Cleanup date December 2008 Infobox Television show name A Family at war image caption genre Drama creator John Finch writer John Finch developer Granada Television Granada Television Manchester presenter starring Colin Douglas actor Colin Douglas br Barbara Flynn br Leslie Nunnerley br Coral Atkins voices narrated theme music composer Ralph Vaughan Williams opentheme endtheme country United Kingdom language English language English num series 3 num episodes 52 list episodes producer executive producer location camera runtime network ITV picture format audio format first run first aired 14 April 1970 last aired 16 February 1972 A Family At War is a United Kingdom British drama Television program series that aired on ITV from 1970 to 1972. It was created by John Finch and made by Granada Television for ITV . The director was David Giles director David Giles . The series was transmitted between 1970 and 1972 and examined the lives of the lower middle class Ashton family of the city of Liverpool and their experiences from 1938 and through the Second World War . Despite being set in Liverpool none of the regular characters spoke with a scouse accent. Fifty two episodes were produced, all but eight of them in colour. Episodes numbers 25 through 32 were filmed in black and white because of the ITV Colour Strike . The memorable theme tune is from the First Movement Allegro of Ralph Vaughan ... Mason as Celia Porter Patrick Troughton as Harry Porter DVD release All episodes of A Family at War are available on DVD in the UK, distributed by Acorn Media UK . The first series has been available in the USA from Amazon.com . External links IMDb title id 0159164 title A Family at War tv.com 4936 A Family at war http www.baylor.edu afamilyatwar A Family at War Fan Site DEFAULTSORT Family At War Category 1970s British television series Category 1970 in British television Category 1970 British ... World War II television drama series drama tv prog stub ITCDistributions stub no Familien Ashton nn ... more details
other uses Close relationships In human context , a family from Latin language Latin familia is a Social ... classify family organization as Matrilocality matrilocal a mother and her children conjugal a wife, husband, and children, also called nuclear family and consanguinity consanguinal also called an extended family in which parents and children co reside with other members of one parent s family. There are also concepts of family that non traditional family break with tradition within particular societies .... As a unit of socialization the family is the object of analysis for sociology of the family sociologists of the family . Genealogy is a field which aims to trace family lineages through history. In science , the term family has come to be used as a means to Biological classification classify groups ... that many species form groups that have similarities to human family often called pack s. Sexual relations among family members are regulated by rules concerning incest such as the incest taboo . Extended from the human family unit by affinity sociology affinity and consanguinity are concepts of family ... , village , city , region , nation hood, global village and humanism . Procreation main Family planning One of the primary functions of the family is to produce and reproduce persons, biologically and socially ... . Part 2, ch. 3, p. 80 ref Thus, one s experience of one s family shifts over time. From the perspective of children , the family is a family of orientation the family serves to locate children socially ... of New York Press . pp. 61 68. ref From the point of view of the parent s , the family is a family ... in families. As long as you have people to take care of you, that is what a family is about ref Northey, William F. Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, October 2009, Vol. 33 Issue 4, p531 532, Database ... of the family in societies with a sexual division of labor, marriage , and the resulting relationship ..., Peter 1987 Of Women, Men, and Manioc , Etnologiska Studien 38 . ref A conjugal family includes only ... more details
Infobox Single Name This Family Cover Magnapop This Family.jpg Alt A blurry photo of a yearbook with the eyes on the faces covered by black bars. The word magnapop is written along the top in red and THIS FAMILY is written in white at the bottom. Artist Magnapop Album Rubbing Doesn t Help A side This Family Mark Freegard Remix B side This Family Released start date 1996 Format Compact Disc Recorded November December 1995, City Lab Recording , Los Angeles , California , United States Genre Pop punk Length duration m 3 s 28 Label Play It Again Sam Records Play It Again Sam Writer Linda Hopper , Ruthie Morris Producer Geza X Audio sample? Certification Last single Open the Door Magnapop song Open the Door br 1996 This single This Family br 1996 Next single Misc Extra musicsample type single filename Magnapop This Family.ogg title This Family description The chorus, describing the conflicted emotions of the narrator. This