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In each Family, there is one who is called. We are the Storytellers. All Tribes have one, that we might remember our Family, and so we do. We would not exist without our ancestors, and so we love each one, as far back as we can reach.
About BLOSS,FAUSNAUGH-WINSTEAD and related families
Our families are fortunate. They have a 7th great 
 grandfather, Joseph Bloss, born-1759, who was a
 Revolutionary War "Patriot"***     It was Joseph who 
 personally carried the news to General George
 Washington concerning the capture of the infamous 
 British "Major Andre," co-conspirator of the 
 equally infamous traitor, Benedict Arnold.
 They are descended as well from;
 (BLOSS)
 A "Goldminer in 1851 who went west and was befriended 
 by the "Bannock" Indian Tribe when he became 
 ill. The Tribe gave him an Indian pony and a pair of 
 Indian moccassins, which were a work of Art.
 ****see Dorman Bloss Douglass, born 1827.
 Austrian immigrants  Davina Danojevic Stella's 
 birth mother. 
 Odom Buinac, from Austria was Stella's birthfather
 Ljeposava and Maxim Bursach, Stella (Stoja's) 
 adoptive parents, Croatia and Serbia.
 Pioneers who travelled to Missouri in Covered 
 Wagons***Charles Lloyd Bloss 1876 & his wife Lydia
 One staunch early Abolitionist whose home was used 
 for the "underground railroad"*** William Clough 
 Bloss b.1795 and his wife Mary. 
 A New York Stock Exchange Commodities expert***  
 James O. Bloss b. 1840
 Immigrants from England who settled the first 
 colonies*** Richard Bloys (Bloss) And his wife Michal
 Puritans*** Edmund Bloss-Blosse (Blois)-born 1586, 
 and his wife Mary who settled in the Mass. Bay 
 Colony were Delbert Bloss' first immigrant ancestors
 The man who founded the still existing "Blossburgh" 
 Pennsylvania*** Aaron Bloss, Bloss SEAM (coal) & 
 Bloss Mountain as well as The Bloss Historic Society 
 in Tioga Co. Pennsylvania
 Several Civil War Veterans
 An ancestor with the 1st name of Achsah***
 an ancester named Ruah***
 An ancestor named Mehitable***
 an ancestor named Amasa***all 4 from the 1700s
 2 women named Zeruiah***Revolutionary War Era
 Families who were among the early settlers of the 
 Mass. Bay Colony
 Mary "Polly" Blossom Bloss (part Na. American) whose 
 ancestors were of the Wampanoag Indian Tribe, 
 in Plymouth Colony, Mass. whose Chief Massasoit aided 
 the Pilgrims****
 Ancestors from the existing city of Blois (Bloss) 
 France
 Two Revolutionary War "Patriots"*** Joseph Bloss
 FYI--an in law of Edmund Bloss-Blosse (Blois) who was 
 involved in the Salem Witch Trials (direct 
 transcripts)
 Passengers on board the ship "Francis" from Ipswich 
 England, (Edmund & Mary) during  "The Great 
 Migration" from England
 Ancient Blois ancestors who came from France with Wm. 
 The Conquerer,circa 1000
 (FAUSNAUGH)
 A GGG Grandfather who was a veteran of the Civil War
 The G-man who shot John Dillenger***SA Charles 
 Winstead
 A Native American***
 Slave Owners***
 The granddaughter of a slave whose name was Golden***
 A g grandmother who lived during Abraham Lincoln's 
 administration*** Artamecie Winstead-Fausnaugh
 German immigrants*** the Fasnachts
 The Campbell Clan--a fierce warrior clan from 
 Scotland*** this is continued on Ancestry. com
 3 more Revolutionary War "Patriots"*** Rev. Francis 
 Winstead,(a minuteman) His brother Samuel and 16 
 year old nephew Mandley who was a drummer boy.
 A passenger aboard the immigrant "sail" ship, 
 Edinburgh, Johannes Fasnacht
 A sherriff from the "Pioneer West"*** William Wirt 
 Winstead, 1858
 Tennesee Heroes of the Revolutionary War***
 Pennsylvania German Pioneers
 Johan Conrad Fasnacht, Revolutionary War "Patriot"
 Johannes jr. Fausnaught, born 1758, was a 
 Revolutionary War "Patriot"
 Parents who had 14 children, (Johannes + Juliana 
 Margaretha Fasnacht)
 3 brothers who married 3 sisters;
 Johannes Jacob Fausnaught & Anna Root
 Johannes Fausnaught jr. & Susannah Root
 Henry Fausnaught & Magdalena Root
 A Grover ancestor who was in The Civil War; James C. 
 Grover
 A Sexton ancestor from Scotland
 A Campbell ancestor from Ireland  
                                                       
