Does your family have its name on any buildings/parks/etc?

[Deleted member 4644]

Well?

If you do, how did you get it there? Donate money? Service? Memorial?

Edit: It doesn't count if your name is "Smith" and there is a "John Smith" memorial somewhere in your town unless you were/are related to Mr John Smith himself.

 

[Alprazolam]

Mine donated money to several schools in the area.

 

[notfred]

Not that I know of. Let me know if you see it anywhere.

 

[purbeast0]

according to my name, I created the movie Finding Nemo

 

[NatePo717]

Yes. My mothers family name is on a building in downtown Ipswitch, MA. We used to own the building a long time ago.

EDIT: Also, one of my relatives helped to found the town I currently live in.

 

[amish]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
according to my name, I created the movie Finding Nemo

disney pixar??? damn, your parents must have hated you.

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: amish

Originally posted by: purbeast0
according to my name, I created the movie Finding Nemo

disney pixar??? damn, your parents must have hated you.

bah directed ... whatever the hell his title is

 

[ScottFern]

I am not sure but if you google "Lagomarcino" there are several halls at Iowa State named after our family. Not even sure why. It was done so long ago.

 

[D1gger]

Yes, both by donating money to charities/schools/hospitals etc, and by developing land and naming the buildings, roads after family members.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Some swings had "Henderson" on the bottom of the seats. While I probably have no relation to him/her, I used to tell people I did.

 

[mattpegher]

My greatgrandmothers family name was Marshall. The town of Mars, PA is named by the family. Not the planet.

 

[AbAbber2k]

Every single Gottschalks store. Though I'm not related.

 

[Pepsi90919]

i have my name on my mailbox

 

[nageov3t]

when I was in France, I came across a square in a town with my family's last name on it. don't know if there's any relation.

there's a building in montreal named after my grandfather... it's a charity house (part shelter/soup kitchen, part goodwill-type place). my grandfather provided a lot of the funding and actually helped with the physical construction work until he was too weak from the cancer and had to stop. he died a couple weeks after it opened.

 

[MisterJackson]

Yes, so far my Dad, Mom and I have tagged a Target, 2 Walmarts, a local library and a Baskin Robins!

 

[Ika]

Probably somewhere in China.

 

[TheCrackedJack]

not a chance, my family doesn't have an extremely wealthy background.

 

[DigDug]

Several family members are government heads in Sri Lanka, so there are a bunch in Sri Lanka. On my father's side, there's a stadium in India named after a great uncle.

 

[Quasmo]

My great great grandfather has a county named after him in Georgia. Taliaferro county, pronounced ta-liv-er.

 

[Lola]

a little off topic, but somewhat similar... My dad and little brother and I were fossil hunting in canada several years ago and found a new fossil.... it was named after us!

 

[DAGTA]

My family name is all over the place! It's on clothing, leather, many sporting goods, etc!

Wilson

 

[nutxo]

We have a street that was actually named after my grandfather, close enough?