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  • Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

    — Abraham Lincoln
  • My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.

    — Cary Grant
  • Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.

    — E. B. White
  • I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.

    — e. e. cummings
  • What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.

    — Saint Augustine
  • Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

    — Mark Twain
  • If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

    — Henry David Thoreau
  • If two things look the same, look for differences. If they look different, look for similarities.

    — John Cardinal
  • In theory, there is no difference. In practice, there is.

    — Anonymous
  • Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

    — John Adams
  • People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.

    — Abraham Lincoln
  • History - what never happened described by someone who wasn't there

    — ?Santayana?
  • What's a "trice"? It's like a jiffy but with three wheels

    — Last of the Summer Wine
  • Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened

    — Terry Pratchett
  • I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.

    — Terry Pratchett
  • .. we were trained to meet any new situation by reorganising; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illuson of progress

    — Petronius (210 BC)
  • The time we have at our disposal every day is elastic; the passions that we feel expand it, those that we inspire contract it; and habit fills up what remains

    — Proust
  • So just as it is not the desire to become famous but the habit of being laborious that enables us to produce a finished work, so it is not the activity of the present moment but wise reflexions from the past that help us to safeguard the future

    — Proust "Within the Budding Grove"
  • You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

    — William J. H. Boetcker
  • Only a genealogist thinks taking a step backwards is progress

    — Lorna
  • No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.

    — George Bernard Shaw
  • A TV remote is female: It easily gives a man pleasure, he'd be lost without it, and while he doesn't always know which buttons to push, he just keeps trying.

    — Anon
  • Hammers are male: Because in the last 5000 years they've hardly changed at all, and are occasionally handy to have around.

    — Anon
  • The right thing to do is to do nothing, the place to do it is in a place of concealment and the time to do it is as often as possible.

    — Tony Cook "The Biology of Terrestrial Molluscs"
  • All that mankind has done, thought, gained or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.

