Category: DNA-11: Blue Panthers of Bavaria
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Babb’s Grove School – Freeport, IL
This ugly little frame tells a great story. It is another eBay find that I almost overlooked due to its condition and appearance. I’m glad that I didn’t judge the school by its cover. The photo is from a school district catalog dated 1918-1919, but the local newspaper has references to the school dating back…
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Copper Kettle “I. BABB” circa 1790-1810
This Copper Kettle is currently available on eBay. Before I begin, I feel the need to explain that the price they have for this is completely ridiculous! Its real value is more likely about $150-$250. I’ve found a variety of them that have passed through Auction Houses in the past. This item is in relatively…
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Babe Ruth, George H. W. Bush and James T. Babb
This 1948 image hangs in the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and shows Babe Ruth (Left) presenting his Biography to Yale University. The presentation takes place on the Baseball field and is presented to Team Captain George H. W. Bush (in baseball uniform). Standing to the right are Bob Kiplurth, Yale Athletic Director; Professor…
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More about Max
After the flurry of photos I’ve been posting in recent days, my to do pile is starting to grow thin. That happens very rarely. Since I had some free time I decided to get on my favorite off the wall Genealogy site, eBay. I immediately came across a picture of a young Max Wellington Babb…
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Max Babb, FDR & the Manhattan Project
Max Babb (Number 3 in the image below) was part of the Official welcoming party for Franklin Delano Roosevelt as he visited Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company on the 1st of October 1942. This photo seems happy enough on the surface, but it is of a very dark time in America at the onset of WWII. Roosevelt…
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Announcement: 11th Proven Y-DNA Lineage
The results are in from our Bavarian Babb Family member and unsurprisingly no match was found to any of the existing 10 established lines of Babbs throughout the US and England. These early Babb immigrants settled in Pennsylvania when they came to America like so many others from their country. As is our tradition I…
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I met a Bavarian Babb today!
Long time members will likely realize how incredible this event is. I had long believed that the line was extinct and that there was little or no hope of meeting one in the flesh (or via email at least). The Barvarian Babb line has the unique distinction of being the only known line of Babbs…
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Arabella Aurelia (Babb) Mansfield – 1st Woman admitted to the Bar in the United States
Article from Iowa Wesleyen College with a biography of Belle and info about the dedication of a sculpture of her at the campus: First woman admitted to the Bar in the United States in 1869 Arabella (Belle) Babb Mansfield, of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, passed the bar exam on June 15, 1869 to become the first…
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Announcement: Ian Babb & Jean A. Sargent- Papers now available online
I’m so pleased to present to you the collected papers of Ian Babb. Which are now available online. The 5683 page collection represents the lifetime of research conducted by Ian on the Babb Families of England. For those of you who aren’t familiar with his work, he is the English equivalent of Jean A. Sargent,…