Family is a 1996 single by Magnapop by Play It Again Sam Records on Compact Disc catalogue number 450.0307.24 BIAS 307 CD. Track listing All songs written by Linda Hopper and Ruthie Morris This Family Mark Freegard Remix 3 28 This Family 3 28 Personnel Magnapop Linda Hopper Lead vocalist lead Singing vocals , art direction , photography Ruthie Morris Lead guitar lead guitar , Backing vocalist backing vocals , art direction, photography Shannon Mulvaney bass guitar Additional personnel Josh Freese Drum kit drums Geza X Record producer production , Audio engineering engineering Eddie Shryer of Future Disc Audio mastering mastering Magnapop Category 1996 singles Category Magnapop songs Category PIAS Recordings singles Category Songs produced by Geza X Category Songs written by Ruthie Morris Category Songs written by Linda Hopper Category English language songs Category 1996 songs ... more details
Infobox film name In the Family image In the family poster 2.jpg caption director Joanna Rudnick producer Joanna Rudnick br Gordon Quinn br Beth Iams writer starring music Erin O Hara cinematography editing Leslie Simmer distributor Kartemquin Films released Film date 2008 2 runtime 83 minutes country Film US language English budget gross In the Family is a 2008 documentary film , produced by Kartemquin Films , about predicting breast cancer breast and ovarian cancer and the choices women make when they are faced with the dangers of a possible life threatening disease. The film s director, Joanna Rudnick , tests positive for the familial BRCA mutation that increases her chances of developing breast cancer by 60 . Faced with these odds, Rudnick must examine her choices of possibly taking her chances or possibly having her breasts and ovaries removed. In the Family takes a look at genetic testing , something that was an impossibility to previous generations, but for some women, the decision to be tested is not easy. Rudnick follows several women going through the decision to be tested, some who are cancer survivors and some that are losing that battle. The question for each woman is, how much do you sacrifice to survive? Produced by Kartemquin Films , In the Family premiered on Public Broadcasting Service PBS s P.O.V. on October 1st, 2008. It was nominated for an News & Documentary Emmy Award Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Long Form Programming in 2009. ref http inthefamily.kartemquin.com film In the Family Official Site. Retrieved 19 Dec 2011 ref In May 2009, director Joanna Rudnick contributed to the Huffington Post supporting a lawsuit made by the ACLU challenging the patent ownership of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes the genes responsible for ovarian and breast cancer ... External links Official website http inthefamily.kartemquin.com IMDb title 0892390 In the Family http www.pbs.org pov inthefamily In the Family at PBS Kartemquin Films DEFAULTSORT In The Family Category ... more details
cleanup linkrot date August 2011 Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name For The Family Type Studio album Artist Stan Rogers Cover ForTheFamilyCover.jpg Released 1983 Recorded October, 1982 Genre Folk music Folk Length 36 10 Label Folk Tradition Producer Last album Northwest Passage album Northwest Passage br 1981 This album For The Family br 1983 Next album From Fresh Water br 1984 Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1score Rating 4 5 ref Allmusic class album id r251601 pure url yes Allmusic review ref Automatically generated by DASHBot For The Family is a 1983 in music 1983 studio album by Canada Canadian Folk music folk artist Stan Rogers . In a departure from Rogers earlier collections of typically original compositions on his own Fogarty s Cove Music Fogarty s Cove label, this album features renditions of traditional Canadian folk songs as well as songs written by Rogers relatives. It was originally released on WRDV DJ Tor Jonassen s Folk Tradition record label. It is a studio album, with backing performances by Rogers multi instrumentalist brother Garnet Rogers and bassist Jim Morison . It was released only weeks after Rogers perished in a fire on board an Air Canada Flight 797 Air Canada flight . The album is now issued by Gadfly Records ref http www.gadflyrecords.com products 212.htm listing on Gafly Records site ref Track listing Lookout Hill Cliffs Of Baccalieu Strings And Dory Plug The Badger Drive Cape St. Mary s Two Bit Cayuse Scarborough Settler s Lament Yeastcake Jones Up In Fox Island Three Fishers References reflist Category Stan Rogers albums Category 1983 albums 1980s folk album stub ... more details
The War may refer to In film and television The War documentary The War documentary , a 2007 television documentary about World War II by Ken Burns The War film The War film , a 1994 film starring Elijah Wood The Chaser s War on Everything or simply The War , an Australian television comedy series In music The War Angels & Airwaves song The War Angels & Airwaves song The War The New Power Generation song The War The New Power Generation song In other uses The War boxing , a 1985 bout between Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns The War comics The War comics , a 1980s Marvel Comics series See also War disambiguation Lookfrom The War disambiguation ... more details
