The Numbers Index
by Timothy Klitz on 09/25/17
This Week in Family History
As my children learn and relearn numbers and math, I thought it would be good for all of us to have a little practice with numbers (inspired by the Harpers’ Index)
THE NUMBERS INDEX
The Klitz Family
5 Number of generations of Klitzes we knew of when we started researching our family history
10 Number of generations of Klitzes are currently know about
42, 44 Number of days the Bark Argonaut and Bark Friehandel took to sail from Bremerhaven, Prussia, to Castle Garden. New York City in 1869 respectively
308 Number of years since the earliest confirmed Klitz, Jacobus, was born
446 Minimum number of people in direct descendency of Jacobus in the 10 generations of Klitzes we have found
The Kaup Family
2 Number of Monsignors in the Kaup family in the United States (Joseph Kaup Pauljurgen, Herman Joseph Kaup)
2 Number of different Kaup families in the Kaup family. Herman Matthew Kaup Pauljurgen (Kaup family from Buren, Prussia) married Josephine Grovijohn who was the daughter of Mary Charlotte Kaup (Kaup family from Haaren, Prussia). There is no connection between the Kaup families . . . yet.
3 Number of additional last names one generation of Kaup males assumed upon their wedding days – Pauljurgen, Habig, and Absolon.
229 Number of direct descendants of Joseph Kaup, the earliest known Kaup.
The Knowlton Family
5 Number of generations from Richard Knowlton to his biological ancestor, Friedrich Dippert
14 Number of generations from Richard Knowlton to the earliest known Knowlton ancestor, Edward Knowlton
83 Number of direct descendants of Friedrich Dippert found to date
787 Number of direct descendants of Edward Knowlton found to date
The O’Donnell Family
1 Number of Moroccans in the family tree, Anthony “The Turk” van Salee Janssen
7 Number of Hoy Roman Emperors in the family tree
310 Number of years ago Anthony “The Turk” was born
525 Number of direct descendants of Charlemagne in the family tree found to date