Vintage Photograph: Brumfield

I wish I knew more about John & Cinderella. It is fun to know Cinderella is a family member. Maybe they had a terrific love story.

 Vintage photographs are like little windows looking back in time.

A Window into the Past

John Wilson Brumfield

30 Jun 1811 LA - 19 Jun 1889

son of John Brumfield & Margaret Kelly

My 4x great uncle

&

Cinderella Lanier

Circa 1817 LA - 30 Dec 1884

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

My 15th Blog Anniversary

2010 - 2025

On 3 September 2010 I wrote my first post. I wrote about my research into my paternal grandmother’s family in Pennsylvania. I wanted to reach out and find other people were interested in the same families I was learning about. I wanted to compare and share my discoveries with others.

I have met relatives and fellow bloggers who have helped me in many ways. I have learned many research techniques and I have written over 1,300 posts.

Thanks for stopping by today to help me celebrate.

 

Who am I?

I am a small part of a wonderful family; wife, mother, sister, cousin, aunt,…

I am the result of a long line of strong, independent women.

I am a descendent of an Irish baker, a Western Union telegrapher & a Mississippi wheelwright.

I am a collector of postcards, family memorabilia, photographs and ancestors.

I am an enjoyer of holidays and traditions.

I am a gatherer of letters & documents, of names & dates.

I am an organizer who likes folders and paper and pens in many colors.

I am a journaler, a scribbler, a would be novelist.

I am someone who learns and grows; who teaches and shares.

I am a traveler, an explorer of new places.

I am a beach walker, a seashell collector, a wave splasher.

I am a photographer, trying to preserve today for tomorrow.

I am a lover of color & texture, of fabrics and threads and quilts.

I am a grower of pink roses, white baby’s breath and yellow marigolds.

I pamper my cats and feed the birds.

I laugh and cuddle with children.

I reread favorite books, enjoying the visit with the characters.

I light candles and whisper prayers.

I gaze at stars and imagine.

I love and dream and wonder.

I am a small part of a marvelous universe.

by Colleen G (Brown) Pasquale

 

September Birthdays, September 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 September      

1863       Emma WOLF was born in Ohio, daughter of John Franklin Wolf and Caroline Orwig.  She married C. Prentice Waldo. Their children: Lydia, Winfred, Waylan & Blake.

1906       E. J. FORTENBERRY, son of Lemuel Q. Fortenberry & Lillian Ellzey

3 September      

1773       Catherine Eva RITTER, born in Pennsylvania, daughter of Johannes Ritter & Maria Elisabeth Keck. She married Henry Romig.  Seven children: Jonathan, Henry, Maria, Jesse, Charles, Susan & Lea.                         

1846       Margaret Ann WOLF, daughter of John Franklin Wolf & Elisabeth Burkholder

1853       Julia Jane SIMMONS

1927       Doyle Alton BALL, son of James Alton Ball & Mildred Olga Brown

4 September      

1717       Julius ALFORD was born in Virginia, son of James Alford. He married Lucy Newton. They had seven children.  He died in 1771 in North Carolina. He was my 5x great grandfather. 

1880       William H. LOBAUGH

5 September      

1830       Eliza Jane ELLZEY was born in Mississippi, daughter of John & Elizabeth Ellzey. In 1850 she married Burrell Taylor Fortenberry. Their children: John, William, Henry, Benjamin & Luke.  She died in 1899.

1882       William Stuart WOLF, son of Peter Alfred Wolf & Mary Elizabeth Adams

1923       Clyde Earl PURDY

6 September      

1861       Edwin MARK was born in Ohio, the 8^th son of Abraham Mark & Mary Isabella Heffelfinger. He repaired shoes at the Miller Shoe Store. He died in 1920. 

1863       Emma S. KRICK

1893       Lottie Lee BRUMFIELD, daughter of Isaac Nelson Brumfield & Sarah Smith

7 September      

1872       John Andrew GRUISSY lived his short life in Ohio. He was the only son of Augustus Ceaser Gruissy & Esther Barbara Wolf. He died in 1878. He may have died from diphtheria.

