Family Trivia & Facts

Family Trivia & Facts

Below is a compilation of interesting and fun facts that we have run across in our research and records. Enjoy!

ANCESTORS

► John Budd (Generation 1) migrated to America from England in 1637 and is the first known BUDD in the Untied States. John & his brother Thomas Budd, both settled in New England. John Budd was a founder of the New Haven Colony. A house that John Budd built in 1649, "The Old House" or "Cutchogue House" still exists and has been declared a National landmark, being the oldest English-style home in new York.

► Dr. Daniel Budd (1751-1815) crossed the Delaware with US President George Washington.

► Violets Budd's Great-Grand Parents William Marshall (1810) and Katherine A. Walker Marshall (1815) had a child named Nancy E. Marshall, who was a cousin of Thomas Riley Marshall. Thomas was Governor of Indiana and later became Vice President of the United States under President Woodrow Wilson from 1913-1921. (See Thomas Riley Marshall / USA President & Vice Presidents)

►Violet Budd's mother was Goldia Mae Penn Marshall who is a direct descendant of William Penn, the famous Pennsylvania Quaker.

Washington Crossing the Delaware
December 25, 1776

CLYDE & VIOLET BUDD
►Clyde Budd was raised by his Aunt Zoda Mae Fitton when his mother died when he was 3 yrs old.

►Clyde Budd has web toes which other descendants have inherited.

►All Clyde Budd's Kids were born in Indiana (Dot, Bill, Don, Joe, Sue, Micki, Ted) except for 8th child Vera Kay Budd.

►In 1940, Clyde & Violet moved themselves across the country with their 7 kids to California in a '36 Ford.

►Clyde Budd worked on "JOHN DILLINGER's" gangster car when he was an auto mechanic in Indiana.

►Clyde Budd had a talent for playing musical instruments (Banjo, Guitar, Ukelele, Keyboards)

OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS / DESCENDANTS
►Jim Marshall (Violet Marshall Budd's brother) was with General Eisenhower in the "Invasion of Normandy" (D-Day) on June 6, 1944 during World War II.

The World in 1908

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