Family History project Pt 2

By: Binh Nguyen

Geography 10

Early Settlers of North America consist of only British or Spaniard as we

were taught in grade school

Other European settlers:

Scott-Irish

Germany

Dutch

Family Origin Settlement before North America

Father’s Side:

Family name: Johnson (Johnston)

Scott-Irish

Ulster, Scotland

Mother’s side:

Family name: Plaxco

Dutch

Why did they come to America There are many reasons why European come to

America:

Profits

Exploitation of resources

Dry up their resource in their own homeland

Mom & Dad family reason to come here?

They got kick out of their homeland and have to settle for the new world.

Family first Settlement in America Father’s family

Early 1700’s

Appalachian Valley east of Tennessee

At that time, it was called the Carolina

Mother’s family

Arrival date: unknown

Came to Alabama

How did they get here?

Works the families involved in Maternal grandfather = chief police of Memphis,

Tennessee

He later became revenuer during the prohibition

Work as a guard for the Governor of Puerto Rica yacht

Mother was a registered nurse

Mother’s father as chief police of Memphis Tennessee in 1920’s

1945 Mom in nurses training at 1st Baptist Hospital Knoxville TN

Mother’s Father revenuer job during prohibition

My mom’s dad retirement job: to watch and guard the Governor of Puerto Rica Yacht

Works the Families involved in continue

Father’s family works in:

Marvel quarries

Farms

Father works in:

Army Air force

Public Accountant

Air line mechanic

Grandpa Johnson as a mail man

Dad in the Air Force

Foods

Straight up Southern cooking

Religions Father’s side of the family

Quakers

Similar to Amish

Father was personally religious

Belief in a higher being but do not go to church

Mother’s family belong to the Baptist church

Encourage me to go but did not force to go

Quaker/ Puritan

My Uncle Don (dads Brother and His Family “Church of Friends” similar to the Amish

Traditions Father’s side:

Remain untouched by the outside world

Super religious

No T.V

No Internet

No technologies

Father of course do not follow the same path and join the new world.

Where have the families Move since

Mother was born in Alabama

Moved to Memphis Tennessee

Dad met mom in Tennessee

Married and move to Rome, Mississippi

Together they moved to Pomona, Ca

Because dad hate the snow and wanted to move to a warmer place

Moved to Claremont

Me. mom, and dad in Montclair

Me and mom in Pomona

US Wars and how it affected the families

Grandpa was in the Spanish American War

In the Navy

Dad was in the Air Force during WWII

As a Spy

Plane got shot down and crashed down into Germany

Survived and became prisoner of war in Germany

Thought to be dead when the plane crashed by US Arm force

Grandfather received a purple heart in turn

I was a Vietnam war veteran

The spy plane dad was on when it got shot down in Germany

Prison of War

The General giving my grandpa a purple heart thinking my dad was dead

Police Officer after the Vietnam war

Me

Random Family pictures

Really old picture of great grandpa on mother side of the family

My mother, her mother, her brothers , and sisters

My father, as a baby his father & mom, and his grandma