Unfortunately, it was too long ago. I wish I had the VCR running at the time.
Yes I am your fourth cousin. By the way, I have also been asked (on several
occasions) if I was related to a John Quarterman of Austin who has achieved
some notariety in the SW engineering field (I am a SW Eng.). Would this be
you?
Regards,
JWQ
"John S. Quarterman" wrote:
> >Three things:
> >
> >1) I believe he went to the Naval War College in Newport, RI shortly
> >before the Spring of 1984, when, as an Ensign, I attended Surface
> >Warfare Officer's School, also in Newport. I kept getting his mail.
> >
> >2) I saw him on TV sometime during his tenure as CO of the USS Guam. He
> >introduced Bob Hope in one of those televised USO Specials.
>
> What did he look like?
>
> >3) During my short stint in the Navy, I think I heard: "... and you must
> >be Capt. Quarterman's son?" about a thousand times.
> >
> >Unfortunately, I was never able to meet the man. Based on comments from
> >those who did know him, he was very highly regarded.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >John W. Quarterman (of the obscure Tallahassee branch of the Liberty
> >Quartermans)
>
> Hm. Would you be
>
> John Wallace Quarterman
> son of Wallace Leonard Quarterman
> son of Alexander McDougal Quarterman
> son of Wallace Stacy Quarterman
> son of Nathaniel Pratt Quarterman
> son of Rev. Robert Quarterman
>
> and therefore my fourth cousin?
>
> John Sinclair Quarterman
> son of David Sinclair Quarterman Jr.
> son of David Sinclair Quarterman
> son of Thomas Shepard Quarterman
> son of Edward William Quarterman
> son of Rev. Robert Quarterman
>
> Your ancestor Pratt was actually one of the best known of the offspring
> of Rev. Robert Quarterman, so in that sense at least I'm not sure your
> claim to obscurity is correct.
>
> Regarding the name John Quarterman, I ran into a similar coincidence.
> When I moved to Austin there was a John Quarterman at nearby Bergstrom AFB.
> He is English; his daughter sometimes corresponds.
>
> John S. Quarterman <jsq@mids.org>