Ancestor Anniversaries in March

Do you have an anniversary in your family branches in March? 

I have uncovered a few. 

Check the surnames to see if you may have a match here. 

Follow the links for more information.

2 March 1963. John Eugene Jolliff (b 1937) married Nora Louise Dulaney (b 1942). John was the son of Glenn Raymond Jolliff & Helen Vanita Eschleman. 

3 March 1916. County Tipperary, Ireland. Timothy J. Horgan (c 1885 – after 1920) married Julia Mullane (1885 – 1918). Julia was the daughter of Daniel Mullane & Brigid English. She was my great grand aunt. Their children were Mary & Teddy. Their marriage was brief because of Julia’s death at the age of 32.

4 March 1897. Ohio. James Elmer Messmore (b 1873) married Emma D. Ritter (1876 – 1969). Emma was the daughter of John William Ritter & Anna Scott). 

7 March 1946. James Sheppard, Jr. married Elenora Cutrer. Elenora was the daughter of Isaac Omer Cutrer & Serena Olivia Lee. 

8 March 1888. Ohio. Philip M. Creasy (1867 – 1934) married Mary E. Wasem. Philip was the son of Christian Gruissy & Mary Wise. Their son was Harry Lewis Creasy. They were married 46 years.

9 March 1947. Ohio. William Alered Huff (1926 – 1979) married Lucille Marguerite Mark. Lucille was the daughter of Charles Forest Mark & Bertha Flickinger.  

10 March 1864. William H. Schilling married Christianna Euseba Fortenberry (1844 – 1920). Christianna was the daughter of Gasua Chapman Fortenberry & Sarah Brown. 

10 March 1898. Ohio. Samuel Martin Jolliff (1871 – 1927) married Margaret Maude Mark (1881 – 1964). Margaret was the daughter of William Mark & Elidia Rebecca Ritter. They had 8 children. 

11 March 1878. Mississippi. Samuel Matthew Foil married Margaret Jane Brumfield (1862 – 1937). Margaret was the daughter of Isaac Nelson Brumfield & Sarah Jane Smith. They had ten children. They were married 58 years.

12 March 1927. Howard Merton Hurd (1900 – 1973) married Marian Louise Lehman (1904 – 1969). Howard was the son of Roy Hurd & Mona D. Morrison. They had 2 children and were married 42 years.

16 March 1848.  William John Fortenberry (1814 – 1896) married Elizabeth Martha Ann Cutrer (1827 – 1909). William was the son of William Jasper Fortenberry & Violette Kennington. They had 10 children. 

23 March 1896. Amite, Mississippi. Frank Richard Brumfield (1869 – 1960) married Julia Gardner (1877 – 1948). Frank was the son of Joseph Warren Brumfield & Courtney Jane Simmons. They were the parents of 12 children. 

24 March 1878. Manhattan, N.Y.  Leopold Gartner (1860 – 1948) married Florence Edelstein (1860 – 1908). Leopold was the son of Markusz S. Gartner & Devorah Dora Horn. Fannie was the daughter of Adolph Edelstein & Netty Grofs. They had 5 children and were married for 30 years. They are my great grandparents. 

24 March 1929. Fleet Rankin Cutrer (1902 – 1978) married Mildred Maeola Bauds. 

27 March 1943. Columbia, Mississippi. Julius Robert Fornea (1922 – 1992) married Donis Bernelda Ball (1925 – 2015). Julius was the son of Robert Hilton Fornea & Julia Allen Wilkes. Donis was the daughter of James Alton Ball & Mildred Olga Brown. They were the parents of 10 children. They were married 49 years. 

30 March 1893. Pennsylvania. John T. Ritter married Margaret Evans. John was the son of Samuel Ritter & Hannah E. Koch. 

31 March 1939. Charles Edgar Brumfield married Virginia Rawls. Charles was the son of Charles Edgar Brumfield & Katie Leona Freeman. They had 2 children. 

 

Learn more about my family's branches by reading my books.

 

 

Ancestor Anniversaries, February 18 - 28

  Anniversaries are filled with memories of wedding celebrations, large or small; religious or civil; recent or many decades ago. We can imagine the weddings and the marriages of our family members on their anniversaries. 

Look for your surnames and see if you connect with any of these couples. 

18 February 1815. Mississippi. Needham Judge Alford (1789–1869) married Martha Waddell. Needham was the son of Jacob Alford and Elizabeth Bryant. Needham was my third great uncle. The couple had 10 children.

18 February 1874. Jeptha Josephus Alford (1854–1913) married Olevia Luminda Fortenberry. Jeptha was the son of Ira Payne Alford and Elizabeth Hope. They had 10 children and were married for 39 years.

