November Birthdays, November 4 - 15

   Is your birthday in November? 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 & places.

4 November       

1711       Anna Ottilla KNACK was my sixth great grandmother. She was born in Germany where she married Johan Adam Dick in 1731. They came to America  in 1738 and settled in Pennsylvania. They had seven children, the first three born in Germany and the fourth born at sea while sailing to America. Anna lived to be 70 years old.

  1827       Samuel WOLF, son of Frederick Wolf & Louisa C Goetz. He lived his life in Pennsylvania. 

5 November       

1883       Addie Angeline CUTRER married Walter Lee Blades, son of William Blades & Morgana McDaniel. They had two children: Ira & Velma.

6 November       

1886       Anna Slaby MOORE

1911       Susie SMITH, wife of Alton Woodrow Wilson

1915       Ernest Miles MARK was born in Ohio, son of Amos Martin Mark & Lillian Hoverstock. He married Helen Virginia Sampsel. Four children: Carl, Naomi, Marita & Melvin. He was a farmer in Chester Township and later a custodian at Congress Junior High School. He was my first cousin, twice removed.

 1916       William T. COYLE, son of William Paul Coyle & Lauretta Niail

7 November       

1781       Martin RITTER, son of Martin Ritter & Anna Margaret Steininger; father of 11 children; He lived 81 years.

1927       Jessie Elizabeth OVERBY was born in Kentucky. She married Bernarr Jessee Reynolds in 1950 in Oregon. They had three children: Michael, Rebecca & Patrick.

8 November       

1877       Ralph Clyaton KAUFMAN, husband of Margaret Maude Mark

1884       Clement RITTER, son of Anthony Casper Ritter & Emma Alice Mowrer

 1901       Vernon Arthur SPICE was born in Ohio, son of Arthur Spice & Emaline Floy Moore. Vernon married Gladys B. Johnson. Four children: Loren, Marilyn, Neil & Carol.

 1902       Peter C. MORRISON

  1929       Robert John SOMMER

9 November       

1870       Joseph Martin ALFORD was born in Louisiana, son of Needham Edwin Alford & Mary Louiza Stafford. He died in 1962.

10 November    

1749       Anna Barbara RITTER, daughter of Martin Ritter 

 1749       Martin RITTER, son of Heinrich Ritter & Maria Elizabeth Tutt

 1823       Isaac Nelson BRUMFIELD was born in Louisiana, son of Willis Brumfield & Nancy Virginia Holmes.  He married Sarah J. Smith in 1854 in Mississippi. They had ten children.

 1892       Madeline HERBST

11 November    

1854       Emma Louise WOLF was the third child of Jeremiah Wolf & Eliza Ann Reigle. She died in 1856, only 23 months old.

12 November    

1812       Abraham MARK was born in Corliss, Pennsylvania. He’s my third great grandfather. I have been unable to find any information on his parents or siblings. He married Mary Isabella Heffelfinger. They had eight sons. Four served in the Civil War.

 1912       William Francis BRADY

14 November    

1838       Julius Newton ALFORD, son of Edwin Barksdale Alford & Martha P. Smith, husband of Mary Margaret Brumfield. He was my 3x great uncle. 

1874       Marian Francis MARK, son of William Mark & Emma Abeline Flory

1927       John Edward DENISON was born in Louisiana, son of Jimmie Dean Denison& Jessie Ola Hall. He died in 2002 in Germany.

15 November    

1808       Jesse BALL married Cynthia Ann Alford, daughter of Edwin Barksdale Alford & Martha P. Smith. 

1888       Noah E. BALDES

1909       Lloyd HEIGLE

1913       Isaac Omer CUTRER

To learn more about my family's branches

order & read the Books I have Written.

Our Browns Roots

&

Remembrances

Forget Me Not: Catharine Wotring Ritter, 1897 PA

This obituary gave me more information than I had before I read it. It was a happy discovery. I am happy when I can blog about someone, like Catharine, to help them to live on and, maybe, for their family to find them.

Jonas is my second cousin, 5x removed.

