Matthew Rockefeller - Revision history

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‎Matthew Rockefeller

2008-08-04T20:59:19Z

‎Margaret Rockefeller

2008-08-04T20:58:51Z

‎Rezi Ali

2008-08-04T20:58:09Z

‎Matthew Rockefeller

2008-04-28T23:04:12Z

‎Rezi Ali

2008-04-28T23:03:51Z

‎Rezi Ali

2008-04-28T23:03:03Z

‎Unknown wife of David

2008-04-28T23:02:30Z

‎David Avery Rockefeller

2008-04-28T23:02:07Z

‎Matthew Rockefeller

2008-04-28T23:01:12Z

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 ==Matthew Rockefeller==
-In the recent past, an individual calling himself "Matthew Rockefeller" peppered the soc.genealogy.medieval newsgroup with various postings.  Mixed in among these were his claim to be descended not only from the famous Rockefeller family, but in addition from Baha Ullah the prophet and founder of the Bahai religion.  Matthew claimed that his father was named [[#David Avery Rockefeller|David Avery Rockefeller]], but I've been unable to find a claim for the name of Matthew's mother.
+In the recent past, an individual calling himself "Matthew Rockefeller", writing under matthew_rockefeller@yahoo.com, peppered the soc.genealogy.medieval newsgroup with various postings.  Mixed in among these were his claim to be descended not only from the famous Rockefeller family, but in addition from Baha Ullah the prophet and founder of the Bahai religion.  Matthew claimed that his father was named [[#David Avery Rockefeller|David Avery Rockefeller]], but I've been unable to find a claim for the name of Matthew's mother.
 ==David Avery Rockefeller==

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 ==Margaret Rockefeller==
-According to the research of Matthew Rockefeller, Margaret was the daughter of [[#Avery B Rockefeller|Avery B Rockefeller]] (1908-1986) by his wife [[#Anna M Mark|Anna M Mark]] (1906-1996).  This couple, Avery and Anna did marry, but as I show below, there is no evidence that they had a daughter by this name.
+According to the research of Matthew Rockefeller, Margaret was the daughter of [[#Avery B Rockefeller|Avery B Rockefeller]] (1908-1986) by his wife [[#Anna M Mark|Anna M Mark]] (1906-1996).  This couple, Avery and Anna did marry, but as I show below, there is no evidence that they had a daughter by the name of Margaret.
 ==Unknown Father==

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 According to the research of Matthew Rockefeller, Rezi Ali was born in 1939 and died in 1978. Matthew states: "Reza Ali, lived in a chateau in France; originally granted the style of highness by his great-grandfather; appointed heir apparent by both his great-grandfather Salar de-Dowleh and his father [[#Shau'u'llah|Shua'u'llah]]; married [[#Margaret Rockefeller|Margaret Rockefeller]], daughter of [[#Avery B Rockefeller|Avery Rockefeller]], son of Percy Rockefeller, son of William Rockefeller"
-It is unclear whether any such person existed.
+It is yet unclear whether any such person as "Reza Ali" existed.
 ==Margaret Rockefeller==

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 ==Matthew Rockefeller==
-In the recent past, an individual calling themselves "Matthew Rockefeller" peppered the soc.genealogy.medieval newsgroup with various postings.  Mixed in among these were his claim to be descended not only from the famous Rockefeller family, but in addition from Baha Ullah the prophet and founder of the Bahai religion.  Matthew claimed that his father was named [[#David Avery Rockefeller|David Avery Rockefeller]], but I've been unable to find a claim for the name of Matthew's mother.
+In the recent past, an individual calling himself "Matthew Rockefeller" peppered the soc.genealogy.medieval newsgroup with various postings.  Mixed in among these were his claim to be descended not only from the famous Rockefeller family, but in addition from Baha Ullah the prophet and founder of the Bahai religion.  Matthew claimed that his father was named [[#David Avery Rockefeller|David Avery Rockefeller]], but I've been unable to find a claim for the name of Matthew's mother.
 ==David Avery Rockefeller==

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 ==Rezi Ali==
-According to the research of Matthew Rockefeller, Rezi Ali was born in 1939 and died in 1978. Matthew states: "Reza Ali, lived in a chateau in France; originally granted the style of highness by his great-grandfather; appointed heir apparent by both his great-grandfather Salar de-Dowleh and his father [[#Shau'u'llah|Shua'u'llah]]; married [[#Margaret Rockefeller|Margaret Rockefeller]], daughter of [[#Avery Rockefeller|Avery Rockefeller]], son of Percy Rockefeller, son of William Rockefeller"
+According to the research of Matthew Rockefeller, Rezi Ali was born in 1939 and died in 1978. Matthew states: "Reza Ali, lived in a chateau in France; originally granted the style of highness by his great-grandfather; appointed heir apparent by both his great-grandfather Salar de-Dowleh and his father [[#Shau'u'llah|Shua'u'llah]]; married [[#Margaret Rockefeller|Margaret Rockefeller]], daughter of [[#Avery B Rockefeller|Avery Rockefeller]], son of Percy Rockefeller, son of William Rockefeller"
 It is unclear whether any such person existed.

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 ==Unknown wife of David==
 ==Rezi Ali==
 According to the research of Matthew Rockefeller, Rezi Ali was born in 1939 and died in 1978. Matthew states: "Reza Ali, lived in a chateau in France; originally granted the style of highness by his great-grandfather; appointed heir apparent by both his great-grandfather Salar de-Dowleh and his father Shua'u'llah; married Margaret Rockefeller, daughter of Avery Rockefeller, son of Percy Rockefeller, son of William Rockefeller"

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 ==David Avery Rockefeller==
-According to research by Matthew Rockefeller, David supposedly took the surname of his alleged mother Margaret Rockefeller.
+According to research by Matthew Rockefeller, David supposedly took the surname of his alleged mother [[#Margaret Rockefeller|Margaret Rockefeller]].
 ==Unknown wife of David==

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:01, 28 April 2008
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−	'''Matthew Rockefeller''', alleged grandson of Margaret Rockefeller and Reza Ali (1939-1978). Supposedly, Margaret had a son David Avery who took his mother's surname of Rockefeller, and this David was the father of Matthew. I shall show the claims, and then deconstruct them to show they are false.	+	'''Matthew Rockefeller''', alleged grandson of [[#Margaret Rockefeller\|Margaret Rockefeller]] and [[#Reza Ali\|Reza Ali]] (1939-1978). Supposedly, Margaret had a son [[#David Avery Rockefeller\|David Avery]] who took his mother's surname of Rockefeller, and this David was the father of Matthew. I shall show the claims, made by Matthew Rockefeller, and then deconstruct them to show they are false.

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