21 February 1839. Ohio. Abraham Mark (1812 – 1872) married Mary Isabella Heffelfinger (1819 – 1904). Mary was the daughter of Philip Heffelfinger & Elizabeth Mowrey. They became the parents of eight sons and were married 33 years. They are my third great-grandparents.

21 February 1861.Ohio. Augustus Ceaser Gruissy (1840–1915) married Mary Ann Everett. Augustus was the son of Christian Gruissy and Mary Grorisclauss. They had four daughters. Augustus later married twice more. Augustus was my 2nd great grandfather. 

21 February 1965. Louisiana. Marvin Edgar Owen married Delena Ann Lea, daughter of Hanry Lattimore Lea and Irma Ruby Blades.

22 February 1822. Jonas Moyer married Susanna Ritter, daughter of Johannes Ritter and Maria Heffelfinger.

22 February 1877. Robert R. Ritter married Josephine Hess.  Robert was the son of Martin B. Ritter and Sarah Mohr. The couple had three children.

22 February 1880. William Hawk (1847–1915) married Elizabeth Ritter, daughter of Isaac Ritter and Isabell Fisher. They had six children together.

22 February 1946. Ohio. Ernest Miles Mark (1915–1996) married Helen V. Sampsel. Ernest was the son of Amos Martin Mark and Lillian Myrtle Hoverstock. They had four children.

23 February 1906. Jessee Monroe Conerly married Lottie Irene Brumfield (1879–1908).  Lottie was the daughter of Isaac Nelson Brumfield and Sarah J. Smith.

24 February 1848. Alfred Fortenberry (1823–1861) married Aderine Mary Faulk (1828–1888). Alfred was the son of William Jasper Fortenberry and Violette Kennington. They became the parents of eight children.

26 February 1795. Pennsylvania. Johannes Ritter, Jr (1771–1864) married Anna Mariah (1777–1842).  Johannes Ritter, Jr. was the son of Johannes Ritter and Maria Elisabeth Keck. They had thirteen children. They were married for 47 years.  They are my fourth great-grandparents.

28 February 1947. Ohio. Clyde Earl Purdy married Janet Irene Miller, daughter of Karl Jackson Miller and Mellie Arlene Jolliff. Together, they had seven children.

Learn more about my family's branches by reading my books.  

 

Anniversary: Coyle & Brady, 1870 County Cavan, Ireland

In 2012 I took a trip to Ireland. My daughter and I traveled around the island, looking for our roots along the way. We found Saint Mary's church in Carrick, County Cavan where my 2x great grandparents were married. It was very exciting to me to stand in the church where Patrick & Margaret had exchanged marriage vows.

 Patrick Coyle

20 May 1841 Ireland – 21 June 1925 CT

Son of Michael Coyle & Mary Cunningham

 

Margaret Brady

c 1855 Ireland – 22 November 1934 CT

Daughter of Thomas Brady & Catherine Gibney

My 2x great grandparents

Married

11 February 1870, Saint Mary's Church

County Cavan, Ireland

Marriage Record for Patrick Coyle and Margaret Brady, 11 February 1870, Roman Catholic Chapel of Carrick, Registar's District of Finea, in the Union of Granard, in the County of Cavan.

Marriage Record for Patrick Coyle and Margaret Brady, 11 February 1870, Roman Catholic Chapel of Carrick, Ballymachugh Parish Records, Register 33b, Page 7, Cavan Genealogy, Johnston Central Library, Farnham Street, Cavan, Ireland.

Parents of:

 

Michael Coyle 

Bernard Coyle

Catherine Coyle

Maria Coyle

Patrick Joseph Coyle

Margaret Coyle

Thomas Albert Coyle

James Joseph Coyle

Bridget Imelda Coyle Kelly

Maryanne Coyle Cass

William Paul Coyle

Related Posts: 

• The Life of Patrick Coyle
• Funeral card for Patrick Coyle
• Patrick & Margaret Coyle
• My Trip to Ireland

Ancestor Anniversaries, February 1 - 14

Because of Valentines' Day, people think of February as a romantic time of year. We have several family weddings to celebrate, including John & Cinderella getting married on February 14th. 

Look for your surnames and see if you connect with any of these couples. 

1 February 1946. Mississippi. Thurman Fortenberry (1917 - 1992) married Bessie Pearl Edwards. Thurman was the son of Lucius Wilburn Fortenberry & Mary Rosa Schilling. 

