Don Sage Jr
Honor Code SignatorySigned 27 Jan 2018 | 48,825 contributions | 684 thank-yous | 3,400 connections
Signed 27 Jan 2018 | 48,825 contributions | 684 thank-yous | 3,400 connections
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Don B. Sage Jr
Born 1940s.
Ancestors 
Brother of
[private brother (1950s - unknown)], [private brother (1950s - unknown)], Karen (Sage) Dobos, [private sister (1950s - unknown)] and [private brother (1960s - unknown)]
Descendants 
Father of
[private son (1970s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1980s - unknown)]
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Jan 2018
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Biography
Don Sage Jr participated with The Great Lakes Region team during the 2018 Source-a-Thon, adding sources to 365 previously unsourced profiles.
I grew up in Dunkirk, NY and spent the first 17 years in western NY, NOT visiting so many places I wish I had. Since I've become obsessed with WikiTree I keep finding towns that sound familiar or that "I remember Mom & Dad talking about so and so from....."
I went to school at Purdue (Lafayette, IN) and THEEE Ohio State (Columbus, OH) Universities studying Chemistry, ChemE, and Applied Statistics.
My wife Debbie is from Dunkirk also and we have two great kids who now live in California.
We initially lived in Granville, OH then moved to Jackson, TN, Amarillo, TX and Northville, MI. When we learned that a granddaughter was on the way, Debbie retired to help take care of her. I'm fully retired now as well. What idiot would retire and then buy a house in California, oh wait, I think I know one......
I got started in genealogy after taking a 23&me DNA test late 2017. The results did not give me as much info as I expected so I joined Ancestory.com and WikiTree. I also use RootsMagic-8 to help error proof before I upload info to WikiTree (which is kinda like submitting a paper for publishing and getting it peer reviewed) :-)
I now find myself somewhat obsessed with tracing families as they start on the east coast and migrate west (especially SAGE, BROWNELL, BALDWIN, HEUKRATH, BECK) The list of people just keeps growing! This feeds my need to solve puzzles and learn history and the regular contests in WikiTree provide a fix for my competitive nature.
.....just one more person, then I'll get to bed.......
My Surnames
- Click on Surname to view EKA - Earliest Known Ancestor
- Austin
- Baker, Brand , Brownell , Brzyski
- Carpenter (Ciesla)
- Day, Dziekan
- Fludra
- Hill
- James
- Kobus
- Lewandowska
- Matecko
- Near
- Putnam
- Sage (Le Sage) , Stasiak , Swift
- Thompson
- Zbierska (Zbierski)
Sources
- First-hand information. Entered by Don Sage at registration.
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Don's formal name
- full middle name (B.)
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (3)
- private siblings' names
- private children's names (2)
- spouse's name and marriage information
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
- Don Sage: Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 600 markers, haplogroup I-FGC29230, FTDNA kit #B751526, MitoYDNA ID T16245 [compare]
- Don Sage: Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H, FTDNA kit #B751526, MitoYDNA ID T16244 [compare]
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Don Sage:
23andMe, GEDmatch M688071 [compare] [compare x]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FQ5715853 [compare] [compare x], yourDNAportal DON0ad2b8fa, Ancestry member donsageJr
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~6.25%
Jim Beck
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member JFBeck1962
Australian Connections: Don is 18 degrees from Cate Blanchett, 24 degrees from Russell Crowe, 18 degrees from Howard Florey, 27 degrees from Dawn Fraser, 31 degrees from Cathy Freeman, 26 degrees from Barry Humphries, 23 degrees from Albert Jacka, 29 degrees from Hugh Jackman, 24 degrees from Bertram Mackennal, 23 degrees from Rupert Murdoch, 20 degrees from Banjo Paterson and 19 degrees from Henry Ross on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.
Thanks for adding the two recent Woloszyn profiles to Wikitree. I run the Space:Wołoszyn Name Study and it’s always helpful to have more individuals to add to the study!
However I think you’ve made a mistake in adding Woloszyn-126 as a mother to Unknown-654586: I have explained why on Mary’s profile. Since it involves a private profile would you be able to correct it please? Happy to discuss further if you disagree with my research.
Thanks again, Anon.
We recently left a message on your profile to check in with the Profile Improvement Project (PIP). Would you like to continue with the Project? If so, please respond to let us know. We would also like to hear from you with any ideas or suggestions.
If we don’t hear from you within 14 days we will remove you from the Project. You're welcome to rejoin the project with a quick Voyage refresher.
