Memory Lane #6

This is one of my favorite scenery pics from Gooseberry, taken by Timothy. This picture was also take on the trip in July 2007.

Family History Tidbit

So, maybe I will do this "little bit" on a regular basis. As y'all know I am kind of a history/genealogy nerd, so I am going to share stories about people wherever I happen to be at in my genealogy file at the time. Today I ended on this person: Patrick de Salisbury. So here is the wikipedia entry for him:

Patrick of Salisbury, 1st Earl of Salisbury (c. 1122 – 1168) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman, and the uncle of the famous William Marshal.

His parents were Walter of Salisbury and Sibilla de Chaworth.^[1] Before 1141, Patrick was constable of Salisbury, a powerful local official but not a nobleman. That year, Patrick married his sister to John fitzGilbert the Marshal, who had been a local rival of his, and transferred his allegiance from King Stephen to the Empress Matilda. This political move gained him his earldom, and the friendship of John the Marshal, who was to send his younger son William to stay with him. It was in his household where the famous Marshal first learned about knighthood.

The Earl of Salisbury also minted his own coins, struck in the county town of Salisbury during the so called "baronial issues" of 1135-1153. Only four examples have survived, three of which are in the Conte collection.

Patrick married twice,^[2] his second wife being Ela, daughter of William III Talvas, Duke of Alençon and Ponthieu, whom he married in 1149. They had a son, William in about 1150^[1] and three others, including Walter and Philip.^[2]

He was killed at Poitiers, France on March 27, 1168 in an ambush by forces of Guy of Lusignan

We are related to him on Mom's side of the family. I can't find any pics of him online though.

Walk, and walk, and walk....

Yesterday was a very enjoyable day. We walked. A lot. In a lot of different places. Timothy and I didn't end up being scheduled yesterday which was lovely. So, we decided to call Trish and see if she wanted to go to Hogle Zoo. This is a favorite activity of ours 'cause we got the membership so its free. Free is good when you are broke. We met Trish at the zoo at about four and walked around there until the grounds closed at 5:30.

After the zoo closed we decided we still like hanging out so we went to Tricia's and changed into our sexy Saturday-night-out-on-the-town outfits. (Unfortunately no pics) We decided to walk down to tracks and ride it over to Gateway, which proved to be a wonderful idea because it ended up there was a Jazz game. By the time we got to Gateway we were all starving, so we ate outside at Applebee's and people-watched. (This is our favorite form of entertainment) We tried to beat the Jazz-ites before they took over tracks, but literally missed our train by 2 min. So, we opted to walk home since our trusty bodyguard (Tim) was with us. It was a 3 mile walk back to Tricia's, but there was good company, good conversation, and good architecture. (If you want to see an odd building, look at the LDS Family Services Building, very interesting.)