Vintage Photograph: Brown & Mark, OH

 My great uncle Clarence W. Mark shared this photograph with me. Clarence is in the center of the photograph, standing with two of his sister's sons. Probably taken in the early 1940s in Ohio. I love how young they all look.

Vintage photographs are like little windows looking back in time.

A Window into the Past

Left to right:

Leo Dwight Brown

20 Sep 1930 OH - 26 Oct 2017 NY

Son of Roy Jessie Brown & Ivy R. Mark

Clarence William Mark

30 May 1917 OH - 1 Aug 2006 OH

Son of Thomas Kenneth Mark & Nancy Regina Victoria Gruissy

Cousin to Leo & Delbert

Delbert Keith Brown

27 July 1928 OH - 24 Oct 2000 NY

Son of Roy Jessie Brown & Ivy R. Mark

My Father

A few other Vintage Photographs:

• Alberta Joy Gardner Brown
• Elma Patrick
• Helen Coyle Gardner
• The Mark Family, 1930 OH
• Seth Benner Morrison
• 5 Morrison Sisters
• Emily Benner Morrison
• Bruce Alford
• Martin & Dollie Brumfield
• Cecil C. Fortenberry 
• Borden Hamilton Brown
• Thomas K. Mark & grandsons,c 1931

February Family Birthdays, February 16 - 29

 Is your birthday this month? Happy Birthday! 

Maybe you share your special day with someone in our family who came before. Look below and see. I posted this series before, 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 February   

1699 Melchior OTT, born in Switzerland, son of Hans Ott, husband of Gretchen Schmitts; He died in South Carolina, at the age of 56. He was my 7x great grandfather.

 1833    Benjamin Franklin WOLF, son of Andrew Wolf & 

Catherine Dick

1860    Mary Jane NEE

1937    Larry Lee BROWN, b in OH Ohio, fifth child of Roy Jessie Brown & Ivy Mark.  Larry served in the US Army during the Korean War. He was my godfather & paternal uncle.

17 February

1743    Johannes RITTER Sr., son of Heinrich Ritter & Maria Elizabeth Tutt, husband of Maria Elisabeth Keck; father of 11 children; lived 73 years in Pennsylvania. He was a Revolutionary War soldier.  He was my 5x great grandfather.

 1897    Harrison Edward WOLF, son of Charles Albert Wolf

 1906    Julia Agnes BRADY, daughter of Bartholomew Anthony Brady

 1924    Wilma Lucille SMITH, b in MS, daughter of Denny Herbert Smith & Mavis  Marie Brown. She married Henry Buhler. They had four children. 

18 February    

1812    Heinrich RITTER b PA, son of Henry Ritter & Lydia Knappenberger

1840    John Gazie FORTENBERRY, son of William M. Fortenberry & Christian Brown

1877    James Monroe FORTENBERRY, son of Thomas Benton Fortenberry &                             Gabriella Sanders

1910    Martha Olivia MINTER,  daughter of Luther Minter & Clara Estella Wolf. She                 married John Alton Wolford.

19 February   

1852    Thomas Benton FORTENBERRY, son of Alfred Fortenberry & Aderine Faulk

1858     Lillian Florance WOLF, daughter of Joseph Wolf & Almeida Flickinger

1912    Thelma Corine WILSON was the daughter of Thomas Clarence Wilson & Euna                 Clarabelle Fortenberry. She married George Amacker. They had five children. 

20 February  

1751    Heinrich Wilhelm RITTER, son of Heinrich Ritter & Maria Elizabeth Tutt

1912    Otis Charles MASSIE

1924    Luther Felder CUTRER

1925    Walter Frank WILSON

21 February    

1809    Elizabeth RITTER b in PA, daughter of Martin Ritter and Anna Margaret                         Bogert. 

1862    Isabella Ketura NEE

22 February    

1780     John Henry RITTER, son of Casper Ritter & Hanna Ottilia Hertz

1846    Mariah B. HALL

1906    Mary Thelma ELLZEY, b in MS, daughter of William Ellzey & Amanda                             Fortenberry. Her first husband was Roy Jessie Brown. They had one daughter.