pp vandalism expiry 24 May 2012 small yes About war in general War disambiguation and The War disambiguation WarWar is an organized, armed, and often a prolonged conflict that is carried on between State ... War title American Heritage Dictionary War publisher Thefreedictionary.com date accessdate 2011 01 24 ref ref name MWD cite web url http www.merriam webster.com dictionary war title Merriam Webster s Dictionary War publisher Merriam webster.com date 2010 08 13 accessdate 2011 01 24 ref typified by extreme aggression , social disruption, and usually high mortality. War should be understood as an actual ... war title Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ref The set of techniques used by a group to carry out war is known as warfare . An absence of war, and other violence is usually called peace . In 2003, Nobel Laureate Richard E. Smalley identified war as the sixth of ten biggest problems facing the society ... cnst.rice.edu content.aspx?id 246 ref In the 1832 treatise On War , Prussian military general and theoretician Carl von Clausewitz Carl Von Clausewitz defined war as follows War is thus an act of force ... editor2 last Paret title On War trans title Vom Krieg edition Indexed year 1984 origyear 1832 publisher ... scholars argue that the practice of war is not linked to any single type of political organization or society. Rather, as discussed by John Keegan in his History of Warfare , war is a universal phenomenon ... and potentials of war extend along a historical continuum. At the one end lies the endemic warfare of the Paleolithic ... War Highsmith.jpeg thumb right 350px Mural of War 1896 , by Gari Melchers . The English word war ... the Franks Frankish werra and the Proto Germanic language Proto Germanic werso . The denotation of war ... , to perplex , and to bring into confusion . ref cite web title war publisher Online Etymology Dictionary url http www.etymonline.com index.php?term war year 2010 accessdate 24 April 2011 ref Another ... Spanish , Portuguese language Portuguese , and Italian language Italian words for war is guerra ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name This Is War Type studio Artist 30 Seconds to Mars ... Last album A Beautiful Lie br 2005 This album This Is War br 2009 Next album Misc Extra album cover Upper caption Alternative cover Type Studio Cover This Is War Deluxe Edition .jpg Alt Lower caption Deluxe edition Border Singles Name This Is War Type studio Single 1 Kings and Queens 30 Seconds to Mars song Kings and Queens Single 1 date Start date 2009 10 13 Single 2 This Is War song This Is War ... 30 Seconds to Mars song Hurricane Single 4 date Start date 2011 01 10 This Is War is the third ... on This Is War We spent two years of our lives working on that record, and it was us against the world ... of This Is War . During recording sessions, the band hosted a gathering in they called The Summit at the Avalon ... family of fans around the world. We do that often, and think of ways to break the boundary. And we thought .... ref cite web url http www.mtv.com news articles 1627733 30 seconds mars this war has monks but no kanye.jhtml title 30 Seconds To Mars This Is War Has Monks, But No Kanye West date 2009 12 07 .... Kings and Queens, there s a triumphant feeling of the possibilities that we all have. This Is War ... rock . ref name AMG cite web url Allmusic class album id r1675172 pure url yes title This Is War ... publisher Allmusic accessdate 2009 12 10 ref Sara Anderson from AOL Radio referred to This Is War ... 2009 12 08 30 seconds to mars this is war title 30 Seconds to Mars This Is War AOL Radio Blog ... for war 1004045778.story title 30 Seconds To Mars Recruits Fans For War work Billboard magazine Billboard ... music cd reviews article6939531.ece title 30 Seconds to Mars This is War last Paphides first Pete work ... 30 Seconds To Mars Get Deep, Dirty On This Is War publisher MTV last Montgomery first James accessdate ... to mars sing about survival on this is war 20091208 title 30 Seconds To Mars Sing About Survival on This Is War last Harris first Chris work Rolling Stone accessdate 16 December 2009 ref Furthermore ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2006 Single infobox Name War on War Cover Waronwar.jpg Artist Wilco Album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Released Start date 2002 05 21 Format Compact Disc CD Recorded Genre Alternative Rock , Indie Rock Length 3 49 Label Nonesuch Records Warner Music Group WEA Records Producer Wilco Chart position Reviews Last single A Shot in the Arm br 1999 This single War on War br 2002 Next single Theologians song Theologians br 2004 War on War is a 2002 single by American band Wilco from their album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot . Track listing War on War 3 49 The Good Part 2 47 I m the Man Who Loves You live 3 36 Wilco DEFAULTSORT War On War Category 2002 singles Category Anti war songs Category Wilco songs Category Songs written by Jeff Tweedy 2000s rock single stub ... more details
