Geneology of Elvis

[MissyM]

I've been researching our family geneology for a year. I used some of Elvis's to locate family members. But what I came across is lots and lots of people listing their family tree as being part of Elvis's. Some of them it's so bizarre too. And also in my research I found articles relating the Cherokee Tribe to the Hebrew nation. Supposedly many of the Cherokee artifacts are the same as Hebrew ones as well as ancient wall carvings. Well, it is all very interesting and I'm going to look into it some more. I just thought it was funny that so many people want to be decendants of Elvis's family.

[presley31]

This is something l came accoss
Elvis Presley Genealogy
On January 8, 1935 Elvis Aron Presley was born very early in the morning. He was son to Vernon Presley and Gladys Love Smith, a truck driver and sewing machinist. His mother gave birth in their two-room house in East Tupelo, Mississippi. Elvis was actually a twin, but his brother Jesse was stillborn. The family’s last name was changed to Presley during the Civil War from its German original, “Pressler.” The Elvis Presley Genealogy puts him at the third generation born in the United States. Johann Valentin Pressler immigrated back in 1710 to the United States.

Elvis’ family tree history had its roots in the deep south of Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama. All four of his grandparents were born and lived in Mississippi. Vernon’s parents, Jessie D.M. Presley and Minnie Mae Hood, both died in different states. Jessie spent his last years in Kentucky, and Minnie in Tennessee. Gladys’ parents, Robert Lee Smith and Octavia L. Mansell, both lived and died in Mississippi. The Elvis Presley Genealogy also reveals that Elvis was mostly Scottish and English. His background also included Irish, Native American, and German

source: http://www.encyclomedia.com/elvis_presley.html

[cameron]

I thought Elvis' geneology was interesting too.
Even have a grand daughter that'd married to a Smith that was born and raised around Memphis. We laugh about trying to find out if he's related to Elvis. But, I would never even try. I don't even care to look my own up .
Good luck, Missy.

[Miss Clawdy]

What I've found is 10 years old, but I think nothing important has changed in the
meantime, except naming a street in Hochstadt 'Elvis-Presley-Strasse' in 2006.

From the German Information Center Newsletters February 28 1997:
THE KING OF ROCK AND ROLL A GERMAN?
Germany was gripped by "Elvis fever" as early as the Fifties, when the "King" went to Bad Nauheim (Hessen) to fulfill his military obligations. Little did his German fans know that they had another reason to love him he was, it turns out, a German.
According to Donald W. Presley and Edward C. Dunn, both distant relatives of the King, a direct link can be made from Elvis back to a certain Johann Valentin Pressler, a winegrower who emigrated to America in 1710. Pressler came from a village in southern Palatinate called Niederhochstadt. Niederhochstadt became Hochstadt sometime during the 250 years after Johann Pressler left it, but there are still many Presslers there, among them a winegrower like Johann Valentin.
Johann Valentin first settled in New York and later moved his family to the South. The name was Anglicized during the Civil War by a Pressler serving in the Confederate Army, Presley and Dunn report in a forthcoming book on the Presley family. There was no word, however, on whether Hochstadt was planning any Elvis shrines along the lines of Graceland in Memphis, the last residence of the "King of Rock'n Roll."

[rocknroll]

He's related to Oprah you know?

Hahahahahahahahahaha

[utmom2008]

I've been researching our family geneology for a year. I used some of Elvis's to locate family members. But what I came across is lots and lots of people listing their family tree as being part of Elvis's. Some of them it's so bizarre too. And also in my research I found articles relating the Cherokee Tribe to the Hebrew nation. Supposedly many of the Cherokee artifacts are the same as Hebrew ones as well as ancient wall carvings. Well, it is all very interesting and I'm going to look into it some more. I just thought it was funny that so many people want to be decendants of Elvis's family.

Thanks for the interesting post Missy...and, may I say??? Welcome back!!!

[MissyM]

Oh thank ma lady! I find history and geneology soo interesting.

[graceland girl]

if you read elvis and gladys, by elaine dundy, there is quite a good section in there all aboutthe family history etc, going way back and even tracing elvis' scottish roots- is a good read

[utmom2008]

Oh thank ma lady! I find history and geneology soo interesting.

Me too Missy. I think it's a sign of getting "older". The older I get, the more interesting it seems to become...

[LianaKaralivanou]

He's related to Oprah you know?

Hahahahahahahahahaha

Yeah, right!

[presley31]

Oh thank ma lady! I find history and geneology soo interesting.

looks like lisa has something in common with you, she been tracing her fathers history and getting a kilt made for the presleys.

[utmom2008]

looks like lisa has something in common with you, she been tracing her fathers history and getting a kilt made for the presleys.

Who will she present the kilt to??

[presley31]

Who will she present the kilt to??

Thats up to her, l just read the news.

[utmom2008]

Thats up to her, l just read the news.

Can you post the link??

[presley31]

Can you post the link??

oops its not a kilt but a tartan.
Its been posted for almost a month on the non topic


Tartan tribute for the King.

LISA Marie Presley has reportedly commissioned an Edinburgh kiltmaker to create an official Elvis tartan.

The daughter of the King of rock and roll came to the Capital last week. The 39-year-old songwriter has been looking into ways of strengthening Elvis's Scottish heritage, after it emerged his ancestors hailed from Aberdeenshire. She visited 21st Century Kilts on the Royal mile.

After speaking to designer Howie Nicholsby, Lisa Marie learned she could claim the maiden name of Elvis's mother, Gladys Smith, for her tartan.


2007/12/23 http://news.scotsman.com / www.epgold.com

[utmom2008]

oops its not a kilt but a tartan.
Its been posted for almost a month on the non topic


Tartan tribute for the King.

LISA Marie Presley has reportedly commissioned an Edinburgh kiltmaker to create an official Elvis tartan.

The daughter of the King of rock and roll came to the Capital last week. The 39-year-old songwriter has been looking into ways of strengthening Elvis's Scottish heritage, after it emerged his ancestors hailed from Aberdeenshire. She visited 21st Century Kilts on the Royal mile.

After speaking to designer Howie Nicholsby, Lisa Marie learned she could claim the maiden name of Elvis's mother, Gladys Smith, for her tartan.


2007/12/23 http://news.scotsman.com / www.epgold.com

Thanks.......

[MissyM]

And Elvis Tartan! Ok, am I the only one who finds this tacky?
Maybe she should embrace some of her southern roots before she embraces the Scottish. Oh, please someone tell me to shut up!

[utmom2008]

And Elvis Tartan! Ok, am I the only one who finds this tacky?
Maybe she should embrace some of her southern roots before she embraces the Scottish. Oh, please someone tell me to shut up!

No...you are not the only one that thinks that sounds ridiculous. And, yes, learn a little about the south before venturing off to other countries...

[Getlo]

And Elvis Tartan! Ok, am I the only one who finds this tacky? Maybe she should embrace some of her southern roots before she embraces the Scottish. Oh, please someone tell me to shut up!

It's not an Elvis tartan, it is a Smith tartan. It's nothing to do with the Presley/Pressley side of the family.

[MissyM]

Got it, on the Smith side. I still think it's tacky and she seems to have skipped a few generations when getting in touch with her roots. Lisa annoys me at times. (I don't dislike her per say) But think about it, how much time has she spent talking about or researching what her southern people did and endured??