Vintage photographs are like little windows looking back in time.
A Window into the Past
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Margaretta E. Kilday Coleman
b 8 September 1889 New Haven,CT
Wife of John Coleman
John Coleman
A few other Vintage Photographs:
Leaves & Branches: Genealogy, Research & Family History
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Saturday, November 1, 2025
November Birthdays, November 4 - 15
Is your birthday in November? 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.
4 November
1711 Anna Ottilla KNACK was my sixth great grandmother. She was born in Germany where she married Johan Adam Dick in 1731. They came to America in 1738 and settled in Pennsylvania. They had seven children, the first three born in Germany and the fourth born at sea while sailing to America. Anna lived to be 70 years old.
1827 Samuel WOLF, son of Frederick Wolf & Louisa C Goetz. He lived his life in Pennsylvania.
5 November
1883 Addie Angeline CUTRER married Walter Lee Blades, son of William Blades & Morgana McDaniel. They had two children: Ira & Velma.
6 November
1886 Anna Slaby MOORE
1911 Susie SMITH, wife of Alton Woodrow Wilson
1915 Ernest Miles MARK was born in Ohio, son of Amos Martin Mark & Lillian Hoverstock. He married Helen Virginia Sampsel. Four children: Carl, Naomi, Marita & Melvin. He was a farmer in Chester Township and later a custodian at Congress Junior High School. He was my first cousin, twice removed.
1916 William T. COYLE, son of William Paul Coyle & Lauretta Niail
7 November
1781 Martin RITTER, son of Martin Ritter & Anna Margaret Steininger; father of 11 children; He lived 81 years.
1927 Jessie Elizabeth OVERBY was born in Kentucky. She married Bernarr Jessee Reynolds in 1950 in Oregon. They had three children: Michael, Rebecca & Patrick.
8 November
1877 Ralph Clyaton KAUFMAN, husband of Margaret Maude Mark
1884 Clement RITTER, son of Anthony Casper Ritter & Emma Alice Mowrer
1901 Vernon Arthur SPICE was born in Ohio, son of Arthur Spice & Emaline Floy Moore. Vernon married Gladys B. Johnson. Four children: Loren, Marilyn, Neil & Carol.
1902 Peter C. MORRISON
1929 Robert John SOMMER
9 November
1870 Joseph Martin ALFORD was born in Louisiana, son of Needham Edwin Alford & Mary Louiza Stafford. He died in 1962.
10 November
1749 Anna Barbara RITTER, daughter of Martin Ritter
1749 Martin RITTER, son of Heinrich Ritter & Maria Elizabeth Tutt
1823 Isaac Nelson BRUMFIELD was born in Louisiana, son of Willis Brumfield & Nancy Virginia Holmes. He married Sarah J. Smith in 1854 in Mississippi. They had ten children.
1892 Madeline HERBST
11 November
1854 Emma Louise WOLF was the third child of Jeremiah Wolf & Eliza Ann Reigle. She died in 1856, only 23 months old.
12 November
1812 Abraham MARK was born in Corliss, Pennsylvania. He’s my third great grandfather. I have been unable to find any information on his parents or siblings. He married Mary Isabella Heffelfinger. They had eight sons. Four served in the Civil War.
1912 William Francis BRADY
14 November
1838 Julius Newton ALFORD, son of Edwin Barksdale Alford & Martha P. Smith, husband of Mary Margaret Brumfield. He was my 3x great uncle.
1874 Marian Francis MARK, son of William Mark & Emma Abeline Flory
1927 John Edward DENISON was born in Louisiana, son of Jimmie Dean Denison& Jessie Ola Hall. He died in 2002 in Germany.
15 November
1808 Jesse BALL married Cynthia Ann Alford, daughter of Edwin Barksdale Alford & Martha P. Smith.
1888 Noah E. BALDES
1909 Lloyd HEIGLE
1913 Isaac Omer CUTRER
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Forget Me Not: Catharine Wotring Ritter, 1897 PA
This obituary gave me more information than I had before I read it. It was a happy discovery. I am happy when I can blog about someone, like Catharine, to help them to live on and, maybe, for their family to find them.
Jonas is my second cousin, 5x removed.
Catharine Wotring
1824 – 2 July 1897 PA
Wife of Jonas Ritter
1805 PA – 1885 PA
Mrs. Catharine, widow of Jonas Ritter, died this morning at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Willoughby Heintzelman, at 520 Liberty Street, of apoplexy, aged 73 years. Her husband died 13 years ago at Ballietsville. Three sons and two daughters survive, Henry and Franklin P., of Ballietsville, and I. J. Ritter, Mrs. Heintzelman and Miss Kitty Ritter, of Allentown. The funeral will take place on Monday at 8 o’clock at the house. Regular services and burial will take place at Egypt, Rev. Dr. Hofford officiating.
Source:
Newspapers.com
The Allentown Leader, Allentown PA
2 July 1987, page 4
Saturday, October 25, 2025
VIntage Photographs: Brown & Fortenberry
Vintage photographs are like little windows looking back in time.
