Results
All members so far are estimated to belong to haplogroup R1b.
For explanations of haplogroups:
http://www.kerchner.com/haplogroups-ydna.htm
Project members are separated into four subgroups based on DNA results (A, B, C, D) below and on the Y-results page chart.
Subgrouping is by DNA haplotype results, or by common ancestor if known.
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PEDIGREE INFORMATION for project members:
Please refer to 'earliest ancestor' to identify participants on Y results page.
The order of participants on this page will vary from the order on the Y results page, which changes as new results come in.
Participants are subgrouped by DNA haplotype below. Each has been assigned a number, shown next to the number are the current surname spelling, country of residence, earliest known male CARLILE ancestor (EKA.) Some information on their other early CARLILE ancestors (prior to 1860 or so) is also shown on this page.
More detailed pedigree information is available among members who match one another in the form of Gedcoms.
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This subgroup has the predominant haplotype in the surname project so far.
Within this grouping, we have tested three descendants [participants A.1, A.2, and A.3] of William CARLILE (wife name Sarah) who was born in about 1753. William CARLILE immigrated from Ulster (possibly County Down) about 1795 to Pennsylvania, USA, and then descendants moved on, some to Tuscarawas Co., Ohio.... We have tested one representative of each of the three sons of William and Sarah: Samuel, James, and Wm. Jr.
Other group A participants below (A4-A7 )have different immigrant ancestors to the US or Canada, or have hit brick walls in their research within the US. We are also in contact an eighth Carlile who matches this subgroup (from the UK,) but he is not a member of this project yet.
Participate A.1.: /CARLILE/USA/
EKA:
William CARLILE, above.
Gen. #2: William, Jr., b. Pennsylvania, USA.
DNA donor is Gen. # 6.
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Participant A.2./ CARLILE/ USA/
EKA:
1. William CARLILE, b. abt 1755 Ulster.
Migrated from Ulster to Pennsylvania 1795.
d. 1827 Monroe twp, Carroll, OH.
Gen 2:
James CARLILE, b. 1794 PA or Ulster?; d. 1852 Scott Co, IN.
Descendants lived OH, KS, IA....
DNA donor is generation #6.
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Participant #A.3.: CARLILE/USA/
EKA: William CARLILE, above,
Generation #2: Samuel CARLILE
DNA donor is generation #7.
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Participant A.4.: /CARLILE/USA/ EKA:
James CARLILE (Immigrant) b. Tarnaneal,
County Monaghan, Ireland;
d. 6 Dec 1770 Abbyville, S.Carolina.
Generation #2:
James CARLILE, b. 23 May 1763,
Monaghan, Ireland; d. 9 Apr 1821.
Gen. #3: James CARLILE, Jr., b. 9 Feb 1791 Abbeville, SC.
Descendants lived SC, GA.
DNA donor is Gen. #7.
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Participant #A.5: /CARLILE/ Canada/
Immigrant ancestor unknown, EKA:
Samuel CARLILE, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 12 Dec. 1791. Descendants are from New Jersey & Pennsylvania.
According to family legend, this line is of Scottish origin.
DNA donor is Gen. #?
This participant matched at genetic distance 3 with the two Irish lines above.
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Participant #A.6. /CARLYLE/ USA/
Earliest ancestor: Adam CARLYLE, b. Scotland.
Matches on 12 markers with the preceding members as well. Not tested past 12 markers.
This line came from Ecclefechan, Scotland through Canada then Wisconsin, then to in Iowa in 1885.
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Participant #A. 7: /CARLILE/ USA/
Earliest known ancestor:
Alexander CARLILE,
born before 1770, died before 1818 in South Carolina. Wife Mary.
Gen. #2: David Nathaniel CARLILE,
born about 1803 in South Carolina ; lived in Jones Co., Mississippi. Death: 1876 in Titusville,FL. Wife named Eliza.
DNA donor is Gen.# ?
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++++++++SUBGROUP B+++++++++
Two members (B.1. and B. 2) of this subgroup have a known common ancestor. Others would connect farther back, with the common ancestor unknown. This group includes two members with the surname LYLES, which may have been reduced from CARLYLE/CARLISLE/ at some point back in time.
Participant #B.1: /CARLISLE/USA/ Earliest ancestor:
Edwin (or Edward) J. CARLISLE,
born 1807, in Hopkins Co., Kentucky, USA.
