Guest guest Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Fitzwilliam means "son of "--www.photographyfestival.org.nzRich Text Format - View as html... Harvey Benge, McDermott, Clay Bodvin, Ron Fitzwilliam ... of images in OUT OF TIME: Maori & The Photographer at ... collection illustrates of the story of New Zealand ...www.photographyfestival.org.nz/content/docs/Art2006.rtfn, the internet snoopTo: MSersLife Sent: Fri, December 17, 2010 10:37:02 AMSubject: Re: Winter! Beautiful pics, Reb, you are quite the artist. I don't know if I ever told y'all but my mother's brother, Ron, is one of the premier photographers in New Zealand, and has commendations from the Queen. When there is a photography contest and they see Ron Fitz- in the list they KNOW they will not win...second is the best they can hope for...  ~*~Hugs~*~ ~*~Akiba~*~ http://www.affiliates-natural-salt-lamps.com/pages/156.php -- Winter! [5 Attachments] OK. So it's actually been winter for a while here. But the last couple of days it's been snowing constantly, and today it took a short break to reveal a city buried under snow... See attached pictures. love /Reb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 I know that. And to elaborate, since it is Fitz- WITH a hyphen, it means "from the right side of the blanket" (in other words, a legitimate son), if you see it without a hyphen, it means bastard son (i.e. Fitzwilliam, Fitzgerald, Fitzwhatever) My family does descend directly from , in this case the Conqueror (a.k.a. the bastard, not because of his birth, because of his actions) . I am entitled to the Family Crest and the Family tartan. There is also a Fitz- college in Cambridge. So now you know BTW I also have a Family Crest on the other side of my family (father), his comes from Berengario Jorda, who fought to gain the islands (Balearic) and was awarded the crest, which has two lions rampant above 3 melons. The lions were for his bravery in the fight and the melons because the area he captured had melon fields. My great-great-great-great grandmother was also the Countess of Onate, and you can still see her palace in Madrid (I believe it is now a government building) She lost her "royalty" when she married a commoner. *sigh* so now you know. My ugly secret is exposed.... Actually, there IS an ugly side to it. Acoma, the oldest inhabited city in the US, was subject to invasion by Spanish Conquistadores, chief among them was one who also sported the surname Jorda. *sigh*  ~*~Hugs~*~ ~*~Akiba~*~ http://www.affiliates-natural-salt-lamps.com/pages/156.php -- Winter! [5 Attachments] OK. So it's actually been winter for a while here. But the last couple of days it's been snowing constantly, and today it took a short break to reveal a city buried under snow... See attached pictures. love /Reb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 He is all over the web without the hyphen (-)!Was not Jorda (!) the guy who conquered the Mallorcas?It's o.k., Akiba! Not your fault. If I had areal rolling pin,I would send it on--only have the large dowel!Love to you and to Robbin,nTo: MSersLife Sent: Fri, December 17, 2010 11:14:46 AMSubject: Re: Winter!/ reply I know that. And to elaborate, since it is Fitz- WITH a hyphen, it means "from the right side of the blanket" (in other words, a legitimate son), if you see it without a hyphen, it means bastard son (i.e. Fitzwilliam, Fitzgerald, Fitzwhatever) My family does descend directly from , in this case the Conqueror (a.k.a. the bastard, not because of his birth, because of his actions) . I am entitled to the Family Crest and the Family tartan. There is also a Fitz- college in Cambridge. So now you know BTW I also have a Family Crest on the other side of my family (father), his comes from Berengario Jorda, who fought to gain the islands (Balearic) and was awarded the crest, which has two lions rampant above 3 melons. The lions were for his bravery in the fight and the melons because the area he captured had melon fields. My great-great-great-great grandmother was also the Countess of Onate, and you can still see her palace in Madrid (I believe it is now a government building) She lost her "royalty" when she married a commoner. *sigh* so now you know. My ugly secret is exposed.... Actually, there IS an ugly side to it. Acoma, the oldest inhabited city in the US, was subject to invasion by Spanish Conquistadores, chief among them was one who also sported the surname Jorda. *sigh*  ~*~Hugs~*~ ~*~Akiba~*~ http://www.affiliates-natural-salt-lamps.com/pages/156.php -- Winter! [5 Attachments] OK. So it's actually been winter for a while here. But the last couple of days it's been snowing constantly, and today it took a short break to reveal a city buried under snow... See attached pictures. love /Reb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Who is all over the web without a hyphen? Berengario Jorda was one of the conquerors of the Island of Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands. The Balearic ISlands are Mallorca, Menorca and Mahon (Mahonaise is named after it, it was supposedly invented there, at least that's THEIR story lol) There are several smaller islands there as well, we used to summer there every year on our yacht. I can never smell "patchouli" without going straight back to the islands in my mind, one of the towns we used to moor at all the time, well, it seemed like everyone there used it, the whole town reeked of it.  ~*~Hugs~*~ ~*~Akiba~*~ http://www.affiliates-natural-salt-lamps.com/pages/156.php -- Winter! [5 Attachments] OK. So it's actually been winter for a while here. But the last couple of days it's been snowing constantly, and today it took a short break to reveal a city buried under snow... See attached pictures. love /Reb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Fascinating stuff, Akiba!To: MSersLife Sent: Fri, December 17, 2010 2:14:46 PMSubject: Re: Winter!/ reply I know that. And to elaborate, since it is Fitz- WITH a hyphen, it means "from the right side of the blanket" (in other words, a legitimate son), if you see it without a hyphen, it means bastard son (i.e. Fitzwilliam, Fitzgerald, Fitzwhatever) My family does descend directly from , in this case the Conqueror (a.k.a. the bastard, not because of his birth, because of his actions) . I am entitled to the Family Crest and the Family tartan. There is also a Fitz- college in Cambridge. So now you know BTW I also have a Family Crest on the other side of my family (father), his comes from Berengario Jorda, who fought to gain the islands (Balearic) and was awarded the crest, which has two lions rampant above 3 melons. The lions were for his bravery in the fight and the melons because the area he captured had melon fields. My great-great-great-great grandmother was also the Countess of Onate, and you can still see her palace in Madrid (I believe it is now a government building) She lost her "royalty" when she married a commoner. *sigh* so now you know. My ugly secret is exposed.... Actually, there IS an ugly side to it. Acoma, the oldest inhabited city in the US, was subject to invasion by Spanish Conquistadores, chief among them was one who also sported the surname Jorda. *sigh*  ~*~Hugs~*~ ~*~Akiba~*~ http://www.affiliates-natural-salt-lamps.com/pages/156.php -- Winter! [5 Attachments] OK. So it's actually been winter for a while here. But the last couple of days it's been snowing constantly, and today it took a short break to reveal a city buried under snow... See attached pictures. love /Reb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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