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 June
1891 Harry RITTER, son of Parson Scott Ritter & Abigail Amanda Hottenstein
1894 Eli Eddie BLADES b. in Louisiana, son of Eli B. & Morgana Blades. Married Annie Clotee Cutrer.
2 June
1903 Hettie Muriel ELLZEY, daughter of William S. Ellzey & Amanda Adarene Fortenberry; wife of Willis Emmitt Gulledge
1940 Dale JOHNSON
3 June
1807 Edwin SMITH b. in Mississippi, son of Jeremiah Smith & Joanna Dillon.
1855 Susan Penelope FORTENBERRY, born in MS; daughter of Alfred Fortenberry & Aderine Mary Faulk
1878 Anna May WOLF; daughter of John W. S. Wolf & Elizabeth Jane Anderson
4 June
1762 Jacob WOLF b. in Pennsylvania, son of Johann Jonas Wolf & Appollonia Dick. Married to Cornelia Knight. Daughter: Margaret Wolf.
1783 Andrew WOLF, born in PA; son of Johan Friedrich Wolf
6 June
1931 Sally Louise SHEETS
1932 Gerald MAURER b. in Ohio, son of Elmer Maurer & Pauline Morrison. Gerald died the day he was born.
7 June
1822 Aaron BROWN, born in MS; son of Moses Brown & Nancy Chandler Perkins
1856 William Edward FORTENBERRY, born in MS; Willis James Fortenberry & Louisa Blackwell
1858 Charles Sumner BROWN b Iowa, son of Aaron & Elizabeth Brown.
8 June
1858 Patrick Hines ALFORD, son of Hines Berry Alford
1908 Ivy Regina MARK b OH, daughter of Thomas Kenneth Mark & N. Regina Gruissy. She was my paternal grandmother. She married Roy Jessie Brown in 1927 in Ohio. She was the mother of seven children. My father, Delbert K. Brown, was her oldest child. The family moved to New York State about 1941. My grandmother loved flowers & gardens. She collected milk glass. She loved spending time with her family. She lived 95 years.
9 June
1835 Benjamin Franklin RITTER, born in PA; son of Michael Ritter
1929 Dorothy June HURD b. in Michigan, daughter of Howard M. Hurd & Marian Lehman. Married Vern James Simons.
10 June
1724 Anna Maria WOLF b Germany, daughter of Johan Jacob Wolf & Anna Barbara Orth.
1782 TWINS. Jonathan & David LAWRENCE; sons of John Lawrence & Mary Duke
1884 Henry Lucius ALFORD, b in MS; son of Needham Edwin Alford & Mary Luzina Stafford
1921 Earl Vernon ALFORD, son of Hugh Edwin Alford
11 June
1753 Johannes Theobald RITTER, b in PA; son of Heinrich Ritter & Maria Elizabeth Tutt
1849 Peter Alfred WOLF, b in PA; son of John Jonas Wolf & Sarah Ann Chronister; husband of Mary Elizabeth Adams; father of 5 children
1888 Adolphus Oliver SMITH, son of Adolphus Scott Smith & Julia Jane Simmons. Married to Grace Graham. Father of nine children.
12 June
1928 Olivia Margaret SHAW, daughter of John R. Shaw & Mary Jeanette Mark. Married David Walter Foss.
13 June
1862 Mary Elizabeth GATLIN married William Franklin Ellzey, son of John Shaffer Ellzey & Saryntha Smith. They had eight children.
1897 Alva William BLADES
1912 Baxter Edwin BRUMFIELD, son of John Edward Brumfield & Ada Beatrice Fortenberry
14 June - - Flag Day
1798 Isaac OTT was the son of Jacob Ott & Margaret Jackson. My 4x great uncle.
1835 William J. M. SMITH, son of Wyatt Smith & Euseba Fortenberry. My 3x great uncle.
1836 Esther Barbara WOLF; My 2x great grandmother; daughter of John Franklin Wolf & Elisabeth Burkholder; second wife of Augustus Ceaser Gruissy I have copies of several letters between Esther & her daughter, N. Regina Gruissy Mark.
15 June
1854 Sarah Louise FORTENBERRY
1883 Martin Edgar ALFORD, son of Needham W. Alford & Laura E. Brumfield
1884 Arthur Moses GARTNER b. in New York City, was the son of Leopold & Florence Gartner. My great uncle.
1888 Grace Anne WOLF, son of Francis Jonas Wolf & Ida Virginia Spangler
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