This is an article about the computer game. For the Pharoahe Monch album, see W.A.R. We Are Renegades . Infobox VG title image File WARBoxShotCommodore64.jpg 250px W.A.R. caption Cover art developer Software Communications Ltd. ref http www.mobygames.com game warW.A.R. at MobyGames ref publisher Martech ref name gamefaqs http www.gamefaqs.com c64 572191 war data W.A.R. at GameFAQs ref designer released vgrelease NA 1986 ref name gamefaqs EU 1986 ref name gamefaqs genre Scrolling shooter ref name gamefaqs modes Single player video game Single player platforms Acorn Electron , Amstrad CPC , BBC Micro , Commodore 64 , ref name gamefaqs ZX Spectrum media audio cassette Cassette , Floppy disk requirements W.A.R. was a computer game produced by Martech . Summary The BBC Micro version was written by Michael Archer while the Amstrad CPC version was written by John Edginton. The BBC Micro was revolutionary when it was produced because, although it was monochrome, and game play was tightly letter boxed, the graphical detail and smooth hardware scrolling of this vertical shooter had not been seen before. The Amstrad CPC version supported one of the first commercial mice in the form of the AMX Mouse . References reflist Category 1986 video games Category Amstrad CPC games Category BBC Micro and Acorn Electron games Category Commodore 64 games Category ZX Spectrum games scroll shooter videogame stub nl W.A.R. ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name At War Type ep Artist Rebaelliun Cover At War.jpg Released Start date 1999 4 Recorded November 1998 at Est dio Ra zes in Porto Alegre , Rio Grande do Sul , Brazil Genre Death metal Length 6 45 Label Hammerheart Records Hammerheart Producer Rebaelliun Reviews Last album Burn the Promised Land br 1999 This album At War br 1999 Next album Bringer of War br 2000 At War is an EP by the Brazil ian death metal band Rebaelliun . It was released in 1999 by Hammerheart Records . Track listing At War 3 14 Spawning the Rebellion 3 26 Personnel Marcello Marzari Bass guitar bass , Singing vocals Fabio Penna Corr a Electric guitar guitar Ronaldo Lima guitar David Stone Drum kit drums Category 1999 EPs Category Rebaelliun albums ... more details
On War File Vomkriege.jpg thumb Title page of the original German edition Vom Kriege , published in 1832. Refimprove date July 2011 Vom Kriege IPA de f m k i is a book on war and military strategy ... language English several times as On War . On War is actually an unfinished work Clausewitz had ... political, military, intellectual and cultural leaders in the Prussian state. On War is formed ... of war through their ability to motivate the populace and to gain access to the full resources of the state thus unleashing war on a greater scale than had previously been seen in Europe. Clausewitz ... was that the conduct of war could not be reduced to universal principles. ref Azar Gat, A History of Military Thought From the Enlightenment to the Cold War , 2001 New York Oxford University Press ISBN ... s concept War must never be seen as having any purpose in itself, but should be seen as an instrument ... War is not merely a political act, but also a real political instrument, a continuation of political commerce, a carrying out of the same by other means. ref On War , Book I, Chapter 1, 24., Carl von Clausewitz, translated by J.J. Graham, p. 18 ISBN 9568356207 ref . The military objectives in war that support one s political objectives fall into two broad types war to achieve limited aims and war ..., the course of war will tend to favour the party with the stronger emotional and political motivations ... in On War include in no particular order of importance the Dialectic dialectical approach to military ... in war the asymmetrical relationship between attack and defense the nature of military genius the fascinating trinity Wunderliche Dreifaltigkeit of war philosophical distinctions between absolute or ideal war, and real war in real war, the distinctive poles of a limited war and b war to render the enemy helpless war belongs fundamentally to the social realm, rather than the realms of art or science ... the essential unpredictability of war the fog of war friction strategic and operational centers ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name WarWarWar Type Album Artist Country Joe McDonald Cover Warwarwarcover.jpg Alt The Album Cover of WarWarWar Released October 1971 Recorded Genre Rock, Pop Length 42 01 Label Vanguard Records original release One Way Records reissue Producer Country Joe McDonald Last album Thinking of Woody Guthrie br 1969 This album WarWarWar br 1971 Next album Incredible Live br 1972 WarWarWar is the third album by Country Joe McDonald . The lyrics for the songs on the album were based upon the poetry