New Discovery!

 I have been researching my family's genealogy for about 40 years. I have visited cemeteries, city halls and libraries. I have filled many spiral notebooks with my discoveries.

It is surprising to find something new. It is a small thing but has given me a big smile. 

I recently discovered that my great, great grandfather,

William Mark,

had a middle name!

William Flemming Mark

26 May 1844 OH - 21 Nov 1904 OH

Son of Abraham Mark & Mary Isabella Heffelfinger

Thanks to ancestry, I saw the record for his Baptism which includes his middle name. 

Baptism: 3 Nov. 1845

Read more about William Mark.

August Birthdays, August 16 - 31

 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 August    

1735    Johan Friedrich WOLF was born in Germany, son of  Johan Jacob Wolf & Anna Barbara Orth. He married Maria Elizabeth. They had eight children.  They lived in Pennsylvania. 

1852    Jacob Herman WOLF, son of Henry H Wolf

1880    Emma May MILLER

17 August    

1917    George Wheeler MORRIS was the son of George A Morris & Mary Louise Fortenberry. 

18 August    

1887    Lucy THORNHILL

1888    Fleet Eugene SMITH, son of Walter Lorraine Smith & Emma Julia Warren

1893    Emma E. FORTENBERRY, daughter of Thomas Benton Fortenberry

1897    Mavis Marie BROWN, born in Mississippi, daughter of Jasper Pascal Brown & Rose Ella Brumfield. She married Denny Herbert Smith. Children: Nathalee, Fay & Wilma.

1915    Alvin Henry BRAUN

19 August    

1920    Roseanne S VOZELLA , daughter of Charles & Lucia Vozella. She married Thomas J. Coyle. They had five children. 

21 August    

1769    John Jacob WOLF

1883    Thomas Arthur COYLE was born in County Cavan, Ireland, son of Patrick Coyle & Margaret Brady. Thomas was a carpenter who became a Merchant Marine during World War II.   He did not marry. 

1923    Oliver Wendell BRUMFIELD

1928    David Walter FOSS

22 August    

1778    Joanna DILLON was born in North Carolina, daughter of Richard Dillon & Anne Lawrence. She married Jeremiah Smith in 1798 in South Carolina. They had thirteen children.  She is my double 4th great grandmother. Joanna & Jeremiah appear twice in my forest of family trees.

1829    Jeremiah WOLF, son of Andrew Wolf & Catherine Dick

1892    Ruth Straley WOLF, daughter of Frederick Jacob Wolf

23 August    

1805    Anna Maria RITTER

1854    Vilete Permelia FORTENBERRY, born in Mississippi, daughter of Willis James & Louisa B. Fortenberry. She died in 1910. 

1863    Montana RITTER, son of Daniel Ritter

1872    William John WOLF, son of William Henry Harrison Wolf & Sarah E. Forst

1882    Ella MARK, daughter of David Mark & Mary Ann Clason

1921    Helen M Lanning WOLF

24 August    

1850    Justina WOLF

1871    Charles H. MILLER was born in Ohio, son of Henry C Miller & Mary Catherine Ritter. Children: Ethel & Elmer. Charles died in 1949.

25 August    

1891    Rosa Jane OTT was the daughter of William W. Ott & Sarah Euseba Ellzey. She was my second cousin twice removed. 

26 August    

1697    Anna Barbara ORTH

1884    William Wellington HAWK was born in Ohio, son of William Hawk & Elizabeth Ritter. 

1885    Wiley E MCDANIEL

1897    Jessie Ola HALL

27 August    

1937    Robert RODGERS was the son of Tom Rodgers & Caroline V. Brophy. He married Lynette. Children: Robin & Kitty. 

28 August    

1800    John Adam WOLF, son of John Frederick Wolf & Esther Barbara Shaffer

1913    Fannie Chelottie BRUMFIELD

1915    Harold Edward GOOD was born in Ohio, son of Albert E Good & Elizabeth Lodema Moore. He married Velma Ellen Hale in 1936. Children: Carol & Lawrence.

29 August    

1817    Margaret C BROWN,  born in Mississippi, daughter of Moses Brown & Nancy Perkins. 

1914    Irma Ruby BLADES

30 August    

1856    Julia Ann ALFORD, born in Mississippi, daughter of Edwin Barksdale Alford & Martha P Smith.  She was my second great grand aunt. 

1912    Evelyn Devoyx ELLZEY

31 August    

1809    Wyatt SMITH, son of Jeremiah George Smith & Joanna Dillon, husband of Euseba Fortenberry. He was my 3x great grandfather. 

1833    Saryntha A SMITH, daughter of Wyatt Smith & Euseba Fortenberry

1848    Violette Eliza FORTENBERRY, born in Mississippi, daughter of Gasua C Fortenberry & Sarah Brown. She married James Miles Thornhill. They had five children.  She died in 1917 in Mississippi.

1917    Ralph Lawrence SPICE

To learn more about my family's branches

order & read the Books I have Written.

Our Browns Roots

&

Remembrances

Vintage Photograph: Dewitt Alford

 

Vintage photographs are like little windows looking back in time.

