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Ancestry

One of the goals I've set for myself for this new phase of my life was to do some research on the history of my family and to build a family tree which shows my ancestry.

When I started working on this I was in for the double suprise.

Firstly, how quickly it can be done these days with all the Internet resources available, eg apps like geni.com and Geneanet. Before I started I thought it was going to be a tediously long and frustrating process - visiting archives, searching through baptismal registers, corresponding with distant relations, going down rabbitholes and reaching deadends.

Great was my surprise when I realised that I could draw my patrilineal line from the first Bartlett to settle in South Africa (the missionary of the London Missionary Society, John Bartlett, born in 1788 and died in 1849) to my own immediate in about 3 hours time.

The "Bartlett Church" at Campbell in the Northern Cape:

The station at Campbell drawn by Charles Bell in 1835, with the church at the left:

In the process I discovered mothers and grandmothers with surnames like Haarhof, Maartens, De Beer and Ludik (wich happens to be my middle name) and also a generous sprinkling of Huguenot surnames like Viljoen, Joubert, Le Febré, De Grave, Cronjé and Taillefer.

My second surprise was when I came across an article about the origin of the Bartlett surname. The article starts by stating very generally:

"BARTLETT is an ancient Norman name that arrived in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. The name BARTLETT comes from the personal name Bartholomew."

I was further intrigued when I read the following:

"The first of the family was Adam Barttelot, an esquire in the retinue of Brian, a Knight, and they came into England with William, the Conqueror, and fought at Hastings."

Scene from the Battle of Hastings, 1066, Bayeux Tapestry:

But what truly blew my mind was the next bit of information:

"The Bartlett family owes it's beginning to King Pepin and Queen Bertha of France. The parents of King Charles I (aka Charlemagne) and his sister Bertha. Now Bertha married Milo, Duke of Aigiant and they are the parents of the Bartlett line. Their son, christened by the name of Berthaelot, a diminutive of Bertha became the favorite of his uncle (Charlemagne) who watched over him."

King Pepin The Short, first king of the Franks and father of Charlemagne and Bertha, and grandfather of the first of the Bartlett line:

Charlemagne/Carolus Magnus, Holy Roman Emperor:

Oh, my goodness! This is mind-boggling and will take me some time for me to come to terms with.

But, ok. Calm down. Carry on as always.

You can walk with kings. But just remember to keep the common touch, my boy (with a clear nod at Rudyard Kipling).

[leblogdemarinaetjm]

JEUDI 28 MARS 2024 (Billet 3/3)

« MONDIAUX DE PATINAGE ARTISTIQUE (Canada – Montréal) »

Le Français Adam Siao Him Fa a remporté la Médaille de Bronze samedi aux Mondiaux de patinage à Montréal, à la faveur d'une incroyable remontée dans une compétition gagnée par l'Américain Ilia Malinin.

19e après le programme court mercredi, Adam Siao Him Fa a merveilleusement réagi sur le programme libre pour s'offrir, après une longue attente, la médaille de bronze dimanche aux Mondiaux de Montréal (Canada).

Le Français de 23 ans a maîtrisé tous ses envols, notamment ses quatre quadruples (lutz, salchow et deux boucles piqués, dont un en combinaison avec un triple) et même abandonné sciemment deux points en s'autorisant un backflip (salto arrière), figure interdite qui le caractérise et qui a provoqué l'ovation du public du Centre Bell.

C'est la première médaille française chez les hommes depuis 14 ans (depuis celle de Brian Joubert en 2010) !

« Ce Championnat a été synonyme de hauts et de bas pour moi. Cela a été beaucoup d'émotions, a réagi Adam Siao Him Fa. Je suis content d'avoir pris ma revanche par rapport au programme court, c'est vraiment ce que je voulais », a-t-il ajouté, évoquant « la meilleure performance » de sa vie. Le Français avait remporté en janvier dernier un deuxième titre de Champion d'Europe.

(Source : « lequipe.fr »)

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Il fut un temps où les Championnats de Patinage Artistique étaient diffusés à la télévision sur une grande chaîne nationale. Malheureusement cette époque est révolue, il faut aujourd’hui être abonné (en payant) à la chaîne « L’Equipe ». En revanche, le téléspectateur peut n’échapper à aucun match de football ou de rugby. Parfois même, un programme initial est remplacé au dernier moment par la retransmission d’un de ces matchs !

Et c’est bien dommage, surtout pour ceux, comme nous, qui n’en regardons jamais ! Si c’est un problème d’audience, pourquoi le patinage (dont peut-être l’horrible défaut est d’être qualifié « d’artistique ») n’est pas rediffusé par exemple en seconde partie de soirée sur une chaîne faisant partie de la TNT ?

