Jade (Frankum) Hammang
Honor Code SignatorySigned 15 Aug 2021 | 1,913 contributions | 50 thank-yous | 849 connections
Born in 1982 to Dan and Kris Frankum in Martinez, California. We moved to Willits in Mendocino County, California in 1984. I attended Brookside Elementary School, Blosser Lane Elementary School, Baechtel Grove Middle School and Graduated from Willits High School on June 15th, 2000.
~*~*~My Grandmother, Charlotte Ann (Blandy) Degurse (1928-2010) left me a wonderful Family Tree/Records book. She created 3 of them that I know of, hand typed. It looks like she started working on our genealogy in the early 1960's (most likely earlier than that, I think she always had and interest in our family history) She completed it in 1996. She gave one to each of her 3 Granddaughters. When I would go stay with her in the summers, as a child, I remember her working on them.
She used old family Bibles, oral history stories and mail correspondence with distant relatives. When traveling around the United States on various vacations, she would look through local phonebooks for our family surnames and then just call and start asking questions about how they maybe related. She also, somehow, received the addresses of people with our family surnames and wrote letters to people asking about their family histories. There are several letters from the "Blandys of Brazil" whom she started writing to in the early 1960's trying to discover the link between the two families. That Blandy family visited the United States and while here met my Grandmother and family. She also visited the LDS churches and looked through their records/archives. I remember her telling me what a wonderful resource the LDS church was for her research. I can only imagine her reaction if she were able to ever see their FamilySearch Website. Oh, the research that she could have done with the internet at her fingers!
She always kept really meticulous records, writing notes and genealogies on the backs of photographs, should they ever become lost. She would write notes on the undersides of her antique furniture, with the origin of where it came from, who it was passed down to, and who she wanted to receive it after her death. I remember seeing these notes as a small child playing on the floor of her living room. Small enough to see under the coffee table or side table.
Eventually, I would like to scan the pages of her book into a digital format to be accessed somehow online. It really is an amazing resource chronicling several generations of multiple families and converging on my Cousins and I. It was her legacy. For now I will be chipping away adding notes and such to the family profiles here on WikiTree. ~*~*~
My Immigrant Ancestors:(incomplete list, still in progress)
9th GG- William Phelps (1655-1748) & Anne Rachel (Gorsuch) Phelps (1666-1711) From England to Maryland
9th GG- William Combe (abt.1639-abt.1686) From England to Maryland
7th GG- Jacob Johann Huber (abt.1696-1759) & Anna Catharina (Leininger) Huber (1699-1790) From Holy Roman Empire (Germany) to Pennsylvania.
People of Interest to whom I'm Related
Mayflower Passengers:
Francis Cooke (abt.1583-1663) is my 10th Great Grandfather.
Stephen Hopkins (bef.1581-abt.1644) and Elizabeth (Fisher) Hopkins (abt.1585-1639) are my 10th Great Grandparents.
John Howland (abt.1592-1673) and Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland (bef.1607-1687) are my 11th Great Grandparents
John Tilley (bef.1571-abt.1621) and Joan (Hurst) Tilley (bef.1568-abt.1621) are my 12th Great Grandparents.
United States Presidents:
John Tyler (1790-1862) is a fourth cousin 6 times removed.
Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) is a fifth cousin 6 times removed.
George Washington (1732-1799) is a fifth cousin 9 times removed.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) is a 6th cousin four times removed.
Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) is a 7th cousin five times removed.
Jimmy Carter Jr. is a 9th cousin four times removed.
John Calvin Coolidge Jr. (1872-1933) is a 9th cousin four times removed.
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) is a 9th cousin five times removed.
William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) is a 10th cousin 7 times removed.
Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence:
Francis Lightfoot Lee (1734-1797) is a third cousin 9 times removed.
Royalty:(Going Way Way Back)
Edward Plantagenet (abt.1239-1307) & Leonor (Castilla) of Castile (abt.1241-1290) are my 21st Great Grandparents.
Rollo (Normandie) of Normandy (abt.0842-0931) & Poppa (Bayeux) de Senlis (abt.0872-0931) are my 30th Great Grandparents.
Edward (Brus) de Brus (1276-1318) is my first cousin 24 times removed.
Celebrities, Notables and other people of interest:
Thomas Alva Edison I (1847-1931) is a 5th cousin five times removed.
John Hanson (1721-1783) is a fifth cousin 11 times removed
Richard Arvin Overton (1906-2018) is a 6th cousin three times removed
Lyman Frank Baum (1856-1919) is a 6th cousin five times removed.
Isaac Newton (1642-1727) is a 6th cousin 10 times removed.
Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (1909-1995) is a 7th cousin 4 times removed.
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (1830-1886) is a 7th cousin five times removed.
Susan Brownell Anthony (1820-1906) is a 7th cousin five times removed.
Lucille Desiree Ball (1911-1989) is an 8th cousin twice removed
Amelia Mary Earhart (1897-abt.1937) is an 8th cousin three times removed.
Burton Leon Reynolds Jr (1936-2018) is an 8th cousin three times removed.
Lizzie Andrew Borden (1860-1927) is an 8th cousin five times removed.
Abigail Quincy (Smith) Adams (1744-1818) is an 8th cousin 8 times removed.
William Lane Paxton (1955-2017) is a 9th cousin once removed.
Frank Patrick Herbert Jr. (1920-1986) is a 9th cousin once removed.
Kelly Clarkson is a 9th cousin once removed.
Marlon Brando Jr. (1924-2004) is a 9th cousin twice removed.
William Macy is a 9th cousin twice removed.
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) is a 9th cousin five times removed.
Janis Lyn Joplin (1943-1970) is a 10th cousin once removed.
Kristen Wiig is a 10th cousin once removed.
Buzz Aldrin Jr. is a 10th cousin twice removed.
Kevin Bacon is a 10th cousin twice removed.
Christopher D'Olier Reeve (1952-2004) is a 10th cousin twice removed.
Elvis Aaron Presley (1935-1977) is an 11th cousin.
Kurt Donald Cobain (1967-1994) is an 11th cousin.
David Sedaris and Amy Sedaris are my 11th cousins.
Robin McLaurin Williams (1951-2014) is an 11th cousin once removed.
Jim Parsons is a 14th cousin twice removed.
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