A Window into the Past

Dewitt William Alford

29 Oct 1874 LA - 24 May 1942 LA

Son of Seaborn S. Alford MD & Anice Ball

Husband of Ina Lucille Brown

Father of 7 children

My 1st cousin, 3x removed

A few other Vintage Photographs:

• Alberta Joy Gardner Brown
• Elma Patrick
• Helen Coyle Gardner
• The Mark Family, 1930 OH
• Seth Benner Morrison
• 5 Morrison Sisters
• Emily Benner Morrison
• Bruce Alford
• Martin & Dollie Brumfield
• Cecil C. Fortenberry 
• Borden Hamilton Brown

August Birthdays, August 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 August    

1920     Roy Elmer MAURER was born in Ohio, son of Elmer Maurer & Pauline Morrison. He married Betty Mae Stimson. Roy died in Ohio in 1997.

2 August    

1830    Jeptha Josephus ALFORD, MD was born in MS, son of Edwin Barksdale Alford & Martha P. Smith. He married Fanny Roberts. He is buried in  the Silver Springs Baptist Church Cemetery.

1832    Saloma Anna RITTER, daughter of Daniel Ritter & Lydia Knauss

1878    Henry Chesterfield ARNOLD

3 August    

1823    William Henry Harrison ALFORD, son of Edwin Barksdale Alford & Martha P. Smith, husband of Mary Martha McDaniels

1919    Thomas James COYLE was born in Connecticut, son of James Joseph Coyle & Madeline Herbst. In 1944 he married Roseanne S. Vozella. They had five children. 

1935    James RODGERS

4 August    

1758    Johan Daniel RITTER, son of Caspar Ritter

1859    Luke T. FORTENBERRY, son of Burrell Taylor Fortenberry & Eliza Jane Ellzey

1867    Mary Josephine MULLANE was born in Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland, daughter of Daniel Mullane & Brigid English. She was my great grandmother. She married Michael Coyle in NYC in 1895. She had seven children. Mary Jo died in 1927. 

5 August    

1868    Alvira E. BROWN, daughter of Allen Moses Brown & Emmaline Melica Smith

1892    Bertha FORTENBERRY was the daughter of Howell Fortenberry & Mary Ann Alford. She married Grady Henry Ellzey. Children: Wesley, Odean, Carell & Ellen. 

6 August    

1836    Jonas WOLF, son of Andrew Wolf & Catherine Dick

7 August    

1855    Charlotte Angelina BRUMFIELD, daughter of Elijah Brumfield & Charlotte Temple Ott, wife of Eli W. Brock

1921    Olgee Sheline BRUMFIELD was the daughter of John Edward Brumfield & Ada Beatrice Fortenberry.

8 August    

1771    Johannes RITTER Jr., son of Johannes Ritter Sr. & Maria Elisabeth Keck

1846    Martha Elizabeth ALFORD was born in MS, daughter of Edwin Barksdale Alford & Martha P. Smith. She married Jessie A. Brumfield. They had eight children. She was my 2nd great grandmother.

1865    Rosa HAHN

1875    Charles A. WOLF, son of Peter Alfred Wolf & Mary Elizabeth Adams

1875    Sarah Emma WOLF, daughter of John W. S. Wolf & Elizabeth Jane Anderson

1881    Mona D. MORRISON, daughter of Seth Benner Morrison & Margaret Jane Gruissy, wife of Roy Hurd

1888    Thomas Clarence WILSON

9 August    

1906    Boyce Boo MORRIS was the son of George A. Morris & Mary Louise Fortenberry. He married Carrie Lee. They had four children. Boyce died in 1995.

10 August    

1840    Thomas Jefferson MARK died in the Civil War. He was born in Ohio, the oldest son of Abraham Mark & Mary Isabella Heffelfinger. Thomas was in the 118th Regiment, Company E of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He died 16 January 1863 in Kentucky. 

1871    Martha Ann NEE

1911    Onice Odwell CUTRER

11 August     

1860    Webster FORTENBERRY, son of William John Fortenberry & Elizabeth Martha Ann Cutrer, husband of Nannie Ellzey

1917    Odean ELLZEY was the daughter of Grady Henry Ellzey & Bertha Fortenberry. She married James Lemar Simmons.

12 August    

1848    Marion MARK served in the Civil War. He was born in Ohio, son of Abraham Mark & Mary Isabella Heffelfinger. He married Jennie.

1857    Canolia A. SIMMONS

1875    Barney Pipkin ALFORD, son of Needham Edwin Alford & Mary L. Stafford

13 August    

1861    Mary E. BROWN, daughter of Allen Moses Brown & Emmaline Melica Smith

1876    Lulu BLADES

1918    Hanzel Eileen MESSMORE was the daughter of William Henry Messmore & Susan Isabel Ritter.

14 August    

1738    Appollonia DICK was born at sea, from Germany to America, daughter of Johan Adam Dick & Anna Ottilla Knack. She married Johann Jonas Dick. They had ten children all born in Pennsylvania. She was my 5th great grandmother.

1802    Louisa WOLF

1823    George WOLF, son of Andrew Wolf

1834    John KRICK

15 August   

1761    Jacob ALFORD, son of Julius Alford & Lucy Newton; my 4x great grandfather

1834    Seaborn S. ALFORD MD was born in MS, son of Edwin Barksdale Alford & Martha P. Smith. He married Anice Ball. Seaborn died in 1906.

1868    Julius Wesley ALFORD

To learn more about my family's branches

order & read the Books I have Written.

Our Browns Roots

&

Remembrances