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- Dever, Maria, and Dever, Aileen. Relative Origins: Famous Foster and [[Adopted]] People. (Portland: National Book Company, 1992) [[Category: Adoptees/fosterees Who Are/were Also Adopters or Foster Parents]]2 KB (302 words) - 04:04, 24 February 2018
- ...ith Jesus and both his parents being listed, although none was [[adopted]] or fostered in the modern European-American sense of the terms, and both Josep [[Category: Mythological, Traditional and Divine Figures]]3 KB (340 words) - 20:31, 13 May 2014
- ...ho fosters another's children is of less consideration than the other."[!] From the Heimskringla, which covers the years 850 to 1177, and other ancient sou ...Ingjald succeeded as high king when his father died in a landslide. He was famous "as a most ferocious person, and of the worst disposition." On ascending th9 KB (1,467 words) - 20:10, 3 March 2018
- ...AlexanderTheGreat_Bust.jpg |410x579px|thumb|'''Bust of Alexander the Great from the Hellenistic era'''<br />Source: Wikipedia.org.}} Alexander was one of the greatest generals in history. His empire stretched from [[Greece]] to [[Egypt]], Asia Minor and as far east as the River Ind in [[I2 KB (293 words) - 03:46, 24 February 2018
- ...secretary of war and the colonies from 1834 to 1835. He was prime minister from 1852 to 1855, and was awarded the Order of the Garter in 1855, but his gove Dever, Maria, and Dever, Aileen. Relative Origins: Famous Foster and Adopted People. (Portland: National Book Company, 1992)3 KB (387 words) - 06:09, 28 February 2018
- ...Alfonso Borgia (later Pope Callistus III). He collected religious offices from his teens and was elected pope in 1492 after bribing other cardinals. [[Category: Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Adoptive or Foster Families]]2 KB (245 words) - 18:13, 13 May 2014
- '''''5th or 6th century''''' '''King of the Silures or British folk hero'''3 KB (394 words) - 04:07, 24 February 2018
- ...ough he had no contact with him until he was 19, Astor always knew who his birth father was. His adoptive father died in 1980 when he was 13. After being expelled from Eton for using drugs he spent a few years drifting, including more drug pro1 KB (195 words) - 18:23, 28 May 2014
- ...im and his wife. (In later years Audubon tried to conceal his illegitimate birth by giving several fictitious accounts of his origins, but documents discove ...went bankrupt twice and was imprisoned for debt in 1819), and only became famous as a nature artist and naturalist later, after going to Britain and Europe3 KB (385 words) - 06:09, 1 March 2018
- ...ohann Sebastian grew up to be the most gifted of them all, one of the most famous organists and composers in history. Just before his 14th birthday, Johann l ...umber of whom also became famous musicians and composers. He was primarily famous in his lifetime as an organist and harpsichordist, especially for his skill3 KB (395 words) - 05:53, 1 March 2018
- Bankhead was famous for her outrageous behavior on and off stage; she had problems with alcohol [[Category: Addiction or Abuse (drugs, Alcohol or Gambling)]]2 KB (324 words) - 04:07, 5 March 2018
- from [[Delaware]]'''<br />Source: Wikipedia.org.}} ...20th century, including two of his sons and two grandsons, all US senators from [[Delaware]].2 KB (224 words) - 01:57, 1 March 2018
- [[Category: To Further Family or Political Alliances]] [[Category: Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Adoptive or Foster Families]]2 KB (245 words) - 02:58, 26 February 2018
- ...n principal ballerina with the Royal Ballet since 1990. Her [[Birth Father|birth father]], John Crittle, was a fashionable tailor, whose clients included Th [[Category: Adoptees/Fosterees from Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Birth Families]]1 KB (188 words) - 17:06, 20 May 2014
- He was famous as a scholar, restorer of ancient buildings (including Cardiff Castle, Cast [[Category: Adoptees/Fosterees from Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Birth Families]]2 KB (274 words) - 17:56, 28 May 2014
- Cain's birth-father is Japanese-Irish and his mother is white; he identifies himself as ...on he signed with the Buffalo Bills, but a pre-season injury prevented him from ever playing professionally.2 KB (306 words) - 04:30, 26 February 2018
- Carl was the birth son of Emperor Leopold II but was adopted by his uncle, Duke Albert of Sach [[Category: Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Adoptive or Foster Families]]2 KB (282 words) - 03:13, 26 February 2018
