Family Stories

 Grandpa George - Lord Baltimore 

Today was a good day, genealogically speaking. I found that, traced back far enough, we are  direct descendants of the first Lord Baltimore, George Calvert, who set out to establish a colony in what is now Maryland, Delaware and part of Pennsylvania, in which English law would rule but religious tolerance would be the guiding principal. 

Look below to see the line that spans 437 years that links us to the founder of Maryland and Catholicism in the New World. The small numbers refer to the sources used to collect the information. Eventually, there were too many sources to notate.

The ancestor in bold type is the ancester through which the geneology was traced. For a family tree diagram for the Calvert family branch, follow this link.

Parents 

James Joseph Bohnert (October 31, 1925 - March 5, 2020)


Rose Anna Gibbar (April 22, 1927 - February 23, 2000)


Grandparents 

James Henry Gibbar (February 14, 1888 - January 28, 1962)


Mary Eleanora Belsha (November 4, 1894 - August 12, 1974)

Great Grandparents 

John Logan Belsha (October 24, 1888 - May 17, 1826) 1


Mary Elizabeth Hager (Sept. 16, 1872 - Sept. 15, 1928) 2, 3 

2x Great Grandparents 

James Reuben Hager (January 27, 1846 - November 18, 1915) 3, 4


Teresa Ann Tucker (March 13, 1846 - December 19, 1889) 3, 5 

3x Great Grandparents 

​Charles Tucker (abt. 1811 - October 23, 1867) 6


Theresa Manning (November 1, 1824 - abt. 1868) 6

4x Great Grandparents 

Robert Stephen Manning (1782 - 1867) 6, 7 


Elizabeth Brewer (1793 - May 13, 1825) 2, 6

5x Great Grandparents 

John Manning (1745 - 1814) 2, 7, 8


Anastasia Ormsby (1759 - 1827) 2, 7

6x Great Grandparents 

Cornelius Manning (1715 - September 3, 1764) 8


Jane Brooke (1718 - March 25, 1767) 8, 9, 12

7x Great Grandparents

Leonard Brooke (1666 - 1718) 10, 13, 15


Ann Boarman (1675 - 1718) 10

8x Great Grandparents 

Baker Brooke (1628 - 1679) 10,16


Anne Calvert (1645 - 1714) 10, 16

9x Great Grandparents 

Leonard Calvert (1st Governor of Maryland) (1609 - June 9, 1647) 10, 17


Ann Brent (1608 - 1646) 10

10x Great Grandfather

George Calvert (1st Lord Baltimore) (1579 - 1632) 10, 17


Anne Mynne (November 20, 1579 - 1622) 10, 17

Sources (in order of usage)