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| 2351 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Gilbert, second son of his father, inherited Chepstow, with Nether-Gwent, from his uncle Walter (founder of Tinturn Abbey).{-Encycl. Brit., 1956, 5:755; 17:456.} The earldom was created in 1138 by King Stephen for Gilbert, "who, after the battle of Lincoln (1141), in which he took part, joined the party of the empress Matilda and married Henry I's mistress, Isabel, daughter of Robert de Beaumont, earl of Leicester." | Clare, Earl of Pembroke Gilbert de (I1090)
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| 2352 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Giselbert supported Henry I who rewarded him with his daughter Gerberga in marriage and with the title, Duke of Lorraine (928). In 939 Giselbert revolted against Henry I's son, Otto I the Great and was killed in defeat near Andernach - Otto I thereupon was recognized by Louis IV as Duke of Lorraine and Louis IV married Gerberga. Giselbert was lay abbot of Echternach, 915-39. | Giselbert Duke of Lorraine (I1559)
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| 2353 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Giselbert's county is in the Meuse River valley. He probably m. a sister of Echard, Count of Hesbaye. | Giselbert Count In Massgau (I1765)
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| 2354 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Glamorgan is named for Morgan. Morgan Hen married Nesta_________. | Hen, Morgan King ofGwent (I1692)
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| 2355 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Godiva or "Godgifu" was born about 1010, a sister of Thorold of Buckingham (Sheriff of Lincs.); she is the "Lady Godiva" of legend, and apparently is of an old, noble family. One correspondent claims her father was Earl of Lincolnshire. | Godiva, Lady of Mercia (I1212)
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| 2356 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Gordon was a teacher at Gardiner Junior High and retired as principal of Farmington Elementary School in 1972. He also worked in the customs patrol, in the paper mill, as an inspector for A&P and for the state as a restaurant health inspector. His obituary in The Ellsworth American 13 June 2002 reported he graduated from the Eastern State Normal School in Castine in 1933 and pursued graduate studies at University of Maine and Bates College. He r. at Randolph, Me. he was professionally active in wrestling and boxing as a young adult, and remained interested in these sports throughout his life, as well as in the ocean, boats and reading. He m. (2) Eva Gerrish who survived him, as did his three children and his step-children Arthur and Elizabeth. | Hutchins, Gordon Erwin (I2039)
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| 2357 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Gormflath (aka Gormlaith) is mother of Sitric ("Sigtryggr"), former opponent of Brien, third husband of Gormflath. Brien's daughter by his first wife was given in marriage to Sitric to seal a peace between the rival rulers, Sitric being king of Dublin. Gormflath m. (1) Malachy the Great and (2) Olafr kvaran (Amhlaobh "the Shoe"), Viking king of Dublin and father of her son Sitric. Gormflath is daughter of Morough (Murchad, King of Leinster, d. 972). | Neas, Gormflath Macfinn of (I1494)
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| 2358 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Grace is daughter of James William Snow and Mary Brown Wilson. Grace's father was a sea captain and her cousins were of the Capt. James Sellars family. | Snow, Grace Greenwood (I2466)
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| 2359 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Gravestone states she died at age 59 years, 11 months and 10 days, and was wife of Vespasian Wardwell (per Penobscot VR); and reports that she is listed as age 54 in 1860, born in 1806. Possibly she is daughter of Jairus Dunbar. | Dunbar, Lucy (I2507)
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| 2360 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Griffith I was Prince of North Wales, king of Gwynedd & Powys, 1039, and of Deheubarth, 1055. He was the only Welsh king ever to rule over its entire territory, from about 1057 to his death in 1063. See discussion in "A History of Wales," John Davies (1993), pp. 100-01. | Griffith, Prince of North Wales I (I1159)
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| 2361 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Gruffydd ("Griffith") ap Cynfyn of Gwynedd has an illustrious ancestry {-per "Royal Ancestors of Magna Charta Barons," Carr P. Collins, Jr., Dallas, 1959,}based on legend - it includes King Roderick the Great of Wales (844-878); Lady Godiva of Mercia; Uther Pendragon (King of Britons in 498 and son of Constantine II, Emperor of the West, 337-340, son of Constantine the Great); Howell the Good, Prince of South Wales who died in 948 and husband of Eleanor, daughter of the last King of Dyfred; King Lear of England whom legend lists in direct descent from Aedd Mawr (King Edward the Great, b. ca. 1300 B.C.). "Ancestral Roots..." (Balt, 1992) 239-5 states he was born at Dublin in 1055. He and Rhys were victorious over the Normans in the battle of Myndydd Carn, 1081, but shortly after he was captured by Hugh, Earl of Chester, and kept in prison for 12 years. See extended information in "A History of Wales," John Davies (1993), Chapter Four. | Cynfyn, Ap Prince, North Wales Gruffydd (I1058)
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| 2362 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Half-sister of William the Conqueror. | Conteville, Emma de (I1279)
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| 2363 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Halfdan II m. Lifa, dau. of Dag of Vestmarr. | Vestfold, Halfdan II of (I1880)
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| 2364 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Hannah's m. to Edmund Tileston was published at Hingham 5 Nov 1709. She is his third wife. | Dunbar, Hannah (I365)