1873       John Franklin WOLF, son of John W. S. Wolf & Elizabeth Jane Anderson

1887       Annie Clotee CUTRER

1891       Robert E. BALLARD

1930       Madeline Mary COYLE, daughter of James Joseph Coyle & Madeline Herbst

8 September      

1878       Jonas E. LOBAUGH

1896       Maud Mavis FORTENBERRY was one of twelve children of Joseph Gazie Fortenberry & Corine McDaniel. 

9 September      

1780       John HOOVER

1804       Frederick WOLF was youngest of nine children of John Franklin Wolf & Elisabeth Burkholder.

1824       Charles B. RITTER, son of Martin Ritter & Anna Margaret Bogert

10 September   

1826       Frank B. ELLZEY

 1847       Robert L. SIMMONS

 1849       Lacey Ann ALFORD, daughter of Warren Jackson Alford & Celia Ann Lewis

 1915       Caroline Veda BROPHY, born in Ohio, daughter of William Clarence Brophy & Frances Gertrude Moore.  She married Tom Rodgers. They had two children. 

11 September   

1812       Stephen BALLIET, born in Pennsylvania, son of Joseph & Susan (Green) Balliet. In 1836 he married Ann Lowrey. Their son was Albert Harrison Belliet.

1828       Samuel A. BLACKWELL

12 September   

1819       Warren Jackson ALFORD, son of Edwin Barksdale Alford & Martha P. Smith

1873       Thomas Lemuel ALFORD, son of Needham Edwin Alford & Mary L. Stafford

 1888       Emily Augusta MORRISON was born in Ohio, daughter of Seth Benner Morrison & Margaret Jane Gruissy. In 1904 she married Frank Peters. Their children were Margaret & Seth. 

13 September   

1831       Emmaline SMITH was born in Mississippi. She was my 2^nd great – grandmother in my father’s family  tree. She was the daughter of Wyatt Smith & Euseba Fortenberry.  In 1858 she married Allen Moses Brown. Their children: Mary, Jasper Pascal & Alvira. Allen probably died soon after Alvira’s birth. 

1853       Walter Lorraine SMITH

14 September   

1833       Armanda Miranda FORTENBERRY, daughter of Gasua Chapman Fortenberry & Sarah Brown; wife of Lorenzo Dow Snell

1877       George A. MORRIS married Mary Louise Fortenberry, daughter of Thomas Benton Fortenberry & Gabriella Sanders. They had seven children: Willie, Boyce, Theodore Roosevelt, Delphin, George, Lank & Pershing Hoover. George died in 1943.

1908       Nolan SMITH

15 September   

1858       Rebecca Eleanor RITTER was born in Pennsylvania, the second of seven children of Daniel Ritter & Annette Romich. 

To learn more about my family's branches

order & read the Books I have Written.

Our Browns Roots

&

Remembrances

Forget Me Not: Agnes Ritter, 1893 PA

Obituaries are always sad to read and post. My goal is to bring their names “alive” again so they are not forgotten. This obituary is especially sad because Agnes was just a girl when she died. She missed many years of life’s experiences and, I’m sure, her family missed her.

 

Agnes Matilda Ritter

15 Jul 1879 - 24 Dec 1893 PA

Daughter of Milton C. & Ida Ritter

Granddaughter of Charles & Matilda Ritter

In Hanover, Dec. 24, 1893, Agnes Matilda, only daughter of Milton C. and Ida E. Ritter, aged 14 years, 5 months and 9 days. Funeral Thursday morning at 9:30 from the residence of the grand – parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ritter, near Rittersville. Relatives and friends are invited. Burial and services at Rittersville. 

 

Source:

Newspapers.com

The Allentown Leader, Allentown, PA

26 December 1893, page 4

New Discovery!

 I have been researching my family's genealogy for about 40 years. I have visited cemeteries, city halls and libraries. I have filled many spiral notebooks with my discoveries.

It is surprising to find something new. It is a small thing but has given me a big smile. 

I recently discovered that my great, great grandfather,

William Mark,

had a middle name!

William Flemming Mark

26 May 1844 OH - 21 Nov 1904 OH

Son of Abraham Mark & Mary Isabella Heffelfinger

Thanks to ancestry, I saw the record for his Baptism which includes his middle name. 

Baptism: 3 Nov. 1845

Read more about William Mark.

August Birthdays, August 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 August    

1735    Johan Friedrich WOLF was born in Germany, son of  Johan Jacob Wolf & Anna Barbara Orth. He married Maria Elizabeth. They had eight children.  They lived in Pennsylvania. 

1852    Jacob Herman WOLF, son of Henry H Wolf

1880    Emma May MILLER

17 August    

1917    George Wheeler MORRIS was the son of George A Morris & Mary Louise Fortenberry. 

18 August    

1887    Lucy THORNHILL

1888    Fleet Eugene SMITH, son of Walter Lorraine Smith & Emma Julia Warren

1893    Emma E. FORTENBERRY, daughter of Thomas Benton Fortenberry

1897    Mavis Marie BROWN, born in Mississippi, daughter of Jasper Pascal Brown & Rose Ella Brumfield. She married Denny Herbert Smith. Children: Nathalee, Fay & Wilma.

