Trivia Question Number 1: Who is Emily Dann and who is Dora King?
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Answer: They are our Great Grandmothers!
Trivia Question Number 2 Can you name all your Great-Grandparents, and
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Answer: Our Great Grandparents
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Trivia Question Number 3:
Who is George Donner, Jr.?
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He is our Great, Great, Great Uncle
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Let me explain.............................stay with me on this............................ More info on the Donner Expedition coming soon
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Trivia question Number 4:
Who is William Brewster?
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Answer: He is our Great11 Grandfather
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Our Grandparents were Elsie (Organ) Sugden (1886 - 1955) and Ernest Sugden (1883 - 1920)
1George Donner (1784 - 1847) our Great, Great, Great Uncle
It was 160 years ago this month, April 23, 1846, that George Donner, Jr., his wife, Tamsen, their five daughters,
along with brother, Jacob Donner and his family, joined other families in Springfield, Illinois, forming a party of 33 people
in 9 wagons, and departed on their historic California migration.
Sunday, May 10, 1846: The Donner party arrived in Independence, Missouri. This was at the eastern end of the
California and the Oregon trails. It was the 'staging area' for wagon trains headed west. It would be a four-month trip.
Sutter's Fort, marked the western end of the California Trail. The fort is famous for its association with the
Donner Party, the California gold rush, and with the establishment of Sacramento.
Travelers had 123 days to go 2,200 miles and be on the other side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains before the
end of October. If not, they risked being stranded in arctic-like conditions.
The Fateful 'Hastings Cutoff'
In early July, a group of 87 travelers in 23 wagons, led by George Donner, left the wagon train to follow the Hastings Cutoff.
The Cutoff would shave 300 miles off their journey, rejoining the California Trail on the other side of the Sierras.
Stranded by early snows, nearly half the travelers died of starvation or illness. Even today,
Interstate 80 has to be closed occasionally due to heavy snows and blizzards.
Donner Pass is in the northern Sierras, near Lake Tahoe and Reno, Nevada. Its maximum elevation
is 7,085 feet above sea level.
The weather on Donner Pass is brutal. Ski resorts in Lake Tahoe report a snowfall that averages 300 to 500 inches
per season. Winds on the pass can also become extreme. These factors, along with others, were what caused
the famous Donner Party incident.
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2Thomas Prence (1600 - 1673), our Great10 Grandfather, emigrated to Plymouth Colony aboard the Fortune
which transported the second wave of Pilgrims in 1621. He served as Governor of Plymouth Colony on
three different occasions, 1634, 1638, and 1657 through 1672.
He was married to Patience Brewster, daughter of William Brewster III. [Return to Quiz]
3William Brewster III (1567 - 1644), our Great11 Grandfather, born in Scrooby, a village in Nottinghamshire in the
English Midlands (near Sherwood Forest), sailed aboard the Mayflower, in 1620, with the first wave of Pilgrims.
He was the fourth signer of the Mayflower Compact, following Sepratist leaders John Carver, William Bradford,
and Edward Winslow.
He became the Reverend Elder of the Pilgrim's church at Plymouth Colony,
since their pastor,
John Robinson remained behind with the majority of the congregation which planned to emigrate to the colonies
on future voyages.
Brewster had been a fugitive from the King of England (James I). He had published a number of pamphlets
critical of the Chruch of England. [Return to Quiz]
4William Brewster I (born 1505), taxed 1524, Bently cum Arksey, York, England; married Maude Man (born 1510);
Children: William Brewster II and Henry Brewster. This is as far back Grandma Elsie went in her search. [Return to Quiz]
5The first four voyages bringing Pilgrims to the colonies were made by the Mayflower (1620), the Fortune (1621),
the Anne and the Little James (1623). [Return to Quiz]