Married Margaret B.STEVENSON in Hopkins Co.;
They moved to Chariton County, Missouri.
Second wife Catherine J. SMITH.
Gen. #2: Louis R. CARLISLE, b. 1843 Missouri; d. 1883 Texas.
DNA donor is generation #5.
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Participant #B.2.: /CARLISLE/USA/
EKA:
Edwin J. CARLISLE, above.
Generation #2: John Stevenson CARLISLE.
DNA donor is generation #5.
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Participant #B.3: /CARLISLE/ USA /
EKA:
Michael A.J. Carlisle b 1817 Alabama, USA. Some researchers have him as son of:
Gen. #1 Edmund CARLISLE, born circa 1760 North Carolina, USA; d. ca 1830 (?) Morgan Co., Georgia, USA. Married Elizabeth Ann WHATLEY, ca1796, Jackson Co., Georgia.
Gen. #2: Michael Andrew Jackson CARLISLE, b. 4 Apr 1816 Morgan Co., Georgia, USA; d. 13 Sep 1898 Alabama. mar. Matilda HOULSTAIN 7/5/1838.
Gen. #3 Stanmore Holston CARLISLE, b. 9/18/41 Chambers Co., Alabama; d. 1910 Randolph Co., Ala.; mar. Dora Adella Fielder. (She b. 1846 in Ala.)
Descendants lived Alabama, Georgia.
DNA donor is Gen. #6.
Note: Some researchers believe that Edmund Carlisle of Morgan Co., Georgia is the son of Robert Carlisle of Edgecombe Co., NC. Robert's will mentions three sons: Simon, Coleman, and Ed---.
Researchers who have seen the original say it looks most like Edwin or maybe Edmin, but is very hard to read and could be Edmund, Edmond or even Edward. I'm not sure there is any proof this Ed--- is the one in Georgia. Robert's son Ed--- could have died without marrying for all the proof of him I've personally heard of, with a disclaimer that this is not my own line. Researchers on Edmund's line will hopefully find something substantial in time to link them to NC. It would also be nice if we can eventually DNA-test a descendant of Simon or Coleman for comparison--Project Admin.
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Participant #B.4:
/Surname LYLES/ USA/ EKA:
David LILES/ LYLES, b. ca 1765, d. Bef. 1825, Edgefield Co., SC m. Deborah.
Gen. #2 Hugh Isham LILES/ LYLES, b. ca 1795 SC or Virginia; m. Jenny.
Gen. #3 David Asbury LILES, b. 1830 S.Carolina. Mar. Martha BLACK. Moved from Walhala, SC to Georgia about 1870.
DNA donor is generation #8.
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Participant #B.5:
/Surname LYLES/ USA/
immigrant ancestor unknown;
EKA:
Joseph W. LYLES, Jr. b 1819 SC;
d. 3 Jun 1900
m. Elizabeth Ann ROBINSIN.
Joseph's father believed to be either Joseph Sr. or Hugh Isham LYLES. Joseph Sr. and Hugh believed to be sons of David LYLES/LILES.
See website for this line:
http://home.earthlink.net/~jbl2403/lyles_family/H.Isham.Lyles.html
Gen 2: Samuel Jason LYLES.
DNA donor is Gen. # 4.
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Participant #B-6/ surname CARLILE/ USA/ immigrant ancestor unknown.
Earliest known ancestor:
William Niler CARLILE, Sr., b. S. Carolina, USA.
Gen. #2: Thomas Jefferson CARLILE, b. 1805 SC, d. 1880, Booneborough, Washington County, Arkansas, USA.
Gen. #3: John H. CARLILE, b. ca 1834 D. 1904 AR.
Gen #4 Benjamin or William b ca 1853 AR; d. 1926 Love Co., Oklahoma.
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Participant #B-7/ surname CARLILE/ USA/ immigrant ancestor unknown.
Earliest known ancestor: Same information as #B-6.
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End subgroup B
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Participant #C.1: /CARLISLE/USA/
Earliest Known ancestor:
Thomas CARLISLE, of Sussex County, Delaware, USA.
b. ca 1686; died in 1737
Gen #2: Thomas CARLISLE b. ca 1710-d. ca 1799
Gen 3 William CARLISLE b. ca 1744-ca1788/99 Sussex Co., Delaware, USA.
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Participant #C.2: /CARLISLE/USA/ EKA:
Col. Thomas CARLISLE, b. Delaware, USA; moved to Hopkins County, Kentucky.
