March Family Birthdays, March 16 - 31

 Is your birthday coming soon? Happy Birthday!

Maybe you share your special day with someone in our family who came before. Look below and see. I posted this series back in 2011. This version has been updated with more information. I hope you find it as much fun as I do.

Even if it is not your birthday, look at the highlighted SURNAMES. Maybe you will see a name from your family & learn a little more about them. 

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16 March

1857     Aaron Reese BROWN, son of Moses Brown Jr. & Elizabeth Monroe

17 March    St. Patrick's Day & My Birthday!

1739     William Stark KELLY, born in Ireland, husband of Mary F Durham; Revolutionary War Soldier; He was my 5x great grandfather.

1869    Patrick MULLANE was born in Tipperary, Ireland, son of Daniel Mullane &                 Brigid English. He died 29 Aug, 1881 at the age of 12. He was my 2x great uncle.

18 March   

 1787    Andrew WOLF, b in PA, son of Johann Jonas Wolf & Appollonia Dick. He                 married Catherine Dick. They had 11 children. He was my 4th great grand uncle. He lived to be 80 years old. 

1835    Joel H. GOOD, son of Isaac Good 

1873    James Elmer MESSMORE, husband of Emma D. Ritter

1882    Daniel Joseph MULLANE Jr., b in Ireland, son of Daniel Mullane & Brigid English, lived 86 years. He was my 2nd great uncle.

1938    Milo D. MESSMORE, husband of Elizabeth Alice Parker

19 March    

1804    Elizabeth WOLF, daughter of Adam Wolf 

1856    John NEE

1861    William Henry MESSMORE, husband of Susan Isabel Ritter

1900    Marion COYLE was born in New York City, daughter of Michael Coyle & Mary Josephine Mullane. She married James Joseph McCall.  She died 9 January 1991, at the age of 91. She was my grand aunt. Visiting her in NY City was always a treat. 

20 March    

1909    Milton Wallace RITTER, son of William Isaac Ritter

1921    Jessie Miles HALL in Mississippi. He married Sylvia Rayleen Brown in 1942. Rayleen was the daughter of Roy Jessie BROWN & Mary Thelma Ellzey.

21 March    

1832    Julia Ann ALFORD, daughter of Edwin Barksdale Alford

1903    Glenn Aaron SPICE, born in OH, son of Arther Spice & Emaline Floy Moore. He married Genevieve Quinlin Wilson. Their children: Philip, Joanne & Gary.

22 March    

1825    Harriet Jane ALFORD, daughter of Edwin Barksdale Alford

1853    Jessie Crawford FORTENBERRY

1902    James Alton BALL b in LA, son of James J. Ball & Mattie Dennison.  He married Mildred Olga Brown. They had 10 children.

1931    Lola Mae BALL, daughter of James Alton Ball & Mildred Olga Brown

23 March    

1853     Jessie Crawford FORTENBERRY, son of Calvin Kennington Fortenberry & Narcissa Simmons; husband of Susan A. Ryals

1938    Alice FORTENBERRY , daughter of Roy Luther Fortenberry & Zelda Marie Alford. 

24 March    

1861    Seth Benner MORRISON, b in PA, son of William Hiram Morrison & Emily Benner. He married Margaret Jane Gruissy in 1890. He was a farmer.

1866    Matilda Jane RITTER, daughter of Isaac Ritter & Isabell Fisher, wife of Smith Sebastian Boney

1883     Lena Bella MORRISON, daughter of Seth Benner Morrison & Margaret Jane Gruissy; wife of Delbert Milton Swagler

25 March    

1802    Martha P. SMITH was born in South Carolina, daughter of Jeremiah Smith &                 Joanna Dillon. She married Edwin Barksdale Alford. They had 13 children, all born in Mississippi. She was my 3rd great grandmother. 

1842    Martha Jane ALFORD, daughter of Warren Jackson Alford & Celia Ann Lewis

1925     Ephrum Jessie BRUMFIELD, son of Henry J. Brumfield & Mary Crawford

26 March    

1784     Johannes RITTER, son of Martin Ritter & Anna Margaret Steininger

1815    Reuben B. RITTER, son of Martin Ritter & Anna Margaret Bogert

1922    Julius Robert FORNEA

 1928    Alberta Joy GARDNER born in New York City, daughter of Nathaniel  GARDNER & Helen Francis COYLE. On 8 August 1948 She married Delbert Keith Brown, son of Roy Jessie Brown & Ivy Mark. This is my mother who inspired my longing to learn more about my Irish roots and who is never far from my heart.