1915    Alvin Henry BRAUN

19 August    

1920    Roseanne S VOZELLA , daughter of Charles & Lucia Vozella. She married Thomas J. Coyle. They had five children. 

21 August    

1769    John Jacob WOLF

1883    Thomas Arthur COYLE was born in County Cavan, Ireland, son of Patrick Coyle & Margaret Brady. Thomas was a carpenter who became a Merchant Marine during World War II.   He did not marry. 

1923    Oliver Wendell BRUMFIELD

1928    David Walter FOSS

22 August    

1778    Joanna DILLON was born in North Carolina, daughter of Richard Dillon & Anne Lawrence. She married Jeremiah Smith in 1798 in South Carolina. They had thirteen children.  She is my double 4th great grandmother. Joanna & Jeremiah appear twice in my forest of family trees.

1829    Jeremiah WOLF, son of Andrew Wolf & Catherine Dick

1892    Ruth Straley WOLF, daughter of Frederick Jacob Wolf

23 August    

1805    Anna Maria RITTER

1854    Vilete Permelia FORTENBERRY, born in Mississippi, daughter of Willis James & Louisa B. Fortenberry. She died in 1910. 

1863    Montana RITTER, son of Daniel Ritter

1872    William John WOLF, son of William Henry Harrison Wolf & Sarah E. Forst

1882    Ella MARK, daughter of David Mark & Mary Ann Clason

1921    Helen M Lanning WOLF

24 August    

1850    Justina WOLF

1871    Charles H. MILLER was born in Ohio, son of Henry C Miller & Mary Catherine Ritter. Children: Ethel & Elmer. Charles died in 1949.

25 August    

1891    Rosa Jane OTT was the daughter of William W. Ott & Sarah Euseba Ellzey. She was my second cousin twice removed. 

26 August    

1697    Anna Barbara ORTH

1884    William Wellington HAWK was born in Ohio, son of William Hawk & Elizabeth Ritter. 

1885    Wiley E MCDANIEL

1897    Jessie Ola HALL

27 August    

1937    Robert RODGERS was the son of Tom Rodgers & Caroline V. Brophy. He married Lynette. Children: Robin & Kitty. 

28 August    

1800    John Adam WOLF, son of John Frederick Wolf & Esther Barbara Shaffer

1913    Fannie Chelottie BRUMFIELD

1915    Harold Edward GOOD was born in Ohio, son of Albert E Good & Elizabeth Lodema Moore. He married Velma Ellen Hale in 1936. Children: Carol & Lawrence.

29 August    

1817    Margaret C BROWN,  born in Mississippi, daughter of Moses Brown & Nancy Perkins. 

1914    Irma Ruby BLADES

30 August    

1856    Julia Ann ALFORD, born in Mississippi, daughter of Edwin Barksdale Alford & Martha P Smith.  She was my second great grand aunt. 

1912    Evelyn Devoyx ELLZEY

31 August    

1809    Wyatt SMITH, son of Jeremiah George Smith & Joanna Dillon, husband of Euseba Fortenberry. He was my 3x great grandfather. 

1833    Saryntha A SMITH, daughter of Wyatt Smith & Euseba Fortenberry

1848    Violette Eliza FORTENBERRY, born in Mississippi, daughter of Gasua C Fortenberry & Sarah Brown. She married James Miles Thornhill. They had five children.  She died in 1917 in Mississippi.

1917    Ralph Lawrence SPICE

To learn more about my family's branches

order & read the Books I have Written.

Our Browns Roots

&

Remembrances

Vintage Photograph: Dewitt Alford

 

Vintage photographs are like little windows looking back in time.

A Window into the Past

Dewitt William Alford

29 Oct 1874 LA - 24 May 1942 LA

Son of Seaborn S. Alford MD & Anice Ball

Husband of Ina Lucille Brown

Father of 7 children

My 1st cousin, 3x removed

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

August Birthdays, August 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 August    

1920     Roy Elmer MAURER was born in Ohio, son of Elmer Maurer & Pauline Morrison. He married Betty Mae Stimson. Roy died in Ohio in 1997.

2 August    

1830    Jeptha Josephus ALFORD, MD was born in MS, son of Edwin Barksdale Alford & Martha P. Smith. He married Fanny Roberts. He is buried in  the Silver Springs Baptist Church Cemetery.

