About Griebling-McKay Family Genealogy
This family website is about the ancestors and descendants of John Angelo (Ang) Griebling Sr. and Frances Leona (Parker) McKay. The Griebling branch of the family dates to 1791 Ewighausen (Prussia) Germany, where Johannes Jacobus Griebling, the second great grandfather of Ang and the earliest Griebling family member know to date, was born. The Eulberg family branch has been traced to 1624 Germany. Ang's grandfather, Johannes (John), was also born in Ewighausen in 1851, emigrating to the United States at the young age of 19 in 1871, began building his life in NYC, eventually moving to Denver CO, where he met and married Maria Magdalena "Lena" Flucken, also from Germany, in the late 1870s and raised four sons, the eldest of which is John Henry "Harry." His wife, "Lena" and her family arrived in NYC from Germany in 1868 when she was but a young teen of fourteen. These are the grandparents of Ang. Branches of this family include: Griebling, Flucken, Eulberg, Schneider, Hagus, O’Leary, Raworth, McKay, Parker, Ferguson, Hurley and more.
The earliest known origins of the McKay (Parker) family date to 140 AD Finland and Snaer King of Kvenland JOKULSSON5. Branches of this family include: Parker, Wolcott, Treat (Trott) and more. The Treat branch begins with John Treat (Trott), born in Taunton Manor, Somerset County, England, in the area of the ancient ruins of Stonehenge, famous for the facts and mythology of the Druids. A distinguished family member was one of the petitions of the 1662 Charter of Connecticut and, later, governor when the colony became a state, a family member instrumental in the founding of Princeton New Jersey and one of the five founders of Princeton University. The Parker family stems from Abraham, born 1544 in Wiltshire, Sussex England. Parker is a derivative of the job title “Keeper of the Park.” This family is famous in the history of the United States as one of the first founding families of Connecticut Colony arriving in the same decade as the pilgrims at Plymouth Massachusetts, settling in Wallingford CT.
Another more recent family member, Ledyard Parker), father of David T. Parker (adopted as McKay) Sr., was officially documented in court records, in the Pennsylvania town where he lived, as one on a list of “Town Drunks and Lunatics,” was clearly alcoholic and most likely suffered from bipolar disorder, which is genetically linked to several members in this family branch. Ledyard left an honorable legacy later in life when he joined the Pennsylvania cavalry at the age of 40, fought in the Civil War, dying from wounds in battle within three months and is buried as a national hero at City Point National Cemetery in Hopewell, Virginia.
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Getting Around There are several ways to browse the family tree. The Tree View graphically shows the relationship of selected person to their kin. The Family View shows the person you have selected in the center, with his/her photo on the left and notes on the right. Above are the father and mother and below are the children. The Ancestor Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph above and children below. On the right are the parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. The Descendant Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph and parents below. On the right are the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Do you know who your second cousins are? Try the Kinship Relationships Tool. Your site can generate various Reports for each name in your family tree. You can select a name from the list on the top-right menu bar.
In addition to the charts and reports you have Photo Albums, the Events list and the Relationships tool. Family photographs are organized in the Photo Index. Each Album's photographs are accompanied by a caption. To enlarge a photograph just click on it. Keep up with the family birthdays and anniversaries in the Events list. Birthdays and Anniversaries of living persons are listed by month. Want to know how you are related to anybody ? Check out the Relationships tool. |
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