1929    Eva Grace JOLLIFF

27 March    

1832    Charles Dawson BRUMFIELD, son of Willis Brumfield & Nancy V. Holmes

1935    Edith Rose BALL b in LA, daughter of James Alton Ball & Mildred Olga Brown.             She married Charles Kay Hutchinson. Their children: Kimmel, Charles &                         Thomas.

        

28 March    

1860     Francis Jonas WOLF, son of John Jonas Wolf & Sarah Ann Chronister

1879     Thomas Malachi FORTENBERRY, son of George Washington Fortenberry & Emily Pittman; husband of Rosa Elizabeth Fortenberry; father of 7 children 

1927     Mary Nell BRUMFIELD, daughter of Watson W. Brumfield & Cora Laseter

1931    William BRADY was the son of Thomas Joseph Brady & Eileen G. Banks. He             died in January 1975.

29 March    

1860    Thomas BRADY, son of Thomas Brady & Catherine Gibney

1915    Kenneth Edward KNOX, b in OH, He married Helen Pearl Ritter, daughter of                 William Isaac Ritter & Louise Sophia SCHULTZ. Their son, Larry Dean Knox has written a detailed history and genealogy of the Ritter family.

30 March    

1834    Louisa WOLF was the daughter of Frederick Wolf & Louisa Goetz. 

1896    Mary Isabell RITTER, daughter of Anthony Casper Ritter & Emma A. Mowrer

1906    Myrle D. SIMMONS

31 March    

1834    Willis Nathaniel BRUMFIELD, son of Willis Brumfield & Nancy V. Holmes

1867    Richard Silman BRUMFIELD, son of Isaac Nelson Brumfield & Sarah J. Smith

1891    Peter BRADY, son of Patrick Brady & Ellen Reilly, husband of Laura Sincock

1938    Geraldine POWELL was the daughter of Ross Powell & Edna Margaret                         Wilson. She married Quinton Floyd. She’s my 5th cousin.

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Twins Born 1944 MS

This birth announcement is filled with genealogical information. 

John Hugh & Gwendolyn Jane 

Brumfield

b 5 March 1944 in Mississippi

Children of:

Fletcher Mead Brumfield & Diane D. Payne

My 2nd cousins, once removed

 

 

Twins Born to Mr. and Mrs. Brumfield of Tylertown

 

Mr. and Mrs. Mead Brumfield, of Tylertown, are the proud parents of twin babies, a boy and girl, born at the McComb Infirmary, Sunday, March 5, 1944. The boy, who weighed 7 ¾ pounds, has been named John Hugh. The girl’s name is Gwendolyn Jane. Her weight was 6 ¾ pounds.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Brumfield have two other children, Terry and Meadette, who are happy over the arrival of the twins. The mother was the former Diane Payne.

 

The maternal grandparents was Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Payne, of Atlanta, Ga., and the paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Brumfield, of Tylertown.

 

 

Source:

Newspapers.com

McComb Daily Journal, MS

9 March 1944, page 3

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March Family Birthdays, March 1 - 15

  Is your birthday coming soon? Happy Birthday!

Maybe you share your special day with someone in our family who came before. Look below and see. I posted this series back in 2011. This version has been updated with more information. I hope you find it as much fun as I do.

Even if it is not your birthday, look at the highlighted SURNAMES. Maybe you will see a name from your family & learn a little more about them. 

Click on the links to learn more about the people and places.

1 March    

1776    Anna Margaretha RITTER, b in PA, daughter of Johannes Ritter Sr. & Maria Elisabeth Keck

1807    Jesse Kelly BRUMFIELD, born in South Carolina; son of John Brumfield & Margaret Kelly; husband of 

Hannah Ann Youngblood; father of 11 children. He died in Mississippi at the age of 77.

1885    Julia MULLANE was born in Tipperary, Ireland, daughter of Daniel  Mullane & Brigid English. Julia married Timothy Horgan in 1916. She d. 1918. 

1924     Louise 

Maxine ALFORD, daughter of Dewitt William Alford & Ina Lucille Brown; wife of Mr. White

19 48     Jeffrey M. WEISBERG, son of Milton Sydney Weisberg & Anne Bloom

2 March    

1827    Josiah BRUMFIELD, son of Willis Brumfield & Nancy Virginia Holmes

1890    Bessie Ella Bella SMITH, daughter of Walter Lorraine Smith & Emma Warren

 1904    Bertha FLICKINGER lived her life in Ohio, daughter of Andrew & Emma                             Flickinger. She married Charles Forest Mark in 1923. She wrote a short genealogy of the Mark family which was helpful to my research.

