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George Catlett Marshall, KB (1880 – 1959) 1st Five-Star “General of the Army”, U.S. Army Chief of Staff, Secretary of State & Defense, Eponym of “Marshall Plan”, Statesman, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate









In commentary as to the sources of the Allied victory in WWII, Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG (1874 – 1965) Prime Minister once described George as the “organizer of victory”. His superior organizational skills were indeed put to the ultimate test after he took on the gigantic and politically daunting task of rebuilding Europe. In 1953 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the unparalleled success of the Marshall Plan. U.S. President Harry S. Truman signed the bill authorizing the program on 3 April 1948. George was his Secretary of State at the time.

He scheduled his plan for the invasion of Europe, code-named Operation Overlord, to commence on 1 April 1943. On the advice of Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 – 1945) 32nd U.S. President instead directed Allied Forces to invade Italy in July 1943.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, and Bernard Law Montgomery KG (1887 – 1976) British Army Field Marshal chose the Normandy coastline as the site of the D-Day invasion of France. On 6 June 1944, the greatest marine invasionary force ever amassed first landed at Omaha Beach at the start of the Battle of Normandy.

George was an agnatic descendant of Sir William le Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146 – 1219) Regent of England. His son William Jr represented him as one of the Magna Carta Sureties at Runnymede in 1215. They were agnatic descendants of Ganger Hrólf “Rollo” (860 – 930) 1st Duke of Normandy, Count of Rouen.

William’s body was interred at the Temple Church in London. His effigy is displayed above his tomb between those of two of his sons, William Jr and Gilbert.

George was an agnatic cousin of the 4th Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall (1755 – 1835). They were both direct paternal descendants of Edward Collins (1603 – 1689) 1st Deacon of Congregational Church of Cambridge.

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U. S. Army General George Catlett Marshall
Birth 31 Dec 1880 in Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania,
Death 16 Dec 1959 in Washington, D.C.

Ancestry.com citation/Lineages

7th cousin 5x removed MARKHAM-COLLINS

8th cousin 6x removed POTTER-TRIPP-OUTWATER-COLLINS
11th cousin 3x removed BRADFORD-WARREN-BARTLETT-SPRAGUE-TRIPP-OUTWATER-COLLINS
21st cousin 2x removed MARKHAM-D’AUBIGNY-BEAUCHAMP-MOWBRAY-HOWARD-WOOD-COLLINS
29th cousin DE PORT-FITZJOHN-DE LA HAY-D’AUBIGNY-HATTON-VENABLES-DAVENPORT-HYDE-CARRINGTON-HOLLAND-SIMMONS-COLLINS
29th cousin 6x removed TALIAFERRO-BATTAILE-TALIAFERRO-SMITH-TOWNELEY-SHERBURNE-RADCLIFFE-TEMPEST-CLITHEROE-LE GRAS-DE CLARE-GIFFARD-NORMANDY-PLANTAGENET-HOWARD-WOOD-COLLINS
2nd great grand nephew of husband of 23rd cousin 6x removed KEITH-RANDOLPH-ISHAM-BORLASE-LYTTON-BOOTH-HOPTON-WENTWORTH-SPENCER-BEAUCHAMP-MOWBRAY-HOWARD-WOOD-COLLINS
husband of 1st cousin 7x removed of wife of 2nd cousin 9x removed BRADFORD-WHITING-COLLINS-BAYLIE-COLLINS-BURRITT-HOWARD-WOOD-COLLINS

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SOURCES

Marshall Y-DNA Project 

YouTube videos

The General George C. Marshall Story – Documentary Film Biography
George C Marshall – Famous Generals – The Big Picture
General George C Marshall speech scene at “Saving Private Ryan”
The Marshall Plan Speech (video presentation by the Marshall Foundation)
Cold War – Marshall Plan (1947-1952)
The Marshall Plan At Work In Great Britain 1951 WWII

BIBLIOGRAPHY

George’s books and other writing

The Papers of George Catlett Marshall: “Aggressive and Determined Leadership,” June 1, 1943-December 31, 1944
The Papers Of George Catlett Marshall
The Papers of George Catlett Marshall: “The Finest Soldier,” January 1, 1945–January 7, 1947
The Papers of George Catlett Marshall: “We Cannot Delay,” July 1, 1939-December 6, 1941
The Papers of George Catlett Marshall: “The Right Man for the Job,” December 7, 1941-May 31, 1943
The Papers of George Catlett Marshall: “The Whole World Hangs in the Balance,” January 8, 1947–September 30, 1949

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America’s Retreat From Victory: The Story Of George Catlett Marshall
Marshall Plan
Marshall Plan Days
Marshall Plan and Germany
Marshall Plan Today
Britain And The Marshall Plan
Marshall Plan Versus the Great Society
The Most Noble Adventure: The Marshall Plan and the Time When America Helped Save Europe
The Marshall Plan and Its Legacy
General of the Army: George C. Marshall, Soldier and Statesman
George C. Marshall: A General for Peace

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Steven Wood Collins (1952 – ) Antiquarian, Genealogist, Novel

By Steven Wood Collins

I spent most of my life unaware of my ancestral heritage. Sure, I knew of the personal history of my more immediate relatives; but beyond that, I never had any inkling as to my ancestral heritage. Then one day many years ago my sister said to me, “I sometimes wonder about our family background.” And so my quest to discover our genealogical roots commenced.

I started building my family tree with the very basic relationships, going back in time from my grandparents, one ancestor at a time. That initial effort proved to be the hardest part of the pursuit, mainly due to my lack of expertise as a novice genealogical researcher. As I gained familiarity with the databases and how to efficiently mine them, my progress gained ever-increasing momentum. Today, The Patricians! tree (Ancestry.com) contains nearly 120,000 individuals, stretching over 135 generations, 5,800 of which are my direct ancestors in a genealogical sense.

During this trek back in time, I encountered fascinating figures in both history and obscurity. This blog contains many stories about their genealogical relationship to me (and many of you). By far and away, as a student of history, the historically obscure individuals are of particular interest to me. I cite Baron “Blue Beard” Montmorency-Laval de Rais (1405 – 1440) as an example of a historically maligned personage whose real contribution to history, as both a playwright and hero of France, has yet to be properly recognized. Another example is Earl Edward de Vere (1550 – 1604), who’s yet to gain widespread recognition as the actual author of the body of literary work wrongly ascribed to William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616).

My life-long interest in international economics and finance continues unabated. I primarily demonstrate this professional involvement as a contributor to the Long Room, the members-only international finance professionals' forum hosted by the Financial Times of London.

I'm an avid recreational scuba diver who enjoys traveling to exotic dive sites. My love of the sea and marine life gives me an unbounded appreciation and support of “green” issues, especially those devoted to the conservation of endangered species and coral reefs.

He continually posts results of his personal genealogical research to his Goodreads Authors Blog. Entitled The Patricians - The Ancestral Heritage of Steven Wood Collins, the work represents thousand of hours of his research efforts and related commentary.

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