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| 2365 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Hannah's parents are the subject of "The Leaches of Penobscot - Part I: Peletiah Leach of the Bagaduce," newsletter of the Penobscot Historical Society, Fall, 1995. Mark E. Honey gives a son (Elisha Dunbar, Jr.?) who m. 20 Oct 1845 before Peletiah Leach to Eliza F. Hutchins of Penobscot, ME. | Leach, Hannah (I2143)
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| 2366 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Harlie m. 20 March 1912 Myrtle B. Parsons (b. 1874, d. 11 July 1926). | Black, Harlie (I2626)
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| 2367 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Harold is son of Neil Dow and Elizabeth Babson. Harold r. Sedgwick, Maine. Harold and Inez are buried at Mt. Rest Cemetery, North Brooksville. | Dow, Harold K. (I2381)
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| 2368 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Harold m. Nellie ____. | Hinckley, Roy (I2386)
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| 2369 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Harriet is daughter of Bennet Dunbar and Francis Leach of Penobscot. She was a school teacher and had "gone together" with Norman for more than two decades when they married. They had no children. She graduated from Castine High School and Eastern State Normal School. Her obituary states she was survived by sisters Mrs. Charles Devereux of Castine and Mrs. Edward Slipp of Tacoma, WA, and a brother, Duncan Dunbar of Castine. Her funeral was in the Castine Unitarian Church. | Dunbar, Harriet (I2032)
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| 2370 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Harriet m. (1) 31 Dec 1857 Peter M. Leach (son of Capt. Peter M. Leach), who was lost aboard the "Ocean Wave" with her brother Luther 28 April 1858), and she m. (2) 27 Jan 1862 Joel P. Dunbar. | Leach, Harriet (I2474)
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| 2371 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Harry was mill manager of the Kennebec Paper Co. at Madison, ME. He graduated from The University of Maine in 1937. He also held management positions with Oxford Paper Co. at Rumford and Frazier, Ltd. in New Brunswick. He was an enthusiastic sportsman - fishing, hunting, golfing and boating. | Conner, Harry Brooks (I2208)
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| 2372 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Hazel m. Walter Rogers (b. 25 Oct 1907, d. 19 Dec 1986); they had no children. They are buried in Acorn Cemetery, Rockland, Maine. They cared for her brother, Elmer, who had polio and never married, and for her mother, Nora, who suffered a stroke and required help for many years. | Young, Hazel (I2378)
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| 2373 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] He was a teacher in York, ME and renown as a pianist. His widow resided on Franklin St., Bucksport (1977). | Connor, Alfred Merle (I2163)
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| 2374 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] He was Chief of Half in Brittany in 847. W.H.Turton, "The Plantagenet Ancestry" (Balt.:Gen.Pub.Co.,1968), p.188, shows Gurvand, Count of Rennes, as husband of the daughter of Erispoe, King of Brittany. | Gurvand, Y M Count of Rennes (I1748)
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| 2375 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] He was defeated at the Battle of the Standard, 1138, where he had sided with Matilda. He was devoted to the church and founded five bishoprics and many monasteries. He "energetically forwarded the process of feudalization which had been initiated by his immediate predecessors."{-Encycl.Brit., 1956, 7:78; 20:147} David reigned 1124-53, reorganizing the kingdom along Norman lines. During his reign Normans and Flemings settled in Scotland and such institutions developed as the justiciary, sheriffs and the jury. He built many castles as centers of royal power and established many religious houses. He built a network of diocesan bishops. {See "Kings and Kinship in Early Scotland," Marjorie O. Anderson, 1973.} He was Earl of Northampton, etc. as well as King of Scotland. | David, King of Scots I (I1070)
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| 2376 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] He was king of Lombary and of Italy, 781-810. | Pippin King of Lombardy (I1781)
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| 2377 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Helen operated a boarding house for students (and faculty?) of the Eastern State Normal School in Castine after Fred's injury. She was active in the Castine Trinitarian Parish congregation and its Mary Cushman circle. Her husband's sister married her half-brother. | Peterson, Helen Martha (I2231)
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| 2378 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Helen was widow of Malcolm, 7th Earl of Fife (d. 1266) when she married Donald. She is not to be confused with her (half?-)sister Helen who married John le Scot, Earl of Chester and (2) Robert de Quincy. | Helen, of North Wales (I996)
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| 2379 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Helen, twin of Emily, had no children. | Dunbar, Helen (I2521)
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| 2380 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Helena m. Wallace Child. In 1908 she r. on Hillside Street, Roxbury, MA. | Echenagucia, Helena ("Posie") (I2022)
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| 2381 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Heloise is believed to be daughter of Sigfrid, Count of Guines, and Elstude of Flanders {-"The Plantagenet Ancestry," W.H.Turton, Balt.: Gen.Pub.Co.,1968,p.134}. See discussion of her identity in "Falaise Roll" (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994), p. 196d. | Guines, Heloise de (I1351)
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| 2382 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Henry and Annice also had a son, Harold, who died in infancy. | Dunbar, Henry (I2516)
