Is your birthday coming soon? Happy Birthday!
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.
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.
Click on the links to learn more about the people & places. Note: I do not include living individuals here.
16 May
1840 Augustus Ceaser GRUISSY, son of Christian Gruissy & Mary Grorisclauss. Married three times. Made & sold homemade medicines. Died in 1915. He was my 2x great grandfather.
1885 Mary Ann Levina RITTER, daughter of Amos Ritter & Emma Levina Smith
17 May
1881 Harvey Johnson ALFORD b. in Mississippi, son of Needham Edwin Alford & Mary Luzina Stafford.
18 May
1769 Aaron BROWN, son of Edward Brown; He was born in NC & died in OH
1777 Johan J. RITTER, born in PA; son of Casper Ritter
1817 Ninetta WOLF, daughter of John Frederick Wolf & Esther Barbara Shaffer
1869 Felder Herman FORTENBERRY
1878 Ada Lavina MESSMORE
1887 Caldwell Wellman ALFORD
19 May
1885 James Frederick DICKSON
1891 Rudolph Henry WOLF, son of Charles Albert Wolf
1911 J. Arthur WOLF b. in Pennsylvania, son of Jonas Hankey Wolf & Una Garber
20 May
1833 William G. FORTENBERRY, son of Calvin Kennington Fortenberry
1841 Patrick COYLE b. in Ireland, son of Michael Coyle & Mary Cunningham. Married Margaret Brady in 1870 in Ireland. Parents of 11 children. Patrick was my 2nd great grandfather. He came to the USA in 1885.
1887 Elmer William RITTER
21 May
1884 Gertrude Idella WOLF b. in Ohio, daughter of Joseph Wolf & Anna Eliza Kohr. Married Clarence Fry.
22 May
1898 Lucia Jane SMITH, daughter of Adolphus Scott Smith & Julia Jane Simmons. Married Jere Gardenhire.
23 May
1822 Elisha BRUMFIELD b. in Louisiana, son of Willis Brumfield & Nancy Virginia Holmes. Married Salena Arvozena Jane Warner. Elisha died in 1860.
1838 Benjamin Calvin FORTENBERRY, son of Gasua Chapman Fortenberry
24 May
1814 Elisabeth BURKHOLDER, born in PA; daughter of Abraham Burkholder; wife of John Franklin Wolf. She was my 3x great grandmother.
1856 David MARK, born in Ohio; son of Abraham Mark & Mary Isabella Heffelfinger; husband of Mary Ann Clason
1858 Wyatt FORTENBERRY
1915 Owen Andrew MARK b. in Ohio, son of Thomas Kenneth Mark & N. Regina Gruissy. Married Blanche Bowers. Father of twin sons: Danny & Denny. Owen served in World War II. He was a farmer in Ohio for many years. He was my grand uncle.
25 May
1880 Martin RITTER, born in Ohio, son of Amos Ritter and Emma Smith
26 May
1757 Anna Catherine RITTER
1796 Theophilous DILLON b. in North Carolina, son of Richard Dillon & Anne Lawrence. Married Peggy Pearson.
1844 William MARK, born in Ohio; son of Abraham Mark & Mary Isabella Heffelfinger; married twice. He served in the Civil War. He was my 2x great grandfather.
1862 Eslie D. RITTER
1922 John J. BRADY
27 May
1829 Hollander Elizabeth MORRIS b. in Mississippi, daughter of Benjamin Morris & Hollander Smith. Married Benjamin Blades. Mother of seven children.
1891 John H. SCHILLING
28 May
1758 Christina WOLF
1784 Joseph BALLIET b. in Pennsylvania, son of Jacob Balliet & Barbara Ritter Married Susan Green. Son: Stephen Balliet.
29 May
1926 Glenn Rollin MARK b. in Ohio, son of Eslie Guy Mark & Golda Mae Warner. Married Eva Lena Moseley. Child: Glenna Mark.
30 May
1917 Clarence William MARK b. In Ohio, son of Thomas Kenneth Mark & N. Regina Gruissy. Married Lavon E. Moyer. My Grand Uncle Clarence was a great help with my genealogical research. He had notes on our family, reaching back a few generations, that he shared with me. A soft spoken gentleman, he always took the time to answer my questions about our family. He died in 2006.
1937 John Eugene JOLLIFF
31 May
1883 Lillian ELLZEY
1884 Sallie Joy BRUMFIELD b. in Mississippi, daughter of Jessie Alexander Brumfield & Martha E. Alford. Married Joseph Ed Brumfield. Children: Alex, Philip, Donald & David.