 

Catharine Wotring 

1824 – 2 July 1897 PA

 

Wife of Jonas Ritter

1805 PA – 1885 PA

 

Mrs. Catharine, widow of Jonas Ritter, died this morning at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Willoughby Heintzelman, at 520 Liberty Street, of apoplexy, aged 73 years. Her husband died 13 years ago at Ballietsville. Three sons and two daughters survive, Henry and Franklin P., of Ballietsville, and I. J. Ritter, Mrs. Heintzelman and Miss Kitty Ritter, of Allentown. The funeral will take place on Monday at 8 o’clock at the house. Regular services and burial will take place at Egypt, Rev. Dr. Hofford officiating. 

 

Source:

Newspapers.com

The Allentown Leader, Allentown PA

2 July 1987, page 4

 

 

 

VIntage Photographs: Brown & Fortenberry

 

Vintage photographs are like little windows looking back in time.

A Window into the Past

William M. Fortenberry 

28 Dec 1799 SC - 27 Oct 1867

Son of Isaac Fortenberry & Bethany Magee

His wife,

Christian Brown

2 Feb 1805 SC - Sep 1860 MS

Daughter of Moses Brown & Sarah Roberston

My 4th great aunt 

A few other Vintage Photographs:

• Alberta Joy Gardner Brown
• Elma Patrick
• Helen Coyle Gardner
• The Mark Family, 1930 OH
• Augustus Ceaser Gruissy
• Bruce Alford
• Hubert & Mavis Brown

October Birthdays, October 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.

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

16 October          

1836       Louisa Ollevia FORTENBERRY, daughter of Gasua Chapman Fortenberry

1868       Margaret NEE

1888       Lucy Viola BROWN was born in Mississippi, daughter of Jasper Pascal Brown & Rose Ella Brumfield. She married Tate Edward Fortenberry in 1908. Their children: Kenneth, Shirley & Cecil.

17 October          

1871       Algedena GRUISSY was the second child of Augustus Ceaser Gruissy & Esther Barbara Wolf. She died in Ohio the year she was born. Of Esther & Augustus’ five children, three died as children.

1884       Mary C. SMITH

18 October          

1781       John George WOLF, son of Johan Friedrich Wolf

1877       Milton Adolphus SMITH, son of Walter Lorraine Smith

19 October          

1917       Nathalee SMITH was the oldest child of Denny Herbert Smith & Mavis Marie Brown.  She married Jerry Sidney Comeaux in 1941.

20 October          

1794       Susan GREEN

1813       Margaretha RITTER

1860       Gabriella SANDERS

1866       Bartholomew Anthony BRADY was born in Ireland, son of Thomas Brady & Catherine Gibney. He married Mary Agnes Reddan in 1900 in New Jersey.  Bartholomew was a policeman for East Orange, New Jersey. He retired in 1931.

21 October          

1857       Anna Esther WOLF was born in Iowa. She was the daughter of William Wolf & Sarah Jane Wilson. She married Thomas Filmore Dickson. James Frederick Dickson was their son.

23 October          

1805       Maria RITTER, daughter of  Henry Ritter

1863       Caroline Louise GRUISSY was born in Ohio, daughter of Augustus Ceaser Gruissy & Mary Ann Everett. In 1882 she married Peter Jonathan Moore. Their children: Emaline, Lillian Vera, Floyd, Frances Gertrude, Elizabeth & Ralph. She died in 1936.

1900       Donna Strom BROPHY

1900       Alva Edwin ELLZEY

24 October          

1824       Henry William Leander LEWIS

1852       Emma Abbline FLORY was the first wife of William Mark. They married in 1870, after he returned from the Civil War. They had two children: Cora Bell & Marian. She died in 1877, at the age of 24.

1863       Martha E. ALFORD, daughter of Hines Berry Alford & Louansa Wadford

1887       Clarence WOLF, son of Frederick Jacob Wolf

1899       George Washington CUTRER

25 October          

1790       Mary Magdelena RITTER, daughter of Johannes Ritter Sr. & Maria Elisabeth Keck

1853       Richard FORTENBERRY was born in Mississippi, son of Alfred Fortenberry & Aderine Mary Faulk. He was my first cousin, 4 times removed.

