Genealogy is like counting Ants. You can never count all the Aunts. — Greg Jeffery
Horatio Pickett's half brother, "Sanjo" came overland as a 10-year-old with his mother Susanna Mehitable Rogers Sangiovanni Pickett. He writes: "Leaving here the road begins to get rough. We are nearing the `Rockies'. When we arrive at Devil's Gate we find another `squaw-man' camp [traders]. Many people don't know what a squaw-man is like. He may have sprung from a good family, but my! how he has fallen. His costume consists of a greasy slouch hat, long hair and beard `a la Buffalo Bill', an old dirty over-shirt and buckskin pants, a butcher knife and revolver in his belt, and moccasins on his feet. Then here's the handsome bride — red lady of the forest, with a herd of red headed papooses running around without any fig leaves on. The squaw is robed in a dirty old buckskin gown, with perhaps a few beads worked on it. All stand in front of their skin lodge gazing at the passer-by."
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When families move around you've got to ask WHY? Were they driven by offers of free land? Was it religious freedom they were seeking? Did they crave the gold fields? What's the story?
Once I counted the actual dwellings I'd lived in — 50 — in about 37 towns. Don't ask me about the 33 jobs I've worked (not including self-employment). Chinese proverb: May you always live in interesting times. Yes, indeed.
Even in my immediate family we sometimes have memories that don't concur. No, Pete Neilson didn't ride with Butch Cassidy, but he DID cleverly prevent Butch from stealing his horse. No, we are not related to General George Pickett 1825-1875, old Virginia family. But we ARE descendants of William Pickett 1816-1893 b. Nova Scotia, d. Julian, California.
Try the drop-down menu tab FIND. Click Surnames to get a beautiful chart about our family names. This will show all the surnames for both Merridy and Gregs pedigrees. You can restrict to your relevant tree if you're logged in.
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