June Family Birthdays, June 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 June

1886     Anna Fredericka LIESER, daughter of Frederick Lieser & Louiza Gruissy

17 June        

1853    Mary Josephine WOLF, daughter of Jeremiah Wolf & Eliza Ann Reigle

1884     Arthur Moses GARTNER, born in New York City; son of Leopold Gartner & Fannie Edelstein

1929    Malcolm Brown PIERCE, son of Arlie Pierce & Lyda M. Brown. Married Blanche Ritchie. Children: Malcolm & Angela.

18 June        

1842    John MARK b. in Ohio, son of Abraham Mark & Mary Isabella Heffelfinger. He served & died in the Civil War: in 16 Regiment, Company C., Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 

1848     Needham W. ALFORD, born in MS; son of William Alford

19 June        

1827    Lorenzo Dow SNELL married Amanda Miranda Fortenberry, daughter of Gasua Chapman Fortenberry & Sarah Brown. He died in 1903.

1917     Howard Linton ALFORD, son of Felder Fletcher Alford & Della Herring

20 June        

1747    Caspar RITTER, son of Caspar Ritter & Anna Maria

1765    Elizabeth BRYANT married Jacob Alford, son of Julius Alford & Lucy Newton. Their children: Needham, Sarah & Edwin Barksdale Alford

21 June        

1783     Lawrence DILLON, born in NC; son of Richard Dillon & Martha Jackson

1846    Sara Jane FORTENBERRY b. in Mississippi, daughter of Gasua Chaman Fortenberry & Sarah Brown. She married Hiram Cutrer. They had 5 children. She died in 1890.

1888    Amos Martin MARK, son of William Mark & Elidia Rebecca Ritter

1891    Eugene C. SMITH

22 June        

1848    Adolphus Scott SMITH son of Wyatt Smith & Euseba Fortenberry. He married Julia Jane Simmons. They had six children. He died in 1921.

1874    Sarah Barbara GRUISSY

23 June        

1828    Elias FRANTZ

1860    Charles Fedler McDANIEL

1865    Charles Albert WOLF, son of William Henry Harrison Wolf

1878    Minnie MARK, daughter of Franklin P. Mark & Laura M. Miller

1892    Russel Grover MILLER

1904    Mildred Olga BROWN b. in Mississippi, daughter of Jasper Pascal Brown & Rose Ella Brumfield. She married James Alton Ball. They had ten children. 

24 June        

1890    Hattie Rebecca WOLF, daughter of Frederick Jacob Wolf

1914    Dorothy COYLE b. in Texas, daughter of William Paul Coyle & Lauretta Niail. She married Philip Reilly.

25 June        

1815    Nancy P. BROWN b. in Mississippi, daughter of Moses Brown & Nancy Perkins. She married Johnson Patrick. They had nine children. Nancy died in 1862, age 47.

26 June        

1879    Albert E. FORTENBERRY, son of William Franklin Fortenberry & Mariah B. Hall

1881    Alfred Eugene FORTENBERRY, son of William Franklin Fortenberry & Mariah B. Hall

1911    Zelma FORTENBERRY daughter of Lemuel Q. Fortenberry & Lillian Ellzey. Married Nolan Smith. Children: James, Robert, Maxwell, Karen.

27 June        

1782    Maria Elizabeth WOLF, daughter of Johann Jonas Wolf

1785    Lydia KNAPPENBERGER married Henry Ritter, son of Martin Ritter & Anna Margaret Steininger. Children: Maria, Margretha, Heinrich & Daniel Ritter.

1857     Milton C. RITTER, born in PA; son of Charles Ritter 

1932    Doris Joan JOLLIFF

28 June        

1743    Catherine NAUGLE

1784     Johan Peter RITTER, born in PA; son of Johann Daniel Ritter & Elisabeth Rohn

1875    Fletcher Boyd BRUMFIELD b. in Mississippi, son of Jessie Alexander Brumfield & Martha Elizabeth Alford. Married Mattie. Children: Mead, Francis, Courtney & Ed Brumfield.

1894    Elva Gale MARK

29 June        

1811    John Jonas WOLF, son of John Frederick Wolf

1817    Gideon B. RITTER b. in Pennsylvania, son of Martin Ritter & Anna Margaret Bogert. Married Theresa. Gideon died in 1891.

1857    Jesse Eli BRUMFIELD

1894    William Paul COYLE

30 June        

1779    John Frederick WOLF b. in Pennsylvania, son of Johann Jonas Wolf & Appollonia Dick. Married Esther Barbara Wolf. They had ten children.

1811     John Wilson BRUMFIELD, born in LA; son of John Brumfield & Margaret Kelly; husband of Cinderella Lanier

To learn more about my family's branches

order & read the Books I have Written.

Our Browns Roots

&

Remembrances

Happy Fathers' Day

 In memory of my father,

who taught us to treasure our family and our country.

My Father,

Delbert Keith Brown

 

My father with my brothers & me.