- Chamfort's birth parents are not known for certain, but may have been Jacqueline de Montrode Dever, Maria, and Dever, Aileen. Relative Origins: Famous Foster and [[Adopted]] People. (Portland: National Book Company, 1992)1 KB (202 words) - 04:05, 5 March 2018
- ...of convenience of two against the third. Sigibert was assassinated in 575 or 576 and succeeded by his young son, with his mother as regent. [[Category: Figures Whose Adoption or Fostering Is Fictitious, Disputed or Unconfirmed]]2 KB (334 words) - 03:39, 26 February 2018
- [[Category: Figures Whose Adoption or Fostering Is Fictitious, Disputed or Unconfirmed]] [[Category: To Further Family or Political Alliances]]2 KB (258 words) - 03:41, 26 February 2018
- ...his best writing. He settled in England in 1895 and wrote in English. His famous novels include The Heart of Darkness, Nigger of the Narcissus, Under Wester [[Category: Exile or Persecution (religious, Political or Social)]]1 KB (188 words) - 06:19, 1 March 2018
- ...b|'''''Cuchulainn Slays the Hound of Culain'' illustration by Stephen Reid from Eleanor Hull's The Boys' Cuchulain, 1904.'''<br />Source: Wikipedia.org.}} ...in battle could only be cooled by being immersed in icy water three times or by being confronted by a legion of bare-breasted women. At 17 he fought the2 KB (359 words) - 04:09, 26 February 2018
- ...]]'s nephew, Lawrence Lewis, and they lived at Woodlawn Plantation (a gift from George [[Washington]]), where she was mistress for over 30 years. She kept [[Category: Birth or Infancy]]3 KB (362 words) - 06:18, 28 February 2018
- Dever, Maria, and Dever, Aileen. Relative Origins: Famous Foster and [[Adopted]] People. (Portland: National Book Company, 1992) [[Category: Birth Identity Disputed or Deliberately Concealed]]2 KB (331 words) - 05:28, 1 March 2018
- [[Category: Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Adoptive or Foster Families]] [[Category: Adoptees/Fosterees from Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Birth Families]]2 KB (243 words) - 06:43, 27 February 2018
- ...in 1810, by which time they had separated. In 1814, after Napoléon's fall from power, she was made Duchess of Saint Leu by Louis XVIII. [[Category: Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Adoptive or Foster Families]]2 KB (253 words) - 16:41, 22 May 2014
- ...nd his busy father gave him into the custody of her friends, the extremely wealthy and powerful Democratic Party grandees, Averell and Marie Harriman. ...ep-mother, but his father died in 1951. He grew up surrounded by the rich, famous and powerful, and made his own independent career as a bandleader and piani2 KB (220 words) - 17:09, 2 June 2014
- He died of TB or some other lung infection and was succeeded by Northumberland's daughter-in [[Category: Adoptees/Fosterees from Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Birth Families]]2 KB (302 words) - 06:24, 27 February 2018
- ...79px|thumb|'''Birth of Erichthonius: Athena receives the baby Erichthonius from the hands of the earth mother Gaia, Attic red-figure stamnos, 470–460 BC, [[Category: Mythological, Traditional and Divine Figures]]1 KB (195 words) - 06:40, 27 February 2018
- ...the throne when Philetairos died and obtained Pergamum's full independence from the Selucids, also declaring himself king. [[Category: Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Adoptive or Foster Families]]1 KB (171 words) - 06:44, 27 February 2018
- ...e the Sons of Morna wanted to kill him too. There he was educated and sent from place to place for safety and further education. ...of knowledge and gained his magic tooth, and he drank a mouthful of water from the well of the moon which gave him the power of prophecy. When his trainin2 KB (333 words) - 06:56, 27 February 2018
- Frelinghuysen, whose father died when he was three, was the birth nephew and adoptive son of Theodore Frelinghuysen, and a member of a long-e ...ey]] 1866-69 and 1871-77 and secretary of state under President [[Arthur]] from 1881 to 1885. He was also president of the American Bible Society in 1884-81 KB (185 words) - 07:15, 27 February 2018
- ...of American naval officer Jackson Tate and Russian actress Zoya Fyodorova, from a brief affair at the end of World War II. When she was a year old her moth [[Category: Exile or Persecution (religious, Political or Social)]]1 KB (187 words) - 17:29, 14 May 2014
- ...ssibly based on the life of a real person, possibly a Tirynthian prince or noble. ...he Real Story of Hercules and the Labors of Hercules: The Myth of Heracles from Greek Mythology." [Cartoon]. Available at: www.mythweb.com/hercules/3 KB (460 words) - 06:57, 28 February 2018