Nous dédions ce Billet à tous nos lecteurs/abonnés qui se sentent frustrés de cette grave lacune de notre Service Public, dont sûrement notre cousine Catherine (W.B.).

PS Nous avons fait des recherches sur la musique, très particulière, choisie par le jeune patineur français et grâce à Shazam nous avons appris qu’elle était de l’excellent compositeur contemporain, Max Richter et que le morceau s’appelle « Departure », déjà tout un programme.

[dw-flagler]

WORM:

Brian Laborn (Grue)

Aisha Laborn (Imp)

Sophia Hess (Shadow Stalker)

Thomas Calvert (Coil)*

Ravager (Or Mouse Protector)**

Adam Mustain (Skidmark)***

Lou Joubert (Moord Nag)

? (Ligeia)

Kirk ? (Annex)

WARD:

Kenzie Martin (Optics/Looksee/Lookout)

Julien Martin

Irene Martin

? (Disjoint)

? (Mayday) is "of African descent"

The worm wiki says that Dave ? (Tribute) is also "of African descent" but I don't see any text evidence of this?

PACT:

Ty

TWIG:

I still haven't read twig

blonde wildbow characters:

WORM:

lisa wilbourn (Tattletale)

victoria dallon (Glory Girl/Antares)

carol dallon (Brandish)

sarah pelham (Lady Photon)

Neil Pelham (Manpower)? (Presumed, i'm not a geneticist but both his kids have blonde hair and i think that's recessive)

crystal pelham (Laserdream)

eric pelham (Shielder)

Dean Stansfield (Gallant)

Mike ? (Lightstar)

Missy Biron (Vista)

Elle ? (Labyrinth)

Riley Grace Davis (Bonesaw)? (it's never said if her hair is naturally blonde or she made it blonde to look more like America's Sweetheart)

Paige Mcabee (Canary)? (feathers are yellow, hair is technically unknown)

Ashley Stillons (Damsel of Distress)

Noelle Meinhardt (Echidna)

Marissa Newland (Sundancer)

Greg Veder (The Worst)

Oliver (Oliver)

Ava (Cuff)

Kurt Wynn (Harbinger/Number Man)

Jeanne Wynn/Brown (Citrine)

Rune/Scribe

Sam (Prism)

WARD:

Rain O'Fire Fraizer (Precipice)

Ashley Stillons II (Swansong)

Ashley Stillons III (Damsel of Distress)

Ryan (Cradle)

Nailbiter

Colt (Colt)

PACT:

Blake Thorburn

Rose Thorburn Jr.

Rose Thorburn Sr.

Paul, James, Roxanne, Peter Thorburn

Sandra, Penelope, Joanna, Lea, Chloe, Lola Duchamp

TWIG:

I didn't read twig

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Brian Joubert

Anonymous asked:

Brian Joubert - esfj?

[figureskatingcostumes]

Brian Joubert performing in Bellinzona for Music On Ice 2018.

(Source: Wilma Alberti)

[fsketo-enol]

The comedic duo I didn’t think I needed lmao

[papciz-gram]

10.04.2022: from Gabriella Papadakis's instagram stories

[sunshineoftheheart]

After reading about Nathan Chen (side eyeing him a lot), who I didn't even know was current world champion, because I lost some interest in figure skating years ago, went back to see where my favorites are nowadays and who's in right now 🤣

Damn it was hours of videos of Plushenko, Brian Joubert, Johnny Weir, Stephane Lambiel, among others, and a more recent Yuzuru. Half of these problematic from what google says 😞 so I'll stick to videos and begin countdown to winter Olympics

Plushenko will always have my heart... Sorry.

Thought of the day: sometimes its better not to know much about the person you admire in a certain field. You are bound to disappointment. Also don't look up your childhood / teen idols. They might suck...

[figureskatingconfessions]

“Just rewatched the recently uploaded 2010 Worlds and three things: Adrian Schulthiess’s straightjacket costume and program were and still are hugely underrated, Daisuke winning his first world title was and still is amazing, and Jeremy Abbott was ridiculously undermarked in the SP and robbed of the bronze medal. How the %^#& did Brian get higher skating skill scores?”

[flapper-dai]

2007 Tokyo World Championships medal ceremony (x)

bonus:

[ohtheseskaters]

Worlds 2005

[skate-the-onion]

[figureskatingcostumes]

Brian Joubert performing in the 2016 Trophée de France gala.

(Source: Phantom Kabocha)

[nerdysk8s]

Brian Joubert 2006 Worlds SP - 007

One of the first programs I remember watching as a kid when I first became a skating fan. He’s definitely one of my favorite skaters. He’s had some really fun programs and his jumps were usually really strong. He’s one of the major quad masters back in the day.