A Window into the Past
William M. Fortenberry
28 Dec 1799 SC - 27 Oct 1867
Son of Isaac Fortenberry & Bethany Magee
His wife,
Christian Brown
2 Feb 1805 SC - Sep 1860 MS
Daughter of Moses Brown & Sarah Roberston
My 4th great aunt
A few other Vintage Photographs:
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 Brumfield & Hannah 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 Mark & Elidia 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
Friday, October 10, 2025
Vintage Photograph: Rowlee Twins, OH
These two little boys look adorable, posing outside on a spring day.
Vintage photographs are like little windows looking back in time.
A Window into the Past
Born 3 April 1923, Canton, OH
Milton Paul Rowlee, d 10 Jul 1993 MN
&
Clifford Albert Rowlee, d 16 Feb 1977 MN
Children of
Karl Clayton Rowlee & Florence Vera Morrison
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
October Birthdays, October 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 October
1894 Hubert Allen BROWN was born in Mississippi, son of Jasper Pascal Brown & Rose Ella Brumfield. He married Freddie Smith in 1920. They had six children. Hubert was a veteran of World War II. He was a farmer. He died in 1971.
1932 Robert M. BERISWELL
2 October
1847 Jesse L. ALFORD was born in Louisiana, son of Reverend Warren Jackson Alford & Celia Ann Lewis. He died in 1911.
1850 William Jesse FORTENBERRY, son of Alfred Fortenberry & Aderine Faulk
1867 Harrison H. BURCH
3 October
1880 Alice Leota HEACOCK was born in Ohio. She married William M. Mark, son of William Mark & Elidia Rebecca Ritter. They were married in 1899 and had seven children.
1932 Genevieve Audry Brown Wieland, OH. Daughter of Roy Jessie Brown and Ivy Regina Mark. Third of seven children. The family moved to New York State c 1940. Genny was a teacher and mother of four. My aunt
4 October
1847 Ira Newton ALFORD was born in Louisiana, son of Ira Payne Alford & Elizabeth Hope. He married Samantha Ott. They had seven children.
1907 Mirian M. MINTER
5 October
1800 Susanna RITTER, daughter of Johannes Ritter & Maria Heffelfinger
1819 Joanna SMITH, daughter of Jeremiah George Smith
1851 John Narvel FORETNBERRY was born in Mississippi, son of Burrell Taylor Fortenberry & Eliza Jane Ellzey. He married Eliza Jane Smith. He died in 1920.
6 October
1892 Elizabeth Lodema MOORE was born in Ohio, daughter of Peter Jonathan Moore & Caroline Louise Gruissy. She married Albert Edward Good. They had six children: Ethel, Catherine, Harold, Joel, Margaret & Helen.
7 October
1745 Richard DILLON was born in Norfolk, Virginia, son of James Theopilous Dillon & Mary Dillon. They were married about 1776. They were my 5x great grandparents. They had eight children. Richard died in Mississippi in 1833.
8 October
1932 Elvera Lucile WILSON was the daughter of Thomas Clarence Wilson & Euna Clarabelle Fortenberry. She’s my fourth cousin, once removed.
9 October
1805 Jane SMITH, daughter of Jeremiah George Smith
1873 Isaac J. WOLF, son of Peter Alfred Wolf
1917 Joel Moore GOOD was born in Ohio, son of Albert Edward Good & Elizabeth Lodema Moore. Joel married Helen Delores Janisky in 1942. They had five children.
10 October
1842 George Washington WOLF was the son of Frederick Wolf & Louisa C. Goetz. He married Margaret Ann Culp in 1864. Their son was Joseph William Wolf.
1879 Elmer Howard WILSON
1881 Elizabeth SHIFFERLY
11 October
1807 John Seaborn ALFORD & Seaborn John ALFORD were twin brothers born in North Carolina, sons of Julius Alford & Lucy Newton. Seaborn John died in 1884 in Mississippi. John Seaborn died in 1891 in Louisiana.
1872 Lynnie Blanche SMITH
12 October
1848 Ruth Anna SCOTT married John William Ritter in 1871 in Ohio. He was the son of Isaac Ritter and Isabell Fisher. They had eight children. Ruth died in 1900.
1857 Joseph Millen NEE
1927 Gordon Eugene JOLLIFF
13 October
1928 Margaret Louise GOOD was born in Ohio. She married Howard Wendal Hixon. Four children: Howard, Harold, Patricia & Kathleen.
1774 Maragaretha RITTER, daughter of Casper Ritter
15 October
1845 Needham Edwin ALFORD was born in Mississippi, son of Rev. Warren Jackson Alford & Celia Ann Lewis. In 1869 he married Mary Luzina Stafford. They had twelve children.
1862 James Miles THORNHILL
Friday, September 26, 2025
Vintage Photograph: Wm. D. Fortenberry
I know very little about the people in this photograph. It was given to me years ago. I'd like to hear from anyone who knows more.
Vintage photographs are like little windows looking back in time.
A Window into the Past
William DeLoach Fortenberry
1883 - 1961
Son of William David Fortenberry
Grandson of Isaac Edward Fortenberry
my 3rd cousin, 2x removed
&
Eva Stringer
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