2 February 1898. Isaac Omer Cutrer  (1871–1941) married Fannie Rebecca Smith (1881–1923). Isaac was  the son of Hiram Cutrer and Sarah Jane Fortenberry.  Fannie was the daughter of Wyatt Rankin Smith and Irene Bankston. The couple had six children. Both Isaac and Fannie were my second cousins, three times removed. They were married 25 years. 

2 February 1914. New Jersey.   Thomas Joseph Brady married Catherine Lynch. He was the son of Patrick Brady and Ellen Reilly. The couple had four children together. They were married 59 years. 

2 February 1936: Herbert Phillip Mullen, Jr. married Margaret Delores Engle.

Herbert was the son of Herbert Phillip Mullen, Sr. and Ruth Geneva Jolliff.  They had two children.

8 February 1964. Ohio. Robert M. Beriswell (1932–1986) married Francis Edith Brophy, daughter of Glen Ralph and Eileen Mae (Reis) Brophy. The couple had four children.

9 February 1905: Walter Lee Blades (1883–1959) married Addie Angeline Cutrer

Walter was the son of William Ephraim Blades and Morgana J. McDaniel. They had two children. They were married 54 years.

11 February 1870. Ireland.  Patrick Coyle (1841–1925) married Margaret Brady (circa 1855–1934) Patrick was the son of Michael Coyle and Mary Cunningham. Margaret was the daughter of Thomas Brady and Catherine Gibney, in County Cavan, Ireland. They had eleven children. Patrick and Margaret were my second great-grandparents. They were married 64 years.

12 February 1901. Michigan.  Arthur Spice married Emaline Floy Moore  (1883–1942). Arthur was the son of Robert Anson Spice and Emma Catherine Gordon. Emaline was the daughter of Peter Jonathan Moore and Caroline Louise Gruissy. The couple had five children. 

13 February 1825. Pennsylvania.  Frederick Wolf   (1804–1891) married Louisa C. Goetz. Frederick was the son of John Frederick Wolf and Esther Barbara Schaffer.   Louisa C. Goetz was daughter of John Goetz. They had with eight children. Frederick Wolf was my third great uncle. They were married 36 years.

14 February 1839: John Wilson Brumfield (1811 -  1889) married Cinderella Lanier (Circa 1817 LA - 30 Dec 1884).  John was the son of John Brumfield & Margaret Kelly.  They had 11 children and were married for 45 years. 

14 February 1942. Mississippi.  Jessie Miles Hall (1921–1983) married Sylvia Rayleen Brown (1924–2006).  Sylvia Rayleen was the daughter of Roy Jessie Brown and Mary Thelma Ellzey. They had five children and were married 41 years.

14 February 1953: William Thomas Zengler married Kathryn Isabel Waidman

William Thomas Zengler was the son of Urban Robert and Mildred Mae (Wolf) Zengler.

Learn more about my family's branches by reading my books.  

 

Anniversary: Mark & Gruissy, 1903 Ohio

 This wonderful photo was taken at the 50th Anniversary of my great grandparents. They were married 28 January 1903 in Medina, Ohio.

 

Thomas Kenneth Mark & 

Nancy Regina Victoria (Gruissy) Mark

 

This photograph shows Thomas & Regina with six of their seven children. They were a close family with most of their homes in Ohio. They were also a long lived family, as you can read below. 

Left to right:

1.              Viola Cathern (Mark) Nothstein, 1913 OH - 2004 FL, 91 years

2.             Thomas Kenneth Mark, 1879 OH - 1975 OH, 95 years

3.             Owen Andrew Mark, 1915 OH - 1993 OH, 78 years

4.             Nancy Regina Victoria (Gruissy) Mark, 1879 OH - 1959 OH, 80 years

5.             Ivy Regina (Mark) Brown, 1908 OH - 2003 NY, 95 years [my paternal grandmother]

6.             Clarence William Mark, 1917 OH - 2006 OH, 89 years

7.              Wava Alice (Mark) Braun, 1919 OH - 2011 OH, 92 years

8.             Isabell Esther (Mark) Nee, 1903 OH - 1984 OH, 80 years

Not in Photo:

1.              Vera Victoria (Mark) Ballard, 1905 OH - 1995 FL, 89 years

Related Posts:

·                Thomas K. Mark, carpenter

·                An Ohio Christmas with the Thomas K Mark family

·                N. Regina Gruissy Mark

Anniversary: Fortenberry & Dunn, 1945 MS

 Weldon Willis Fortenberry

b 21 June 1920 Osyka, MS

Son of Willis Franklin Fortenberry & Ivy May Smith 

 

Married 27 January 1945

Malissia Dunn Bride of Sergeant Weldon Fortenberry

 

 

Progress, Feb. 2 – A wedding of much interest in Progress and surrounding communities was that of Miss Malissia Dunn, of Bode, Miss., to Sgt. Weldon W. Fortenberry.

