(Please visit Suzanne at Colorado Lady for more Vintage Thingie Thursday fun!)I had planned on sharing my childhood cookie jar with you this morning, but I couldn't find it. ACK! The house is still very much in disarray and chaos ... and unlabeled boxes, so this lady of the house doesn't know where she put anything. Ay yi yi.
While I was hunting (grumble grumble kicking oneself in the patootie) I did find something to share ... the book of my family line, on my mother's side. It was researched and published by a family member in 1932. What a wonderful resource!
I had seen and been gifted with a later reprint, so I was familiar with the book (my mother also talked about it often) but it was so much fun to find the first edition, in it's hand tooled leather slip cover. And if that wasn't exciting enough, I found this treasure inside:
Two handwritten notes. I am guessing they were written by my maternal great grandmother, since this was her copy of the genealogy.
The first:
(front)The Ludlow family derives it's name from the town of Ludlow, in Shropshire, England. In 1349, Sir Laurence de Ludlow founded the Monastery of St. Mary White Friars (note, s/b Whitefriars) in that town.
The emigrant Gabriell (note, s/b Gabriel) Ludlow, who came over to New York in 1694, was issued from a branch of the family _____ (can't guess the word, possibly "lived"?) in XIV century at the Hill Deverill in Wiltshire.
To the same family belonged Lieut Gen Sir Edmund Ludlow of Maiden Bradley (what a fun name!), who died in exile in (1693) for having voted the death of Charles I.
The Earldom of Ludlow (extent 1842) was in the family.
A complete pedigree to date, exists in the archives of the New York Ludlow family.
In the older engravings the animals changed on the shield have always been Martens not bears.
The emigrant Gabriell (note, s/b Gabriel) Ludlow, who came over to New York in 1694, was issued from a branch of the family _____ (can't guess the word, possibly "lived"?) in XIV century at the Hill Deverill in Wiltshire.
To the same family belonged Lieut Gen Sir Edmund Ludlow of Maiden Bradley (what a fun name!), who died in exile in (1693) for having voted the death of Charles I.
The Earldom of Ludlow (extent 1842) was in the family.
A complete pedigree to date, exists in the archives of the New York Ludlow family.
In the older engravings the animals changed on the shield have always been Martens not bears.
Regarding the family shield/crest(back)
The second is a list of family members that served in the military during the Revolutionary War. How exciting! My mother always told me that we had two relatives that qualified us for membership in the DAR but this list names five, if I am understanding correctly. (My mother and her mother never sought membership in the DAR due to the DAR's treatment and barring of singer Marion Anderson in 1939 at Constitutional Hall.)
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What a wonderful treasure. This is a keepsake forever. ~~Sherry~~
ReplyDeleteWhat a treasure...I wish our family had things like this...amazing put together. Have a great VTT!
ReplyDeleteWow!!!!I do genelogy and this is a total gem. I have nothing that dates back to the 1600's, lucky you. Very cool.
ReplyDeleteAnn
What a wonderful treasure you have there in that family history!!
ReplyDeleteMy mom has also done a lot of research and has found some of our ancestors came to America in 1691. It really is interesting to go back along the branches of family tree.
Love love love family history with provenance! This is ondeed a treasure, I have a book of history from my Mum's side I must pull it out * blog on it
ReplyDeleteIsn't it fascinating to learn your family's history? and your name's history? I love researching back, back, back as far as I can go. And seeing what countries are involved in our ancestry.
ReplyDeleteAwesomeness! The leather cover is amazing. I know you treasure it. I might keep it in a safety deposit box myself. Thanks bunches for visitimg me. hugs♥olive
ReplyDeleteThat's really an interesting history. And the cover is beautiful too.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful to have your family written heritage. It makes the past so close. I was lucky to even have items we used all the time that were passed down treasures. LOL, while growing up I thought they were new..I never had a sense that old/hand-me-down was odd.
ReplyDeleteHey I have some new Thanksgiving brown polychrome platters from Cracker Barrel. It was 19.99! If there's one around you maybe they'll have some this fall.
What a beautiful book with such a special history. Thanks so much for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a blessing to have this piece of history. Lucky you.
ReplyDeleteSally, What a beautiful book! I do believe my mother has such a book for her mother's side of the family. The hand written notes and drawings make it so special. Thanks for sharing. Elizabeth
ReplyDeleteWhat a treasure! The book cover is just beautiful, the history and the letters-simply wonderful.
ReplyDeleteHi Sally,
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful book you have. It is quite the treasure! You are very lucky to have some wonderful things from your ancestors!
Hugs,Ann
Sally,
ReplyDeleteI'm drooling over this book. You are so lucky to have this! I have been researching my family for about 6 months and have found tons of stuff on the internet, but to actually hold something like this. It's amazing how in the old days people really thought geneology was important. Today-most people could care less. What a treasure you have. Have a good weekend-hope you are having nice weather-it's still over 100 here! Yuck!
Leslie
What a priceless item you have! I could look at it over and over, as I'm sure you do. Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving a comment about my tablescape and story. I am your newest follower, so I hope you check me out again! Sandi
ReplyDeleteLove the header photo - my hubby's uncle wrote two books on his fmaily - great treasures aren't they?
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