Thursday, October 9, 2008

Misc: Where we fit in the Farnsworth tree

I don't know much about our genealogy.  
  • I know we are descendants of Matthias Farnsworth
  • that a some-Gs grandfather joined the LDS church in Missouri in the 1840s 
  • that another one was a polygamist
  • that Philo T was my grandfather's cousin
  • that Earl Franklin was my grandfather
  • that there are a lot of us in Mountain Home, UT and environs
  • my dad's cousin Reona gave me a pedigree chart that I should study
So that's where I start.  I'm hoping I can find the larger web context for our family, and link up with Farnsworths in other parts of the country as I build a more history-based account via this blog.

2 comments:

Alan said...

Good morning. I found your web site thru looking for a way to update the firmware in a Xeigo G90. I have one on order, and figured that it may not arrive with the most recent dataset. I am a Farnsworth descendant, from the New Jersey to Virginia branch of the family (Thomas Henry -> Henry). I am an adult convert to the Church and recently found out that I have forty 2nd and 3rd cousins that lived in Nauvoo. It would be interesting to see how far back we are related.

Alan said...

Pardon my earlier post. Looking deeper, I figured it out. Dale Franklin Farnsworth was the husband of Sheila Anne White, my 6th cousin once removed. In my line, the New Jersey-Virginia Farnsworths join in with my mother. I am a retired naval architect, living in Georgia. My Farnsworth ancestor was my mother, Nelda Fern Farnsworth, born in Oklahoma.