 The "Connection" is through  the first immigrant 
 ancestors to The New World- 
 Edmund (1586) and Mary Bloss-Blosse (Blois) 10th g-
 grandparents of Bob & his brothers Danny Del  
 Michael & David. Edmund would have lived 500 years 
 ago during the reign of the last Tudor Monarch,  
 Queen Elizabeth  who continued her father's (Henry 
 the 8th's) legacy & reign of violence over the 
 Protestant Church. Edmund, Mary & their child Richard 
 left England in separate ships, seeking 
 religious freedom. The ship Edmund sailed on,under 
 extremely desperate conditions, was called "The 
 Francis".          They were "Puritans" believing 
 that the existing young Protestant Church needed 
 purification.
 Edmund and Mary are listed in the Genealogical 
 Dictionary of The 1st Settlers of New England, page 
 203.*** They were the first immigrant ancestors and 
 10th great grandparents, settling in the newly 
 formed Massachusettes Bay Colony.
                                                                                                                         The Family of Blois (Bloss) arrived in
 France in the year 1000 with Stephen,Comte de Blois, 
 who came over with William The Conquerer a 
 Viking. "The National Archives-UK." The Blois Family 
 were prominent merchants in the 16th century 
 in Ipswich, residing in the Parish of St. Nicholas.  
 "Documents held at Suffolk Record Office, 
 Ipswich Branch, England: Administrative history." 
 BLOIS FAMILY ARCHIVES***
 Ipswich is the largest town in the country, dating 
 back to the 7th Century.

The Fausnaugh name is German, actually Fasnacht or 
 Fosnacht. It is derived from a 
 German festival, the evening before ash wednesday 
 (our mardi gras).  The Fausnaughs emmigrated 
 from   Hohengehren, Jagst, Wuerttemberg Germany in 
 the 1700s and settled in Fairfield co. Ohio.
                
 Johannes Fasnacht (Leslie's 5th g grandfather) was 
 born in 1727 in Jagst, 
 Wuerttenberg, Germany. 
 He arrived aboard the ship Edinburgh to a port in  
 Philadelphia-mid-1700s. These were my 
 "Pennsylvania Dutch" ancestors, many of them living 
 in Lancaster Pennsylvania.                        
 Johannes' parents were Samuel, born in 1698 and Maria 
 Fasnacht, from Hohengehren, Jagst Germany, 6th
 great grandparents.  
 Samuel Fosnaugh, born in 1677 (1st immigrant ancestor  
 ) & his wife Anna Maria from Kercheim Germany, were 
 Johannes' 
 grandparents, and Leslie 7th grandparents.
  
 The Winsteads,Formerly WINSTON,who were ancestors of my gg 
 grandfather, Lafeyette, made their way to North 
 Carolina 
 and Virginia in the mid 1600s,(St StephensParish),  
 from East Riding, Yorkshire, England and Sussex 
 Parish Yapton (Yaptown) England. A county in 
 Virginia-Northumberland, is also a village in 
 England-(Winstead Family History-"Our Family)*** 
           Johane Winston-Winstead & John-1555 were my 
 paternal 10th or 11 gg-grandparents 
 from  Yapton, Sussex England. John's parents were John Winston, 1525 and Margery.     
 Artamecie Winstead-Fausnaugh was my great 
 grandmother, also paternal,(born 1854),her 
 brother's name was Noah.                                                                       James Fausnaugh was my great grandfather (& 
 Artamecie's husband) & Lafeyette Winstead was 
 Artamecie's father, and my gg grandfather.           
 Artamecie lived during the Civil War. I am attempting 
 to uncover her Native American 
 Heritage,in the Ohio-Indiana Plains region. It has 
 been impossible. I don't have her mother's name 
 or Tribe.                                    She 
 would have lived during slavery, as well as being 
 merely a child during Abraham Lincoln's 
 administration.

I have "Campbell" ancestry as well, from Scotland & 
 Ireland. This is continued on Ancestry. com.
 census from William M. Campbell, 1880 in Sparta, 
 Noble co. Indiana exists stating "father is from 
 Ireland", no further information exists (paternal).        *** This is the "Doll" family; 
       
 A Campbell (maternal) tartan was discovered by a 
 genealogist years ago and is in the family in 
 Georgia with my mother's sister Pegge Brown.
 The Winsteads of my family owned many plantations and 
 slaves. In several wills, they have left  
 certain slaves to their children, sadly, like pieces 
 of furniture or cattle.
           
 The latest  research has uncovered a Winstead 
 ancestor of mine, Charles Taylor-1809, Roxboro North 
 Carolina, who married his SLAVE, Debbie Caroline 
 Green.
            Her granddaughter's name was "Golden" 
 Winstead. It is a great honor to be her ancestor.
 I actually have her photo. She was as beautiful as 
 her name.

The Maternal sides of both of our families have been 
 extremely difficult to research-the 
 proverbial "brick wall".      Austria:Bob    (Documents on Ancestry. com) 
 Leslie:Scotland and England. Please check continued Family History at my Ancestry. com account.
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