pass on...

[SEATJERKER]

...
> > >>This is apparently true...........according to
> > >>legend........
> > >>Irish Friendship week....
> > >>His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish
> > >>farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his
> > >>family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby
> > >>bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There,
> > >>mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy,
> > >>screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer
> > >>Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow
> > >>and terrifying death.
> > >>
> > >>The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the
> > >>Scotsman's sparse
> > >>surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped
> > >>out and introduced himself as the father of the boy
> > >>Farmer Fleming had saved. "I want to repay you," said
> > >>the nobleman. "You saved my son's life.
> > >>
> > >>"No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the
> > >&gt! ;Scottish farmer replied, waving off the offer.
> > >>
> > >>At th at moment, the farmer's own son came to the door
> > >>of the family hovel. "Is that your son?" the nobleman
> > >>asked.
> > >>
> > >>"Yes," the farmer replied proudly.
> > >>
> > >>"I'll make you a deal. Let me provide him with the
> > >>level of education my
> > >>own son will enjoy. If the lad is anything like his
> > >>father, he'll no doubt grow to be a man we both will
> > >>be proud of." And that he did.
> > >>
> > >>Farmer Fleming's son attended the very best schools
> > >>and in time, he graduated from St. Mary's Hospital
> > >>Medical School in London, and went on to become known
> > >>throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander
> > >>Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin.
> > >>
> > >>Years afterward, the same nobleman's son who was saved
> > >>from the bog was stricken with pneumonia. What saved
> > >>his life this time? Penicillin.
> > >>
> > >>The name of the nobleman? Lord R! andolph Churchill.
> > >>
> > >>His son's name? Sir Wi nston Churchill.
> > >>
> > >>Someone once said:
> > >>
> > >>What goes around comes around.
> > >>
> > >>Work like you don't need the money.
> > >>
> > >>Love like you've never been hurt.
> > >>
> > >>Dance like nobody's watching.
> > >>
> > >>Sing like nobody's listening.
> > >>
> > >>Live like it's Heaven on Earth.
> > >>
> > >>It's National Friendship Week. Send this to everyone
> > >>you consider a FRIEND.
> > >>Pass this on, and brighten someone's day.
> > >>
> > >>AN IRISH FRIENDSHIP WISH: You had better send this
> > >>back!!
> > >>
> > >>May there always be work for your hands to do;
> > >>
> > >>May your purse always hold a coin or two;
> > >>
> > >>May the sun always shine on your windowpane;
> > >>
> > >>May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain;
> > >>
> > >>May the hand of a friend always be near you;
> > >>
> > >>May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.

[Sgt_Tropo]

And, based on the stories passed down in my family, the story is true.

Bob Fleming
(sgt tropo)

[Jerry D]

That is a great Story

[Jimmyjet]

It is a great story, but I checked it out at snopes.com. I had heard it before with a different twist, so it just didn't look right.
http://www.snopes.com/glurge/fleming.htm

[phuloi]

My middle name.Traced the family tree back to see where it came from and it may very well be that Sgt.Tropo and I are related.Let`s swap notes on this,Bob.As a matter of fact,have a gander at this:
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ID: I06461
Name: Eunice Fleming 1
Sex: F
Birth: 10 APR 1784 in Milford, Kent Co., De.
Death: 15 SEP 1827 in Mispillion Hundred, Kent Co., De.
Burial: Tharp Family Plot, Farmington, Kent Co., De.
Reference Number: 6461
Note:
[Tharp.FBK]

Buried in the "Tharp Family Plot" Farmington, 1,250 feet east side
of US Route 13, 1,250 feet North of Junction with Rd 61; Pipe rail
fence with marble posts. 40 feet by 40 feet. Site was visited and
photographed by G. L. Tharp of Houston, TX in 1995.

The Fleming farm was right next to the Tharp farm in Farmington.
This was just South of the Tharp farm per a map found at the
Harrington Historical Society.

Nicy Fleming is the daughter of Beniah Fleming, born 10 Jan 1762,
and Elizabeth Turner, born 11 Dec 1765 and married about 1782.
Beniah is the son of William Fleming, born 1717, and Jean Frame,
born 1726, and married in 1745. William with his three brothers,
Robert, Archibald and John, driven from Scotland to the North of
Ireland by religious persecution emigrated to America in the early
Eighteenth Century [1739) and took up lands under William Penn in
1741, now known as Mispillion Hundred, Kent
Co, Delaware.
William Fleming, who immigrated to the this country in 1739,
applied tothe land office and received a grant for four hundred
acres called "William's Choice". This land is west of and includes
the present town of Farmington (History of Delaware 1609-1888, vol
II, Part 2, page 1172 J. Thomas Scharf). In 1758 John Tharp was
granted 250 acres on the north side of William Fleming's land. In
1803 John's grandson, James Tharp, married William Flemings
granddaughter Nicy.
Beniah and Elizabeth Fleming, Nicy's father and mother are buried
on William's Choice. The Fleming Family Plot on William's Choice
is near Farmington, 1250 feet from the east side of US Rt 13 and
750 feet south of junction with Rt 61. A pipe railing fence with
concrete posts encloses the 50 foot by 60 foot plot.


Father: Beniah Fleming b: 10 JAN 1762 in Farmington, Kent Co., De.
Mother: Elizabeth Turner b: 11 DEC 1765

[Sgt_Tropo]

Phuloi,
I'll have to do some checking and see if any of these names show up. I know that my ancestors migrated from Scotland to Ireland and to the US (via Canada). The family split up after coming into the US, with some staying the north and eastern parts and others moving down into Louisianna and Texas.
My Great Aunt Bea (who died at the age of 99 years and 10 months) used to tell us kids about her journey from Tennesse to Louisianna and then into Texas via horse-drawn wagon.
My great garndfather Harley was an Indian agent in Oklahoma and married a Coushata (sp) indian after my great grandmother died of typhoid. He became more indian than white man (so I'm told) and an outcast from the family after that.
I've looked up a few members of the existiong Fleming clan in Scotland over the years. I used to travel there on business at least once a year. There's a clan living in the Glasscow area and another a little further south. If you're ever over there, just walk around wearing a piece of clothing with the family / clan tartar (colors) and you'll soon be greeted by a fellow Fleming.
I'll let you know what I turn up after checking the names and dates you've provided. Who knows, maybe we're cousins 4 or 5 times removed ! ;-)

[SEATJERKER]

...didn't realize that this thread would spark two possible cousins to find the long lost other one...

...never know what pops up here...

..."OK", one of you "dig" up how far "Giles" goes back for me, My father said we had "folks" here at "Whitehall, NY.", and they ended up coming from Scotland, but the family Bible was lost way back when, There are over 500 William Giles' nationwide,... somebody musta been busy...

...Said one of my "folks" married a "Guiness" way back, and she was "blacksheeped" away from the family after that, "not to hard to figure that one out, huh"...

...My in laws are the "Bender" clan, they went back several years ago to visit, and met the rest of them cousin's, and Uncles, and such...

...No kissin' when you find out.........