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So I think Im related to Eddie, heres my story

GetRight13GetRight13 NY Posts: 584
edited July 2014 in The Porch
Now I know alot will probably brush this off as "yeah right" but heres my story

My buddy contacted me the other day after he was searching for stuff on Eddie Severson & Hollyridge. Upon looking for stuff on that he stumbled on eddies family tree. http://www.wargs.com/other/severson.html At that time he saw a Walrath in his tree which is my last name.
It happens to be Eddies great X6 grandparent Anna Rosina Walrath. Knowing I was a huge pearl jam fan he contacted me. So I thought I would take a shot in the dark knowing that there are many people who share same last names but aren't related. So I signed up with ancestry.com and started with my grandfather and it just snowballed from there. I was able to get back all the way to the 1700-1800s and low and behold Anna Rosina Walrath appeared in my tree. After that I started to go down her tree and other names that were mentioned in eddies tree started to appear in mine. I got all the way down to where I saw the Vedder name come into it, which is from his mother side. I was able to get down to eddies grandparents Ivan Vernon Vedder and Margaret L Sorenson which says are my 6th cousin 4x removed. I couldnt go any father cause it said they had children but they were listed as private. Now I know this is all very distant, but I just thought it was cool being a fan for all these years then finding out I may be related to to the singer in a very distant way. It would be cool some how to get this all confirmed but I dont think that will happen. Just thought I share my story with you guys as I thought it was pretty neat.

Keep Rockin

Eric

Anna Rosina Walrath is my 8th great grand aunt
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    GetRight13GetRight13 NY Posts: 584
    another thing is alot of his family tree seemed to settle in the Upstate NY area in which Im from
    2023 Austin 1 & 2
    2022     Ottawa 09/03
    2016     MSG 1 & 2
    2013 Brooklyn (10/18, 10/19) Philadelphia (10/21, 10/22)
    2012 Atlanta 09/22
    2009 Albany 06/08 (Eddie Solo)
    2008 Bonnaroo 6/14
    2006 Albany 05/12
    2005 Philadelphia 10/03
    2000 Saratoga Springs 08/27
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    FoxyRedLaFoxyRedLa Lauren / MI Posts: 4,810
    Interesting!
    Oh please let it rain today.
    Those that can be trusted can change their mind.
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    RiotZactRiotZact Posts: 6,204
    Neat, my last name is Gossard but I doubt it's worth looking into, maybe some day.
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    PJfanwillneverleave1PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    GetRight13 said:

    Now I know alot will probably brush this off as "yeah right" but heres my story

    My buddy contacted me the other day after he was searching for stuff on Eddie Severson & Hollyridge. Upon looking for stuff on that he stumbled on eddies family tree. http://www.wargs.com/other/severson.html At that time he saw a Walrath in his tree which is my last name.
    It happens to be Eddies great X6 grandparent Anna Rosina Walrath. Knowing I was a huge pearl jam fan he contacted me. So I thought I would take a shot in the dark knowing that there are many people who share same last names but aren't related. So I signed up with ancestry.com and started with my grandfather and it just snowballed from there. I was able to get back all the way to the 1700-1800s and low and behold Anna Rosina Walrath appeared in my tree. After that I started to go down her tree and other names that were mentioned in eddies tree started to appear in mine. I got all the way down to where I saw the Vedder name come into it, which is from his mother side. I was able to get down to eddies grandparents Ivan Vernon Vedder and Margaret L Sorenson which says are my 6th cousin 4x removed. I couldnt go any father cause it said they had children but they were listed as private. Now I know this is all very distant, but I just thought it was cool being a fan for all these years then finding out I may be related to to the singer in a very distant way. It would be cool some how to get this all confirmed but I dont think that will happen. Just thought I share my story with you guys as I thought it was pretty neat.

    Keep Rockin

    Eric

    Anna Rosina Walrath is my 8th great grand aunt

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    badbrainsbadbrains Posts: 10,255
    Hey, I heard I was actually related to Noah. Ya man, who would've ever thought, Noah! Maybe I'm some sort of prophet, ya right!!!
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    ldent42ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    I thought the name was Fedder & he changed it?
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