of Robert William Service January 16, 1874 September 11, 1958 , who was sometimes referred to as the Bard of the Yukon . The album was released in October 1971 by Vanguard Records VSD 79315 , and reissued in February 1995 by One Way Records OW 30995 . Tracks ref Allmusic class album id r12680 pure url yes ref tracklist writing credits no title1 Foward writer1 length1 4 39 title2 The Call writer2 length2 2 35 title3 Young Fellow, My Lad writer3 length3 3 47 title4 The Man From Athabaska writer4 length4 6 28 title5 The Munition Maker writer5 length5 4 22 title6 The Twins writer6 length6 1 53 title7 Jean Desperez writer7 length7 9 48 title8 War Widow writer8 length8 2 02 title9 The March of The Dead writer9 length9 6 27 Reception Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1score Rating 3 5 ref Allmusic class album id r12680 pure url yes Allmusic review ref Automatically generated by DASHBot The album did decently well taking 185th Position on the 1971 Billboard 200 list ref Allmusic class album id r12680 pure url yes ref Performers Vocals, Guitar, Country Joe McDonald Production Producer Country Joe McDonald Engineer Captain Jeff Zaraya ref Allmusic class album id r12680 pure url yes ref References references Useful Links http www.countryjoe.com http www.youtube.com watch?v LBdeCxJmcAo http www.youtube.com watch?v GqHkMAo9Gos http www.spike.com video country joe mcdonald 2774331?cid YSSP http www.countryjoe.com war.htm Category 1979 albums Category ... more details
The Bourbaki family is a France French family of Greek extraction, that produced two prominent officers Colonel Constantin Denis Bourbaki , a hero of the Greek War of Independence. General Charles Denis Bourbaki , son of the former. Disambig ... more details
The Ko cielecki or, plural, Ko cieleccy were a noble family which was part of the political and economic elite in Kujawy and Royal Prussia in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. They used the Ogo czyk coat of arms . The Ko cieleccy came from Dobrzy Land , from the regions around Sk pe but signed themselves as of Ko cielca, near Inowroc aw where another branch of the family resided. Members of the family were voivode s of Inowroc aw, Brze Kujawski , Pozna , Kalisz , starosta s of Kujawy , Pomorze and Wielkopolska , as well as bishops of Che m . After the Thirteen Years War 1454 66 Thirteen Years War many of them also served at the court of King of Poland which allowed them to amass considerable land and wealth. DEFAULTSORT Family, Koscielecki Category Polish noble families Category Prussia Euro noble stub ... more details
War II . Family traditions in the modern context Meaningful family traditions have always ...Family tradition , also called Family culture , is defined as aggregate of attitude psychology attitude ... from his her parents and ancestors. Modern studies of family traditions The study of Family tradition ... of attitude psychology attitude s, sentiment s, and ideals which may be termed the family tradition, or the family culture . Sometimes, family traditions are associated with practices and beliefs which ... such family traditions also acquire an Aura paranormal aura of spirituality . Transmission of any set of such family traditions, acquiring spirituality spiritual significance , is largely an Intuition knowledge intuitive phenomenon, and the flow of family traditions continue without any intention, and the same continue to move on from one generation to the next generation. Family traditions for most of the families remain largely confined within the family members, but some times, non family members may also get associated with particular family s family traditions. Functioning of family traditions Halbwachs in his book On Collective Memory discusses how memories of the family function. He ... and modes of thinking with each particular family that equally impose and even more forcibly their form ..., each family has its proper mentality, its memories which it alone commemorates, and its secrets that are revealed only to its members. But these memories, as in the religious traditions of the family ... www.losingtom.org memory culturalMemory.html Antiquity of family traditions Family traditions have their roots in distant past, to pre historic times, when the concept and system of family as a unit ... day, families have taken pride in their traditions. Before nuclear family systems became the order of the day, there used to be joint family system, consisting of all the family members of two ... person as the keeper of the family traditions and assign a particular name to the keeper ... more details