- ...Bingen.jpg/410px-Hildegard_von_Bingen.jpg |410x579px|thumb|'''Illumination from the ''Liber Scivias'' showing Hildegard receiving a vision and dictating to ...a religious visionary from early childhood and was an oblate, sent by her noble parents when she was eight to a convent to be raised (she was their tenth c2 KB (276 words) - 17:44, 28 February 2018
- Hugh, from a noble Burgundian family, was raised by his great-uncle, Hugh, bishop of Auxerre. [[Category: Adoptees/Fosterees from Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Birth Families]]1 KB (179 words) - 16:43, 22 May 2014
- Hyllus was the son of [[Heracles]] and either Deianira or Melite. [[Heracles]] had helped Aegimius in his battle with the Lapiths, an [[Category: Mythological, Traditional and Divine Figures]]1 KB (161 words) - 18:07, 28 February 2018
- St. Isidore of Seville was from a noble family of Cartagena, but was orphaned as a child and educated by his elder He became archbishop of Seville in about 600, succeeding his brother. He was famous for his learning, holiness, generosity and organizational ability. He presi2 KB (304 words) - 01:49, 1 March 2018
- ...y, during which time three more children were born, but Ivan was separated from his parents in 1744. His mother died in 1746. From the age of four he was kept incommunicado and in virtual solitary confineme3 KB (379 words) - 01:50, 1 March 2018
- [[Category: Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Adoptive or Foster Families]] [[Category: Adoptees/Fosterees from Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Birth Families]]2 KB (226 words) - 18:40, 28 May 2014
- ...as adopted by Thomas and Catherine Knight, Austen family cousins, who were wealthy but childless. He went on the Grand Tour of Europe in 1786-88, went into bu [[Category: Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Adoptive or Foster Families]]1 KB (174 words) - 05:10, 27 February 2018
- ...litia, as well as being promoted within the church's religious [[system]]. From 1839 to 1844 he was a missionary, and then became a guard of the prophet Jo ...see: [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]). In turn, Lee had 18 or 19 such sealed sons, including George Laub (Lee), W.R. Owens (Lee), Miles A4 KB (602 words) - 06:03, 1 March 2018
- ...]]'s nephew, Lawrence Lewis, and they lived at Woodlawn Plantation (a gift from George [[Washington]]), where she was mistress for over 30 years. She kept [[Category: Birth or Infancy]]3 KB (393 words) - 06:27, 27 February 2018
- MacBride is described in several sources as the "adoptive" grandson or great-grandson of Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957), author of the Little Ho ...ily letters and manuscripts and contributing extensions of the family saga from Rose's point of view on his own.3 KB (435 words) - 04:50, 4 March 2018
- ...ut her father died when she was seven. Her mother moved the three children from their country mansion to Dublin and converted to Protestantism, although sh ...pted by a Mr. and Mrs. Callahan, distant relatives, who were childless and wealthy. They, too, were Protestants, but McAuley converted both of them to Catholi2 KB (308 words) - 16:03, 19 May 2014
- [[Category: Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Adoptive or Foster Families]] [[Category: Adoptees/Fosterees from Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Birth Families]]1 KB (216 words) - 04:11, 5 March 2018
- ...iously as bank clerk, farm laborer and teacher, before going to sea at 19 (or 18). [[Category: Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Adoptive or Foster Families]]2 KB (310 words) - 20:20, 13 May 2014
- [[Category: Sent to Boarding School, Apprenticed or Fostered as Part of Normal Traditional Child-Rearing]] ...gory: Priest, Religious, Teacher, Coach, Mentor, Patron, Apprentice Master or Owner]]2 KB (267 words) - 07:06, 27 February 2018
- ...y is partly based on the life of one of several real King Midases) is most famous for his short-sighted wish that everything he touched would turn to gold. ...lo gave Midas the ears of a donkey, and in shame, Midas either disappeared or committed suicide.2 KB (320 words) - 19:46, 3 March 2018
- ...ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely wealthy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in add ...the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling family and appoint him heir apparent. This par22 KB (3,498 words) - 04:19, 24 February 2018
