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Paul L. Campbell

Born 1940s.

Ancestors

Son of Chuck Campbell and Mildred (Gurini) Campbell

[sibling(s) unknown]

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Father of [private daughter (1980s - unknown)]

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Biography

"It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest hardworking ancestry" ~ John Phillips Marquand

"Cuimhnich air na daoine o'n d'thainig thu" ~Remember the men from whom you are sprung ~ Gaelic Proverb

"Our ancestors trusted you, and you rescued them." ~ Proverbs 22:4

"Just ask the previous generation. Pay attention to the experiences of our ancestors." ~ Job 8:8

"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, & culture is like a tree without roots." ~ Marcus Garvey

"Knowing your clans and knowing where you come from is important, and you have allegiance to your family above all." ~ Sierra Ornelas, Navajo as seen on display at the Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ

Campbell: Scottish: nickname from Gaelic cam ‘crooked’, ‘bent’ + beul ‘mouth’. The surname was often represented in Latin documents as de bello campo ‘of the fair field’, which led to the name sometimes being ‘translated’ into Anglo-Norman French as Beauchamp . In New England documents, Campbell sometimes occurs as a representation of the French name Hamel.^[1]

"Some have been Surnamed from a remarkable part of their face which hath stuck to ye Posterity of ye Eminent Person who first was designed soe, as ye Campbells from one who had a wry mouth (for Cambeoll signifys soe much in ye high-Land Scottish speech) but of late Ages since y ffamily of Argile grew great eminent and civillized ; they have rejected ye surname of McAllen Moore and spell themselves Campbells as de Campo belli; being more Honble than the former Asterick given them, but perhaps some of them may cleare yt point to which I am a stranger."^[2]

1950 US Census^[3]^[4]

Paul was baptized by Reverend Thomas Caliandro, minister of Christ Methodist Church in New Castle, PA on January 4, 1953. This was 6 months after the death of his father who was Roman Catholic.^[5]

Sources

↑ Hanks, Patrick, et al. “Campbell Surname.” Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2022.
↑ Montgomery, W., & Hill, G. (1869). CHAPTER XXV. AN HISTORICAL NARRATIVE CONCERNING SOME OF YE MONTGOMERYS IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND, COLLECTED OUT OF SEVERAL AUTHORS.1. In The Montgomery Manuscripts: (1603-1706) (Vol. I, p. 443). essay, Archer and Sons. https://ia800901.us.archive.org/10/items/montgomerymanusc00montuoft/montgomerymanusc00montuoft.pdf
↑ "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6XBL-YLDR : Sun Jan 29 19:40:02 UTC 2023), Entry for Charles R Campbell and Mildred G Campbell, 10 April 1950.
↑ Official 1950 Census Website, Pennsylvania, Lawrence, 37-53, Pennsylvania, Lawrence, 37-53, https://1950census.archives.gov/api/manifest?ed=37-53&state=PA
↑ The Methodist Church Certificate of Baptism, copy in possession of Paul Campbell

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DNA Connections
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Paul Campbell: Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-FT214304, FTDNA kit #B949248

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100.00% 100.00% Paul Campbell: AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BC1337019 [compare], Ancestry member texplc
~12.50% Linda (Reeher) Gabriel : 23andMe + AncestryDNA
~6.25% Steve Sullivan : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BJ5534184 [compare], Ancestry member stevesullis
~3.12% Paul Kelly : AncestryDNA

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posted Aug 13, 2022 by Chris Ferraiolo

Thomas Rightmyer

The Roanoke Rapids NC Rightmyer family appears to descend from one of the New York Rightmyer families. They settled in the Albany area but I have not found any connection between them and the descendants of John Henry from Woessingen nr. Durlach in Baden which is our branch. John Henry is a SAR recognized patriot because he signed the Oath of Allegiance to the revolutionary government of Pennsylvania.