1869       Julius J. ALFORD, son of Seaborn S. Alford MD & Anice Ball

1908       Theodore Roosevelt MORRIS

1909       Delphin Delmus MORRIS

26 October          

1779       Nancy Ann DILLON was born in North Carolina, daughter of Richard Dillon & Anne Lawrence. She married John Stallings. Nancy died in 1869.

 1852       Leah E. BRUMFIELD, daughter of Jesse Kelly Brumfield & Hannah Ann Youngblood

 1878       Frank Samuel WEISSBERG, son of Morris Weissberg & Rose Bankin, husband of Florence Gartner. He married my great aunt. 

27 October          

1765       Cornelia KNIGHT

1845       Elias McDANIEL

1888       Frances Gertrude MOORE was born in Ohio, daughter of Peter Jonathan Moore & Caroline Louise Gruissy. She married William Clarence Brophy. Their children: Glen, Caroline & Donald. In 1920 William worked for the Gas & Fuel Company.

28 October          

1877       Jason Abraham ALFORD was born in Mississippi, son of Needham Edwin Alford & Mary Louiza Stafford. Jason lived to be 96 years old.

1896       James Everett MARK, son of William Mark & Elidia Rebecca Ritter; he is my 2x great uncle. He married Effie Margaret Carter. 

1918       Woodrow Wilson SIMMONS

29 October          

1718       Maria Barbara WOLF, daughter of Johan Jacob Wolf & Anna Barbara Orth

1808       Salome ROTH

1869       Frances Dora ALFORD, daughter of Needham Edwin Alford & Mary Luzina , Stafford. She lived 51 years.

1874       Dewitt William ALFORD, son of Seaborn S. Alford MD & Anice Ball

1909       Shirley FORTENBERRY was born in Mississippi, son of Tate Edward Fortenberry & Lucy Viola Brown. He married Thelma Ginn. They had three children: Charles, Dorothy & Shirlene. 

1929       Barbara A. KOZLAK

30 October          

1875       Clarence Lee Guy WOLF was born in Iowa, son of Isaac Ezra Wolf & Mary Cathrina Wireman. He married Maude E. Collins in 1901 in Oklahoma. 

31 October          

1916       Kathleen Gloria COYLE was born in New York City, the youngest child of Michael Coyle & Mary Josephine Mullane. She never married, living with her sisters.  She died in Arizona in 2007. She was my great aunt.

1919       Selwyn Alex BRUMFIELD, son of John Edward Brumfield & Ada Beatrice Fortenberry

1930       Seth O. DILLON Jr., husband of Bobbye Earl Fortenberry

To learn more about my family's branches

order & read the Books I have Written.

Our Browns Roots

&

Remembrances

Vintage Photograph: Rowlee Twins, OH

 These two little boys look adorable, posing outside on a spring day.

                                 Vintage photographs are like little windows looking back in time.

A Window into the Past

Born 3 April 1923, Canton, OH

Milton Paul Rowlee, d 10 Jul 1993 MN

&

Clifford Albert Rowlee, d 16 Feb 1977 MN

Children of

Karl Clayton Rowlee & Florence Vera Morrison

October Birthdays, October 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 & places.

1 October            

1894       Hubert Allen BROWN was born in Mississippi, son of Jasper Pascal Brown & Rose Ella Brumfield. He married Freddie Smith in 1920. They had six children. Hubert was a veteran of World War II. He was a farmer. He died in 1971.

 1932       Robert M. BERISWELL

2 October            

1847       Jesse L. ALFORD was born in Louisiana, son of Reverend Warren Jackson Alford & Celia Ann Lewis. He died in 1911.

1850       William Jesse FORTENBERRY, son of Alfred Fortenberry & Aderine Faulk

1867       Harrison H. BURCH

3 October            

1880       Alice Leota HEACOCK was born in Ohio. She married William M. Mark, son of William Mark & Elidia Rebecca Ritter. They were married in 1899 and had seven children.

