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Family History project Pt 2
By: Binh Nguyen
Geography 10
Early Settlers of North America consist of only British or Spaniard as we
were taught in grade school
Other European settlers:
Scott-Irish
Germany
Dutch
Family Origin Settlement before North America
Father’s Side:
Family name: Johnson (Johnston)
Scott-Irish
Ulster, Scotland
Mother’s side:
Family name: Plaxco
Dutch
Why did they come to America There are many reasons why European come to
America:
Profits
Exploitation of resources
Dry up their resource in their own homeland
Mom & Dad family reason to come here?
They got kick out of their homeland and have to settle for the new world.
Family first Settlement in America Father’s family
Early 1700’s
Appalachian Valley east of Tennessee
At that time, it was called the Carolina
Mother’s family
Arrival date: unknown
Came to Alabama
How did they get here?
Works the families involved in Maternal grandfather = chief police of Memphis,
Tennessee
He later became revenuer during the prohibition
Work as a guard for the Governor of Puerto Rica yacht
Mother was a registered nurse
Mother’s father as chief police of Memphis Tennessee in 1920’s
1945 Mom in nurses training at 1st Baptist Hospital Knoxville TN
Mother’s Father revenuer job during prohibition
My mom’s dad retirement job: to watch and guard the Governor of Puerto Rica Yacht
Works the Families involved in continue
Father’s family works in:
Marvel quarries
Farms
Father works in:
Army Air force
Public Accountant
Air line mechanic
Grandpa Johnson as a mail man
Dad in the Air Force
Foods
Straight up Southern cooking
Religions Father’s side of the family
Quakers
Similar to Amish
Father was personally religious
Belief in a higher being but do not go to church
Mother’s family belong to the Baptist church
Encourage me to go but did not force to go
Quaker/ Puritan
My Uncle Don (dads Brother and His Family “Church of Friends” similar to the Amish
Traditions Father’s side:
Remain untouched by the outside world
Super religious
No T.V
No Internet
No technologies
Father of course do not follow the same path and join the new world.
Where have the families Move since
Mother was born in Alabama
Moved to Memphis Tennessee
Dad met mom in Tennessee
Married and move to Rome, Mississippi
Together they moved to Pomona, Ca
Because dad hate the snow and wanted to move to a warmer place
Moved to Claremont
Me. mom, and dad in Montclair
Me and mom in Pomona
US Wars and how it affected the families
Grandpa was in the Spanish American War
In the Navy
Dad was in the Air Force during WWII
As a Spy
Plane got shot down and crashed down into Germany
Survived and became prisoner of war in Germany
Thought to be dead when the plane crashed by US Arm force
Grandfather received a purple heart in turn
I was a Vietnam war veteran
The spy plane dad was on when it got shot down in Germany
Prison of War
The General giving my grandpa a purple heart thinking my dad was dead
Police Officer after the Vietnam war
Me
Random Family pictures
Really old picture of great grandpa on mother side of the family
My mother, her mother, her brothers , and sisters
My father, as a baby his father & mom, and his grandma