Steven Beall

Ancestors

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Current Focus

On a mission to add Beall ancestors from 1800’s Alton, Illinois; and ancestors from the 1700’s Alexander Beall line, from Prince George’s County, Maryland.

Main Sources

I am not a genealogist; my main sources are other experts who have done sound and reliable research.

• Elise Greenup Jourdan: Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol. 6, from 2007; covers the five Beall families of Maryland; detailed and well-sourced data; she corrects a number of errors made by others (e.g. F.M.M. Beall). ^[1]
• Jack Day: Maryland Beall Families database, excellent resource for research, comparison of data from various sources, etc. ^[2]
• Elizabeth B. Heterick, Five Families "BEALL" of Maryland; a good resource; good data on wills ^[3]
• William Hunter McLean, Alexander Beall – 1694-1744 of Maryland, One Line of Descent in America, 1977; a good resource for selected Bealls of the Alexander Beall - Thaddeus Beall lines ^[4]

Biography

Birth and Parentage

I am the third of four children of Tom Beall and Cynthia Carthaus.

My parents were 1st cousins, 1x removed. Their common ancestor was Mayor/Senator Edmond Beall, b. 1848, s/o John Wesley Beall, b. 1816, and Mary Jane Hodges, b. 1825. Edmond Beall is my paternal great-grandfather and my maternal great-great-grandfather.

Places Lived

Family moved to Richardson, Texas 1956; to Dallas, Texas 1966; to Columbus Ohio 1968. Undergraduate degree from Michigan State University, E. Lansing; graduate degree from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Lived in Wisconsin two years, Wausau and Green Bay. Have lived in Lake Elmo, Minnesota for 30+ years.

Paternal Grandparents

Grandfather: Charles "Roy" Beall, b.1885, s/o Edmond Beall and Mary Eliza Harris.

Grandmother: Harriett Y. Burnap, b. 1896; d/o Henry Thompson Burnap, b. 1856, and Annie Cooper Warnack, b. 1860. They had two sons: Richard Beall, b. 1923, and Tom Beall, b. 1926.

Maternal Grandparents

Grandfather: William J. Carthaus, b. 1898, s/o William F. Carthaus and Helen Hirschman.

Grandmother: Mildred Gill, b. 1902, d/o John H. Gill, b. 1871, and Hattie May Beall, b. 1873, d/o Edmond Beall and Mary Eliza Harris. They had one daughter, Cynthia Carthaus, b. 1926; she married Tom Beall 15 Jun 1949.

Marriage

Married 15 Jul 1988 to Linda Jean Peloquin, d/o Vern and Marie Peloquin.

Presidential Cousins

10 U.S. Presidents are related within 15 generations, from closest to most distant: ^[5]

1. George Washington - 4th cousin, 7x removed; common ancestor Lawrence Towneley III.
2. Millard Filmore - 6th cousin, 4x; c.a. William Hathorne, Jr.
3. Franklin Pierce - 6th cousin, 4x; c.a. John Parker
4. George W. Bush - 8th cousin, 2x; c.a. Samuel Walker, Sr.
5. Chester Arthur - 8th cousin, 4x; c.a. Thomas Forster.
6. Abraham Lincoln - 9th cousin, 3x; c.a. Henry Cromwell.
7. Gerald Ford - 11th cousin, 1x; c.a. Robert Offley.
8. Theodore Roosevelt - 11th cousin, 2x; c.a. Archibald Campbell.
9. James Monroe - 11th cousin, 3x; c.a. Colin Campbell.
10. John F. Kennedy - 13th cousin, 2x; c.a. Archibald Campbell.

28 Additional Presidents are cousins, within 30 generations.

7 Presidents have no relationship out to 30 generations: John Adams, Martin Van Buren, William McKinley, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Woodrow Wilson, Andrew Jackson, and Donald J. Trump.

Note: The above results were created by WikiTree, but have not been certified by a genealogist.

European Monarchs

20 Monarchs are related within 15 generations, in order of reign. ^[6] Partial List:

• King James I (1603-1625); Stuart-2 [4th cousin, 10x removed]
• King Charles I (1660-1685); Stuart-1 [5th cousin, 9x]
• King George I (1714-1727); Hannover-19 [7th cousin, 7x]
• King George III (1760-1820); Hannover-17 [10th cousin, 4x]
• Czar Nicholas I (1825-1855); Romanov-2 [12th cousin, 2x]
• Queen Victoria (1837-1901); Hannover-14 [12th cousin, 2x]
• Czar Nicholas II (1894-1917); Romanov-29 [14th cousin, 1x]
• King George V (1910-1936); Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-6 [14th cousin]
• King George VI (1936-1952); Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-4 [14th cousin, 1x]
• Queen Elizabeth II (1952- ); Windsor-1 [11th cousin]

John Stewart, b. 1490, is the common ancestor for all of the monarchs listed above, and a number of others, from the Houses of Stuart, Hannover, Romanov and Windsor. My pathway to John Stewart begins with Samuel Beall, Jr. and/or John Magruder Beall, and continues through Verlinda Magruder // Samuel Magruder, Sr. // Alexander Magruder // Alexander Magruder // Margaret Campbell // Nicholas Campbell // Donald Campbell // Archibald Campbell // Elizabeth (Stewart) Campbell // John Stewart.

Note: The above results were created by WikiTree, but have not been certified by a genealogist.

Sources

1. ↑ Elise Greenup Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, Vol. 6, Heritage Books 2007, Westminster, Maryland.
2. ↑ Jackson H. Day, Pre-1800 Maryland Beall Database. Code Number identifies ancestor and generation and is essential to identifying person in database. Unpublished Manuscript, Available on Request from Author.
3. ↑ Elizabeth B. Heterick, Five Families "BEALL" of Maryland; Montgomery County Historical Society
4. ↑ William Hunter McLean, Alexander Beall – 1694-1744 of Maryland, One Line of Descent in America, Ft. Worth Genealogical Society, News Printing Co., Inc., Ft. Worth, Texas, 1977
5. ↑ "WikiTree Presidential Relationship" feature; not certified by genealogist
6. ↑ WikiTree: "Genealogical Relationship" search feature; results not certified by genealogist