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1. Grandma Churchill (Marie Forest Churchill) was the second to youngest in a large family. How many children were there?

A. 12
B. 13
C. 14
D. 15

2. John Churchill, who came to America from England in 1643, got his first job in the New World doing what?

A. Slave.
B. Sea captain.
C. Flipping burgers.
D. Mule trader.

3. When our great-grandfather Willem Karel Crans met great-grandmother Francois Tjaden, what kind of work was he doing?

A. Concert pianist in Holland
B. Flower shop in Passaic, New Jersey
C. Furniture maker in Benton Harbor, Michigan
D. He was an aristocrat, so he didn’t have to work.

4. What was Willem Karel Crans’ political affiliation in America?

A. Socialist
B. Republican
C. Democrat
D. Libertarian

5. Who is our brother, Nathan R. Churchill, named after?

1. Mom and dad just liked the name.
2. Nathan Churchill of Nova Scotia, born in 1896, brother of our grandpa, Wilfred Churchill.
3. Nathan Churchill, born 1832, the father of Nelson Churchill
4. Nathaniel Churchill, born July 1, 1795 in Nova Scotia.

6. Which great-grandfather of ours went to California for the gold rush?

A. Nelson Churchill
B. William Wees
C. Julius Franz Foerst
D. William McKindley

7. Which great-grandfather gambled away his home and farm while drunk?

A. Nelson Churchill
B. William Wees
C. Julius Franz Foerst
D. William McKindley

8. Who earned the name "Will’s toothpick" because she was so skinny, and she was married to a large man by the name of William?

A. Cynthia Eleanor Wees (Mrs. William McKindley)
B. Isabel Randall Wees (Mrs. William Wees)
C. Sarah Crosby Churchill (Mrs. William Churchill of Nova Scotia)
D. Jeanette McKindley (Mrs. William Myrle McKindley)

9. Who took violin lessons, and then married their violin teacher?

A. Wilfred Laurier Churchill
B. Caroline Lang
C. Wilhelmina Crans
D. William Myrl McKindley

10. Who served under Napoleon at Waterloo?

A. Peter Crans
B. Thomas Churchill
C. Christian Lang
D. Joseph Randall

11. Which of our immigrant ancestors came to the United States most recently?

A. Pieter George Tjaden
B. John McKindley
C. Julius Franz Foerst
D. Wilfred Churchill

12. Which couple got married after their kids were grown?

A. Julius and Caroline Foerst
B. Capt. Aaron Flint and Lois Churchill
C. Willem and Francoise Crans
D. John and Sylvesta Howard

13. We are directly descended from all four of these persons. Which of them was from Nova Scotia?

A. Joseph Randall
B. Jeanette A. Brandt.
C. Zaccheus Churchill
D. Rosa Lang

14. Which of our ancestors do we prefer not to talk about?

A. Ephraim Churchill, born 1759, British sympathizer.
B. Jacob Randal, born 1770, slave runner.
C. John Howard, born 1813, physically disabled.
D. Carrie Lang, born 1855, failed to practice birth control.

15. Which of our grandparents had the most Scottish blood?

A. Wilfred Churchill
B. Marie Forest Churchill
C. William McKindley
D. Jeanette Crans McKindley

ANSWERS:

1. D

2. A

3. B

4. A

5. All of the above.

6. B

7. C

8. A

9 D

10. A

11. D

12. C

13. A

14.  B

15.  A (Wilfred's mother was born in Scotland)

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