    — Thomas Carlyle "The Hero as Man of Letters"
Descendants of William PARKER and Charlotte PARKERSON: Other surnames - CLINTON, GIBSON
My line
  • Charlotte Parkerson (T) (say 1765 - )
    • William Parker (bef. 1769 - )
      • Jemima Parker (Feb 1793 - Apr 1861)
        • William Clinton (Sep 1787 - bet. 1830 - 1851)
          • Sarah Clinton (Nov 1811 - bef. 1861)
          • William Clinton (bet. 1812 - 1814 - bef. 1861)
          • Henry Clinton (Dec 1815 - bef. 1830)
          • James Clinton (Oct 1817 - Jan 1885)
            • Jane Thompson (cir. 1822 - Nov 1880)
              • William H. Clinton (Dec 1846 - Feb 1910)
                • Emily Tiley (1851 - Jul 1931)
                  • James E. Clinton (1872 - Oct 1918)
                    • Rachel Randall (say 1872 - )
                  • Albert H. Clinton (Jun 1874 - Aug 1921)
                    • Florence C. Lindsay (Sep 1877 - Sep 1910)
                      • Forence E. Clinton (1902 - 1902)
                      • Emily V. Clinton (Jun 1903 - Nov 1961)
                        • Arthur M. L. Forecast (Sep 1901 - Jun 1986)
                      • Albert V. Clinton (May 1907 - Oct 1967)
                        • Edna Archibald
                    • Christine Witt (1887 - 1951)
                      • James H. Clinton
                        • Bernice UnknownSurname
                      • Merle U. Clinton
                        • Daniel P. Crowe
                  • William E. Clinton (Sep 1876 - Feb 1958)
                    • Gerty A. Davey (Mar 1879 - Aug 1969)
                      • Alma G. I. Clinton
                        • John Pape (Oct 1892 - Dec 1952)
                        • Donald T. White (Jun 1889 - Apr 1970)
                      • Clyde W. Clinton (Aug 1907 - Dec 1980)
                        • Elizabeth A. Mundy
                      • Malcolm T. Clinton (Nov 1910 - Nov 1988)
                        • Phyllis V. McDonough
                  • Caroline E. Clinton (1879 - )
                    • John A. Thomson (say 1879 - )
                  • Emily M. Clinton (1881 - )
                    • John Draper (say 1881 - )
                  • Harold E. Clinton (1884 - )
                    • Evelyn F. Harris (1883 - )
                      • Harold C. Clinton (1913 - )
                  • Elsie L. Clinton (1886 - )
                    • E Murray (say 1886 - )
                  • Frederick T. Clinton (1890 - 1950)
                    • Elsie Jones (say 1890 - )
                      • Phillip W. Clinton
              • James S. Clinton (Jun 1848 - cir. Apr 1917)
                • Mary Lynch (say 1848 - )
                  • William Clinton (1876 - 1876)
                  • James E. Clinton (1878 - )
                    • Emma Williams (say 1878 - )
                  • Florence M. Clinton (1880 - )
                    • Henry J. Edwards (say 1875 - )
                  • Herbert V. Clinton (1882 - cir. Jun 1949)
                    • E R. James (say 1882 - )
                  • Mabel P. C. Clinton (1884 - )
                    • James Bourke (say 1884 - )
                  • William Clinton (1886 - 1960)
                  • Frederick Clinton (1889 - 1941)
                  • Henry J. Clinton (1892 - )
                  • Norman H. Clinton (1895 - cir. Sep 1981)
                    • Amelia V. Black (say 1895 - cir. Mar 1985)
              • Emma J. Clinton (Mar 1850 - )
                • James Glover (say 1850 - )
              • John S. Clinton (Dec 1851 - cir. Dec 1859)
            • Margaret Thompson (cir. 1831 - Jan 1877)
              • David T. Clinton (Apr 1856 - Jul 1931)
                • Agnes T. Heeps (Mar 1860 - Sep 1942)
                  • Margaret E. Clinton (Mar 1881 - 1965)
                    • William G. Barber (1874 - 1935)
                      • Doris A. M. Barber (1904 - 1983)
                        • Frank Ram
                      • William A. D. Barber (1906 - 1979)
                  • Emily A. Clinton (Jan 1883 - Dec 1963)
                    • Albert H. J. Wynne (1877 - )
                      • Lester A. Wynne
                        • Enid Truscott
                      • Jeanette E. Wynne
                        • Ian McPherson
                        • Bob Heath
                  • Annie P. Clinton (Oct 1884 - Oct 1947)
                  • Florence D. Clinton (Nov 1886 - Dec 1978)
                    • Edward O. Drake (Apr 1883 - May 1936)
                      • John N. Drake (Jan 1915 - Apr 1983)
                      • Mary A. Drake (Jan 1916 - Aug 2004)
                        • Robert L. Denig Jr (Nov 1909 - Feb 1986)
                  • Harold D. J. Clinton (Aug 1888 - aft. 1975)
                    • Florence Carter (say 1888 - aft. 1975)
                      • Harold Clinton
                      • Irena A. Clinton
                        • Gordon O. S. Greer (May 1906 - Feb 1979)
                  • John L. Clinton (Oct 1890 - Sep 1967)
                    • Ann O'Hare (say 1890 - )
                      • Margaret A. Clinton
                        • Austin Hanrahan
                      • Wilfred H. Clinton
                        • Lorna McCormack
                  • Irene V. Clinton (Nov 1892 - Jul 1893)