23 February    

1880    Alfred C. PFEIFER married Emma Jane Mark, daughter of William Mark &                 Elidia Rebecca Ritter. He died 8 April 1968. 

1912     Bruce Levett ALFORD, son of Dewitt William Alford & Ina Lucille Brown

1939    Janice MORRIS

24 February    

1853    Mary Catherine RITTER b in OH, daughter of Isaac Ritter and Isabell Fisher.                 She married Henry Miller on 15 June 1870. They had nine children.

1859    Newton FORTENBERRY, son of Alfred Fortenberry & Aderine MaryFaulk

1872    Elizabeth BRELAND

1873    Margaret Lewella WOLF, daughter of Frederick Jacob Wolf 

1930  Lacy  Lenora BALL, daughter of James Alton Ball & Mildred Olga Brown

25 February    

1881    Julius Walter SMITH, son of Walter Lorraine Smith & Emma Julia Warren

1937    Laurie Carolyn FORTENBERRY was the daughter of Duviox B. Fortenberry &                 Gussie Alford. She married Arthur Tribble, Jr. Their three children: Shauen,                     Gregory & Laurie.

        

26 February    

1763    Elisabeth ROHN married Johann Daniel Ritter, son of Casper Ritter & Anna                 Maria. Elisabeth & Johann had one son, Jonathan Ritter.

1868    Matilda Catherine GRUISSY, b in OH, daughter of Augustus Ceaser Gruissy &                 Mary Ann Everett, wife of George Stanford

1902    Elmer FORTENBERRY, son of John Edward Fortenberry

1902    Ethan James TIMOTHY

27 February    

1766    Elizabeth RITTER

1838    William Jackson FORTENBERRY, son of Calvin Kennington Fortenberry &                     Narcissa Simmons

1877    Maria Bart CUTRER, daughter of Hiram Cutrer & Sarah Jane Fortenberry. 

1888    William Franklin ELLZEY

1908    Thelma Lady BROWN b in MS, daughter of Jasper Pascal Brown & Rose Ella Brumfield; She was my great aunt.

1926    Janet Irene MILLER

28 February    

1836    Emma WOLF, daughter of Frederick Wolf & Louisa C Goetz

1850    Mary O. BILBO

1854    Margaret Sarah WOLF, daughter of John Jonas Wolf & Sarah Ann Chronister

1886    Mary Jeanette MARK was one of 12 children of William Mark & Elidia   Rebeccca Ritter.  She married John Shaw. She died in a tragic car accident in 1940. Mary and John had one daughter, Olive Margaret Shaw.

1888    Little B. THORNHILL

29 February    

1916    James Lemar SIMMONS was the son of Jesse Lama Simmons & Edith                             Brumfield. He married Odean Ellzey.

1920    Agnes Marie HEIGLE

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Family Treasure: Joy's Valentine

 A Family Treasure

This pendant belonged to my mother,

Alberta Joy Gardner Brown.

It was given to her by my father,

Delbert Keith Brown.

My father liked to sketch a quick heart on notes or cards to my mother. He'd draw a heart with an arrow through the center. Inside he'd write 'DK + Joy' or 'Joy'. 

On one special occasion he went to a jeweler and had his sketch made into a black onyx & diamond pendant for my mother. She wore it many times.

Now it is a family treasure.

Related Posts:

• Delbert K Brown Pedigree Chart
• Alberta Joy Gardner Pedigree Chart

Soldier Home from WWII, 1946

This man has been elusive because his name can be seen as both Charles Edward & Edward Charles. Now that I have discovered this, I plan to search for his military record during World War II.