- The story is the basis of one of the most famous play cycles of ancient [[Greece]], by Sophocles. [[Category: Mythological, Traditional and Divine Figures]]3 KB (410 words) - 20:12, 3 March 2018
- [[Category: Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Adoptive or Foster Families]] [[Category: Adoptees/Fosterees from Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Birth Families]]2 KB (253 words) - 00:26, 4 March 2018
- ...as king in 221. He defeated the Aetolian League, Sparta and Elis in a war from 220 to 217 in alliance with the Achaean League. His later alliance with Dem [[Category: Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Adoptive or Foster Families]]1 KB (169 words) - 16:28, 14 May 2014
- ...l benefactors of the poor and to offer hospitality to a long succession of famous literati and others for many years, including Lord Byron, the Duke of Welli The "Ladies of Llangollen" remain two of the most famous personalities in Welsh history.3 KB (391 words) - 05:09, 4 March 2018
- ...rn the son of Pwyll and Rhiannon, but he disappeared immediately after his birth, taken by a mysterious power to the court of Teyrnon Twrf Liant, where he w [[Category: Mythological, Traditional and Divine Figures]]2 KB (248 words) - 17:21, 2 June 2014
- [[Category: Birth Identity Disputed or Deliberately Concealed]] [[Category: Birth or Infancy]]2 KB (259 words) - 04:53, 4 March 2018
- ...p to an engraver after three years and became secretary and companion to a wealthy and sympathetic woman. ...riend of Diderot, who commissioned him to write the music articles for the famous Encyclopédie. He first became known as a philosopher in the 1750s, and his3 KB (388 words) - 05:29, 1 March 2018
- Short was the [[adopted]] son (or possibly protégé) of President Thomas Jefferson. He was born into a well- ...ncil of State. After retiring from the diplomatic service he became a very wealthy landowner.1 KB (186 words) - 17:15, 17 June 2014
- His father and uncle escaped from jail and rejoined the family, who had fled to [[Illinois]], but when young [[Category: Exile or Persecution (religious, Political or Social)]]2 KB (362 words) - 06:22, 1 March 2018
- ...well-known citizen of Venice, and it is generally thought that he was her birth father. In any case, he [[adopted]] her, named her his heiress, and had her ...In 1644 she published the first of eight collections of music. She became famous not only for her music but for her position as leader of the salon surround2 KB (275 words) - 04:09, 24 February 2018
- Tolstoy was born the son of a noble landowner in [[Russia]] but his mother died when he was two and his father He is most famous today as one of the greatest novelists in history, his most famous novels being War and Peace and Anna Karenina.3 KB (372 words) - 18:50, 3 March 2018
- [[Category: Addiction or Abuse (drugs, Alcohol or Gambling)]] [[Category: Family Friends or Acquaintances]]2 KB (280 words) - 19:29, 3 March 2018
- ...," and his aimless lifestyle after leaving the army in 1799, estranged him from almost his entire family. He also had a speech impediment. [[Category: Unmarried Mother, Single Parent (Mother or Father) Unable to Cope]]2 KB (333 words) - 06:42, 28 February 2018
- ...20th century, including two of his sons and two grandsons, all US senators from [[Delaware]]. [[Category: Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Adoptive or Foster Families]]2 KB (223 words) - 01:58, 1 March 2018
- ...ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely wealthy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in add ...the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling family and appoint him heir apparent. This par22 KB (3,498 words) - 04:23, 24 February 2018
- ...ntified himself as one, and registered his son as a Native American on his birth certificate). Griffis was classified as a white captive and consequently separated from his stepmother to be fostered by a white family of ranchers. He soon escape2 KB (336 words) - 06:23, 1 March 2018
- ...ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely wealthy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in add ...the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling family and appoint him heir apparent. This par22 KB (3,449 words) - 04:20, 26 February 2018
- ...ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely wealthy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in add ...the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling family and appoint him heir apparent. This par22 KB (3,495 words) - 06:54, 27 February 2018
