Hi there, my name is Anne (Patten maiden name) and Ive traced my family tree back to Somerset uk with John Patten born circa 1578. Please feel free to contact me and see if we have any links with each other’s trees.
Yes. I think that might have been me. Was your Dad a Union or Labor Party official?
Briefly, probably 20 years ago a friend of mine from North Stradbroke Island, Estelle Bertossi, an aboriginal woman of the island asked me if I was any relation to Jack Patten. I said I didn't know and she gave me a little pamphlett about Jack Patten.
It wasn't until 1995 and I was dragged kicking and screaming into email and internet, that I would Google my name as a Civil Mariage Celebrant, and found I was drowned out by this other Jack Patten. I was fascinated by his story, and wondered about his education, and how he was able to communicate in such times to acheive what he did. I was born in 1934, so I can recall the period of the later years of Jack's life, and the social circumstances of the time..
Just recently I happened on your blog and tried to follow it up, but being an I.T. dunce had trouble getting through. It was your comment about looking for antecedents from Somerset that attracted me. My great-grandfather Samuel Patten was born in West Chinnock, Somerset, and the Patten family was obviously pretty thick on the ground in East and West Chinnock and Chiselborough.
My wife Audrey has got us back to a Roger Patten in the 1600's and we can also show that the Patten's migrated to Australia in numbers, many to the area south of Sydney, Kiama etc.,
As a Korean War veteran I have noticed that a whole stack of Pattens reside in the Warnambool area in Victoria, and served in the RAN in Korea and since.
We would be happy to share with you any of our research. I think it would be a mighty co-incidence if we don't have a common ancestor in times past. A cousin of mine is the father of Luke Patten, a full back for Canterbury, and I was always happy if someone asked me about Wes Patten, who played for Balmain at one time, and I would claim him too.
John, I didn't have any Wave invites to hand out. I was able to get some for the first three people to contact me. If I can organise anymore you will be top of the list.Pls send me your email address to bibliaugrapher@gmail.com
Cheers,Jill
I have set up an Avery discussion group. There are 26 Avery researchers on here. I thought by putting our heads together we might find some common relatives and breakdown our brick walls. Please feel free to drop in and post your Avery lines.
Thank you for your kind words. I am very happy to make your acquaintance.
You said,
Officially it wasn't slavery, but when you're not allowed to leave the place you are forced to live in squalor, and you aren't paid for your services - what else is there to call it?
Of course, slavery by another name is still slavery.
If you haven’t had a chance to read Pulitzer Prize winning author, Douglas A. Blackmon’s book, Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black American from the Civil War to World War II, (Doubleday, New York, 2008) I would highly recommend it.
During his recent journey to Ghana, President Barack Obama reflected on the reality of slavery, not just in America, but around the world:
"I think the way it has to be thought about, the reason it's relevant is because whether it's what's happening in Darfur or what's happening in the Congo or what's happening in too many places around the world -- you know, the capacity for cruelty still exists."
And is still very much with us.
So, wherever we’re witnessing or researching the enslavement of others, be it the US, Australia, or “too many other places around the world,” it’s man’s greed, intolerance and inhumanity which remain the common threads that bind all the stories together.
It’s important work you’re doing John. I wish you well as you continue your journey.
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Hi there, my name is Anne (Patten maiden name) and Ive traced my family tree back to Somerset uk with John Patten born circa 1578. Please feel free to contact me and see if we have any links with each other’s trees.
thanks, Anne
Cheers,Jill
Well, the name John Smith isn't all that common here in Sweden.
The problem though in your case is that Stockholm is a nightmare to check.
You really need the correct parish within Stockholm the even begin to think about checking his life.
Do you have ANY information about when or exactly where in Stockholm your ancestor was born?
Cheers
Richard
Thank you for your kind words. I am very happy to make your acquaintance.
You said,
Officially it wasn't slavery, but when you're not allowed to leave the place you are forced to live in squalor, and you aren't paid for your services - what else is there to call it?
Of course, slavery by another name is still slavery.
If you haven’t had a chance to read Pulitzer Prize winning author, Douglas A. Blackmon’s book, Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black American from the Civil War to World War II, (Doubleday, New York, 2008) I would highly recommend it.
During his recent journey to Ghana, President Barack Obama reflected on the reality of slavery, not just in America, but around the world:
"I think the way it has to be thought about, the reason it's relevant is because whether it's what's happening in Darfur or what's happening in the Congo or what's happening in too many places around the world -- you know, the capacity for cruelty still exists."
And is still very much with us.
So, wherever we’re witnessing or researching the enslavement of others, be it the US, Australia, or “too many other places around the world,” it’s man’s greed, intolerance and inhumanity which remain the common threads that bind all the stories together.
It’s important work you’re doing John. I wish you well as you continue your journey.
Best Wishes,
Alane
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