Gen. #2: John Milby CARLISLE,
b. 7 JUL 1809 Sussex Co., Delaware;
d. 4 MAR 1882 in Webster Co., Kentucky;
m. Sarah Ashby.
Gen. #3:
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Participant #D.1. /CARLISLE/ USA/
Earliest Known Ancestor:
Probably William CARLISLE, a Rev. War Vet. from North Carolina who migrated to Kentucky and settled in Jackson County, Tennessee.
William CARLISLE was born 17 Nov. 1764, Guilford County, North Carolina; d. 5 April, 1843, Jackson Co., TN; married Nancy KIRKPATRICK.
Gen. #2: James CARLISLE, b. 1 May 1793 Kentucky, m. Elizabeth; lived in Jackson Co., Tennessee.
Gen. #3: John G. CARLISLE, b. ca 1814, TN; d. aft 1880, Illinois; m. Elizabeth ELLIS;
Gen. #4: James CARLISLE, b. 7 Oct 1843, Tennessee; Civil War Vet. from Hardin County, Illinois; m. Elvira HICKS; d. 30 April 1905, Rosiclare, Hardin Co., Illinois.
DNA donor is generation #6.
This Carlisle family settled in S. Illinois in the early 1860s, and has a family story that they were from PA, however, the paper trail leads back to TN. James Carlisle (m. Elvira Hicks) lived in Gallatin Co., IL 1870 and Hardin Co., IL thereafter. He is believed to be the James who was in the household of John G. and Elizabeth Carlisle in 1860 Jackson Co., TN. John G also moved to Hardin Co., IL before 1870. John G. is believed to be a son of James Carlisle, b. 1793 KY, who in turn appears to be the son of William and Nancy (Kirkpatrick) Carlisle. This William was a Rev. War Vet. and was born in Guilford Co., NC, according to his pension record. His parents are unknown, although there is sketchy information available.
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Participant #D.2: / CARLISLE/ USA/
EKA:
Robert CARLISLPaE, b. 8 December 1798, Springfield, Kentucky, USA; d. 10 May 1876, Papalote, Texas, USA.
Gen. #2:
Lawrence CARLISLE, b. 25 May 1829 Papalote, TX; d. 13 Jun 1909, Papalote, TX
Gen #3:
William Worth CARLISLE, b. 12 August 1867 TX;
d, 25 July 1944.
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Participant #D.3: /CARLILE/ USA/
EKA:
William CARLILE, b. abt. 1775, South Carolina, USA; d. 1827, Conway County, Arkansas, USA; m. abt. 1796, SC, to Elizabeth, b. abt. 1780, SC, d. aft. 1830; Conway Co., AR.
Gen. #2 John Wesley CARLILE, b. 05 March 1811, Missouri Territory; d. 18 Jun 1902, Roxton, Lamar Co., Texas.; m. 13 Jan 1831, Conway Co., ARK.
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Participant #D.4: /CARLISLE/ USA/
EKA:
William CARLILE, b. abt. 1775, South Carolina, USA
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Members with no surname matches as of yet ("unassigned"):
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now subgroup E:
Immigrant ancestor unknown/ CARLILE/ USA/
Earliest Known Ancestor: Samuel CARLILE b TN 1820, d. IL 1890. Samuel's parents were probably Martin CARLYLE and Sarah OWENS.
Martin possibly born in NC or SC; lived in Tenn. during 1818-1824 period. May have moved to KY. prior to 1841. May have lived in Illinois later.
Sons William, Samuel, Abraham lived in Hopkins Co., KY circa 1840s, briefly in Posey, Co.,IN and Greene Co. MO, settled in Southern Illinois by 1858. Descendants have scattered from there, mainly around the Midwest.
With 37 marker results now in, this participant has no surname matches as of yet, and few non-surname matches on 12, no perfect matches on 25 markers, no 37 marker matches. So this haplotype is not common, although not as rare as some.
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Subgroup F:
Earliest Known Ancestor: John Carlile of London, England, ca 1618-ca 1691.
This is the line of Abraham "the tory" Carlile of Philadephia, PA.
This line has ties to Michigan, Tn, PN, NJ, and goes back to England.
