Sunday, November 16, 2025

November Birthdays, November 16 - 30

 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 November    
1776       Christianna WOLF, born in Pennsylvania, daughter of Johann Jonas Wolf &                             Appollonia Dick.
1902       Madrlyn LONG
 1927       Mary Arline Parker FRAVEL

17 November    
1872       Sarah Agie NEE, daughter of  Henry Nee & Matilda Millan. 

18 November    
1849       Abraham Martin MARK, son of Abraham MarkMary Isabella Heffelfinger
1864       Annie Idelia McCLENDON 
1879       William J. F. FORTENBERRY was the son of William Jackson Fortenberry & Elizabeth Rebecca Pigott. He married Annie Myrtis Ellzey. William died in 1966. 

19 November    
1799       Jacob RITTER, son of Johannes Ritter Jr. 
1825       Rebecca WOLF, daughter of Frederick Wolf & Louisa C Goetz
1899       Freddie Beatrice  SMITH, daughter of Elvin Dennie Smith & Nancy Cordelia Smith; wife of Hubert Allen Brown; mother of 6 children 
1903       TWINS: Mellie Arlene JOLLIFF & Nellie Irene JOLLIFF,  b in Ohio, daughters of Samuel Martin Jollliff & Margaret Maude Mark. Mellie married Karl Jackson Miller. They had one child. Nellie married Ralph Alvin Parker and had three children. Nellie lived to be 90 years old and Mellie lived to be 91 years old.

20 November    
1820       Henry H. WOLF, born in Pennsylvania, son of John Frederick Wolf & Esther Barbara Schaffer. They had four children. 

21 November    
1770       Catherine WOLF, daughter of Johann Jonas Wolf & Appollonia Dick
1821       Solomon B. RITTER, born in Pennsylvania, son of Martin Ritter & Anna                             Margaret Bogert. He married Amanda M. Rumfield.
1845       Sarah Lucy BRUMFIELD, daughter of Nathaniel BrumfieldCharlotte Temple Ott

22 November    
1894       Grace Eleanor SMITH, daughter of Walter Lorraine Smith & Emma Julia                         Warren. 

23 November    
1812       Isabella FORTENBERRY, daughter of William Jasper Fortenberry 
1836       Sarah Jane SMITH, daughter of Elias V. Smith & Ann Crews
1858       Catherine WOLF
1865       Mary Magdalene GRUISSY was born in Ohio, daughter of Augustus Ceaser Gruissy & Mary Ann Everett. In 1889 she married Albert F. Lutz. They had no children. At one time they ran a restaurant in Medina, Ohio.
1934     Jeanette Rose Brown, OH. Daughter of Roy Jessie Brown and Ivy Regina Mark. The family moved to New York State circe 1940.Mother of four.  My aunt

24 November    
1870       Michael COYLE was born in Ireland, son of Patrick Coyle & Margaret Brady. He came to the USA in 1885. In 1895 he married Mary Josephine Mullane in New York City. They had seven children. He was a Baker. He was my great grandfather. He was last seen by his family about 1927, when his wife died. I would like to know what happened to him.

25 November    
1792       Edwin Barksdale ALFORDborn in North Carolina, son of Jacob Alford & Elizabeth Bryant. In 1818 he married Martha P. Smith in Mississippi. They had 13 children, all born in Mississippi. He was my 3x great grandfather. He died in 1878. 
 1876       TWINS: Emma D. RITTER, &  Nora Gelaina RITTER, daughters of John William Ritter & Ruth Anna Scott. Emma lived 92 years. Nora's death date is unknown to this researcher. 
  1903       Edna FORTENBERRY, daughter of Joseph Gazie Fortenberry & Corine McDaniel

26 November    
1812       Frederick RITTER, son of Johannes Ritter Jr. 
1824       James MORRIS
1859       Conrad HERBST
1909       William REAM
1912       Vera Mary HURD was born in Michigan, daughter of Roy Hurd & Mona D. Morrison. Vera married Herbert Dunsmore. They had two sons.

27 November    
1858       Emma Julia WARREN, born in Louisiana. She married Walter Lorraine Smith. They had 14 children. 
1906       Maggie Pearl FORTENBERRY, daughter of Joseph Gazie Fortenberry & Corine McDaniel
1915       Wesley P. ELLZEY

28 November    
1829       Willis James FORTENBERRY, born in Mississippi, son of William Jasper Fortenberry & Violette Kennington. In 1912 he married Louisa Blackwell. They had seven children. 

29 November   
1877       Arther SPICE
1927       Joseph James COYLE was born in CT, son of James Joseph Coyle & Madeline Herbst. 

30 November    
1857       Christine WOLF
1908       Duviox B. FORTENBERRY was the son of Lemuel Q. Fortenberry & Lillian Ellzey. He married Gussie Alford. They had four children.




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