Sunday, June 1, 2025

June Family Birthdays, June 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 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        
1755     Hans George OTT, born in SC; son of Casper Ott
1832    Matilda MILLAN

5 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 
1832     Thomas Sands BROWN; born in Ohio; son of James Brown 

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 SmithEuseba Fortenberry. My 3x great uncle. 
1836    Esther Barbara WOLF; My 2x great grandmother; daughter of John Franklin WolfElisabeth 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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