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Hello everyone. My name is John Christensen and I am a 38 year old
Nebraskan / Marylander now living in Miami Florida. Six years ago I moved
to Miami, Florida and at times it feels as if I've moved to another country.
Even after all this time I still have not gotten used to South Florida's
climate and culture. As always happens after any move, there are still
boxes stashed away in the closets that have yet to be unpacked. To
the left is a photo of myself taken July of 2001 while visiting with my
family in Nebraska. If you'd like to know more about me click on the picture
of the little hands below. Being a person with wide flung interests, I
have no end of fun "surfing" the internet. There is always something new
to find and someone new to meet. For a basic list of my favorite links
click on the red peony flower. I have also set up two small picture galleries
of photos (in which I am constantly overhauling my selection of photos).
There's not much to see in my galleries yet and since I'll be tinkering
with it for awhile you might find it a tad messy, but if you feel adventurous
and still want to take a peek, click on the fluttering Maryland flag. If
you'd like to take a peek at some photos of my vacation to Prague click
on the picture of Atlas. My page on stamp collecting is not much
to speak of so far as it's still very much a work in progress; to see my
philatelic interests click on the dove below. I have also begun a
heraldry page which has a way to go yet but you can click on the black
eagle below to browse what I have so far.
In Loving Memory of Dwight
E Catlett
Genealogy: The Catlett Family
I have been doing genealogy for about 18 years now, and I'm proud to
say that I have gone from being a rank novice to almost professional. My
main focus has been the records of Virginia, along with some of Kentucky,
Iowa, and Nebraska, especially my mother's family; the Catletts of Nebraska.
They started out in Kent County, England in the 1600s, emigrated to the
Virginia Colony in 1650 and stayed until moving to Kentucky in 1817. Isaac
and his family left Kentucky and moved to Iowa about 1850. From there the
family moved to southwest Nebraska just before the turn of the 20th century.
This photo of Isaac Catlett (my 3rd great-grandfather) and his 6 sons,
was taken around 1875. I have a very large database on the Catlett
family of Kent County England and Virginia, as well as my own branch
of the
Catlett family of Virginia Kentucky, Iowa
and Nebraska . Even if I don't presently know how I'm related to some
of these people I still "collect" them anyway, figuring that one day I
will discover some family link. If you have any interest I would be happy
to exchange information about any of the various branches of the family.
Genealogy: Other Families
What follows is a fairly complete list of my genealogical interests. I
will be happy to compare notes with anybody else interested in these same
families.
Davenport/Damport:
beginning in Virginia before 1700.
LaRue:
from the Virginia Northern Neck during the 1700s and Kentucky thereafter.
Irons
:
of Indiana and Iowa during the mid to late 1800s.
Fetters
:
of Iowa and Nebraska during the late 1800s.
Christensen:
from Ålborg Denmark during the mid 1800s to Nebraska by the late
1800s.
Tostenson:
from Norway, time and place unknown, to Wisconsin by the 1870's. Name was
changed to Thompson.
Walters:
Married into my LaRue family by the early 1800s in Kentucky.
Burton:
from the coal mines of Derby shire England to Nebraska; all during the
1800s.
Metcalf:
from Rye side, North Ridings Yorkshire England to Nebraska, all during
the 1800s.
Rouzlee:
half siblings to my Catletts; came over to Virginia during the 1650's,
with their elder half brother John Catlett the First.
Eck:
I know nothing on this family, just starting my search.
McLeod
of Raasay: The information I have on my American McLeod family
is suspect, doubtful and completely lacking in documentation. It needs
a lot of work! That it is a branch of my Eck family.
Beall/Bell:
Some of my research on the early Maryland Bealls who married into my Catlett
family.
The Powhatan Family of Virginia
The
Powahatan pedigree was a genealogical "experiment" that I used in learning
how to use some new computer software. But after awhile I discovered that
the "experiment" developed a life of its own and was a bit more difficult
that I had first thought. Now my main goal is not to rehash all of Pocahantas'
pedigrees but rather to look at the other branches of the Powhatan royal
family. Click on the Algonquin Indian to see the pedigree chart
The Muse
Denver
Empyrean
The Magician's
Nephew
Wolf
In celebration of National Poetry Month, I posted a few poems here thay
I wrote a long time ago.
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Created May 1996, revised July 2001
Contents © 2001
John C. E. Christensen
Miami, FL USA
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