My Grandfathers:

Roy Jessie Brown, 1902 MS – 1956 MS

Nathaniel Gardner, 1882 NY – 1944 NY

 

My Great Grandfathers:

Jasper Pascal Brown, 1865 MS – 1950 MS

Thomas Kenneth Mark, 1879 OH – 1975 OH

Leopold Gartner, 1860 Poland – 1948 NY

Michael Coyle, b 1870 Ireland

 

My 2x Great Grandfathers:

Allen Moses Brown, 1836 MS – after 1870

Jessie Alexander Brumfield, 1838 LA – 1914 MS

William Mark, 1844 OH – 1915 OH

Augustus Ceaser Gruissy, 1840 OH – 1915 OH

Markusz S. Gartner, 1826 Poland- 1888 Hungary

Adolph Edelstein, b 1830

Patrick Coyle, 1841 Ireland – 1925 CT

Daniel Mullane, 1838 Ireland – 1930 Ireland

 

My [known] 3x Great Grandfathers:

Edward Stewart Brown, 1806 GA – 1856 MS

Wyatt Smith, 1809 LA- 1894 MS

Nathaniel Brumfield, 1799 LA – 1852 LA

Edwin Barksdale Alford, 1792 NC – 1878 MS

Abraham Mark, 1812 PA – 1872 OH

Isaac Ritter, 1823 – 1880 OH

Christian Gruissy, 1811 Swiss – 1870 OH

John Franklin Wolf, 1809 PA – 1883 OH

Mozes Gartner

Michael Coyle, b 1805 Ireland

Thomas Brady, d 1914 Ireland

Thomas Mullane, Ireland

Martin English, Ireland

 

My [known] 4x Great Grandfathers:

Moses Brown, 1777 NC – 1839 OH

Allen Spurlock, 1775 NC – 1864 MS

Jeremiah George Smith, 1773 SC – 1840 MS

William Jasper Fortenberry, 1772 SC – 1842 MS

John Brumfield, 1768 NC – 1834

Jacob Ott III, 1774 SC – 1836 LA

Jacob Alford, 1761 NC – 1824 LA

Philip Heffelfinger, 1787 , b 1776 Ireland

Johannes Ritter, Jr., 1771 PA – 1864 OH

John Fisher

Christian Gruissy, b 1792 Swiss

John Frederick Wolf, 1779 PA – 1872 PA

Abraham Burkholder

Pat Coyle, b 1776 Ireland

James Cunningham, b 1771 Ireland

John Gibney, b 1794 Ireland

My [known] 5x Great Grandfathers:

Edward Brown, 1730 – 1797 NC

William Traylor

Richard Dillon, 1745 VA – 1833 MS

John Faulkenberry, 1740 VA – 1815 SC

John Kennington, 1745 – 1814 SC

Charles Brumfield, 1745 VA – 1820 SC

William Stark Kelly, 1739 Ireland – 1826 TN

Jacob Ott II, 1755 SC – 1820 SC

Julius Alford, 1717 VA – 1771 NC

Jeremiah Smith, Sr., b 1755 

Michael Mowrey

Johannes Ritter, Sr., 1743 PA – 1816

Johann Jonas Wolf, 1739 PA – 1787 PA

 

My [known] 6x Great Grandfathers:

Moses Hollis, 1728 VA – 1794 SC

James Theopilous Dillon, b 1719 Ireland

Humphrey Lawrence, 1726 – 1772 NC

Jacob Faulkenberry, b c 1715

John Eubanks

John Watson Brumfield, 1714 – 1781 SC

William Durham, 1715 VA – 1793 NC

Jacob Ott I, 1725 Swiss – 1786

Casper Ott, b 1721 Swiss

James Alford, 1687 VA – 1730 VA

Moses Hollis, 1728 VA – 1794 SC

Heinrich Ritter, 1715 Germany – 1797 PA

Heinrich Keck, 1710 Germany – 1786 PA

Johan Jacob Wolf, 1694 Germany – after 1757

Johan Adam Dick, 1709 Germany – 1785 PA

 

My [known] 7x Great Grandfathers:

John Hollis, 1700 England – 1768 VA

Robert Lawrence, 1672 VA – 1744 NC

Thomas Ashley, c 1710 – 1790 NC

Henry Falkenberg, 1675 NJ – c 1759

Samuel Durham, d 1735

Benjamin Colclough, d 1722 VA

Melchoir Ott, 1699 Swiss – 1755 SC

Theodore Fitchtner

John Alford, 1645 VA – 1710 VA

Johannes Peter Wolf, Germany

Hans Jacob Orth, Germany

 

My [known] 8x Great Grandfathers:

John Lawrence, d 1700 VA

John Nicholls, b 1680 NC

Thomas Ashley, 1650 VA- after 1759

David Hicks

Hendrick Jacobs Falkenberg, c 1640 – c 1712

Hans Ott, 1699 Swiss – 1725 Swiss

 

My [known] 9x Great Grandfathers:

Robert Lawrence, d c 1707 VA

John Ashley, 1625 England – 1687 VA

Lambert Jochemse Van Valkenberg, 1616 Netherlands – 1685 NY

Sennick Broer

 

My [known] 10x Great Grandfathers:

John Lawrence, d 1639 England

Lambert Dryskens Van Valkenberg, c 1570 Netherlands – 1651 Netherlands

Arnold Jacobs, Netherlands

 

My [known] 11x Great Grandfathers:

Thomas Lawrence, 1539 – 1593 England

Andries Van Valkenberg, c 1540 Netherlands – 1609 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Smith & Euseba Fortenberry. My 3x great uncle. 