1932     Genevieve Audry Brown Wieland, OH. Daughter of Roy Jessie Brown and Ivy Regina Mark. Third of seven children. The family moved to New York State c 1940. Genny was a teacher and mother of four. My aunt

4 October            

1847       Ira Newton ALFORD was born in Louisiana, son of Ira Payne Alford & Elizabeth Hope.  He married Samantha Ott. They had seven children.

1907       Mirian M. MINTER

5 October             

1800       Susanna RITTER, daughter of Johannes Ritter & Maria Heffelfinger

1819       Joanna SMITH, daughter of Jeremiah George Smith

1851       John Narvel FORETNBERRY was born in Mississippi, son of Burrell Taylor Fortenberry & Eliza Jane Ellzey. He married Eliza Jane Smith. He died in 1920.

6 October            

1892       Elizabeth Lodema MOORE was born in Ohio, daughter of Peter Jonathan Moore & Caroline Louise Gruissy. She married Albert Edward Good. They had six children: Ethel, Catherine, Harold, Joel, Margaret & Helen.

7 October            

1745       Richard DILLON was born in Norfolk, Virginia, son of James Theopilous Dillon & Mary Dillon. They were married about 1776. They were my 5x great grandparents. They had eight children. Richard died in Mississippi in 1833.

8 October            

1932       Elvera Lucile WILSON was the daughter of Thomas Clarence Wilson & Euna Clarabelle Fortenberry. She’s my fourth cousin, once removed. 

9 October            

1805       Jane SMITH, daughter of Jeremiah George Smith

1873       Isaac J. WOLF, son of Peter Alfred Wolf 

 1917       Joel Moore GOOD was born in Ohio, son of Albert Edward Good & Elizabeth Lodema Moore. Joel married Helen Delores Janisky in 1942. They had five children. 

10 October          

1842       George Washington WOLF was the son of Frederick Wolf & Louisa C. Goetz. He married Margaret Ann Culp in 1864. Their son was Joseph William Wolf.

 1879       Elmer Howard WILSON

 1881       Elizabeth SHIFFERLY

11 October          

1807       John Seaborn ALFORD & Seaborn John ALFORD were twin brothers born in North Carolina, sons of Julius Alford & Lucy Newton.  Seaborn John died in 1884 in Mississippi. John Seaborn died in 1891 in Louisiana.

1872       Lynnie Blanche SMITH

12 October          

1848       Ruth Anna SCOTT married John William Ritter in 1871 in Ohio. He was the son of Isaac Ritter and Isabell Fisher. They had eight children.  Ruth died in 1900.

1857       Joseph Millen NEE

1927       Gordon Eugene JOLLIFF

13 October          

1928       Margaret Louise GOOD was born in Ohio. She married Howard Wendal Hixon. Four children: Howard, Harold, Patricia & Kathleen.

1774       Maragaretha RITTER, daughter of Casper Ritter

15 October          

1845       Needham Edwin ALFORD was born in Mississippi, son of Rev. Warren Jackson Alford & Celia Ann Lewis. In 1869 he married Mary Luzina Stafford. They had twelve children.

1862       James Miles THORNHILL

To learn more about my family's branches

order & read the Books I have Written.

Our Browns Roots

&

Remembrances

Vintage Photograph: Wm. D. Fortenberry

 I know very little about the people in this photograph. It was given to me years ago. I'd like to hear from anyone who knows more.

Vintage photographs are like little windows looking back in time.

A Window into the Past

William DeLoach Fortenberry

1883 - 1961

Son of William David Fortenberry

Grandson of Isaac Edward Fortenberry 

my 3rd cousin, 2x removed 

&

Eva Stringer

A few other Vintage Photographs:

• Alberta Joy Gardner Brown
• Elma Patrick
• Helen Coyle Gardner
• The Mark Family, 1930 OH
• Augustus Ceaser Gruissy
• Bruce Alford
• Hubert & Mavis Brown
• Chickens!
• Morrison Family
• Everett Earl Brown