Wednesday, January 8, 2025

January Family Birthdays, January 1 - 15

 Is your birthday in January? Maybe you share your special day with someone in our family who came before. Look below and see. Happy Birthday!

I have posted this series before. This version has been updated with more information. I hope you find it as much fun as I do.

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1 January   

 1796    Charles BRUMFIELD b in South Carolina
 1800    Mary Polly SPURLOCK was born in Georgia. She married Edward S. Brown &                         had 5  children.  She died 12 January 1888 in Pike Co., Mississippi. She was                     my 3rd great grandmother.  
1833    Eliza A. SMITH
1894    Euna Clarabelle FORTENBERRY, daughter of Joseph G. & Corine McDaniel                 Fortenberry. Wife of Thomas Clarence Wilson. 
1873    William Isaac MILLER
1906    Robert Rugh HILE, b in OH
1909    Bartholomew Anthony BRADY, b in NJ 
1926    William Alered HUFF

2 January    
1740    Christian DICK, b in Pennsylvania, the son of Johan Adam Dick & Ottilla                         Knack. He married Catherine Naugle. He & his wife both died on 4 May 1800.    
1823    Edwin B. RITTER, born in PA, son of Martin & Anna Margaret Bogert Ritter. 
1844    Cynthia Elizabeth ALFORD, daughter of Warren Jackson & Celia Ann Lewis                 Alford. Wife of Pierson Welch. 
1898    William Bryan SMITH, son of Walter Lorraine Smith & Emma Julia Warren. 
1899    Walter L. FORTENBERRY, son of Joseph G. & Corine McDaniel Fortenberry. 
1923     Wesley PIERCE in Mississippi, son Arlie Wesley Pierce & Lyda Mearl Brown

3 January    
1852    Claretta M. BRUMFIELD ALFORD, born in LA; daughter of John Wilson                         Brumfield & Cinderella Lanier. Wife of Willis Jacob Alford
1910    Twins: Claude & Clyde HURD were born in Michigan, children of Roy Hurd &                 Mona D. Morrison.  Sadly, the twins died the day they were born.
1914    Helen Pearl RITTER, daughter of William Isaac Ritter & Louise Sophia Schultz.             Wife of Kenneth Edward Knox. 

4 January    
1867    Tholomiah Rhodes WOLF, b in Iowa and died 28 September 1933 in                                 Kansas. He married Elizabeth Willis.
1885    Luella May WOLF

5 January
1786    Anna Margaret BOGERT
1829    William BRUMFIELD, b in Washington Parish, LA, son of Willis Brumfield &                 Nancy Virginia Holmes. William married Sarah Lewis.
1850    Lovina B. RITTER, b in OH, daughter of Isaac Ritter & Isabell Fisher. Lovinia                 d 10 Aug 1850
1867    James Hollis FORTENBERRY
1869    John G. HUFFMAN

6 January    
1835    Narcissa Izela FORTENBERRY was born in Mississippi, daughter of Gasua C.                 Fortenberry & Sarah B. Narcissa married Warren M. Huffman and had three                 children. She died in 1902.
1881    Margaret Maude MARK, b in OH, daughter of William Mark & Elidia Rebecca                 Ritter. Wife of Ralph Clayton Kauffman.
1845    Cecil Earl HALL

7 January    
1767    Maria Magdelena RITTER, b PA, daughter of Johannes Ritter, Sr. & Maria                     Elisabeth Keck. She married John Stumpf.
1869    John T. RITTER, b in PA; son of Samuel Ritter & Hannah E. Koch
1914    Richard F. WOLFF in CT

8 January    
1903    Karl Jackson MILLER b in OH and married Mellie Arlene Jolliff,                                         daughter of Samuel Martin Jolliff & Margaret Maude Mark.
1910    Lillian FORTENBERRY, daughter of Joseph Gazie Fortenberry & Corine                         McDaniel, wife of Arthur Kunberger

9 January    
1884    Annie Elizabeth OTT
1897    Helen Frances COYLE,  b in New York City, the oldest child of Michael Coyle &                 Mary Jospehine Mullane. Helen was my maternal grandmother, Nana. She                     married Nathaniel Gardner. They had one child, Alberta Joy Gardner Brown. 
1906    Ira Evie BLADES, daughter of Walter Lee Blades & Addie Angeline Cutrer. She                     lived 10 years.

10 January    
1698    Mary FALKENBERG, daughter of Hendrick Jacobs Falkenberg
1753    Andreas KECK, b in PA; son of Heinrich Keck & Hannah. Husband of Barbara                 Blanck.
1894    Charles Spurgeon ELLZEY was born in Mississippi, son of William S. Ellzey &                 Amanda A. Fortenberry. Charles married Mae McMillan.

11 January    
1752    Anna Margaret STEININGER married Martin Ritter, son of Heinrich Ritter &                 Maria Elizabeth Tutt. Anna & Martin had seven children.
1768    Johannes RITTER, son of Casper Ritter & Hanna Ottilia Hertz, husband of                     Maria Heffelfinger
1850    William Ephraim BLADES
1876    Julia Mae SMITH

12 January    
1733    Maria Christiana WOLF b in Germany, daughter of Johan Jacob Wolf & Anna                 Barbara Orth.
1911    Frank William RITTER, son of William Isaac Ritter & Louise Sophia Schultz,                 husband of Faith Elizabeth Beer
1926    Willie Jean FORTENBERRY, daughter of Lemuel Q. Fortenberry & Lillian                     Ellzey, wife of Norman Ralph Simmons
1929    Thiry Yvonne BROWN, daughter of Hubert Allen Brown & Freddie Beatrice                     Smith, wife of Robert Edward Fegan

13 January    
1880    Samuel Harvey WOLF, son of John W. S. Wolf & Elizabeth Jane Anderson
1924    Fred Allen BROWN was the son of Hubert Allen Brown & Freddie Smith.  He                 died 13 July 1932.

14 January    
1807    Margretha RITTER
1818    William Dorten SMITH
1883    Albert Edward GOOD was the son of Joel H Good & Margaret C Brown. He married Elizabeth L Moore. They had six children. Albert lived his life in Ohio
1885    George F. LOBAUGH
1896    Velma Odene SMITH
1923    Thomas Clarence WILSON Jr.

15 January    
1819    Mary MARCKS
1820    Moses BROWN Jr. was born in Mississippi, son of Moses Brown and Nancy                     Perkins. 
1826    Elizabeth HOPE
1876    Samuel Omelia BRUMFIELD
1915     Edwin MINTER
1937    James Neron SMITH







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