For the Record…
January 20, 2004
I think it’s time to set the record straight. My name is Adam Bradford Cleaveland. Yes, many people leave the infamous “a” out. Is it annoying? Sure. Do you get used to it? Yah. But people sometimes as, “Why the ‘a’?” Some even have the audacity to declare their version (Cleveland) is the correct one; after all, how do you spell the city in Ohio? With no “a”!
However, the truth is now here. The above photo (click on it) is taken in Cle(a)veland, Ohio and in the picture you will see a distant relative of mine: Moses Cleaveland. And if you read the inscription on the statue, it reads: “Gen. Moses Cleaveland: Founder of the City: 1796.” My relative, a Cleaveland with the infamous “a” is actually the founder of Cleaveland, OH. Then the family story of the town originally being named Cleaveland, and the name being one letter too long for the newspaper masthead, and then having the extra “a” dropped off so it could fit for the newspaper — it’s all true! I can sleep now.
Tags: Ancestry, Cleaveland, Cleveland, Family-Name, genealogy, Moses-Cleavelad
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Adam Walker Cleaveland: 
January 19th, 2004 at 5:29 pm
Always trying to compensate, ABC, aren’t you?
Simpler is better.
Grover Cleveland.
Cleveland, Ohio.
Cleveland Golf Clubs.
Josh Cleveland.
Cleveland.
I can’t believe you blogged about this.
As Will Farrell said in Elf, “Don’t believe him. You sit on a throne of lies!”
January 19th, 2004 at 7:07 pm
Bro, I love you - but you even used “Cleveland, Ohio” as one of your examples, which you can’t do, because I just proved that the city was originally spelled CleAveland.
January 19th, 2004 at 9:49 pm
when you say that some people leave out the “A” in Adam Bradford Cleaveland… are you suggesting that some people call you “Dam Bradford Cleaveland”? Dammit Cleave!
January 20th, 2004 at 12:07 am
That’s pretty cool that you can trace your ancestry (and the proper spelling of your name) back to 1796! I’d love to find out more about my great-grand-whomevers someday, maybe travel to Hungary, Germany and Finland. The ability to connect ourselves to previous generations and to tell our (their) stories is a huge part of the oral tradition. (Just thought I’d tie things together for you, give you a bit more congruity amidst all your apparent randomness.) The answers to the question “Who am I and where did I come from?” really begin to reveal themselves when attached to ancestors’ stories—both facts and memories. Stories are huge; I wish we all took more time to share them. There is so much we can learn from others’ stories, and even a lot we can glean from telling our own. Anyway, I could go on…. I won’t. Maybe this is the problem—when I write long-winded comments on other people’s blogs, my own blog is reduced to a venue for posts about 1950s meat. Hmm.
January 20th, 2004 at 1:18 am
You proved nothin’ with your Cle(a)veland, Ohio rigamaroll. Nothin’.
Jordo, I call him Dam Cleaveland all the time.
January 20th, 2004 at 4:23 pm
Sounds like where I live Pittsburgh. So they took one out and we added one! It all equals out! haha!
January 28th, 2004 at 7:56 pm
ok, i am an english major but i just can’t spell!
thanks for calling us on this…
i repent and will use the A from now on!
now that is CLEAVELAND right!
i missed this post …while at the abbey!
hope you had a great day with the monks!
lilly
ps> used to really bug me when folks misspelled lilly…lillie, lily
lili, and lewin…luen….etc. etc….or lu in.
i got over it…: )
November 3rd, 2004 at 12:55 am
just thought that since people were bringing up old posts, that this was an important one to debate again.
by the way, grover cleveland is buried here in princeton, nj.
glory.
October 14th, 2005 at 7:28 pm
should i bring this post up every year?
cleveland still reigns.