Today's fun Roy Orbison fact
Jun. 16th, 2010 07:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lblanchardRoy Orbison is the great-great-great grandson of Thomas E. Orbison, for whom the town of Orbisonia PA (pop. 425) is named. Yesterday I was having lunch with a woman who said she and her husband had a small farm in Pennsylvania as a summer retreat. I asked her where and she said "Orbisonia," which got me to wondering if there was a connection. Google on Orbisonia and then on the town's namesake, and I had the answer. That Thomas E. sure had a lot of kids...
Better yet, Orbisonia isn't all that far from Lees Crossroads and Shippensburg, from which two of my own family lines come. Could Roy Orbison be a distant cousin? That would be too cool!
Orbisonia is also the home of the East Broad Top tourist railroad, meaning it has a steam train. I think Roy would be very happy living in Orbisonia.
EDIT: zOMG!!! On August 14/15 they're having a Civil War weekend. With steam trains. In Orbisonia. On my birthday. Fangirls and fanboys will both be delighted!
Better yet, Orbisonia isn't all that far from Lees Crossroads and Shippensburg, from which two of my own family lines come. Could Roy Orbison be a distant cousin? That would be too cool!
Orbisonia is also the home of the East Broad Top tourist railroad, meaning it has a steam train. I think Roy would be very happy living in Orbisonia.
EDIT: zOMG!!! On August 14/15 they're having a Civil War weekend. With steam trains. In Orbisonia. On my birthday. Fangirls and fanboys will both be delighted!