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END PROJECT RESULTS and member pedigrees
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CARLISLE MISCELLANY and links
websites for early U.S. Carlisle families:
(Rev. Coleman Carlisle 1770 - 1824 Laurens, South Carolina)
http://www.angelfire.com/sc3/carlislehistory/
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Will of William Campbell (d. 1759) of Augusta County, Virginia (dau. Rachel Carlile)
http://philnorf.tripod.com/willof2.htm
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Geographic Surname Distribution Maps
(from Ancestry.com)
England and Wales 1891
CARLILE:
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/fact.aspx?&fid=6&ln=Carlile&fn=
CARLYLE:
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/fact.aspx?&fid=6&ln=Carlyle&fn=
CARLISLE:
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/fact.aspx?&fid=7&ln=Carlisle&fn=&yr=1840
1840 US
CARLILE:
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/fact.aspx?&fid=7&ln=Carlile&fn=&yr=1840
CARLYLE:
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/fact.aspx?&fid=7&ln=Carlyle&fn=&yr=1840
CARLISLE:
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/fact.aspx?&fid=7&ln=Carlisle&fn=&yr=1840
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Following is the Table of Contents from the book,
"Collections for a History of the Ancient
Family of Carlile"
by Nicholas Carlisle published London 1822
place page
INTRODUCTION ix
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND,
Carliell, or Carlisle, of the City of Carlisle,. 1.
Carliell, of Newby on the Moor,.................33.
Carliell, of Kirk-Bampton,..................... 35.
Carlile, of Dalston,....................... 40.
Carlile, or Carlyle, of Cumbersdale,......... 41.
Carlisle, of Grinsdale,...... .... ....... .. 48.
COUNTY OF STAFFORD
Carlell, of Ellaston,...........................50.
COUNTY OF KENT
Carlell, of Barham,...... ..... ............. 53.
Carlile, of Monks' Horton,................. ... 58.
COUNTY PALATINE OF LANCASTER
Carlill, or Carlile, of Tonge,..................62.
SCOTLAND
Carliell, or Carlyle, of Annandale,. ... ... 67.
Carlyle, Lord Carlyle, of Torthorwald,....... 85.
Douglas Lord Torthorwald................... 108.
Carlyle, of Locharthur,................... 119.
Carlyle, of Limekilns,.................... 122.
Carlyle, of Boytath,...................... 143.
Carlyle, of Bridekirk,..................... l69.
Carlyle, of Brackenquhat,............ ..... 192.
Carlyle, of Annan,......................... 196.
Carlyle, of Paisley,....................... 199.
Carlyle, of Pennersaughs................ 202.
Carlile, of Dumfries,....................... 209.
Carleil, or Carlyle, of Glasgow,............ 217.
IRELAND
Carlel,of Dublin,........................... 218.
COUNTY OF DOWN
Carlyle, or Carlile, of Ashgrove,.......... 220.
WEST INDIES
Carlisle, of The Island of Antigua, 224
COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND
Carliol, of Newcastle-upon-tyne 229
COUNTY PALATINE OF DURHAM
Carlele, of Penshaw,.............. ........ 245
Carliole, or Carlile, of Greenhead 250
Carlcll, of Bishop Middleham, .............. 251.
Carlislc,or Stillington,.. .................. 256.
Carlisle, of Fulwell, 271
Carlilsle, of Bishopton 272
Carlisle, of Billiningham, ................ 273.
Carlisle, of Coundon Grange ................ 275.
Carlill, or .Carlile, of Wolsingham, ......... 277
COUNTY OF YORK
Karliolo, or Carlisle, of York, &c........ 282.
COUNTY OF YORK, East Riding
Carleill, of Sewerby, ..................... 284.
Carleele, of Sewerby, .................... 302.
Carleill, of Brands-Burton,... ............ 303.
Carlyle, of Hilston, ... . ...... ......... 306.
Karlyll, or Carlill, of Elloughton, first. . 308.
Carlill, of Elloughton, second, ............ 320.
Carlill, of Brough Ferry, third ............. 322.
Carlill, of Kingston-upon-hull,. ... ....... 323.
Carlill, of South Cave, &c . . .. . . . . .. 328.
Carlill, of Little Weighton........ ........ 336.
Carlill, of Walkington, .................... 338.
Carlill, of Riplingham, . ................. 340.
Carlill, of Spaldington,. ................ 341.
COUNTY OF YORK, West Riding
Carlill, of Doncaster, ...... ............ 342.
