Thanksgiving is coming. The goose is getting fat. Time to put a penny in the old man's hat. If you haven't got a penny a half-penny will do. If you haven't got a half penny then God bless you. I still remember that song from years past. I just did some research and now realize I have been getting the words wrong all of these years. It is actually a Christmas song and not a Thanksgiving song. It is supposed to be "Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat..." and somehow I have distorted it. I remember though looking at old video tapes of when I was a kid and my sister and I would sing Thanksgiving is coming. I suppose we liked Thanksgiving alot. I love it for 2 things - Dallas Cowboy Football annd turkey. There is nothing like a turkey leg, or the cowboys winning.

I'm bored at work today so I figure I'll go into the Bass genealogy. Last year I talked about how my namesake John Alden was at the first Thanksgiving. So for you genealogy buffs here it is:

My dad, Dr. Bass (1937), father is
George W. Bass (1907) father was
Harry Boyslton Bass(1874) in OKC father was
Josiah Quincy BASS(1845)(Oklahoma Land Run) father was
Samuel Bass born in 1807 father was
Josiah Bass(1768) father was
Samuel Bass(1724) father was
Samuel Bass(1691) father was
John Bass(1658) mother was
Ruth Alden(1637) father was
John Alden(1598) -- Mayflower born in England

It is kind of funny. I like to think about it, but I don't like to talk about it because people think you think you are better than them for something as stupid as a genealogy. I remember talking to a German friend who said ,"everybody in America says they're from the mayflower." I held my tongue, but thought, a lot of people probably are since it was almost 400 years ago. But on the flipside it is fun to think of the heritage especially on Thanksgiving when 381 years ago they ate goose with the Indians.

Then if you want to get more haughty you can look at how John Adams and John Q. Adams are related to John Alden:

John Adams (John Adams -> Hannah Bass -> Ruth Alden -> JOHN ALDEN)

I just found this tidbit:
Dan Quayle (James Quayle, Marie Cline, Delia Burras, Oscar Burras, Sally Standish, Peleg Standish, Zachariah Standish, Zachariah Standish, Ebenezer Standish, Sarah Alden, JOHN ALDEN)

Basically they all inbred back then. Then there is the royal line on my Grandmother's side. I think though she might've had an attitude about it:

My dad, Dr. Bass (1937), mother is
mother is Louise Scott
mother is Luna Vickers DAR ID Number: 91158
mother is Margaret McIntosh (b. 1849)
father is David Simpson McIntosh (1814-84)
father is Paschal Paoli McIntosh (1769-1833)
father is Ebenezer McIntosh - was one of the men who, dressed as Indians, entered
the warehouse at Boston and threw tea into the harbor.

Wife is Elizabeth "Betsy" Maverick
father was Jotham Maverick b.1660
father was John Maverick 1635
father was Elias Maverick 1604
mother was Mary Gye

Mary Gye has a whole website dedicated to her royal lineage which spans through the inbreeding of thousands of years. They call it the Mary Gye Experience:
http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~kristin/fambly/Indices/MaryGye.html

Last but not least I leave you with the signature of John Alden. There is no doubt we are related. My handwriting is almost as bad as his, I suppose because we are all mutants:



Thought of the Day
"Are you Master of your Domain?"
"I am King of the County. You?"
"Lord of the Manor."
"I'm Queen of the castle!"
- Jerry, George and Elaine, in "The Contest"