Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Donald Trump: the Canadian connection

Donald Trump's grandfather seems to have had quite a gaudy career during the Klondike gold rush (many thanks to Captain Heinrichs for sending along this fascinating article).

4 comments:

bruce said...

"Ironically", oh please. My opinion of journalism sinks lower and lower.

Look, connections, see Hardin Burnley down there:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Virginia

His daughter married my ancestor, who had us through a different "wife". 6 degrees?

bruce said...

Then again, seems to be someone with the same name and slightly different dates, ancestry stuff can be tricky.

RebeccaH said...

Wow. Now we know where he gets it from.

DANIELBLOOM said...

maybe an Alaska connection too?