- ...ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely wealthy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in add ...the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling family and appoint him heir apparent. This par22 KB (3,495 words) - 04:18, 4 March 2018
- ...ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely wealthy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in add ...the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling family and appoint him heir apparent. This par22 KB (3,495 words) - 06:31, 28 February 2018
- ...eneral of [[Russia]] and awarded him the Alexander Nevski Medal. He died a wealthy and revered man, leaving a wife and nine children, one of whom was the gran ...reate his own wife. In the late 1760s he [[adopted]] two unrelated orphans or foundlings, whom he named Sabrina Sidney and Lucretia, then aged 11 and 12.4 KB (571 words) - 03:36, 24 February 2018
- ...embers of the families are generally recognized as having been [[adopted]] or fostered. (The abnormally common death dates 1848 and 1849 are because of a ...ewa, Governor of Kauai. His brothers, kings Kamehameha IV and V, were also adoptees.8 KB (1,195 words) - 06:39, 28 February 2018
- ...ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely wealthy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in add ...the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling family and appoint him heir apparent. This par22 KB (3,495 words) - 05:38, 1 March 2018
- ...ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely wealthy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in add ...the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling family and appoint him heir apparent. This par22 KB (3,493 words) - 04:20, 3 March 2018
- ...that for the [[Chinese Qing Dynasty|Chinese Qing dynasty]], for an example from another, very different culture. The following is a list of [[adopted]] mem ...Daughter of King Pomare IV and [[adopted]] by Tapoa II, king of Bora Bora from 1860 to 1873.3 KB (429 words) - 17:18, 2 June 2014
- ...ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely wealthy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in add ...the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling family and appoint him heir apparent. This par22 KB (3,495 words) - 03:20, 5 March 2018
- ...ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely wealthy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in add ...the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling family and appoint him heir apparent. This par22 KB (3,495 words) - 03:23, 5 March 2018
- ...ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely wealthy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in add ...the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling family and appoint him heir apparent. This par22 KB (3,495 words) - 03:30, 5 March 2018
- ...nd son of Nagaakira Utiyama, but was [[adopted]] as a young boy by another noble family, the Seki Gorozayemon. He was a self-educated child prodigy in mathematics from the age of nine. He studied determinants and Bernoulli numbers, and was the2 KB (235 words) - 03:05, 5 March 2018
- ...ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely wealthy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in add ...the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling family and appoint him heir apparent. This par22 KB (3,498 words) - 04:37, 26 February 2018
- ...ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely wealthy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in add ...the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling family and appoint him heir apparent. This par22 KB (3,498 words) - 04:41, 26 February 2018
- ...ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely wealthy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in add ...the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling family and appoint him heir apparent. This par22 KB (3,498 words) - 04:44, 26 February 2018
- ...ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely wealthy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in add ...the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling family and appoint him heir apparent. This par22 KB (3,498 words) - 06:51, 27 February 2018
- ...ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely wealthy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in add ...the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling family and appoint him heir apparent. This par22 KB (3,498 words) - 05:24, 1 March 2018
