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Old 08-26-2015, 04:55 PM
 
Location: Pennsylvania
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No, not German.

Here's a clue - an American with the same name became famous decades later.
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Old 08-26-2015, 05:42 PM
 
Location: StlNoco Mo, where the woodbine twineth
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Was he with the IRA ?
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Old 08-26-2015, 05:57 PM
 
Location: Parts Unknown, Northern California
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Michael Collins?
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Old 08-26-2015, 06:38 PM
 
Location: Pennsylvania
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Michael Collins is it. The Big Fella rose in the ranks of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and was sent to negotiate the treaty that ended the Irish war for independence. Upon signing the treaty that partitioned Ireland, he remarked, "I may have signed my death warrant." The treaty sparked a Civil War and Collins was assassinated in 1922. I often wondered if my grandfather had known the man as my grandfather also carried a British price on his head during the revolution.

As for Michal Collins the American, as a six year old, I felt bad for him because he flew all the way to the moon and they left him in the car.
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Old 08-26-2015, 07:11 PM
 
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Very well....I have someone in mind. Figure from the early middle ages. (pre 1000 CE)
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Old 08-26-2015, 07:27 PM
 
Location: StlNoco Mo, where the woodbine twineth
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Attila The Hun ?
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Old 08-26-2015, 07:32 PM
 
Location: The High Desert
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European?
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Old 08-26-2015, 07:41 PM
 
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Attila The Hun ?
Not Attila

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European?
Yes
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Old 08-26-2015, 07:55 PM
 
Location: Pennsylvania
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Alfred the Great?
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Old 08-26-2015, 07:56 PM
 
Location: Parts Unknown, Northern California
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Alfred the Great?
Not Alfred
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