Count of Hainau Guillaume III de Avesnes
GIVN Guillaume Iii, de
SURN Avesnes
NSFX [Count of Hainau
AFN 8XQ6-1G
DATE 6 MAY 2000
TIME 23:57:38
Count of Hainau Jeanne de Valois
GIVN Jeanne de
SURN Valois
NSFX [Countess of Hai
AFN 8XQ6-2M
DATE 29 JUN 2000
TIME 19:41:51
GIVN Sibylla van
SURN Holland
AFN 7W1X-L5
DATE 6 MAY 2000
TIME 23:33:44
GIVN Jan van
SURN Holland
AFN 7W1X-NH
DATE 6 MAY 2000
TIME 23:33:45
GIVN Agnes, Countess of
SURN Holland
AFN 7Z12-V3
_PRIMARY Y
DATE 6 MAY 2000
TIME 23:33:59
GIVN Louis van
SURN Holland
AFN 7W1X-VJ
DATE 6 MAY 2000
TIME 23:33:46
Ingelram de Fiennes Sir Knight
GIVN Ingelram de
SURN Fiennes
NSFX [Sir Knight]
AFN 1592-50F
DATE 6 MAY 2000
TIME 22:38:46
GIVN Maud
SURN Hampden
AFN 1592-4WT
_PRIMARY Y
DATE 6 MAY 2000
TIME 22:38:45
GIVN Reginald de
SURN Fiennes
AFN 1592-4PL
DATE 6 MAY 2000
TIME 22:38:45
Robert de Fiennes Lord of Heuchin
GIVN Robert de
SURN Fiennes
NSFX [Lord of Heuchin
AFN 1592-4R1
DATE 6 MAY 2000
TIME 22:38:45
GIVN Enguerrand
SURN Fiennes
AFN 1592-4S7
DATE 18 JAN 2000
TIME 00:00:00
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 3, Ed. 1, Tree #1412, Date of Import: Mar 7, 2000]
Merritt "Bud" Talcott Davis was born in Stafford Springs, CT, on February
1, 1924 in the Johnson Memorial Hospital. He was the last of the Davis
family to liveon the family farm in Somers, CT. At an early age, he
moved to Seattle, WA with his family. Here, he spent his youth, having
many adventures. One of the most famous of these was the time that he and
Glen Sperry (who later in life was killed by police during a bank
robbery) stole a rowboat and attempted to row across Lake Washington. Bud
was about 8 years old at the time. They were nearly killed by a crossing
ferryboat, which was unable to see them in the dark.
Bud's parents divorced when he was about 12 years old (abt 1936) and
Merritt Sr. kidnapped Bud and his brother Neil and took them back to live
on thefarm in Connecticut. Here Bud and Neil spent their teenage years,
shooting squirrels and causing trouble. There was always competition
between Bud and Neil, and they were always doing mean things to each
other. Once, Neil told Budthat he wanted to have a paper ball kicking
competition. The objective was to see who could kick a wad of balled up
newspaper further. Bud quickly agreed, sure that he could best his
brother. However, unknown to Bud, Neil had hidden a large brick in Bud's
newspaper ball. Since the contest was held barefoot, Bud ended up with a
very sore foot while Neil laughed for many days. In retaliation, Bud
decided to punish Neil with an ash-walking contest. Bud had discovered
that there were very hot ashes under a pile of seemingly cold ashes on
the farm, following a fire the day before. He told Neil that he had
discovered how nice it was to run barefoot through this ash pile, saying
that he had done so and that it wasx just heavenly to feel the cool ashes
squish between your toes. Neil, of course, wanted to do this too, and Bud
showed him theashpile. Needless to say, Neil did not enjoy his tromp
through the ashes toomuch.
Bud did not finish high school, opting instead to join the Navy in 1941
at age 17. He thought that fighting a war would be a lot more fun than
learning math. He ended up in the European theatre, being stationed in
England before the invasion. He also particpated in supply runs to
Murmansk, USSR. In 1944, he was part of the Allied team that invaded
France on D-Day. His job wasto ferry troops to Omaha Beach on LST boats.
He was not injured. Bud had many adventures during the war, primarily
amourous liaisons with European women.He claims to have dated many
English girls and even to have had sex with a French girl in an apple
orchard. Bud loved the war.
When he returned home in1945, he spend his time riding his motorcycle
and just having fun in Somers.He met Margaret Slanetz in 1946 when she
was a senior in high school, and itwas purported that he had a wild time
with her on their first date, which consisted of him merely showing up to
some location where she was baby-sitting,being introduced to her by a
friend. Bud and Margaret dated on and off for several years, but Bud was
more interested in his motorcycles than in a real committment. When
Margaret went away to dental hygiene school in Rochester, NY,in 1948,
they didn't see much of each other. However, when she came back, they
dated again, and ended up getting married on August 12, 1952 in
Hazardville, CT.
Margaret's father, Walt, gave the newleyweds some land in Enfield, CT,
and they built a small home there in 1953. There they raised a family,
with son Mark born in 1956, daughter Diane born in 1958, and son Robert
beingborn in 1963. During the 60's, Bud spent a lot of time having fun,
hunting, fishing, and camping. His favorite place to camp was Baxter
State Park, Maine,and the nearby Alligash wilderness. In 1962, Bud and
family took a car tripfrom Connecticut to Washington state to visit his