 

The double ring ceremony was said briefly and impressively at the First Baptist parsonage Saturday, January 27 at 6:30 o’clock in the evening, with the Rev. Wyatt R. Hunter officiating.

 

Attendants were Mrs. M. H. Blackwell of McComb, sister of the bride, and Miss Pansy Fortenberry of Jackson, Miss., sister of the bridegroom.

 

The bride was lovely in a becoming white wool crepe frock with which she wore black accessories.

 

Mrs. Fortenberry is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Dunn of Bode, Miss., and has been employed at the Gulf States Utilities in Baton Rouge during the past eighteen months.

 

Sgt. Fortenberry is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Fortenberry of Progress, is now enjoying a furlough home after serving for three years in the South Pacific.

 

After his furlough the couple will go to Miami, Florida, where Sgt. Fortenberry will be given a new assignment.

 

Source: Malissia Dunn Bride of Sergeant Weldon Fortenberry. (McComb, MS: Enterprise – Journal, 2 Feb 1945) 6; digital image, Newsspapers.com: accessed March 2021.

Vintage Photograph: Browns, 1944 NY

This is a rare photograph which shows my paternal grandparents with all their seven children. 

Vintage photographs are like little windows looking back in time.

A Window into the Past

From left to right:

Jeanette Rose Brown, 23 Nov 1934 OH - 13 Jul 1986 NY

Genevieve Audry Brown, 3 Oct 1932 OH - 18 Jan 2015 NY

Larry Lee Brown, 16 Feb 1937 OH - 29 Apr 2004 NY

Delbert Keith Brown, 27 July 1928 OH - 24 Oct 2000 NY

Leo Dwight Brown, 20 Sep 1930 OH - 26 Oct 2017 NY

Robert Allen Brown (little boy in front), 17 Apr 1939 OH - 2 Jul 2017 NY

Roy Jessie Brown, 8 Mar 1902 MS - 12 May 1956 MS

Ivy Regina Mark, 8 Jun 1908 OH - 18 Sep 2003 NY

William Lane Brown (baby) 

A few other Vintage Photographs:

• Alberta Joy Gardner Brown
• Elma Patrick
• Helen Coyle Gardner
• The Mark Family, 1930 OH
• Augustus Ceaser Gruissy
• Bruce Alford
• Hubert & Mavis Brown

Anniversary: Van Valkenberg & Jacobs, 1642, Netherlands

 

Lambert Jochemse Van Valkenberg

1616 Netherlands – c 1685 Albany, NY

Son of Lambert Dryskens Van Valkenberg

&

Annetjen Jacobs

1622 Netherlands – 17 September 1704 Albany, NY

Daughter of Arnold & Elizabeth Jacobs

My 9th Great Grandparents 

Married 19 January 1642, Netherlands
384 Years Ago

He was 26 and she was 20 when they married.

Netherlands, Select Marriages, 1565 - 1892 digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com: accessed July 2019) Lambert Van Valkenborch.
U. S. and International Marriage Records, 1560 – 1900; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com: accessed July 2019) Van Valkenburg & Jacobs.

Parents of:

Hendrick Jacobs Falkenberg

Anna Lambertse Van Valkenberg Sickles

Rachel Lambertse Van Valkenberg Redcliff

Lambert & Annetjen were the first of their families to cross the Atlantic to come to New Netherlands. He worked for the Dutch West India Company, at first in New Amsterdam [New York City] and later in Fort Orange [Albany]. Lambert was a sergeant, a law enforcement officer who kept the peace in Fort Orange and surrounding Beveryck. He also did odd jobs for the Dutch Reformed Church. Despite these two jobs his family was often the recipients of charity from the church to keep them fed and clothed. 

As the generations passed this surname became Faulkenberry/Fortenberry. 

I have learned many details of the life of Lambert since I uncovered my connection to him. It has been wonderful to research someone who actually lived in my area. Usually my research is done long distance.

"Our Brown Roots'  details this family & provides sources for the information. To order a copy of my book visit Troy Book Makers.

Other January Anniversaries:

January 9, 1797.   Jacob Ott III & Margaret Jackson   
10 January 1920 MS   Hubert A. & Freddie Smith Brown  
January 11, 1941  OH     Alvin Braun & Wava Mark   
 January 27, 1907 NY    Frank Samuel Weissberg & Florence Gardner 
January 31, 1827      Isaac Brumfield & Elizabeth Holmes