Carlisle, of Sedburgh,. . . ....... . . ... . 345.
Carlisle, of Belmont....... ............... 348.
Carlile, of Pudsey.. .................... 353.
COUNTY OF YORK, North Riding
Carliell, of Whbitby,........ ........... .. 360.
COUNTY OF SOMERSET
Carlell, of Taunton, 364.
Carliel, of Spaxton, 365
CITY OF LONDON
Carleill, of the City of London,.. ......... 366.
COUNTY OF LINCOLN
Karliolo, of. the City of Lincoln,. ......... 380.
Carlile, of Bishop's Norton, .......... . . 382.
Cairlisle, of Howsham,. ................... 384.
Carlile, of Welton,.......... ............. 386.
Carlill, of Glandford Bridge, ............ 387.
COUNTY OF NORFOLK
Carliol, of Wortwell...... ............... 388.
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK .
Carliell, of Dalham,... .................... 392.
Carliell, of Moulton, ................ 395.
MISCELLANEOUS ALLIANCES
County of Cambridge,. ...................... 398.
County of Cumberland,. ....................... 398.
Carlyle, of Warwick,.. .................. 398.
County of Dorset
Carlill, of Melcombe,.. ....... ..... .. 399.
County of Durham
Carllil, of Coxhoe,... ................. 400.
Carlell, of Elton,. ..................... 400.
Carlile, of Gateshead,. ............... 400.
Carlile, of South Shields,.. ............ 401.
County of Hertford
Carlile, of Cheshunt ................... 401.
County of Middlesex
Carlile, of St. Catherine's,.. ........... 403.
Carlile, of St. Giles without Cripplegale, .. 403.
Carlile, of St. Dunstan's, Stepney, ......... 403.
City of Westminster
Carlile, of St. Margaret's, ................ 404.
County of Northumberland
Karliolo, of Newcastle,. ................. 404.
Carlisle, of Haltwhistle,. .................. 405.
County of Nottingham,
Carlill, of Sturton................... ........406.
County of York,
Carlill, of Kingston-upon-Hull,.. . .......... 407.
Carliell, of New Malton,. . ...................407.
C'arlill, of the City of York,. ...............407.
Carlile, of Leeds,. ...... .... ...............408
Carlill, of Kirkby Malzerd, ...................408
Carleill, of Ferriby, .........................408.
Ireland
Karlyl, of Dublin,.. ............. .... .......409.
Scotland
Carlyle, of Limekilns,. .......................410.
CONCLUSION. ...................................... .414.
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The prominent, infamous, or otherwise notable:
From the political arena:
John Griffin CARLISLE,
The Representative and Senator from Kentucky who also served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to 1889 and as United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1893 to 1897.
"Carlisle was born in what is now Kenton County, Kentucky, and began his public life as a lawyer in Covington, Kentucky. Despite the political difficulties that taking a neutral position during the American Civil War caused him, Carlisle spent most of the 1860s in the Kentucky state legislature, and was elected lieutenant governor of the state in 1871.
After Carlisle's term as lieutenant governor ended in 1875, he ran for and won a seat in the United States House of Representatives. On the main issues of the day, Carlisle was in favor of coining silver, but not for free coinage, and favored lower tariffs. He became a leader of the low-tariff wing of the Democratic Party, and was chosen by House Democrats to become Speaker in 1883 over Samuel J. Randall, a leader of the party's protectionist wing.
In 1890, Carlisle was appointed to the United States Senate to fill the unexpired term of James B. Beck. When Grover Cleveland was re-elected to the Presidency in 1892, he chose Carlisle as his Secretary of the Treasury.
Carlisle's tenure as Secretary was marred by the Panic of 1893, a financial and economic disaster so severe that it ended Carlisle's political career. In response to a run on the American gold supply, Carlisle felt forced to end silver coinage. He also felt compelled to oppose the 1894 Wilson-Gorman tariff bill. These two stands were widely unpopular in the Democratic Party, and, in the end, Carlisle openly opposed 1896 Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan, supporting a third-party National Democratic Party ("Gold Democrat") candidate instead.
By the time he left the Cabinet in 1897, Carlisle was a political pariah. He moved to New York City, where he practiced law until his death."
--from: reference.com
More biographical information on JGC:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/kenton/carlisle.jg.txt
Note: The county of Carlisle, Kentucky, was named for J.G. Carlisle.