1914    Cecil Clare FORTENBERRY, son of Tate Edward Fortenberry & Lucy Viola Brown, husband of Lovie Wilson

1915    Zelda Marie ALFORD, b in LA, daughter of Dewitt William Alford & Ina Lucille                 Brown, wife of Ray Luther Fortenberry

1920    Iris Elizabeth PIERCE, daughter of Arlie Wesley Pierce

3 March    

 1892    Denny Herbert SMITH b in MS, son of Elvin Dennie Smith & Nancy Cordelia                 Smith. He married Mavis Marie Brown, daughter of Jasper Pascal Brown and Rose Ella Brumfield.

1934    Lemuel Jerome FORTENBERRY, son of Duviox B. Fortenberry & Gussie Alford, husband of Evelyn Russell

4 March    

1845     Jesse E. BRUMFIELD, son of Davis Brumfield & Cynthia Holmes

1861    Willis Monroe FORTENBERRY, son of Willis James Fortenberry 

1877    Gertrude HAWK b in OH, daughter of William Hawk & Elizabeth Ritter. She married E. Rauderbaugh     

5 March    

1838    William L. DAVIS, husband of Narcissa A. Fortenberry

1880    Irene Edith WOLF, daughter of Peter Alfred Wolf 

 1924    Sylvia Rayleen BROWN b in Louisiana, daughter of Roy Jessie Brown and Mary Thelma Ellzey. She married Jessie Miles Hall in 1942. They had five children.

6 March    

1772    Heinrich FRANTZ, husband of Margaretta Ritter

1882    Jesse Lamar SIMMONS

 1920    Mary Alice ALFORD b in Louisiana, daughter of Dewitt William Alford & Ina Lucille Brown. She married George Bennett.

7 March    

1847    Michael COYLE, born in Ireland; son of Michael Coyle & Mary Cunningham

1872     Needham Nugent ALFORD, son of Seaborn John Alford & Mary S. Kirk

1891    Maryanne COYLE b in CT, daughter of Patrick Coyle & Margaret Brady. She married William F Cass.

1926     Dean Forest RITTER, son of Fredrick Isaac Ritter & Elta Mae Sprankle

8 March    

1870    Infant RITTER b in Ohio, 12th child of Isaac Ritter & Isabell Fisher. Mother & child died in childbirth.

1879     Eckie John ELLZEY, son of Oscar J. Lafayette Ellzey & Elizabeth Fortenberry

1894    John N. LOBAUGH, son of John Adam Lobaugh & Christine Wolf

1902     Roy Jessie BROWN, son of Jasper Pascal Brown & Rose Ella Brumfield; husband of Ivy Regina Mark. Roy was my paternal grandfather. 

9 March    

 1801    Isaac BRUMFIELD b in SC, son of John Brumfield & Margaret Kelly. Isaac                         married Elizabeth Holmes. Their children were: Nathaniel, Jesse, Harrison & Lucy Jane.

1839    Adam WOLF, son of Andrew Wolf & Catherine Dick

1839    Anna Maria Catherine WOLF, daughter of Andrew Wolf &  Catherine Dick

1894    Napoleon Bonaparte BLADES, son of William Ephraim Blades & Morgana Josephine McDaniel

10 March    

 1820    Philip RITTER b in PA, son of Johannes Ritter, Jr. & Anna Mariah. Philip                         married Louisa Ann Kope. Their children were: Jacob, Henry & Mary.

1838    David Jackson MCCLENDON, husband of Eliza Jane Smith

1899    Helen Lucille JOLLIFF, daughter of Samuel Martin Jolliff & Margaret M. Mark

1900    Charles Cecil WOLF, son of Charles Albert Wolf

1903     Harold SWAGLER, son of Delbert Milton Swagler & Lena Bella Morrison

11 March    

 1789    Daniel RITTER b in PA, son of Martin Ritter & Anna Margaret Steininger.                     He married Lydia Knauss in 1812. They had three children.

1834     Louisa WOLF, daughter of Frederick Wolf & Louisa C Goetz

1849    Hamilton WOLF, son of Henry H Wolf & Maria Magdalena

1909     Grace Regina RYAN, wife of Thomas J. Brady

12 March    

1856    Benjamin C. FORTENBERRY, born in Mississippi; son Burrell Taylor Fortenberry & Eliza Jane Ellzey. He lived 38 years.

