Originally Posted by
Teen
Very interesting about Denver. I Loved Gilligan's Island.
Sorry, Teen. While Bob did have a James (great-grandfather) and a William (grandfather) in his genealogy (
https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/D...Family-Tree-20 ) neither was the person Denver CO was named after. The places and dates do not match with
https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/james-w-denver/15510 James William Denver who was born 1917 and was the Kansas governor whom General Larimer was trying to gain political favor with per
https://www.denver.org/about-denver/...enver-history/
SusieQOH evidently lots thought Welk was Polish. While he was born in North Dakota it was a settlement founded by a lots of immigrants from Russia, but originally were Germans in France. From some of the sources I read, such as
http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/l.../lawrence-welk Welk did not speak English until he was 21.
Its interesting so many of the founding fathers died on July 4th.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.