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Thomas CARLYLE
(December 4, 1795 – February 5, 1881) "was a Scottish essayist and historian, whose work was hugely influential during the Victorian era. He was born in Ecclefechan, Dumfries and Galloway, and was educated at Annan Academy. Coming from a strictly Calvinist family, Carlyle was expected by his father to become a preacher. However, while at Edinburgh University he lost his Christian faith. Nevertheless Calvinist values remained with him throughout his life. This combination of a religious temperament with loss of faith in orthodox Christianity made Carlyle's work appealing to many Victorians who were grappling with scientific and political changes that threatened the traditional social order....
His first major work, 'Sartor Resartus,....' was initially considered bizarre and incomprehensible, but had a limited success in America, where it was admired by Ralph Waldo Emerson, influencing the development of New England Transcendentalism. However, within Britain, Carlyle's success was assured by the publication of his two volume work 'The French Revolution, A History' in 1837....Upon Carlyle's death on February 5, 1881 in London, it was made possible for his remains to be interred in Westminster Abbey but his wish to be buried beside his parents in Ecclefechan was respected."
--From Wikipedia.com
"Thomas Carlyle is best known as an writer but in fact was also a mathematician. His father, James Carlyle, was a stonemason and his mother, Margaret Aitken, the daughter of a bankrupt Dumfriesshire farmer, was James' second wife. James had married Jannet but she died after the death of their son John in 1791. James and Margaret married in 1794 and Thomas was the eldest of their nine children."
--from website:
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Carlyle.html
Note: The town of Carlyle, Illinois, was named for Thomas Carlyle. (And Lake Carlyle was then named for the town.)
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Outlaws:
William L. Carlisle
In 1916, Bill Carlisle, the infamous ‘last train robber,’ robbed 3 Union Pacific trains in Wyoming. Then he wrote a book about it (while in prison, no doubt) :
Carlisle, William L. Bill Carlisle, Lone Bandit: An Autobiography. 1946.
[note: His birth name is believed by some to be Walter COTTRELL.]
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Also not born a CARLISLE:
Kitty CARLISLE, "born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and named Catherine Conn (pronounced Cohen); her family was of German Jewish heritage. Her father, Dr. Joseph Conn, was a gynecologist who died when she was ten. Her mother was Hortense Holtzman, a daughter of the first Jewish mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, and a woman notoriously obsessed with breaking into Gentile
society. (As Hortense Conn once said to a taxi driver who asked if her daughter was Jewish, "She may be, but I'm not.") Taken to Europe in 1921 -- Hortense Conn hoped to marry her daughter off to European royalty,...she was educated in New Orleans and Switzerland (Ecole Mont Choisi in Lausanne), then at the Sorbonne and the London School of Economics. She
studied acting in London at the Royal Academy of
Dramatic Art.
After returning to New York in 1932 with her mother, she got her acting start in America at the Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pennsylvania. She appeared, billed as Kitty Carlisle, on Broadway in several operettas and musical comedies, and in the American premiere of Benjamin Britten's The Rape of Lucretia. For a brief moment, she considered taking the stage name Kitty Vere de Vere. Her early movies included a role in the Marx Brothers'
A Night at the Opera and two films with Bing Crosby.
She became a household name through To Tell the Truth, where she was a regular panelist for some 20 years, appearing on each version from 1956 to 2002.
She married playwright Moss Hart on 10 August 1946. He died 21 December 1961. They had two children."
--from: wikipedia.org
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Musicians:
From Country music's Hall of Fame,
BILL CARLISLE (By Kevin Carey)
Born 19 December 1908, Wakefield, Kentucky
Died 17 March 2003, Nashville, Tennessee
One of country music's founding fathers, Bill
Carlisle's 70 years in the music
business began in 1931 when he made his first
impromptu performance on the local radio station in Lexicon, Kentucky.
When discussing or writing about Bill Carlisle, it is impossible to ignore the influence of his older brother, Cliff, who at four years Bill's senior, both encouraged Bill and joined him on many early recordings. Cliff's own career, while cut short by his premature retirement in the late 40's, had seen him record some of the finest early hillbilly sides and proving an inspiring figure in his slide guitar style.
Following his brother's lead, Bill started recording in July 1933 on the Vocalion label (an offshoot of the ARC group of labels, to which Cliff had been signed).
