Johan Franz Hilgert (Hilliard) (1721 - 1797)
Johann Franz Hilgert who was born February 1, 1722 in Germany immigrated to America in September of 1751. Records show that he was from a town called Argental in the District of Simmern, west of Mainz. He arrived in Philadelphia aboard the Ship Edinburgh along with others from Germany. Pennsylvania ...
Austenland
Cute, but the movie is better. I picked up Austenland for the first time shortly before seeing the film. It was a cute, light romance story, perfect for fans of Pride and Prejudice. Then the movie came out. This movie is one of the most adorable movies I have ever seen in my entire life. It was funn ...
I confess . I am a . . .
I LOVE research. There. I said it and I’m glad! I am a researchaholic, big-time. I’ve always loved libraries and books and history, and when they all come together – well! At some point in the 1970s, I fell in love with the Plantagenet era in England. You know, the one that ended sadly with the deat ...
ICH Product
Organic product will be only in the case if... Boundless patriotism the ancestors or investing in health? Within a year, during the growth of the soil, extracted everything is useful. It is difficult to grow and at the same time in the same ground can only every seven years sown are. During the peri ...
50 Facts About Me.
So, I've realised recently that I don't share a lot of stuff with you guys so today, I've took around an hour out of my day and Google-ed some tags that I could possibly do. I happened to come across the '50 Facts About Me' tag and i thought it looked rather good so... here it is! I hope you enjoy g ...
Ian Manning's Farewell
Stagecoach West's Managing Director Ian Manning retired at the end of May and to celebrate his life in the transport industry a farewell running day was staged between Cheltenham, Gloucester and Tewkesbury on Saturday May 31st. Ian spent 11 years running our local Stagecoach business, during which t ...
Pilates and Fitness
Joseph Pilates: The Man behind the Movement by: Natalie Brown Joseph Pilates : The Man behind the Movement Joseph Pilates was born in Düsseldorf, Germany in 1880. He was a frail young boy, who suffered from asthma, rickets, and rheumatic fever. In order to overcome his weakened state, he studied bod ...
Tallest Lighthouse in New England Sells for $78K
(Newser) – New England's tallest lighthouse has been sold for $78,000. The federal General Services Administration says the winning bidder for the Boon Island Light Station off York, Maine, is Art Girard of Portland, Maine. The GSA closed out an auction ...
Cook vows to fight on after India crush England
ALASTAIR Cook’s appetite to lead England to the World Cup remains undiminished, despite their most chastening defeat yet as India wrapped up the Royal London Series a match early. Only a near unmissable catch by the captain himself, to end Ajinkya Rahane ...
Alastair Cook Must Quit for England to Stand Chance in 2015 World Cup
"Taxi for Cook!", yes, England's humiliating nine wicket defeat to India has confirmed it's time for Alastair Cook to catch a cab for a one-way journey into ODI retirement. Indeed, Graeme Swann, like a Shakespearean villain, put the issue into the ...
