Family History
Mom's side- Danish, German, and Irish. There isn't much that we could find about my mom's side of the family since the people that came over here aren't around anymore. We do know that my great grandpa Nels Nelsen came over here from Denmark with his parents when he was a young boy with his parents. From what we know they just came over here for a better life.
A picture of Danish immigrants from around the time my grandpa came over.
Dad's side- My dad is a little bit of just about everything, not exactly, but close. The majority is Irish and Italian. So my dad's side is way more complex then my mom's. The majority of my dad's side didn't exactly come here through Ellis or Angel island well, they didn't even come to America by choice.
Picture of the Lumley Castle
My late ancestors from the late 1300's to the early 1400's were living in England and my great great great ect. something had transformed their family manor into a castle. The current king at the time Henry IV found out that the Lumley's were planning to overthrow him so Lumley was executed and the castle was given to someone else. Later the castle was finally given back to Lumley's grandson. It had been tossed around for quite some time. It became a hall for college students. It is now a hotel. It is also considered very haunted.
Later on my ancestors decided to leave the country and go to Canada. (This was a little before the Mayflower came over.) Once there they settled and created the town of Wilamout?? (No one is exactly sure.) They had stolen a horse and got kicked out. This time they moved to New York changed their last name and started up a hotel. After this they eventually got kicked out of New York and migrated to Missouri. Where the majority of my family still lives.
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Good job Taylor!