Welcome Thread for the TBR Texas State Chapter

[Ms. AntiFeminazi]

I only recognize some of your names, those of you who kept your freeper handles, and today it occurred to me that some of you others might be some Texas Freepers that have either been banned or signed off willingly and have no idea how concerned some of those you left behind are about you. I'm hoping (fingers crossed) that some of you may be freekitty, stevie_d64 (sp) and/or lentusgracculus ( I KNOW I butchered that one, sorry). If you are, please know that your friends are very concerned. If you're not, that concern is probably justified. Just hoping to reconnect and ease old friends' minds.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Has anybody as yet relayed how long your family heritage is of being a Texan?

My direct ancestor came to Texas in 1837 and later became mayor of a young Austin, Texas.

Am also a distant relative of Jim Bowie who came to Texas in 1830.  Some say I cannot claim him as he became a Mexican citizen.  Since he died at the Alamo fighting the Mexicans, I think I should be able to.

Am sure some will beat that.

[geronl]

My gramps on my dads side was from Seven Shooter, Oklahoma (which I think is probably part of OKC now)

[Ghost Bear]

Has anybody as yet relayed how long your family heritage is of being a Texan?

My direct ancestor came to Texas in 1837 and later became mayor of a young Austin, Texas.

Am also a distant relative of Jim Bowie who came to Texas in 1830.  Some say I cannot claim him as he became a Mexican citizen.  Since he died at the Alamo fighting the Mexicans, I think I should be able to.

Am sure some will beat that.

I'll 'fess up, I don't have any Texas heritage, I only arrived here going on 27 years ago. My wife on the other hand is a San Antonio girl who has traced her Texas heritage back five generations on her mother's side, slightly less on her father's side (but that's due to trouble identifying people, not that they weren't in Texas.)

So you've got us beat!  ^-^

[Bigun]

Has anybody as yet relayed how long your family heritage is of being a Texan?

My direct ancestor came to Texas in 1837 and later became mayor of a young Austin, Texas.

Am also a distant relative of Jim Bowie who came to Texas in 1830.  Some say I cannot claim him as he became a Mexican citizen.  Since he died at the Alamo fighting the Mexicans, I think I should be able to.

Am sure some will beat that.

One of my ancestors (Hezekiah Faris) was at San Jacinto with Sam Houston. I live today on a part of the land that he was granted for his participation in that event.

He is buried a couple of miles from my house along with most of my ancestors on my mother's side of the family.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30687571
 

[IsailedawayfromFR]

One of my ancestors (Hezekiah Faris) was at San Jacinto with Sam Houston. I live today on a part of the land that he was granted for his participation in that event.

He is buried a couple of miles from my house along with most of my ancestors on my mother's side of the family.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30687571

I wish we would re-initiate the habit of rewarding genuine heroes with parcels of land.  I like that practice.

[Bigun]

I wish we would re-initiate the habit of rewarding genuine heroes with parcels of land.  I like that practice.

I think that in general it worked out quite well for Texas.

[geronl]

I wish we would re-initiate the habit of rewarding genuine heroes with parcels of land.  I like that practice.

good idea

[IsailedawayfromFR]

good idea

General Sam was full of 'em.

[XenaLee]

My gramps on my dads side was from Seven Shooter, Oklahoma (which I think is probably part of OKC now)

My grandmother on my dad's side was from Wewoka, OK.  Cherokee.

[Elderberry]

When people ask me where I'm from, I tell them I'm not from anywhere.
Doesn't where are you from mean, where did you leave to arrive where you are now?

That doesn't apply to me as I never left Texas.  I was born a Texan and I have never left my Texas.
Wherever my travels take me, I always ask. What part of Texas is this?

I grew up in Southeast Houston one street north of Sims Bayou.
I now live just north of Hobby Airport and south of Sims Bayou, just a few mile from where I grew up.

[Sanguine]

When people ask me where I'm from, I tell them I'm not from anywhere.
Doesn't where are you from mean, where did you leave to arrive where you are now?