1836    Esther Barbara WOLF; My 2x great grandmother; daughter of John Franklin Wolf & Elisabeth 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

To learn more about my family's branches

order & read the Books I have Written.

Our Browns Roots

&

Remembrances

Forget Me Not: Helen Mark, 2010 OH

 Helen Virginia Sampsel Mark

12 December 1921 OH – 8 January 2010 OH

Daughter of John Sampsel & Emma Lint

Wife of Ernest Miles Mark

 

Helen V. Mark, 88, of Wooster, died Friday, January 8, 2010 at West View Manor.

 

She was born December 12, 1921, daughter of the late John and Emma (Lint) Sampsel. Helen married her husband, Ernest Miles Mark on February 22, 1946. He preceded her in death in 1996.

 

She farmed with her husband for many years and was later employed by the Daily record driving a motor route. Helen was a member of the Old Stone Church, Woman’s Guild at the church and the Golden Friends at First Presbyterian Church.   

 

Helen is survived by her children, Carl (Nancy) Mark of Wooster, Naomi (Dennis) Evans of Cocoa, FL, Marita (Greg) Buchanan of Wooster, and Melvin (Lisa) Mark of West Salem; 12 grandchildren; 27 great grandchildren; and one great – great – grandson.

 

Along with her husband and parents, Helen was preceded in death by brothers, Prem, Johnny, Harold, Paul, Arthur, Floyd and Carl; and sisters, Emma Wilhelm, Fern Roman and Mary Sampsel.

 

Services will be held on Wednesday January 13, at 11:00 a. m. at McIntire Davis and Greene Funeral Home, 216 E. Larwill, Wooster with Rev. John Fitch and Pastors Dan Bartkowiak and reic Fairhurst officiating. Interment will follow in the Wooster Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday from 6 – 9 p. m.

Source: Newspapers.com

The Tribune, Coshocton, OH

10 Jan 2010, page 4

 

 

 

Never Underestimate a Library

 

Genealogical research can certainly be done from your home. There are many websites with information. However, do not overlook libraries. I have traveled to marvelous state, county and town libraries in the areas where my ancestors lived. Those libraries are filled with treasures for genealogists.

I live in New York State, near our Capital. Over the years that I researched my book, ‘Our Brown Roots,’ I traveled west to Ohio and south to Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana. I visited archives, town halls, cemeteries and libraries. I met friendly, helpful people and learned something new at every location.

Do you think everything is digitized? No. Small rural libraries that stand in the town where your ancestor farmed may have unique reference materials that are not available online. Those libraries often contain local histories that can teach you how people lived when your ancestor was working and raising a family.

• In the Fairfax Regional Library, VA I learned that John Hollis, my 7^th great grandfather, was in the French & Indian War, serving under Col. George Washington.
• In the Hudson Area Library, NY I found school yearbooks for my father and his siblings with photographs of their young faces.
• In Washington Parish Library, LA I found a binder of obituaries. They had been clipped from local newspapers, alphabetized and photocopied. Names from 3 of my family branches were included. These are not on Newspapers.com.

 

Those are just 3 examples of libraries and discoveries. While visiting those libraries I also went to the cemeteries and town halls. I walked around in the towns where my ancestors lived.

Now that ‘Our Brown Roots’ is in print I am beginning to write letters to those libraries. In my letters I recognize the many resources available in those libraries. I thank “all of you who provide historical and genealogical resources to your patrons.”

With my letters I am sending those libraries a copy of my book. Since those libraries stand where my family lived/lives I am hoping my book will help others to learn about our shared family.

These are some of the Libraries I have visited & am writing to

 [with links to my blog posts]:

Hudson Area Library

51 North 5^th Street

Hudson, NY 12534

Fairfax Regional Library

Virginia Room

10360 North Street

Fairfax, Virginia 22030

 

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Founders Hall Library

100 North Tryon Street

Suite 290

Charlotte, NC 28202

 

York County Library

138 East Black Street

Rock Hill, SC 29730

 

Orangeburg County Library

1645 Russell Street

Orangeburg, SC 29115

 

Lancaster County Library

313 South White Street

Lancaster, SC 29720

 

Pike – Amite – Walthall Library System

1022 Virginia Avenue

McComb, MS 39648

 

Washington Parish Library

825 Free Street

Franklinton, LA 70438

The York County Library in SC sent me this nice note when they received my book:

Your wonderful book "Our Brown Roots" arrived at our library this week.  Thank you very much for your kind donation to our collection and I'm very pleased we were able to help you with your research. Congratulations on completing such a nice study on your families!  I will get the book cataloged and added to our collection for other researchers to enjoy. Best wishes to you as you continue your genealogical journey!

Thanks again, John Skardon

You can contact Troy Book Makers for a copy.