- ...ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely wealthy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in add ...the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling family and appoint him heir apparent. This par22 KB (3,498 words) - 04:24, 3 March 2018
- ...ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely wealthy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in add ...the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling family and appoint him heir apparent. This par22 KB (3,498 words) - 20:00, 3 March 2018
- ...ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely wealthy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in add ...the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling family and appoint him heir apparent. This par22 KB (3,498 words) - 00:42, 4 March 2018
- ...ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely wealthy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in add ...the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling family and appoint him heir apparent. This par22 KB (3,498 words) - 00:51, 4 March 2018
- ...and her husband as a [[Tamaiti Whangai|tamaiti whangai]]. His mothers were from an important Ngati Kahungunu family: his uncle was James Carroll, the first [[Category: Birth or Infancy]]2 KB (269 words) - 06:35, 28 February 2018
- Charbonneau was the son of a French-Canadian guide and his wife, the famous [[Sacagawea]], both hired as interpreters for the Lewis and Clark expeditio ...uis Rey Mission in [[California]] after guiding the Mormon Battalion there from Leavenworth. He resigned his position on principle over the injustices towa3 KB (417 words) - 05:26, 1 March 2018
- The church leaders there misunderstood the nature of Maori extended families and believed they were a polygamous family (polygamy had already been banne [[Category: Exile or Persecution (religious, Political or Social)]]2 KB (375 words) - 17:46, 28 February 2018
- ...e and Arihia Ngarori Nikorima, both descended from important Te Whakatohea families, the sixth of their seven children. He was given to chief Paora Kingi Marae ...ricultural worker, boat builder and coastal shipping trader. He was also a famous rugby player.2 KB (339 words) - 20:22, 3 March 2018
- ...his birth family. When Harirota died in the mid-90s he was returned to his birth family. ...ving the islanders' health with very limited resources. In 1945 he retired from the civil service and went into private practice in Manaia, Taranaki provin3 KB (395 words) - 06:21, 27 February 2018
- ...childless or sonless couple adopts a boy or man as their heir. He was the birth brother of Sato Eisaku, who also became prime minister. ...ed to the Japanese Diet's House of Representatives, and was prime minister from 1957 to 1960. His high-handed political tactics lost him many allies, and h2 KB (274 words) - 16:18, 17 June 2014
- ...childless or sonless couple adopts a boy or man as their heir. He was the birth brother of Sato Eisaku, who also became prime minister. ...ed to the Japanese Diet's House of Representatives, and was prime minister from 1957 to 1960. His high-handed political tactics lost him many allies, and h2 KB (274 words) - 16:24, 17 June 2014
- ...ces) that the only way to break the curse was to give their babies away at birth. So baby Eruera was born in a makeshift thatched hut and immediately given ..., then inherited farms from both his birth and adoptive families. When his birth mother died he became head of their Te Pahipoto hapu (sub-tribe). He was a2 KB (331 words) - 07:08, 12 October 2022
- ...tives, where he stayed until 1911, when he went to the Legislative Council from 1912 to 1917. His main interests in Parliament were the redress of Maori gr [[Category: Adoptees/Fosterees from Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Birth Families]]1 KB (198 words) - 04:07, 5 March 2018
- [[Category: Adoptees/Fosterees from Wealthy, Famous, Noble or Divine Birth Families]] [[Category: Parent(s) Died, Disappeared or Became Incapacitated]]2 KB (275 words) - 00:45, 4 March 2018
- ...ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely wealthy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in add ...the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling family and appoint him heir apparent. This par22 KB (3,498 words) - 00:55, 4 March 2018
- ...ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely wealthy and powerful, ruled over by men (mostly) with a wide range of titles in add ...the throne, a ruler with no born-to heir could [[adopt]] a male of any age from another branch of the ruling family and appoint him heir apparent. This par22 KB (3,498 words) - 04:21, 4 March 2018