This article is about the network of organisations affiliated to the Commonwealth of Nations . The term Commonwealth Family is also used to refer poetically to the Commonwealth of Nations. The Commonwealth Family is a network of Voluntary association associations , organisation s, and Charitable organization charities affiliated to the Commonwealth of Nations . ref name Commonwealth Family cite web url http www.thecommonwealth.org Internal 151814 commonwealth family title Commonwealth Family accessdate 2007 07 29 date publisher Commonwealth Secretariat ref Although associated with the Commonwealth, they are not fully a part of it, and membership is on a voluntary basis from within the membership of the Commonwealth. They are designed to advance the principles and policies of the Commonwealth itself. In some cases, such as Sight Savers International and the English Speaking Union , they operate outside the Commonwealth, but are still considered a part of the Commonwealth Family, as they still operate predominantly within the Commonwealth. ref name Commonwealth Family List of organisations Member organisations of the Commonwealth Family include Association of Commonwealth Universities Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Commonwealth Business Council Commonwealth Foundation Commonwealth Games Federation Commonwealth of Learning Commonwealth Local Government Forum Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Commonwealth War Graves Commission English Speaking Union mainlist List of organisations in the Commonwealth Family Footnotes reflist Commonwealth of Nations topics Category Commonwealth Family poli org stub ... more details
There have been various famous members of the Stransham family Anthony Blaxland Stransham d. 1900 , General, leader of the Royal Marines during the First Opium War Streynsham Master 1640 1724 , pioneer in the British East India Company Samuel Stransham , 18th century Major of the Royal Marines who was involved with the Falkland Islands disambig ... more details
Zborowski family of the Jastrz biec coat of arms was a szlachta Polish noble family most powerful in the 16th century. First known member of the family was Marcin Zborowski 1492 1565 , castellan and voivode. The main line died out with his grandson, Aleksander Zborowski , in 1621. In family s history, the most notable events revolve around their feud with kanclerz Chancellor and Hetman Jan Zamoyski . Zamoyski s execution of Samuel Zborowski in 1584 caused much uproar in the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth and intensified the feud. It culminated in the military conflict of the War of the Polish Succession 1587 1588 , which ended with Zamoyski s victory and Zborowski s loss. Category Polish noble families Poland noble stub Name stub cs Zborov t de Zborowski Adelsgeschlecht pl Zborowscy ru uk ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 The family of Markuszewski was a family from the Lewart coat of arms Lewart or Lepod Clan , created in the mid thirteenth through the early fourteenth century. The Lewart clan was small, and membership to the clan was closely guarded. The title of Count was adopted in the post partition era, due to the status of the family with its property holdings, and land being on the scale of an English county or Earldom . The title was legally ratified during this period, by the other noble families of Poland, because there was no monarch. The Markuszewski s land was mainly in the area of Novogrudek, and by the early 20th century, they still owned vast forests, land and a number of villages. World War I , the Polish Russian war and World War II took their toll with the family being almost wiped out, leaving only one surviving hier to the title, Countess Irena Markuszewski, the daughter of countess Sophia Tracewskia and Count Leon Markuszewski who was murdered, because of his noble background in the Katyn massacre . ref http www.electronicmuseum.ca Poland WW2 katyn memorial wall kmw.html Katyn Memorial Wall Bot generated title ref The title is Heredity hereditary , and was conferred upon both male and female progeny meaning the title could be continued through a daughter . The Markuszewski Branch Lewart Clan The Markuszewski Family Tree along with the title was inherited through the female as well as the male line. Counts of the area around Novogrudek exists in modern day Belarus. References references Category Polish noble families Poland noble stub ... more details
The Stracci Family is one of the Five New York Families in Mario Puzo s novel The Godfather novel The Godfather and the The Godfather movie of the same name . Role in the Story In both the novel and movie The Godfather , they are the smallest but best disposed crime family of the Five Families The Godfather Five New York Families . From its beginnings the family s crime boss Don was Victor Stracci . The Stracci Family, along with the Tattaglia Family , Barzini Family , Ottilio Cuneo Cuneo Family are the families to invest on Sollozzo s heroin trade market. The Stracci Family fight in the war against the Corleones After Don Corleone declares peace between all of the five families, he promises not to break the peace and thus, Victor Stracci, Emillio Barzini, Phillip Tattaglia, and Ottilio Cuneo each have their families start taking away territory from the Corleones. Later, after Don Corleone s death, Barzini, attempts to assassinate Vito s son and heir Michael in order to get hold of all Corleone turf. Michael, however, had already foreseen this move thanks to his father s deduction and Michael has Stracci and all other Dons in New York assassinated, eliminating almost all of the five families interests in New York, therefore, almost completely destroying the Straccis. Category Fictional American people of Italian descent Category Fictional Mafia crime families Category The Godfather characters lit char stub ... more details