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| 2383 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Henry I had 20 or 21 bastard children re: N.E.Hist.Gen.Register 4/1965, pp.95-96. His form of government was "severe and grasping; but he `kept good peace' and honorably distinguished himself among contemporary statesmen in an age when administrative reform was in the air. He spent more time in Normandy than in England. But he showed admirable judgment in his choice of subordinates...." -Encyclopedia Britannica (1956 Ed., 11:432). He was King of England, 1100-35, and Duke of Normandy (1106-35); his coronation at Westminster Abbey was on Sunday, 08-05-1100. Thomas B. Costain offers a popular account of his reign in "The Conquering Family" (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1949, pp.43-77). The "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" described him as the "lion of justice." | Henry, King of England I (I1097)
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| 2384 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Henry was never married. He returned home in August, 1886 from being at sea, ate fresh garden vegetables, took ill and died. | Conner, Henry R. (I2305)
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| 2385 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Her ancestry, shown here, and her place in this genealogy, are very suspicious and require further study. She appears to be daughter of Ermengard of Albi | D'alby, Gersinde (I1647)
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| 2386 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Her brother Herbert's obituary states that she predeceased him. | Connor, Caroline Dora (I2117)
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| 2387 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Her brother, Oleg (Helgi of Novgorod, d. 912), concluded a commercial treaty with the Byzantines in 911. He appears to have been a companion (and is speculated to perhaps be a son or brother-in-law) of Rurik, the Viking ("Varangian") tribal leader (first "Grand Prince of Kiev") who led the Northmen into present-day Russia and died in 879. {Note: "Ancestral Roots..." (7th Ed.) in line 241 gives Rurik as father of Igor.} Oleg succeeded Rurick in Novgorod in 879(?). Bob Stennett (bs@inetarena.com) shared by email 2 Nov 1999: "Oleg was Rurik's brother in law. Rurik was married to Oleg's sister, Alfrind Orvarddi." | Orvarddi, Alfrind (I1619)
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| 2388 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Her brothers were churchmen - Hugh was Bishop of Bayeux and John was Bishop of Avranches and then Archbishop of Rouen. | Aka Alberade de Bayeux?, Emma (I1291)
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| 2389 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Her father is from "Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 176A-3 & 247-20. She was queen of both Wales and England. Also see "Old Germanic Principles of Name Giving" by Woolf, pp. 137-38, for this line. | Northumberland, Edith of (I1095)
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| 2390 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Her father was Ealdorman (an important Shire Officer who participated in the Witan or governing assembly); the title evolved into "Earl". | Ethelhelm, Elfleda of (I1708)
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| 2391 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Her gravestone reads Eliza Dunbar. | Dunbar, Elizabeth (I2451)
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| 2392 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Her husband was Bledri ______. | heiress of Dyfed (I1614)
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| 2393 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Her marriage intention to William Conner was published at Penobscot 19 Dec 1801. | Dunbar, Elizabeth (I2005)
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| 2394 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Her obituary reports "She was the last survivor of the large family of Capt. James [sic] and Hannah Leach Dunbar, and was a life-long resident of the Dunbar district. ...She leaves...a nephew, Isaac D. Dunbar, to whom she gave a mother's love and care from infancy to manhood." | Dunbar, Mary (I2132)
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| 2395 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Her parents are from "Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 246-22. | de Roucy, Marguerita of Montdidier (I1196)
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| 2396 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Her parents are identified by Mark E. Honey, family historian, Aug., 2001. | Wardwell, Oryanna (I2506)
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| 2397 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Her widowed mother fled with the children from Northumberland and found refuge with the Scottish king. Margaret was canonized in 1251 because of her favors to the church, including rebuilding of the Iona monastery. She died four days after her husband and eldest son Edward were slain at Alnwick Castle. {-Encycl. Brit., 1956, 14:875.} Her feast day is Nov. 16th. | Margaret, Saint of Scotland (I1114)
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| 2398 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Herbert served 1958-62 in the U. S. Air Force as a military policeman. He later worked at ITO and Howard's Construction. His obituary states his wife Ruby died in 1996, and reports children not listed here (perhaps her children from a prior marriage?). | Connor, Herbert Richard (I2127)
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| 2399 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Herbert was Count de Vermandois, Siegneur of Senlis, Peronne and St. Quentin. {- ref. "Ancestral Roots of Sixty New England Colonists," by F.L.Weis (Lancaster, Mass., 1950, p. 64).} Allstrom's "Dict. of Royal Lineage," Vol. ii, p. 755, states that Herbert m. Richilde, dau. of Robert the Strong who died in battle, 866/67. Herbert I was Imperial Ambassador. | Herbert, Count of Vermandois I (I1638)
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| 2400 | [dunbar_tree.FTW] Herfast and his son and grandson are from "Falaise Roll..." (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994). | Crepon, Herfast de (I1390)
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