Bill's first release, Rattlin' Daddy, would prove to be one of his strongest and, in its 1947 guise (re-named Rattlesnakin' Daddy) showed more than a hint of the rockabilly style that would follow.
Recording details from this period are sketchy,
although a number of recordings were released on
Vocalion, some with support from Cliff, and others that appeared on Bluebird, while the labels would also list Bill variously as "Smiling Billy Carlisle", "Bill
Carlisle's Kentucky Boys", or "The Carlisle Brothers".
Mainly these recording would fall into the Jimmie
Rodgers genre, although Bill was as happy, if not
happier to be recording both humourous and slightly risqué lyrics.
Moving to Decca in 1938, the brothers output slowed, but continued in a similar vein with much interplay between Billy and Cliff, with some tracks credited to Billy which were mainly Cliff, and vice versa! Just to make matters even more confusing, several tracks would also feature Cliff's son, Tommy.
With the outbreak of WW2, it wasn't until 1944 that both Cliff and Billy were signed to the fledgling King label, and hits followed in 1946 with Rainbow At Midnight, which peaked at number 5 (as The Carlisle Brothers), and in 1948 when 'Tramp On The Street' peaked at number 14.
A lean period then followed, which may have been
coincidental with Cliff's retirement, and it was only when Bill tempted Cliff to return to the business in 1951, with the formation of The Carlisles, that the hits returned, this time on the Mercury label, where they now performed in a more energetic style and had hits with Too Old To Cut The Mustard in 1951, and had their most successful year in 1953 with the brilliant
No Help Wanted (featuring Chet Atkins on guitar) which peaked at number 1, Knothole, T'aint Nice, and Is Zat You, Myrtle?
Cliff retired in 1953, before recording the quartet of hits, and would pass away in 1983.
Bill last success on Mercury came in 1954 with two hits which followed in the same humourous vein, but the lack of further chart success prompted the bands departure from Mercury in 1956.
Continuing to record on various labels, The Carlisles saw only one more chart entry, when the innuendo filled 'What Kind Of deal Is This' reached number 4 in 1965.
As far as stage performances were concerned, Bill kept The Carlisles format running, despite numerous personnel changes, which would eventually see his children included in the act.
Always famed for his energetic stage act, which would see Billy doing the splits while singing, the nickname 'Bounding' or 'Jumping' Billy Carlisle were well earned. The act would continue thus through to the 90's when Billy slowed down on personal appearances, although he would occasionally appear on stage, complete with zimmer frame, where he would perform a
couple of songs holding on to the frame, before
throwing it over his shoulder and marching off stage to rapturous applause.
Bill was inducted into the Country Hall Of Fame in November, 2002 and was the oldest regular performer at The Grand Ol' Opry - his final appearance there (in a wheelchair) coming in February 2002.
Billy died, aged 94 on March 17th, 2003 following a stroke."
--from:
http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/bill_carlisle.htm
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Belinda CARLISLE
"Front-woman of legendary 80's punk rockers The Go-Go's, and solo star in her own right, Belinda's career now covers four decades. From humble beginnings playing with The Germs on the LA punk scene of the 70's to becoming one of the juggernauts of rock with her breakthrough radio hit 'Heaven is a Place on Earth.'
Belinda Jo Kerzeskhi Carlisle was born to carpenter Walt and seamstress Joanne in Hollywood, California, on August 17, 1958. With six siblings (Butch, Sarah, Mary, Joe, Josh and Hope), and 50's Hollywood lacking the glamour it boasts so confidently today, Belinda's
up-bringing was described by herself as 'lower middle class.' She shared her few toys with her siblings, and her clothes were often 'hand-me-downs.' Belinda looks unfavourably upon her childhood, which was marked by her father deserting her family, and her mother remarrying the strict and uncompromising Duke.
Belinda was naturally rebellious. She was the first girl in California to play on the boys' basketball team. She used to play, and beat the boys at football. And often she started (and won) brawls with these boys at school.
This rebelliousness brought Belinda into constant
conflict with Duke. Their continued fighting brought Joanne close to a nervous breakdown at one point.
From an early age, Belinda struggled with her weight. Her schoolmates nicknamed her 'Ber-limpa,' but by the time she attended Hollywood's Newbury Park High School she resolved to transform her image, and became a member of the cheerleading squad.
At the age of 19, Belinda packed her bags and left home, vowing to become a star."
--from: http://www.belinda-Carlisle.com/bc/content/biography/viewbiomain.php
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