Thursday, March 08, 2007
Info: Heir to the Throne
As I have mentioned previously, Future Spey represents the sucessful dynastic continuation of the Spey Family. No small feat when you consider our meager numbers here in the States. But is Future Spey the heir to the throne? Or more appropriately, the reclining sofa chair?
To find out, we must first start from the beginning. Before there were any Speys in the New World, there were Speys in Africa. Yes, Africa Africa. It all started in Cameroon, which at the time was the German Colony of Kamerun.
Note: This is a real picture of Kamerun.
Sometime in the pre war years, young Gustav Spey made what was to be the most fore sighted decision in Spey history, and hitched a ride not back to the Fatherland to fight in WWI for the bad guys, but to Shelton, Conneticut to start his family. You can view the ship manifest of Alma Spey, the first American Mrs. Spey, coming back from Hamberg, Deutschland in the 1920's here. You have to register with the web site but it's pretty nifty and well worth it.
Prince Stephen John the Younger of Maryland 
Gramma's Norwegian Hoagie Homestead in Aneta, North Dakota
To find out, we must first start from the beginning. Before there were any Speys in the New World, there were Speys in Africa. Yes, Africa Africa. It all started in Cameroon, which at the time was the German Colony of Kamerun.
Note: This is a real picture of Kamerun.
Sometime in the pre war years, young Gustav Spey made what was to be the most fore sighted decision in Spey history, and hitched a ride not back to the Fatherland to fight in WWI for the bad guys, but to Shelton, Conneticut to start his family. You can view the ship manifest of Alma Spey, the first American Mrs. Spey, coming back from Hamberg, Deutschland in the 1920's here. You have to register with the web site but it's pretty nifty and well worth it.
In any event, Gustav and Alma begat Hans and Ernest. Uncle Hans, the elder son, produced issue, Cousin Tommy. We have thus already concluded where the current occupent and heir to throne lie, as both Hans and Tommy live in Shetlon, CT to this day.
However, as is this blog's want, we can still speculate about the future, and speculate we shall.
Travelling down Ernie's branch of the family tree, we find a few more limbs on which to expound. Gramma and Grampa had 3 sons, Greg, Stephen and Bryan. Should secession fall on Grampa's offsping (a quite likely event), We must then look to his oldest son, Uncle Greg. Uncle Greg has a son of his own, Cousin Tyler, who is a spry 24 and has plenty time to create Future Speys of his own. Thus, a clearer picture develops.
The family line can be broken down as follows:
Progenitor Emeritus: Gustav
Presiding Monarch: Hans
Heir to the Throne: Tommy
However, in the event of say, Hans' abdication, our line-up would go like this:
Ernest, King of the Speys
Greg, Prince of Ohio
Tyler, Dauphin Vegas
And then, if a War of the Roses battle were to result in the triumph of Greg's younger brother, we would get this:
King Stephen John the Edler of Jersey
Prince Stephen John the Younger of Maryland
and finally to
Regent Future Spey
Matthew and I would be relegated to princedoms and dukedoms of lesser importance or else have to mount our own challange to the crown.
Oh, and of course we need to include Bryan somwhere. It is to be assumed that he would be dispatched to oversee foriegn affairs, as an ambassador to the family, no doubt finding favor in the courts of the Burger King and the Dairy Queen.
JUST KIDDING!
So as you can see, tho he represents the first of the Spey's 5th generation in America, Future Spey would still only be somethinglike 7th inline to the Royal Seat. And that only if we strictly follow Salic Law (but as Germans we probably should).
Of course we've yet to speak about the riches and bounty that actually await the holder of the Spey Crown Jewels. As far as I can tell, our empire consists of the land holdings Anne and Ernie have managed to acquire during thier long and productive reign. Which would be:
Gustav's original Fortess Spey in Shelton
note: NOT the actual house
Gramma's Norwegian Hoagie Homestead in Aneta, North Dakota
also NOT the real thing
And the Condominium in Ft Myers, FL
this is actually Cybertron, the home planet of the Autobots
Anyway, I think you get the idea. As you can see from countdown ticker below (thanks for the tip megan!) we're running out of time for Future Spey discussions. Any topics you would like to see covered you better suggest now, because before long we're going to have BABY TIME!
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Are you going to continue the coverage into the Actual Spey years? Also, thanks for reminding me of the Ellis Island site; I have spent some good time there searching for my own grandparents, though I don't have the grasp of my history that you have of Speys.
spey - were you paying any attention? if we're talking strictly primogeniture (we are) youre not getting any of grampa's stuff. first tommy then greg, then tyler, then dad, then you.
plus cybertron was devoured by omicron as depicted in the major animiated motion picture, TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE, so the point is moot.
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plus cybertron was devoured by omicron as depicted in the major animiated motion picture, TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE, so the point is moot.
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