posted Jun 22, 2022 by Thomas Rightmyer

Thomas Rightmyer

Paul thank you for your further work on Anna Catherine Rightmyer Mersheimer 1760 - 1847. From her brother Adam on our branch has spelled the name Rightmyer. I note that her husband Sebastian Mersheimer fought in the Revolution. I serve as Chaplain of the Blue Ridge Chapter of the NC SAR and have recently joined the chapter Color Guard, wearing a borrowed Militia hunting shirt and hat. The Color Guard has 9 flags including a Guilford Courthouse with the red and blue stripes. And I just finished reading John Buchanan's "The Road to Charleston, Nathaniel Green and the American Revolution" about the Revolutionary War in the South after Yorktown. It was in many parts of the Carolinas and Georgia a civil war marked by mistreatment of civilians and destruction of property on both sides of the war. Tom Rightmyer [email address removed]

posted Jun 22, 2022 by Thomas Rightmyer

Thomas Rightmyer

Thank you for your work on the descendants of John Henry Rightmyer. The Trinity Lutheran burial record for Henry (abt 1762 - 20 January 1834 has his age as 71years, 1 month, 21 days from which I calculated 1763 November 30. But my calculation may be wrong. I descend from John Henry's son Adam who married Elizabeth Levan, a Huguenot descendant. There is another Rightmyer family in New York, some of whom got to Canada. And there are Rightmyers in the Roanoke Rapids area of northeastern North Carolina. I have not been successful connecting with any of them. Adam's descendants spell the name Rightmyer. The Reading newspaper has an Adam Rightmyer serving as Coroner in 1830 with John elected Overseer of the Poor. And a mid-19th century list of county officials has John Henry as a Berks County Commissioner 1770-1773. I'd love to track all that down. Thank you again. Tom Rightmyer [email address removed] Asheville, NC

posted Nov 30, 2021 by Thomas Rightmyer

Paul Campbell

Thomas, is your ancestor Georg Adam Rightmyer, Reitmeier-11? I also have an entry from Trinity Lutheran for the birth & baptism of a child, Catherine daughter of Adam and Elizabeth Reitmeier. Sponsors are Henry & Catherine Reitmeier.

posted Dec 02, 2021 by Paul Campbell

Thomas Rightmyer

Yes, my ancestor is George Adam 1768-1839 married Elizabeth Levan. Their son William 1794-1826 married 1814 Anna Margaretha Schnell 1790-1873. He died young at age 32. I wonder why. Their son, another William, married 1846 Rebecca Kissinger 1824-1879. Their son George William 1849-1934 left Reading in 1870 shortly after the birth and baptism at First Reformed Church, Reading, of my grandfather Lewis Franklin Rightmyer 1870-1942. George William married Mary Ann Eyrich 1851-1935. Lewis Franklin married Helen B. Waite 1874-1946. Her father and her mother's father served in the Union Army in the Civil War. My father, Nelson Waite Rightmyer was born 1911 and died in Shelby, NC, 1983. He was a priest of the Episcopal Church and a church historian. I was born 1939.

Others are working on the family and I have Catherine, daughter of George Adam Rightmyer and Elizabeth Levan born 27 July 1803 in Reading and died 31 March 1866 in Paris, Edgar County, Illinois, married date and place unknown but by 1833 John Diehm (variously spelled including Deem) 1798-1881 with 8 children: John born 1834, Elizabeth born 1837, William born 1838, Caroline born 1840, Stephen born 1841, Frances born 1842, Sarah born 1843, and Adam Brooks 1845-1912. Adam Borrks seems to have family who has traced this. Are you on Ancestry?

posted Dec 02, 2021 by Thomas Rightmyer

Paul Campbell

I don't have a tree on Ancestry. I only use it for research. I found too many errors from folks randomly adding trees and branches with no sources. Several of my Campbell line trees have errors. It was really confusing to me when I first started to research. Now, I ignore trees on Ancestry except if I see a new ancestor on a tree I'll do the research to find out if it is legit. I like that WikiTree insists on sources. Or at least tries.

posted Dec 03, 2021 by Paul Campbell

Thomas Rightmyer

I agree with you entirely about the reliability of information on Ancestry and I have not checked on the proofs given for Catherine Diehm 1803-66. The Pennsylvania Genealogical Society had an interesting program tonight on Zoom about the recent work of the PA Archives. Have you found any information on the New York or North Carolina Rightmyers?

posted Dec 07, 2021 by Thomas Rightmyer

Karen (Finnerty) Butler

Hi Paul

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posted Mar 13, 2020 by Karen (Finnerty) Butler

Debi (McGee) Hoag

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posted Jan 27, 2019 by Debi (McGee) Hoag

Cindy (Williams) Lesure

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posted Jan 20, 2019 by Cindy (Williams) Lesure

Pip Sheppard

Hi, Paul!

Before we can confirm your membership, we need to see that you are interested in genealogy. Please edit your tags and comments to add a little more about your genealogical interests.

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posted Jan 13, 2019 by Pip Sheppard

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posted Jan 12, 2019 by Karen (Finnerty) Butler

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