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 April
1868 Walker FORTENBERRY, son of William John Fortenberry & Elizabeth M. Cutrer
1881 Margaret COYLE, daughter of Patrick Coyle & Margaret Brady. She lived 91 years old. She was my great aunt.
1887 James Joseph COYLE, b CT, son of Patrick Coyle & Margaret Brady. He married Madeline Herbst. They had 7 children. He was a carpenter & a teacher.
1913 Robert Earl FORTENBERRY, son of Joseph Gazie Fortenberry & Corine McDaniel
17 April
1785 Margaret RITTER, daughter of Casper Ritter & Anna M. Germanton
1828 Louisa Blackwell FORTENBERRY
1874 Benjamin E. BLADES, son of William Ephraim Blades
1876 Margaret MULLANE was born in Ireland, one of 12 children of Daniel MULLANE & Brigid ENGLISH. Margaret died before 1880.
18 April
1855 Elizabeth FORTENBERRY, daughter of William John Fortenberry
1880 Margaret MULLANE, b Ireland, named for her sister who died as a toddler. This daughter of Daniel Mullane & Brigid English died in 1892, at the age of 12.
19 April
1798 Jacob WOLF, son of Adam Wolf, grandson of Johann Jonas Wolf
1851 Laura BRUMFIELD, b LA, daughter of Nathaniel Brumfield & Charlotte Temple OTT. She married Needham Alford.
1880 Ollie Izellie SCHILLING
20 April
1824 William WOLF, b PA, son of John Frederick WOLF & Esther Barbara Wolf. He married Sarah Jane Wilson. Their children: Frederick, Tholomiah & Anna. William died in 1888 in Kansas.
1850 Emory F. WOLF, son of Henry H. Wolf
21 April
1849 Nelson Monroe FORTENBERRY, son of Alfred Fortenberry
1864 Anthony Casper RITTER was born in Ohio, son of Isaac Ritter & Isabell Fisher. He married Emma Alice Mowrer in 1883. Their children: Clement, Elmer, Harvey, Frederick, Mary Isabell.
1901 Cullen BRUMFIELD, soon Henry James Brumfield & Lula O'Quin
22 April
1845 Rebecca Jane FORTENBERRY, daughter of Duviox B. Fortenberry & Gussie Alford
1907 Alton Earl FORTENBERRY, son of William Thomas Fortenberry & Clarenda Angeline McElveen
1908 Gussie ALFORD was the daughter of Jeptha Martin Alford & Laura Jane Warner. She married Duviox B Fortenberry. Their children: Lemuel, Laurie, Glenda, Rebecca.
23 April
1794 Jonas WOLF, son of Aam Wolf, grandson of Johann Jonas Wolf
1883 Mary B WOLF, b OH, daughter of Johan W. S. Wolf & Elizabeth Jane Anderson. She married Arthur Dunham in 1906.
24 April
1808 Elizabeth Coney ELLZEY
1830 Joel RITTER, son of Daniel Ritter & Lydia Knauss
25 April
1862 Josephine ELLZEY, born in MS; daughter of Benjamin Franklin Ellzey & Emily Holmes; wife of Richard Alexander Fortenberry
1896 Lillian Myrtle HOVERSTOCK married Amos Martin Mark, son of William Mark & Elidia Rebecca Ritter. Their son was Ernest Miles Mark.
1913 Alton Woodrow WILSON, son of Thomas Clarence Wilson
1925 Elenora CUTRER
1931 Eddie Jasper PIERCE, son of Arlie Wesley Pierce & Lyda Mearl Brown
26 April
1721 Barbara RITTER, wife of Hans Jacob Hertzel
1907 Jessie Mary LOWE
1917 Edna Margaret WILSON
1920 Thelma Lee MULLINS, b MS, daughter of Arthur Cleveland Mullins & Janie Elizabeth Pittman. Thelma married Lank W. Morris.
1936 Billy Joe FORTENBERRY, born in MS; son of Ray Luther Fortenberry & Zelda Marie Alford; husband of Daisy Roberts Travis
27 April
1872 Timothy MULLANE, born in Ireland; son of Daniel Mullane & Brigid English
1882 Emma Jane MARK, daughter of William Mark & Elidia Rebecca Ritter
1892 Albert Davis BRUMFIELD, son Elisha Kelly Brumfield & Sarah C Simmons
1916 Robert James COYLE, b CT, son of James Joseph Coyle & Madeline Herbst. He married Ruth Pottle. He generously shared genealogical information with me on many occasions.
28 April
1798 David RITTER, b PA, son of Johannes Ritter, Jr. & Anna Mariah.
1836 Saran Ann MOYER
29 April
1819 Mary Isabella HEFFELFINGER, b PA. She was my 3rd great-grandmother. She married Abraham Mark. They had eight sons. Two of those sons died in the Civil War.
1934 Joanne Grace MAURER
30 April
1821 Jeremiah SMITH, b MS, son of Jeremiah Smith & Joanna Dillon. He married Pernecia. Their children: Jarratt, William & Ancil. Jeremiah was my 3rd great grand uncle.
1852 Morgana Josephine MCDANIEL
1868 Philip RITTER, son of Isaac Ritter & Isabell Fisher
1884 William Hercules MARK, son of William Mark & Elidia Rebecca Ritter
1910 Cleal Morrison SWAGLER
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