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| 1026 | The namesake and subject of ?Ragnar?s Saga?, and one of the most popular Viking heroes among the Norse themselves, Ragnar was a great Viking commander and the scourge of France and England. A perennial seeker after the Danish throne, he was briefly ?king? of both Denmark and a large part of Sweden. A colorful figure, he claimed to be descended from Odin, was linked to two famous shieldmaidens, Lathgertha in the Gesta Danorum, and Queen Aslaug according to the Völsungasaga. He told people he always sought greater adventures for fear that his (possibly adoptive) sons who included such notable Vikings as Björn Ironside and Ivar the Boneless would eclipse him in fame and honor. Ragnar raided France many times, using the rivers as highways for his fleets of longships. By remaining on the move, he cleverly avoided battles with large concentrations of heavy Frankish cavalry, while maximizing his advantages of mobility and the general climate of fear of Viking unpredictability. His most notable raid was probably the raid upon Paris in 845 AD, which was spared from burning only by the payment of 7,000 lbs of silver as danegeld by Charles the Bald. To court his second wife, the Swedish princess Thora, Ragnar traveled to Sweden and quelled an infestation of venomous snakes, famously wearing the hairy breeches whereby he gained his nickname. Supposedly, the breeches were made from bearskin dipped in pitch and sand, making them fireproof. He continued the series of successful raids against France throughout the mid 9th century, and fought numerous civil wars in Denmark, until his luck ran out at last in Britain. After being shipwrecked on the English coast during a freak storm, he was captured by Anglian king Ælla of Northumbria and put to death in an infamous manner by being thrown into a pit of vipers. Although he is something of a hero in his native Scandinavia, reliable accounts of his life are very sketchy and heavily based on ancient Viking sagas. A historic Ragnar Lodbrok is held to have been a jarl at the court of the Danish king Horik I (814-854), and this Ragnar[2] participated in the Viking siege of Paris in 845.[3] A certain Reginheri attacked Paris with a fleet of 120 ships. The warriors belonging to the army of Charles the Bald, were placed to guard the Abbey of St. Denis, but fled when the Danish Vikings executed their prisoners ferociously in front of their eyes.[citation needed] After receiving a tribute of 7000 pounds of silver from Charles the Bald, Ragnar went back.[2] By mysterious circumstances, many men in Ragnar's army died during the journey and Ragnar died soon after his return.[1] | LODBROK, Ragnar (I8200)
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| 1027 | The naturalization record states that his native tongue was English. | LALONDE, Paul Sr (I1399)
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| 1028 | The notary was Pierre Cabazie. | Family F1618
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| 1029 | The priests name was Pierre Remy, Cure de La Chine. | Family F1618
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| 1030 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | WARE, William Jr. (I7726)
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| 1031 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | LITTLE, Claude (I9764)
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| 1032 | The St. Polycarpe priest, F. Cholet, entered the name in the parish registry as Christy McGinnis, and her father's name as Archibald McGinnis. The registry was signed by Christy as "Christy McInnis" and by a John McInnis with what can be presumed as the correct spelling of the last name. | MCINNIS, Christy (I4219)
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| 1033 | The U.S. Federal census data indicates that Margaret had 15 children, 7 of whom were living in 1900. | Margaret E. (I13861)
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| 1034 | The wedding ceremony took place at eight o'clock, Wednesday evening in St. Paul's Methodist Church and was performed by Rev. Athanasius P. Rickard, Elder of the Methodist Church. The attendants were Miss Opal Louise Strang and Harold Lewis Betcher. | Family F4011
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| 1035 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family F5123
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| 1036 | There is some erroneous information that Antoine was killed in the River Raisin battle of 1812. It is documented that Antoine was mustered under the act of 2/6/1812 with Col Antoine Dequindre, the voluntary Riflemen of the Michigan Militia, war of 1812. His primary responsibility was as a homeguard against the Indians. There were approximately 60 French volunteers. On 8/10/1812 in Maguaga (now Wyandotte) in Trenton County MI, Antoine’s militia was to accompany a General (?) Miller’s troop, who were traveling from Monroe to Detroit via train. They were ambushed by the Indians and British soldiers who had crossed from Canada into Michigan. Antoine and one other soldier were killed on the first day of battle, 8/10/1812. | VERMET, Antoine (I104)
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| 1037 | There were 7 families living at this building address. | Mary (I13607)
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| 1038 | They had one adopted son. | BECKER, Lillian (I2789)
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| 1039 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | WOOD, Laurence (I8581)
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| 1040 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | COCKE, Dr. John Vinton (I8604)
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| 1041 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | CORBIN, Jack (I8614)
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| 1042 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Bess (I8650)
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| 1043 | They lived 2 miles south of town in a 4 room log house with a large fireplace. They kept cows, chickens, pigs, and horses. He kept a store and ran a post office. Later, they sold the farm and moved to Davenport, OK | SKEELS, Charles Wesley (I10029)
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| 1044 | They lived on a a 500 acre farm on Little Morro Creek. | COCKE, James Henry (I8554)
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| 1045 | They lived on a farm in Eastern Oklahoma, near Kendrick. | HUGHES, George Melton (I9724)
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| 1046 | They lived on an 80 acre farm. | SKEELS, Charles Wesley (I10029)
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| 1047 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family F3309
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| 1048 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family F4957
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| 1049 | They were married by McLee Farriss, Justice of the Peace. | Family F1198
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| 1050 | They were married by Reuben Wilson. | Family F3734
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