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.
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 &
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
1840 John Gazie FORTENBERRY, son of William M. Fortenberry & Christian Brown
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
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
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
That’s a lot of February birthdays!! Mine was the 9th.
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