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From: Wayne Donaldson <>
Subject: Re: QUERY: Name for first ancestor in area
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 14:56:58 -0600

Merritt Mullen wrote:
>
> John W. Keating, III wrote:
> >
> > I've been struggling with a simple word or phrase to indicate my first
> > ancestor of a given name to live in the US. Is there such a word? A
> > useful phrase might be, "My _____ ancestor, John C. Keating, settled in
> > Western Maryland."
>
> The word is: PROGENITOR
>
> But you would say "my progenitor, John C. Keating." The phrase
> "progenitor ancestor" would be redundant.

I use immigrant. "My immigrant ancestor, John C. Keating, settled in
Western Maryland."
--
How I wish that somewhere there existed an island
for those that are wise and of goodwill. Albert Einstein
. . . And that they would let me in. WLD

This thread:

• QUERY: Name for first ancestor in area by "John W. Keating, III" <>
  • Re: QUERY: Name for first ancestor in area by Barbara L Hill <>
  • Re: QUERY: Name for first ancestor in area by "John L. German" <>
  • Re: QUERY: Name for first ancestor in area by Camilla von Massenbach <>
  • Re: QUERY: Name for firs by Cheryl Singhal <>
  • Re: QUERY: Name for first ancestor in area by Merritt Mullen <>

  • Re: QUERY: Name for first ancestor in area by Wayne Donaldson <>

  • Re: QUERY: Name for first ancestor in area by <>