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 Topic: an interesting observation from the pastPosted: February 27 2025 at 8:54pm |
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before WWI to be accurate -
ive felt this way for decades , yes ive acknowledged the origins of my family tree but when asked i was always an american first and foremost ,
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Posted: February 28 2025 at 5:25am |
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Great speech. And that is exactly what`s wrong in Canada today. Thanx for sharing this.
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Posted: February 28 2025 at 5:52am |
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Absolutely! Even though I was the issue of the Canadian branch of the Williams clan I've always considered myself more American than Canadian and worked hard to be able to move back to my Homeland which I was finally able to do in 2001. There is direct genealogical evidence that the first of my family, John Williams settled in Schuylerville, NY in 1774 as an adult and cleared 40 acres of land and was a prosperous farmer. There is circumstantial evidence that I am related to Thomas Williams who arrived with other pilgrims aboard the Mayflower or Roger Williams who arrived in Plymouth in 1631 or 32. In any event, I am a proud American who reclaimed his birthright and am just that; an American!
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Posted: February 28 2025 at 8:19am |
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Great news!
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Posted: February 28 2025 at 3:36pm |
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Mine were United empire loyalists, got the F out of dodge after the revolutionary war. I guess they loved the crown too much. Myself, I think the crown is a waist of human flesh and O2. I too am an American, as we all live in North America, born and bred.
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Posted: February 28 2025 at 4:14pm |
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amen to that guys - north americans
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Posted: February 28 2025 at 4:38pm |
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We are Brothers.
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Posted: February 28 2025 at 4:55pm |
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Always figgered he made good sense when he spoke.
My mom's side were Cree (w/some french mixed in). Recon we got roots |
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Loose wimmen tightened here
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Posted: February 28 2025 at 4:56pm |
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I have a foot in several camps. Canadian Father, English Mother, Lots of American & Canadian family.
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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That is the same reason I came to be born in Canada: some of the Williams clan were also U.E.L. and fled America in 1778 after General Burgoyne was defeated at Saratoga. They ended up carving a home out of the "howling wilderness" that was West Lake. Ontario in the 18th Century.
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Posted: March 01 2025 at 4:10am |
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My kin settled in the Brantford area mixing blood with the Bells, My maternal family name is Liscomb. Then some East Prussian blood, Kuglin and then more English/Scottish blood and now Austin. We`re all immigrants to this part of the world no denying that. But immigrants that made what we are now.
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