Image Herb Abdank.svg thumb 200px link http upload.wikimedia.org wikipedia commons f f5 Herb Abdank.svg Battle cry Abdank coat of arms Abdank Bialobrzeski family Polish language Polish Bia obrzescy of Abdank coat of arms is the name of a Polish szlachta noble family. According to legend, the family was among envoys of Boles aw III Wrymouth . In 1998 about 2000 inhabitants lived in Poland, bearing the name Bialobrzeski. Those live in areas around Warsaw and Wroclaw , but especially in the north eastern Poland. For the reign of John III Sobieski family members of the Bialobrzeski were official delegates of sejmik in the sejm . After the three partitions of Poland the Bialobrzeski own less land and some properties e.g. in Tuszyn . As a result of uprisings in the 19th Century in partitioned Poland Bialobrzeski lost even more land. One of the best known members of the family that lived in the region Sieradz , is Casimir Bialobrzeski, who was important in the introduction of the telephone network in Poland before the World War II . Category Polish noble families de Bia obrzeski Adelsgeschlecht pl Bia obrzescy ... more details
File Kujokamon.jpg thumb Kujo Kamon The Kuj family Kuj ke was a Japan ese noble family and a branch of the Fujiwara clan derived from Fujiwara no Tadamichi . They were counted as one of the Sekke , the five regent houses and therefore one of the most politically powerful families among the kuge court officials . As one of the Sekke, the five regent houses, the Kuj clan monopolized the offices of Sessh and Kampaku along with the Konoe family Konoe , Takatsukasa family Takatsukasa , Nij family Nij and Ichij family Ichij clans from the 12th century until 1867. With the exception of Tokugawa Masako , wife of the Emperor Emperor Go Mizunoo of Japan Mizunoo II , all Empresses of that long period were of the clans that formed the Sekke or from branches of the imperial family itself. In addition, the Nij and Ichij families derived from the Kuj family. The clan was founded by Fujiwara no Kanezane 1149 1207 , at the recommendation of Minamoto no Yoritomo . The name Kuj means literally the ninth avenue , a district in Kyoto where Kanezane had his residence. The fourth and fifth Shogun of the Kamakura shogunate , Kuj Yoritsune and Kuj Yoritsugu , came from this clan. Some sources claim the clan was founded by Fujiwara no Morosuke 908 960 Citation needed date February 2008 . The Kuj family were sponsors of the Kitano Shrine. In 1219, Kuj Michiie 1191 1252 offered Kitano Tenjin Engi Emaki Illustrated Scroll of the History of the Kitano Shrine to the Kitano shrine. After the Meiji Restoration , members of the Kuj clan were elevated to princedom and given the title Prince . Empress Teimei Sadako , the empress of Emperor Taish was of this family. In present day After World War II all of kuj member lost their title Prince . Books A History of Japan to 1334 By George Bailey Sansom Published by Stanford University Press, 1958 ISBN 0 8047 0523 2, 9780804705233 512 pages DEFAULTSORT Kujo family Category Kuj family Category Japanese clans Category Fujiwara clan de Kuj ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The Hiester family was an American political and military dynasty. Noted members of the family include John Hiester 1745 1821 US Congressman Daniel Hiester 1747 1804 US Congressman Gabriel Hiester 1749 1824 Pennsylvania political leader Joseph Hiester 1752 1832 US Congressman and Governor of Pennsylvania Daniel Hiester the younger 1774 1834 US Congressman William Hiester 1790 1853 US Congressman William Muhlenberg Hiester 1818 1878 Pennsylvania political leader Isaac Ellmaker Hiester 1824 1871 US Congressman Hiester Clymer 1827 1884 US Congressman In addition, The Hiesters were related to the Muhlenberg family . Some notable members include Henry Muhlenberg 1711 1787 Founder of the Lutheran Church in America Peter Muhlenberg 1746 1847 Minister, Continental Army General, US Congressman, US Senator Frederick Muhlenberg 1750 1801 Member of Continental Congress, Speaker of US House of Representatives John Andrew Shulze 1774 1852 Governor of Pennsylvania Henry A. P. Muhlenberg 1782 1844 US Congressman and Minister to Austria Francis Swaine Muhlenberg 1795 1831 US Congressman Henry Augustus Muhlenberg 1823 1854 US Congressman Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg 1887 1980 US Congressman and World War I and World War II soldier DEFAULTSORT Hiester Family Category Hiester family Category Political families of the United States de Hiester ... more details
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