1881    Forest Emerson HAWK, son of William Hawk & Elizabeth Ritter. He married                     Millicent Cox. He’s my first cousin, three times removed.

1892    Spurgeon Ira SMITH, son of Walter Lorraine Smith

1915    Lemuel Q. FORTENBERRY; son of Lemuel Q. Fortenberry & Lillian Ellzey

1933    Onice Levaughn CUTRER, b in Alabama

      

13 March    

1828    Samantha Evangeline  BROWN, b in OH, daughter of Moses Brown & Nancy Chandler Perkins. She lived 23 years.

1829    John Shaffer ELLZEY Jr.

1888    Anna Ora Chloe MILLER, daughter of Henry C. Miller & Mary Catherine Ritter

 1913    Ruth Grace HURD, b in Michigan, daughter of Roy Hurd & Mona D. Morrison. Ruth married John Wortman. Their children were: Brenda, John & Danny.

14 March    

1834    Ann Julina RITTER, daughter of  Michael Ritter

1845    Ancil Green SMITH was the son of Jeremiah Smith & Pernecia Smith. Ancil died 18 June 1862, at the age of 17. Ancil was killed in the Civil War.

1857    Peter Jonathan MOORE, husband of Caroline Louise Gruissy

15 March    

1837    Martin Penn BRUMFIELD, b in LA, the son of Nathaniel Brumfield &                                 Charlotte Temple Ott. He served as a Private and later as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Louisiana Infantry. He died in 1862.

1929    Dana Jacob MARK, b in Ohio, son of Eslie Guy Mark & Golda Mae Warner

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Vintage Photograph: Brown & Mark, OH

 My great uncle Clarence W. Mark shared this photograph with me. Clarence is in the center of the photograph, standing with two of his sister's sons. Probably taken in the early 1940s in Ohio. I love how young they all look.

Vintage photographs are like little windows looking back in time.

A Window into the Past

Left to right:

Leo Dwight Brown

20 Sep 1930 OH - 26 Oct 2017 NY

Son of Roy Jessie Brown & Ivy R. Mark

Clarence William Mark

30 May 1917 OH - 1 Aug 2006 OH

Son of Thomas Kenneth Mark & Nancy Regina Victoria Gruissy

Cousin to Leo & Delbert

Delbert Keith Brown

27 July 1928 OH - 24 Oct 2000 NY

Son of Roy Jessie Brown & Ivy R. Mark

My Father

A few other Vintage Photographs:

• Alberta Joy Gardner Brown
• Elma Patrick
• Helen Coyle Gardner
• The Mark Family, 1930 OH
• Seth Benner Morrison
• 5 Morrison Sisters
• Emily Benner Morrison
• Bruce Alford
• Martin & Dollie Brumfield
• Cecil C. Fortenberry 
• Borden Hamilton Brown
• Thomas K. Mark & grandsons,c 1931

February Family Birthdays, February 16 - 29

 Is your birthday this month? Happy Birthday! 

Maybe you share your special day with someone in our family who came before. Look below and see. I posted this series before, in 2011. This version has been updated with more information. I hope you find it as much fun as I do. 

Even if it is not your birthday, look at the highlighted SURNAMES. Maybe you will see a name from your family & learn a little more about them.

Click on the links to learn more about the people & places. 

16 February   

1699 Melchior OTT, born in Switzerland, son of Hans Ott, husband of Gretchen Schmitts; He died in South Carolina, at the age of 56. He was my 7x great grandfather.

 1833    Benjamin Franklin WOLF, son of Andrew Wolf & 

Catherine Dick

1860    Mary Jane NEE

1937    Larry Lee BROWN, b in OH Ohio, fifth child of Roy Jessie Brown & Ivy Mark.  Larry served in the US Army during the Korean War. He was my godfather & paternal uncle.

17 February

1743    Johannes RITTER Sr., son of Heinrich Ritter & Maria Elizabeth Tutt, husband of Maria Elisabeth Keck; father of 11 children; lived 73 years in Pennsylvania. He was a Revolutionary War soldier.  He was my 5x great grandfather.

 1897    Harrison Edward WOLF, son of Charles Albert Wolf

 1906    Julia Agnes BRADY, daughter of Bartholomew Anthony Brady

 1924    Wilma Lucille SMITH, b in MS, daughter of Denny Herbert Smith & Mavis  Marie Brown. She married Henry Buhler. They had four children. 