That doesn't apply to me as I never left Texas.  I was born a Texan and I have never left my Texas.
Wherever my travels take me, I always ask. What part of Texas is this?

I grew up in Southeast Houston one street north of Sims Bayou.
I now live just north of Hobby Airport and south of Sims Bayou, just a few mile from where I grew up.

Maybe.  I think of "where are you from" as meaning where were your formative years spent, what are do you most closely identify with?

[txradioguy]

Damn I feel like an absolute carpetbagger.  I moved to Texas in 1974.

[Ghost Bear]

Damn I feel like an absolute carpetbagger.  I moved to Texas in 1974.

Still earlier than me... I arrived at the end of 1989.

[thackney]

Still earlier than me... I arrived at the end of 1989.

I beat you, arriving in Jan 1989.

[Sanguine]

The important part is that you got here.

[GrouchoTex]

I beat you, arriving in Jan 1989.

My grandfather was from Bosque county, north of Waco, but we are finding it hard to trace him.
Depression, dust bowl, stuff.
My Uncle was born at Hermann Hospital in Houston in the 30's

[Bigun]

The important part is that you got here.

I've heard it said MANY times!

"I wasn't born in Texas but I got here as fast as I could!"

[IsailedawayfromFR]

For those more recent Texans who are not aware of the magazine 'Texas Highways':  It is an excellent compilation of day trips and other journeys on interesting places in Texas.  Lots of history, parks, roadways, restaurants.  Some are likely to be where you live that you never knew about.

I have been a subscriber for the past 35 years, including living on both US coasts and overseas.

I have even given a gift subscription to new Texans so they get quickly 'The Lay of the Land'.

http://www.texashighways.com/

[IsailedawayfromFR]

The important part is that you got here.

The second most important part is that if you have to leave, how long it is before you can get back.

I worked elsewhere and it took 24 years to get back.  Will never leave again.

[Bigun]

The second most important part is that if you have to leave, how long it is before you can get back.

I worked elsewhere and it took 24 years to get back.  Will never leave again.

I traveled the world for a long time but never found anyplace I liked better than Texas!  Have no intention of ever leaving again except maybe for a short vacation in Alaska or something like that.

[Sanguine]

I traveled the world for a long time but never found anyplace I liked better than Texas!  Have no intention of ever leaving again except maybe for a short vacation in Alaska or something like that.

Pretty much the same story here.  Texas is the only place that feels like home.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

I traveled the world for a long time but never found anyplace I liked better than Texas!  Have no intention of ever leaving again except maybe for a short vacation in Alaska or something like that.

That is the reason I kept the magazine subscription.  I saw so much of other places, I have to catch up with my home state.

It is mostly driving trips for me now.

[al_c]

Has anybody as yet relayed how long your family heritage is of being a Texan?

My direct ancestor came to Texas in 1837 and later became mayor of a young Austin, Texas.

Am also a distant relative of Jim Bowie who came to Texas in 1830.  Some say I cannot claim him as he became a Mexican citizen.  Since he died at the Alamo fighting the Mexicans, I think I should be able to.

Am sure some will beat that.

One of the earliest of ancestors on my mom’s side of the family was Noah Smithwick. He wrote a pretty good book about his life in Texas … Evolution of a State or Recollections of Old Texas Days http://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/books/smievo. He did some work on that famous canon …  you know - that one that Texans dared the Mexicans to “Come and Take It”.

My dad’s side of the family got to Texas in the 1850s.

[GrouchoTex]

When people ask me where I'm from, I tell them I'm not from anywhere.
Doesn't where are you from mean, where did you leave to arrive where you are now?

That doesn't apply to me as I never left Texas.  I was born a Texan and I have never left my Texas.
Wherever my travels take me, I always ask. What part of Texas is this?

I grew up in Southeast Houston one street north of Sims Bayou.
I now live just north of Hobby Airport and south of Sims Bayou, just a few mile from where I grew up.

About 30+ yrs ago I lived on Detroit Street which wound from Broadway to Park Place, not far from "suicide circle", at the Gulf Freeway.
Pretty close to where you are describing.