Comments on: RIP: Robert de Beaugrande http://www.tmttlt.com/2008/07/01/rip-robert-de-beaugrande/ All those topics that i wish i had time to pursue more earnestly. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:40:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jane Hankey http://www.tmttlt.com/2008/07/01/rip-robert-de-beaugrande/comment-page-1/#comment-438 Jane Hankey Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:13:42 +0000 http://www.tmttlt.com/?p=6059#comment-438 Robert de Beaugrande aka James Shoemaker was my first cousin. My father, Eugene Daniel Hankey and his mother, Eunice Hankey Shoemaker were brother and sister. It is possible that he was born in Colorado but he was raised in Missoula,Montana where his father Theodore was a professor at The University of Montana. I don't have much information about when it happened but at some point during his education after he had left Montana, he changed his name to Robert de Beaugrande and affected a German accent. During his lifetime I would not have responded to this query but after I read of his death, I decided that those who are confused about his origins deserved to know the truth. Unfortunately his only sister, Ellen Shoemaker died in 2003, the same year as his mother. Robert de Beaugrande aka James Shoemaker was my first cousin. My father, Eugene Daniel Hankey and his mother, Eunice Hankey Shoemaker were brother and sister. It is possible that he was born in Colorado but he was raised in Missoula,Montana where his father Theodore was a professor at The University of Montana. I don’t have much information about when it happened but at some point during his education after he had left Montana, he changed his name to Robert de Beaugrande and affected a German accent.

During his lifetime I would not have responded to this query but after I read of his death, I decided that those who are confused about his origins deserved to know the truth. Unfortunately his only sister, Ellen Shoemaker died in 2003, the same year as his mother.

]]> By: Wendy R. Ban http://www.tmttlt.com/2008/07/01/rip-robert-de-beaugrande/comment-page-1/#comment-436 Wendy R. Ban Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:40:13 +0000 http://www.tmttlt.com/?p=6059#comment-436 Mr. Brendel - I may have met you a couple of times in the late 1970's when Robert was at OSU and I was a graduate student helping with his research - just before he went to Florida. Robert spoke seldom of personal matters, but I am fairly certain he was born in Boulder, Colorado. I don't know if his parents were Theodore and Eunice Shoemaker, but two such individuals did in fact exist in Missoula (SDI records), b1915-d1994 and b1918-d2003, respectively. Robert did mention to me that some ancestor/relative or other was an early Western settler and did outdoors work - perhaps mining or forestry - it has been too long and my recollections are dim. A quick web search shows an early Shormaker (probably Theodore's father, also named Theodore) as rather distinguished for forestry work in Montana. My recollection is that Robert said he knew something about horses, which didn't seem to fit with his very urban persona. It has been 30 years and this is all dim in memory, but he did allude to a few details about his origins, which were otherwise mysterious. What is your contact information? Mr. Brendel – I may have met you a couple of times in the late 1970’s when Robert was at OSU and I was a graduate student helping with his research – just before he went to Florida. Robert spoke seldom of personal matters, but I am fairly certain he was born in Boulder, Colorado. I don’t know if his parents were Theodore and Eunice Shoemaker, but two such individuals did in fact exist in Missoula (SDI records), b1915-d1994 and b1918-d2003, respectively. Robert did mention to me that some ancestor/relative or other was an early Western settler and did outdoors work – perhaps mining or forestry – it has been too long and my recollections are dim. A quick web search shows an early Shormaker (probably Theodore’s father, also named Theodore) as rather distinguished for forestry work in Montana. My recollection is that Robert said he knew something about horses, which didn’t seem to fit with his very urban persona. It has been 30 years and this is all dim in memory, but he did allude to a few details about his origins, which were otherwise mysterious. What is your contact information?

]]> By: Janina http://www.tmttlt.com/2008/07/01/rip-robert-de-beaugrande/comment-page-1/#comment-437 Janina Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:28:27 +0000 http://www.tmttlt.com/?p=6059#comment-437 What is your contact information Mr Brendel? Janina Brutt-Griffler What is your contact information Mr Brendel?

Janina Brutt-Griffler

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