Though a practicing Christian, he had been born into a Jewish family with origins from Portugal, and had converted at a young age.

Though his family originally lived in Hamburg, Jacob and his brother were both born in Spain.

Though born in Rīga in 1937, she settled in Canada during the years of the Soviet occupation, becoming a well-respected academic in the subject of Latvian culture.

Though born in Oxford, he spoke no English.

Though born into a wealthy slave-owning family, Jefferson had many financial problems, and died deeply in debt.

Though Don Rosa hasn't used him in his family tree or his timelines it has been purposed that he could be an illegitimate son of Fergus McDuck born somewhere between the death of Fergus ' wife on 1897 and Fergus ' own death on 1902.

Though Otto I preferred Byzantine Princess Anna Porphyrogenita, daughter of former Byzantine Emperor Romanos II, as she was born in the purple, her age ( then only five years old ) prevented serious consideration by the East.

Though he is known to most likely be Parsee / Persian, his birthplace is uncertain, but it is now generally thought that he was born in the eastern part of ancient Greater Iran.

Though there are many important precedents and developments, free improvisation developed gradually, making it difficult to pinpoint a single moment when the style was born.

Though accounts of their birth are varied, they are sometimes said to have been born from an egg, along with their twin sisters Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra.

Though Findley had declared his homosexuality as a teenager, he married actress / photographer Janet Reid ( born 1930 ) in 1959, but the union lasted only three months and was dissolved by divorce or annulment two years later.

Though Paris was indeed born before nightfall, he was spared by Priam ; Hecuba, too, was unable to kill the child, despite the urging of the priestess of Apollo, one Herophile.

Though born in Knoxville, Georgia, Pemberton, as a young child, moved with his family.

Though married to Theseus, Phaedra fell in love with Hippolytus, Theseus ' son born by either Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, or Antiope, her sister.

Though he died in Padua, he was born and raised in a wealthy family in Lisbon.

Though born in Mississippi, Waldrop has spent most of his life in Texas.

Though it is said that these horoscope have been recorded for all mankind who were, have and will be born till eternity.

Though primarily associated with Columbia, former Governor John J. McKeithen was born in Grayson in 1918.

Though born in Traverse City, actor David Wayne was raised in Bloomingdale.

Though Ferdinand was likely hoping to produce another male heir, there were no children born of this second marriage.

Though born in Borger, Anderson graduated in 1961 from Stinnett High School.

Though Leif's birthplace is not accounted for in the sagas, it is likely he was born in Iceland, where his parents met — probably somewhere in Breiðafjörður, and possibly at the farm Haukadal where Thjodhild's family is said to have been based.

Though he was born Bruno Schlesinger, he began using Walter as his surname in 1896, and officially changed his surname to Walter upon becoming a naturalised Austrian in 1911.

Though it seems now that the critical response to Styron's next novel, Sophie's Choice ( 1979 ), could hardly match the reception sparked by the publication of The Confessions of Nat Turner ( a novel reflecting the turbulent decade in which it was born even as it seems to reinforce the social and political turmoil of that time ), Styron's decision to portray a non-Jewish victim of the Holocaust generated various debates of its own.

Though born in exile, he and his family held the ranks of princes and princesses of the blood and the title of " Serene Highness ".

Though the patent was granted in 1947, due to post-war shortages, the game was not officially launched until 1949, when the game was simultaneously licensed to Parker Brothers in the United States for publication, where it was renamed " Clue " along with other minor changes.

Though he was later savagely critical of Bergson, he admitted in a letter to Theodore Weiss ( 19 April 1949 ) that he " began by embracing his evolutionary system.

Though Skiing in Australia began in the northern Snowy Mountains in the 1860s, it was the construction of the vast Snowy Scheme from 1949, with its improvements to infrastructure and influx of experienced European skiers among the workers on the Scheme that really opened up the Mountains for the large scale development of a ski industry, and led to the establishment of Thredbo and Perisher as leading Australian resorts.

Though his parents and three brothers left for Israel in 1949, Cohen remained to finish a degree in electronics and to coordinate Jewish and Zionist activities.

Though a republic since 1949, the Crown of Ireland Act 1542 that had established the Kingdom of Ireland was not finally repealed until 1962, along with many other obsolete Parliament of Ireland statutes.

Though widely known for directing musicals, including An American in Paris ( 1951 ), Brigadoon ( 1954 ), Kismet ( 1955 ), and Gigi ( 1958 ), he also directed comedies and melodramas, including Madame Bovary ( 1949 ), Father of the Bride ( 1950 ), The Bad and the Beautiful ( 1952 ), Designing Woman ( 1957 ) and The Courtship of Eddie's Father ( 1963 ).

Though he remained a Quaker until his death, Eichenberg was also associated with Catholic charity work through his friendship with Dorothy Day — whom he met at a Quaker conference on religion and publishing in 1949 — and frequently contributed illustrations to Day's newspaper the Catholic Worker.

Though production of the movie was from 1949 to 1953 ( delays by Hughes ), it was not released until 1957.

Though Old Trafford was reopened, albeit without cover, in 1949, it meant that a league game had not been played at the stadium for nearly 10 years.

Though he would not be called " Droopy " onscreen until his fifth cartoon, Señor Droopy ( 1949 ), the character was officially first labeled Happy Hound, a name used in the character's appearances in Our Gang Comics.

Though a backbencher, he ran to succeed Drew in the 1949 provincial PC leadership convention, coming in third place.

Though the post of School Bandmaster was not initiated until 1949, Ricketts may well have acted in a similar capacity during those two years.

Though the idea of the National Gallery was floated in 1949, it was formally inaugurated by Vice-president Dr S. Radhakrishnan in 1954, in the presence of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

Though his father had granted the title of Valentinois to Charlotte, its right to succession remained with Louis and his descendants ; consequently, on his death without a male heir in 1949, it became extinct in French law and under Salic Law.

Though this still was a much bigger crowd than the American players were used to, several of them ( namely Bahr, Borghi, Colombo, Keough, John Souza and Wallace ) had played in front of crowds up to 60, 000 spectators during the 1949 NAFC Championship in Mexico, so this crowd wasn't the biggest they had ever played in front of.

Though Passionists are not required to work in non-Christian areas as missionaries, their Rule allows its members to be posted to missionary work, such as mainland China ( before the Communists took over in 1949 ), India, and Japan, as dictated by the pope.

Though new citizens were thereafter required by law to recite the Oath of Citizenship, on 1 April 1949, 359, 000 Newfoundlanders became Canadian citizens without taking the oath, when the British crown colony joined Canadian Confederation.

Though it is hard to be exact, it seems that there were well over one hundred of these Jesus Family communities in 1949, with a total of several thousand members.

Though the 1930s were successful on the Cup front, League honours eluded them until 1949 when they lifted the Athenian League Championship, to go with the FA Amateur Cup.

Though an injury wiped out a quarter of his 1949 season, Wardle was deadly on the few rain-affected pitches that summer, and his bowling helped Yorkshire to make a late, albeit unsuccessful, tilt at the County Championship title.