The world considers May 19 a special day this year because it is the day that Prince Harry married Meghan Markle, which happened just a few hours ago as I type this. But there are other important occurrences this date, connected to our family.
On May 19, 1973, Kenneth Leroy Horn (that’s me) and Peggy Louise Paul married in Concord, Contra Costa Co., California, at Full Gospel Church. Yes, today is our 45th anniversary.
On May 19, 1643, the New England Confederation is founded, joining the colonies of Plymouth, Connecticut, New Haven and Massachusetts Bay in a military alliance against the threats of Native Americans, the French and the Dutch. This confederation was significant to our ancestral families who lived in Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay—the Whites, Winslows, Hutchinsons & Dyers.
In 1305, our ancestor Count William the Good of Hainault married Jeanne De Valois. They are our 22nd great-grandparents.
And way back in 804 “Alcuin of York, an English scholar who became an adviser to Charlemagne and the most prominent figure in the Carolingian Renaissance (the rebirth of classical learning under Charlemagne), die[d]. He also devised a handwriting system using both small and capital letters for easier reading.” —This Day in Church History, Christianity Today.
King Charlemagne (Charles the Great) is my 38th great-grandfather. (Photo taken by me in the plaza of Notre Dame Cathedral.)
