Thursday, October 16, 2025

October Birthdays, October 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 October          
1836       Louisa Ollevia FORTENBERRY, daughter of Gasua Chapman Fortenberry
1868       Margaret NEE
1888       Lucy Viola BROWN was born in Mississippi, daughter of Jasper Pascal Brown & Rose Ella Brumfield. She married Tate Edward Fortenberry in 1908. Their children: Kenneth, Shirley & Cecil.

17 October          
1871       Algedena GRUISSY was the second child of Augustus Ceaser Gruissy & Esther Barbara Wolf. She died in Ohio the year she was born. Of Esther & Augustus’ five children, three died as children.
1884       Mary C. SMITH

18 October          
1781       John George WOLF, son of Johan Friedrich Wolf
1877       Milton Adolphus SMITH, son of Walter Lorraine Smith

19 October          
1917       Nathalee SMITH was the oldest child of Denny Herbert Smith & Mavis Marie Brown.  She married Jerry Sidney Comeaux in 1941.

20 October          
1794       Susan GREEN
1813       Margaretha RITTER
1860       Gabriella SANDERS
1866       Bartholomew Anthony BRADY was born in Ireland, son of Thomas Brady & Catherine Gibney. He married Mary Agnes Reddan in 1900 in New Jersey.  Bartholomew was a policeman for East Orange, New Jersey. He retired in 1931.

21 October          
1857       Anna Esther WOLF was born in Iowa. She was the daughter of William Wolf & Sarah Jane Wilson. She married Thomas Filmore Dickson. James Frederick Dickson was their son.

23 October          
1805       Maria RITTER, daughter of  Henry Ritter
1863       Caroline Louise GRUISSY was born in Ohio, daughter of Augustus Ceaser Gruissy & Mary Ann Everett. In 1882 she married Peter Jonathan Moore. Their children: Emaline, Lillian Vera, Floyd, Frances Gertrude, Elizabeth & Ralph. She died in 1936.
1900       Donna Strom BROPHY
1900       Alva Edwin ELLZEY

24 October          
1824       Henry William Leander LEWIS
1852       Emma Abbline FLORY was the first wife of William Mark. They married in 1870, after he returned from the Civil War. They had two children: Cora Bell & Marian. She died in 1877, at the age of 24.
1863       Martha E. ALFORD, daughter of Hines Berry Alford & Louansa Wadford
1887       Clarence WOLF, son of Frederick Jacob Wolf
1899       George Washington CUTRER

25 October          
1790       Mary Magdelena RITTER, daughter of Johannes Ritter Sr.Maria Elisabeth Keck
1853       Richard FORTENBERRY was born in Mississippi, son of Alfred Fortenberry & Aderine Mary Faulk. He was my first cousin, 4 times removed.
1869       Julius J. ALFORD, son of Seaborn S. Alford MD & Anice Ball
1908       Theodore Roosevelt MORRIS
1909       Delphin Delmus MORRIS

26 October          
1779       Nancy Ann DILLON was born in North Carolina, daughter of Richard Dillon & Anne Lawrence. She married John Stallings. Nancy died in 1869.
 1852       Leah E. BRUMFIELD, daughter of Jesse Kelly BrumfieldHannah Ann Youngblood
 1878       Frank Samuel WEISSBERG, son of Morris Weissberg & Rose Bankin, husband of Florence Gartner. He married my great aunt. 

27 October          
1765       Cornelia KNIGHT
1845       Elias McDANIEL
1888       Frances Gertrude MOORE was born in Ohio, daughter of Peter Jonathan Moore & Caroline Louise Gruissy. She married William Clarence Brophy. Their children: Glen, Caroline & Donald. In 1920 William worked for the Gas & Fuel Company.

28 October          
1877       Jason Abraham ALFORD was born in Mississippi, son of Needham Edwin Alford & Mary Louiza Stafford. Jason lived to be 96 years old.
1896       James Everett MARK, son of William MarkElidia Rebecca Ritter; he is my 2x great uncle. He married Effie Margaret Carter. 
1918       Woodrow Wilson SIMMONS

29 October          
1718       Maria Barbara WOLF, daughter of Johan Jacob Wolf & Anna Barbara Orth
1808       Salome ROTH
1869       Frances Dora ALFORD, daughter of Needham Edwin Alford & Mary Luzina , Stafford. She lived 51 years.
1874       Dewitt William ALFORD, son of Seaborn S. Alford MD & Anice Ball
1909       Shirley FORTENBERRY was born in Mississippi, son of Tate Edward Fortenberry & Lucy Viola Brown. He married Thelma Ginn. They had three children: Charles, Dorothy & Shirlene. 
1929       Barbara A. KOZLAK

30 October          
1875       Clarence Lee Guy WOLF was born in Iowa, son of Isaac Ezra Wolf & Mary Cathrina Wireman. He married Maude E. Collins in 1901 in Oklahoma. 

31 October          
1916       Kathleen Gloria COYLE was born in New York City, the youngest child of Michael Coyle & Mary Josephine Mullane. She never married, living with her sisters.  She died in Arizona in 2007. She was my great aunt.
1919       Selwyn Alex BRUMFIELD, son of John Edward Brumfield & Ada Beatrice Fortenberry
1930       Seth O. DILLON Jr., husband of Bobbye Earl Fortenberry



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