1832    Saloma Anna RITTER, daughter of Daniel Ritter & Lydia Knauss

1878    Henry Chesterfield ARNOLD

3 August    

1823    William Henry Harrison ALFORD, son of Edwin Barksdale Alford & Martha P. Smith, husband of Mary Martha McDaniels

1919    Thomas James COYLE was born in Connecticut, son of James Joseph Coyle & Madeline Herbst. In 1944 he married Roseanne S. Vozella. They had five children. 

1935    James RODGERS

4 August    

1758    Johan Daniel RITTER, son of Caspar Ritter

1859    Luke T. FORTENBERRY, son of Burrell Taylor Fortenberry & Eliza Jane Ellzey

1867    Mary Josephine MULLANE was born in Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland, daughter of Daniel Mullane & Brigid English. She was my great grandmother. She married Michael Coyle in NYC in 1895. She had seven children. Mary Jo died in 1927. 

5 August    

1868    Alvira E. BROWN, daughter of Allen Moses Brown & Emmaline Melica Smith

1892    Bertha FORTENBERRY was the daughter of Howell Fortenberry & Mary Ann Alford. She married Grady Henry Ellzey. Children: Wesley, Odean, Carell & Ellen. 

6 August    

1836    Jonas WOLF, son of Andrew Wolf & Catherine Dick

7 August    

1855    Charlotte Angelina BRUMFIELD, daughter of Elijah Brumfield & Charlotte Temple Ott, wife of Eli W. Brock

1921    Olgee Sheline BRUMFIELD was the daughter of John Edward Brumfield & Ada Beatrice Fortenberry.

8 August    

1771    Johannes RITTER Jr., son of Johannes Ritter Sr. & Maria Elisabeth Keck

1846    Martha Elizabeth ALFORD was born in MS, daughter of Edwin Barksdale Alford & Martha P. Smith. She married Jessie A. Brumfield. They had eight children. She was my 2nd great grandmother.

1865    Rosa HAHN

1875    Charles A. WOLF, son of Peter Alfred Wolf & Mary Elizabeth Adams

1875    Sarah Emma WOLF, daughter of John W. S. Wolf & Elizabeth Jane Anderson

1881    Mona D. MORRISON, daughter of Seth Benner Morrison & Margaret Jane Gruissy, wife of Roy Hurd

1888    Thomas Clarence WILSON

9 August    

1906    Boyce Boo MORRIS was the son of George A. Morris & Mary Louise Fortenberry. He married Carrie Lee. They had four children. Boyce died in 1995.

10 August    

1840    Thomas Jefferson MARK died in the Civil War. He was born in Ohio, the oldest son of Abraham Mark & Mary Isabella Heffelfinger. Thomas was in the 118th Regiment, Company E of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He died 16 January 1863 in Kentucky. 

1871    Martha Ann NEE

1911    Onice Odwell CUTRER

11 August     

1860    Webster FORTENBERRY, son of William John Fortenberry & Elizabeth Martha Ann Cutrer, husband of Nannie Ellzey

1917    Odean ELLZEY was the daughter of Grady Henry Ellzey & Bertha Fortenberry. She married James Lemar Simmons.

12 August    

1848    Marion MARK served in the Civil War. He was born in Ohio, son of Abraham Mark & Mary Isabella Heffelfinger. He married Jennie.

1857    Canolia A. SIMMONS

1875    Barney Pipkin ALFORD, son of Needham Edwin Alford & Mary L. Stafford

13 August    

1861    Mary E. BROWN, daughter of Allen Moses Brown & Emmaline Melica Smith

1876    Lulu BLADES

1918    Hanzel Eileen MESSMORE was the daughter of William Henry Messmore & Susan Isabel Ritter.

14 August    

1738    Appollonia DICK was born at sea, from Germany to America, daughter of Johan Adam Dick & Anna Ottilla Knack. She married Johann Jonas Dick. They had ten children all born in Pennsylvania. She was my 5th great grandmother.

1802    Louisa WOLF

1823    George WOLF, son of Andrew Wolf

1834    John KRICK

15 August   

1761    Jacob ALFORD, son of Julius Alford & Lucy Newton; my 4x great grandfather

1834    Seaborn S. ALFORD MD was born in MS, son of Edwin Barksdale Alford & Martha P. Smith. He married Anice Ball. Seaborn died in 1906.

1868    Julius Wesley ALFORD

To learn more about my family's branches

order & read the Books I have Written.

Our Browns Roots

&

Remembrances