          • Mary A. Clinton (Feb 1820 - bef. 1861)
          • Frederick Clinton (Feb 1824 - bet. 1830 - 1861)
          • Emma P. Clinton (Mar 1827 - Jun 1894)
            • William Austin (cir. 1829 - aft. Feb 1854)
              • Caroline E. Austin (Jan 1854 - Jan 1899)
                • Matthias Rowe (Oct 1852 - Dec 1901)
                  • Henry M. Rowe (Oct 1884 - Aug 1960)
                    • Margaret J. Phillips (Dec 1889 - Oct 1924)
                      • Mervyn J. Rowe (Oct 1924 - Oct 1985)
                        • Nola W. Austin
                    • Laura M. Sanger (cir. 1903 - Jun 1979)
                  • Honor Rowe (Jul 1886 - Apr 1971)
                    • George E. Andrews (Jun 1881 - Dec 1944)
                      • Veta E. Andrews (Nov 1909 - Aug 1983)
                        • Joseph M. Hickford (Sep 1907 - Oct 1976)
                      • Hazel M. Andrews (Aug 1911 - Apr 1986)
                        • ?
                        • Jeffrey G. Cox (Jan 1908 - Mar 1969)
                      • Jessie A. Andrews (Dec 1912 - Mar 2005)
                        • Leslie A. Henderson (Mar 1913 - Apr 1995)
                      • Mary H. Andrews (Jul 1914 - Nov 2004)
                      • Grace E. Andrews
                        • Bernard Kuch (Apr 1906 - Feb 1978)
                      • Hilda M. Andrews
                        • Joe W. Allomes (Jan 1919 - Dec 1962)
                      • Ruth E. Andrews
                        • Ivan B. Julian (Oct 1914 - Dec 2000)
                      • Eva J. Andrews
                        • Robert N. Smith (May 1922 - Feb 1957)
                        • Martin R. Taylor
                  • Clara E. Rowe (Apr 1892 - May 1980)
                    • Charlie Young (bef. 1891 - bef. May 1980)
                      • Lucretia Young ( - cir. 1918)
                      • Austin J. Young (cir. 1919 - Mar 1943)
            • Capt John Gibson (Jun 1825 - Nov 1908)
              • John Gibson (Aug 1859 - Oct 1932)
                • Edna Dale (cir. 1860 - Apr 1933)
                  • Iris E. Gibson (Dec 1883 - cir. 1981)
                    • Francis G. Yeates (Aug 1883 - Mar 1955)
                      • Francis W. Yeates (1906 - bef. 1993)
                        • Maisie UnknownSurname
                        • Female ?. UnknownSurname ?Kasper (say 1906 - )
                      • Malcolm N. D. Yeates (aft. 1907 - bef. 1993)
                        • Ivy E. Turnbull (say 1920 - )
                    • Cecil F. P. Way (Jan 1880 - )
                  • Elsie E. Gibson (Apr 1885 - Jan 1924)
                    • George W. Gibson (Feb 1888 - Jan 1988)
                      • female? GIBSON (cir. 1915 - cir. 1915)
                      • Erina E. J. Gibson
                        • Vincent C. Simmonsen (1902 - Feb 1979)
                      • Sydney W. GIBSON
                        • Shirley M. Marsh
                  • Robert Gibson (Aug 1886 - cir. 1886)
                  • Ellen E. Gibson (Aug 1886 - bef. 1993)
                    • Robert Irvine (bef. 1892 - )
                      • Ken Irvine
                        • Dorothy Patallo
                      • Hilda Irvine
                        • Ern Rodgers
                      • Margaret Irvine
                        • Norm Waugh
                      • Norman Irvine
                        • Alb Eames
                      • John M. Irvine (1923 - 1944)
                  • William H. Gibson (1887 - Aug 1899)
                  • Mabel I. Gibson (1889 - Feb 1976)
                    • Frederick W. Irvine (bef. 1891 - Aug 1951)
                      • Jack Irvine
                        • June Hawkins
                      • Maisie Irvine ( - 1969)
                        • Ted Crabbe
                  • Jessie H. C. Gibson (1890 - cir. 1955)
                  • John H. Gibson (1891 - Mar 1944)
                    • Violet K. Gould (bef. 1907 - bef. Mar 1977)
                  • Sydney E. Gibson (1894 - Dec 1915)
                  • Norman P. Gibson (Sep 1895 - Mar 1964)
                    • Sheila J. East (Aug 1908 - Jun 1980)
                      • Joan M. Gibson
                        • Christian Ewers (say 1934 - )
                      • Brenda V. Gibson
                        • Robert M. McMurray (say 1936 - )
                      • John B. GIBSON
                        • Shirley Deane
                      • Miriam E. Gibson
                        • Ronald Jackson
                  • Lance V. Gibson (1896 - Aug 1930)
                    • Nellie Humphrey (Dec 1897 - Dec 1954)
                      • Kathleen H. Gibson (Aug 1920 - Mar 1994)
                        • Allan D. E. Pettigrew (Oct 1920 - Jan 2005)
                      • Ritihia Gibson
                        • Charles J. Ryan (Mar 1912 - Dec 1990)
                      • Humphrey K. Gibson (Feb 1929 - Jul 1983)
                  • Vivienne Gibson (1898 - cir. 1970)
                    • Richard Sargent
              • James Gibson (Jun 1861 - 1863)
              • William H. Gibson (1864 - May 1887)
          • Henry Clinton (May 1830 - May 1876)
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