would be at the Dinning Table with them, just listening to the story's and soaking in all of the information. When My Mother died, that folder was the first thing I took. I kept it exactly the way she left it. If your home was on fire and everyone was safe what would you take? Well, that would be one of the things I would grab. That's how much I cherish this information. I have been slowly entering this information into the church website. (After I check, and than double check the information is right.) It is so rare to find any photos. However in this Manilla Folder...
This is My 2nd Great Grandmother, Eugenia Del Villar Ayala. (on my grandmother garcia's side) She is absolutely Stunning to Me. I can actually see so much of My Mom in her. My Mothers Genealogy is, & has been extremely challenging. Alan & I have already mapped out places to visit in Mexico. In hopes to unlock some more family information one day.Speaking of Alan, I have married into a Family Tree worth GOLD. Alan is from 100% stock of Pioneer relatives on both sides of his family, including 2 Great Great Grandfathers that were Apostles (one on each side of the family)!
His family has rarely talked about it... Just mentioning they had pioneers. So One day, I decided to take a look at his Pedigree Chart. I was so amazed with what I found! I was practically speechless!!! When I asked Alan about his pioneer ancestors he said "oh ya.. (like no big deal) when I was little, my parents use to read their journals as bedtime story's." Can you even imagine?! So even after 6 years of Marriage... I am still learning new things about him & the family I married into. We haven't even gone into depth on the early American history, or the Royalty {(queens, kings, emperors, pharaohs, duchess, dukes, princess, prince, ect. And castles that still exist!) from literally almost every country in Europe & even the Middle East}, or the fact that his line goes back to Adam & Eve!!! In Mexico you can change your name, and how old you are very easily. It is a Genealogy Dream to find pedigree charts that are so well documented! I literally can google his ancestors names! Their Journals, Photos, and story's about them are at my fingertips!! (All photos above are Alan's Pioneer Great Grandparent's! I plan on having them put into a hard bound book to put on our coffee table)Here are some of the AMAZING Relatives we have found linked to his family...
LDS PROPHETS...
Ezra Taft Benson, 8th Cousin 4 times removed
Heber J Grant, 6th Cousin 6 times removed
Gordon_B Hinckley, 9th Cousin 4 times removed
Howard_W Hunter, 10th Cousin 2 times removed
Spencer Kimball, 7th Cousin 5 times removed
Harold_B Lee, 8th Cousin 4 times removed
George_Albert Smith, 7th Cousin 5 times removed
Joseph Smith, 6th Cousin 6 times removed
Joseph_F Smith, 7th Cousin 5 times removed
Joseph_Fielding Smith, 6th Cousin 4 times removed
Lorenzo Snow, 6th Cousin 7 times removed
Wilford Woodruff, 5th Cousin 7 times removed
Brigham Young, 4th Cousin 9 times removed
CURRENT LDS APOSTLES
Russel Ballard, 8th Cousin 2 times removed
David A Bednar, 9th Cousin 3 times removed
Robert Hales, 8th Cousin 3 times removed
Jeffrey R. Holland, 8th Cousin 4 times removed
Dallin Oaks, 9th Cousin 1 times removed
Boyd Packer, 9th Cousin 2 times removed
Tom Perry, 9th Cousin 3 times removed
PAST LDS APOSTLES
Ezra Taft Benson, 5th Cousin 7 times removed
John Boynton, 4th Cousin 9 times removed
Hugh Brown, 7th Cousin 2 times removed
Rudger Clawson, 8th Cousin 5 times removed
Matthew Cowley, 6th Cousin 4 times removed
James Esdras Faust, 9th Cousin 1 times removed
David Haight, 7th Cousin 4 times removed
Orson Hyde, 7th Cousin 6 times removed
Heber Kimball, 5th Cousin 7 times removed
Amasa Lyman, 5th Cousin 5 times removed
Thomas Marsh, 5th Cousin 8 times removed
Neal Maxwell, 9th Cousin 4 times removed
Bruce McConkie, 8th Cousin 3 times removed
Merriner Merrill, 3rd Great Grandparent
John Page, 5th Cousin 6 times removed
David Patten, 5th Cousin 8 times removed
Parley Pratt, 6th Cousin 6 times removed
Franklin Richards, 5th Cousin 8 times removed
LeGrand Richards, 7th Cousin 6 times removed
Stephen Richards, 6th Cousin 7 times removed
Willard Richards, 4th Cousin 9 times removed
Charles Rich, 3rd Great Grandparent
Marion Romney, 8th Cousin 3 times removed
Delbert Stapley, 8th Cousin 1 times removed
N. Eldon Tanner, 8th Cousin 3 times removed
Daniel Wells, 7th Cousin 4 times removed
Orson Whitney, 7th Cousin 4 times removed
Lyman Wight, 4th Cousin 7 times removed
Frederick Williams, 5th Cousin 4 times removed
BOOK OF MORMON WITNESSES
Oliver Cowdery, 5th Cousin 7 times removed
Hyrum Smith, 6th Cousin 6 times removed
Joseph_Sr Smith, 5th Cousin 7 times removed
Samuel_H Smith, 6th Cousin 6 times removed
WILLIE HANDCART COMPANY
John Lindford, 3rd Great Grandparent (Actually died in Sweetwater)
Joseph Linford, 2nd Great Grandparent
Maria Linford, 3rd Great Grandparent
FAMOUS LDS
Gail (Candy Bomber) Halvorsen, 9th Cousin 3 times removed
JonSr Huntsman, 9th Cousin 3 times removed
Mitt Romney, 10th Cousin 2 times removed
WCleon Skousen, 4th Cousin 2 times removed
Jon Steven YOUNG, 9th Cousin 4 times removed
US PRESIDENTS
George H. W. BUSH, 9th Cousin 4 times removed
George W. BUSH, 10th Cousin 3 times removed
Calvin Coolidge, 7th Cousin 6 times removed
James Garfield, 7th Cousin 5 times removed
Warren Harding, 8th Cousin 3 times removed
Rutherford Hayes, 6th Cousin 7 times removed
Herbert Hoover, 7th Cousin 5 times removed
Richard Nixon, 8th Cousin 4 times removed
Franklin Pierce, 2nd Cousin 7 times removed
Franklin Roosevelt, 6th Cousin 2 times removed
William Taft, 6th Cousin 7 times removed
FAMOUS AMERICANS
Truman Angell, 4th Cousin 7 times removed
Humphrey Bogart, 9th Cousin 3 times removed (one of Alans all time FAV Actors!)
Bing Crosby, 10th Cousin 3 times removed
Emily Dickenson, 6th Cousin 4 times removed
Philo Farnsworth, 7th Cousin 6 times removed
Jacob Hamblin, 5th Cousin 4 times removed
Philo T Farnsworth, 7th Cousin 6 times removed
Eli Whitney, 4th Cousin 8 times removed
Orville Wright, 9th Cousin 2 times removed
Wilbur Wright, 9th Cousin 2 times removed
Rebecca Nurse, 9th Great Grandmother Salem Witch Trials
We have linked Alan to 41 past Seventies. 34 Past Prophet Wives.
Grandpa Culotta says Brenton & Savannah have the longest pedigree chart in the family! Its enough to boggle my mind, and even crazier to see on paper. So, Ive decided that every year, I am going to showcase a different Pioneer Ancestor on Pioneer Day. In hopes one day, that our children can look back and appreciate there Amazing Heritage!
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