18 February    

1812    Heinrich RITTER b PA, son of Henry Ritter & Lydia Knappenberger

1840    John Gazie FORTENBERRY, son of William M. Fortenberry & Christian Brown

1877    James Monroe FORTENBERRY, son of Thomas Benton Fortenberry &                             Gabriella Sanders

1910    Martha Olivia MINTER,  daughter of Luther Minter & Clara Estella Wolf. She                 married John Alton Wolford.

19 February   

1852    Thomas Benton FORTENBERRY, son of Alfred Fortenberry & Aderine Faulk

1858     Lillian Florance WOLF, daughter of Joseph Wolf & Almeida Flickinger

1912    Thelma Corine WILSON was the daughter of Thomas Clarence Wilson & Euna                 Clarabelle Fortenberry. She married George Amacker. They had five children. 

20 February  

1751    Heinrich Wilhelm RITTER, son of Heinrich Ritter & Maria Elizabeth Tutt

1912    Otis Charles MASSIE

1924    Luther Felder CUTRER

1925    Walter Frank WILSON

21 February    

1809    Elizabeth RITTER b in PA, daughter of Martin Ritter and Anna Margaret                         Bogert. 

1862    Isabella Ketura NEE

22 February    

1780     John Henry RITTER, son of Casper Ritter & Hanna Ottilia Hertz

1846    Mariah B. HALL

1906    Mary Thelma ELLZEY, b in MS, daughter of William Ellzey & Amanda                             Fortenberry. Her first husband was Roy Jessie Brown. They had one daughter.

23 February    

1880    Alfred C. PFEIFER married Emma Jane Mark, daughter of William Mark &                 Elidia Rebecca Ritter. He died 8 April 1968. 

1912     Bruce Levett ALFORD, son of Dewitt William Alford & Ina Lucille Brown

1939    Janice MORRIS

24 February    

1853    Mary Catherine RITTER b in OH, daughter of Isaac Ritter and Isabell Fisher.                 She married Henry Miller on 15 June 1870. They had nine children.

1859    Newton FORTENBERRY, son of Alfred Fortenberry & Aderine MaryFaulk

1872    Elizabeth BRELAND

1873    Margaret Lewella WOLF, daughter of Frederick Jacob Wolf 

1930  Lacy  Lenora BALL, daughter of James Alton Ball & Mildred Olga Brown

25 February    

1881    Julius Walter SMITH, son of Walter Lorraine Smith & Emma Julia Warren

1937    Laurie Carolyn FORTENBERRY was the daughter of Duviox B. Fortenberry &                 Gussie Alford. She married Arthur Tribble, Jr. Their three children: Shauen,                     Gregory & Laurie.

        

26 February    

1763    Elisabeth ROHN married Johann Daniel Ritter, son of Casper Ritter & Anna                 Maria. Elisabeth & Johann had one son, Jonathan Ritter.

1868    Matilda Catherine GRUISSY, b in OH, daughter of Augustus Ceaser Gruissy &                 Mary Ann Everett, wife of George Stanford

1902    Elmer FORTENBERRY, son of John Edward Fortenberry

1902    Ethan James TIMOTHY

27 February    

1766    Elizabeth RITTER

1838    William Jackson FORTENBERRY, son of Calvin Kennington Fortenberry &                     Narcissa Simmons

1877    Maria Bart CUTRER, daughter of Hiram Cutrer & Sarah Jane Fortenberry. 

1888    William Franklin ELLZEY

1908    Thelma Lady BROWN b in MS, daughter of Jasper Pascal Brown & Rose Ella Brumfield; She was my great aunt.

1926    Janet Irene MILLER

28 February    

1836    Emma WOLF, daughter of Frederick Wolf & Louisa C Goetz

1850    Mary O. BILBO

1854    Margaret Sarah WOLF, daughter of John Jonas Wolf & Sarah Ann Chronister

1886    Mary Jeanette MARK was one of 12 children of William Mark & Elidia   Rebeccca Ritter.  She married John Shaw. She died in a tragic car accident in 1940. Mary and John had one daughter, Olive Margaret Shaw.

1888    Little B. THORNHILL

29 February    

1916    James Lemar SIMMONS was the son of Jesse Lama Simmons & Edith                             Brumfield. He married Odean Ellzey.

1920    Agnes Marie HEIGLE

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