Sincerely,
Debi Hoag and Kay Knight, Co-Leaders, Profile Improvement Project
Robin Shaules, Project Coordinator, Profile Improvement Project
The Profile Improvement Project (PIP) is performing a check-in. The Project operates in a team structure with these participant PIP Teams -- The Category Team, the Unknowns Team, and three Biography Teams. There is also the Voyage Team which guides new Voyagers. See the Profile Improvement Project Teams for a brief outline of each team.
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I just sent you a private message. If you didn't receive it, please let me know. I am looking forward to working with you.
Find-A-Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157171899/chloe-churchill
edited by Steven Losey
We wrote to you about the check-in for Profile Improvement Project (PIP) a couple of weeks ago. Would you like to continue in Biography Team Level 1 where we have placed you? That's the Team that works on improving profiles from both your own watchlist and projects you are involved with to Level 1 of the PIP Profile Standards.
We would like to hear from you with any ideas or suggestions. If you do not wish to participate in the Project, please let us know. If we don’t hear from you within 7 days we will remove you from the Project, but we will welcome you back at any time.
Sincerely,
Debi Hoag and Robin Shaules Co-Leaders, Profile Improvement Project
As i go through my list I think I cover the whole spectrum. Most of my profiles are generated from gedcom imports. I try really hard to have at least one "hard" fact for anyone I add but have noticed over time a few folks get by with only a reference to ancestry or FamilySearch trees. I have too many folks on my watchlist to bring them all up to level 3. Thinking about it unfortunately I am more interested in quantity rather than quality. My Wikitree work is secondary to what I am currently focused on --finding a trail/path between me and DNA matches which keeps me mostly on ancestry.com. I find myself using the tree from a newly found DNA match as the basis for additions to my ancestry tree. I try to get at least one census or FAG citation to anyone I import from my matches tree but some manage to slip by when I go down a rabbit-hole when I'm in that "just-one-more" mode. :-)
The Profile Improvement Project (PIP) is performing its first annual check-in with our project members. Please review the following and let us know if you are content where we have placed you or would like to be more involved.
We are in the process of transitioning to a team structure. There will be three participant PIP Teams to start -- The Maintenance Category Team, the Unknowns Team, and the Biography Team. There is also the Voyage Team who guide new Voyagers. See the Profile Improvement Project Teams for a brief outline of each team. You're currently identified as a member of the Biography Team Level 1, working on profiles from your own watchlist and whatever else you find. Biography Teams Levels 2 and 3 will work on designated profiles for notables (Level 3) and everyday people (Level 2). Please let us know if you would like to help with another Team.
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I'm curious why you detached Mary Hyde Williams as a daughter of Jonathan Hyde? There is a source on her page showing her to be a daughter of Jonathan and his second wife...?
Thanks so very much for your participation in the spring Clean-a-thon! Every suggestion you cleared (over 300!) made our Tree that much better. The WikiTree community appreciates YOU!
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WikiTrees Appreciation Team
I havent heard back from you about the break up of the United Kingdom Project. I hope all is well with you. I assume you dont wish to join any of the country-level projects at present, and will go ahead and remove the United Kingdom badge. If you wish to join England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland in the future, you would be most welcome to do so via the respective G2G sign-up post.
Many thanks for all your contributions,
Susie :-)
We realise the time has come to dissolve the UK Project in favour of the individual country projects of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
We are checking in with all UK badge holders to find out which country project(s) you would like to be in so you can collaborate with other members, have the opportunity to select which team(s) you would like to join, and so we can ensure you have all the correct badges.
Please respond by PM to let us know which country project(s) you would like to be in. Please dont assume we know. We are effectively starting from scratch to make sure no one falls through the cracks.
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Many thanks,
Susie
Abby
Thanks for your note. Actually I just discovered De_la_Tour-27 his wife and children already have other profiles - this is the problem with the family names not being clearly defined in this family... See Saint-Etienne_De_La_Tour-1. The parentage of this family is rather disputed (see footnote of this article: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/saint_etienne_de_la_tour_claude_de_1E.html).
Good luck with your research !
Isabelle
I see that you just did some work on pre-1700 profiles. That's great :)
I notice that you are using "Ancestry or Familysearch member trees" as your source on these profiles. As we are a collaborative tree, it would be a great help if you could be a bit more explicit about your sources. For instance: Link to the specific record, not the tree. Giving specifics will help others know where the information comes from. Anything would be helpful. :)
Here is what our Sources help page says. It has lots of ideas: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sources
Thank you for adding to our Global Tree :)
Wendy
Been trying to clean-up/erase ♥s that I had on some others as well
Don