Edward Charles Brumfield

b 2 Mar 1924 in Mississippi

Son of Fletcher Boyd Brumfield & Mattie Hannah Brumfield

Source:

Enterprise - Journal, McComb MS

21 Jan 1946, page 2

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Our Browns Roots

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February Family Birthdays, February 1 - 15

 Is your birthday in February? Maybe you share your special day with someone in our family who came before. Look below and see. Happy Birthday!

I posted this series 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. 

1 February    

1787    Nancy PERKINS was the second wife of Moses Brown. His first wife, Sarah                     Robertson, died in 1810 in Georgia. She had four children. She was my 4th great grandmother. Nancy had seven children, 4 daughters and 3 sons. 

1861    Euseba FORTENBERRY, daughter of Alfred Fortenberry & Aderine M Faulk

1884    Clara Estella WOLF

      

2 February    

1805    Christian BROWN, daughter of Moses Brown & Sarah Robertson, wife of                         William M. Fortenberry

1842    Samuel RITTER, son of John B. Ritter & Mary Kemmerer

1853    Samuel WOLF

1856    Sarah Euseba Elizabeth ELLZEY

1906    Otera PIERCE, married Lynn Elias Blades

 1915    Francis WEISBERG was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Frank Samuel                 Weisberg & Florence Gartner. He was my first cousin, once removed.  He was a                 furniture salesman at one time. Late in life he moved to Florida.

3 February    

1717    Maria Magdalena WOLF

1792    Jacob RITTER, son of Martin Ritter & Anna Margaret Steininger, husband of Anna Bogert; lived 38 years; father of 4 

1924    Harold Jay NEE b in Ohio, the son of Roy Edward Nee and Isabell Esther  Mark. He and his wife, Pauline, had four children.  He served in the US  Army during World War II.

4 February    

1932    Dick Alvin PARKER, born in Ohio, the son of Ralph Alvin Parker & Nellie                         Irene Jolliff. Dick and his wife, Bonita, had three children.

5 February    

1810    Sarah BROWN,  b in Georgia, daughter of Moses Brown and Sarah                                     Robertson. She married Gasua Chapman Fortenberry. They had nine children. Sarah died in 1883 in Mississippi.

1890    Harvey Allen RITTER, son of Anthony Casper Ritter & Emma Alice Mowrer

1899    Nellie Lavinia MESSMORE, daughter of William Henry Messmore & Susan Isabel Ritter, wife of James Bigler

1928    Donald Ray BROPHY

6 February    

1886    Edward MESSMORE

1936    Loyal David NOTHSTEIN

1925    James Joseph COYLE b in CT, son of James Joseph Coyle & Madeline Herbst.                 He married Barbara Kozlak. They had three children. 

7 February   

 1777    Moses BROWN was one of eight children of Edward Brown. He died 27                         February 1838 in Mississippi. He was my 4th great grandfather. 

1828    Aderine Mary FAULK, wife of Alfred Fortenberry

1857    Barbary Ann RITTER, daughter of Isaac Ritter & Isabell Fisher

1880    James Benton MARK, son of David Mark & Mary Ann Clason

1884    Lulu Mabel HAWK, daughter of William Hawk & Elizabeth Ritter

8 February    

1775    Johan Jonas WOLF, son of Johann Jonas Wolf & Appollonia Dick

1887    Catherine MULLANE was born in Ireland, was one of twelve children of Daniel             Mullane and Brigid English.  

1890    Roger T. ELLZEY, son of William Franklin Ellzey & Mary Elizabeth Gatlin

9 February 

1819    Margaret BRUMFIELD, born in Louisiana, daughter of Willis Brumfield                         and Nancy Virginia Holmes. She married John Seaborn ALFORD, son  of Jacob Alford and Frances Seaborn.

1920    Virginia Caroline MOORE, daughter of Floyd Bernard Moore & Anna Slaby

10 February  

1891    Infant Girl ALFORD,  born in Mississippi, the 12th child of Needham Edwin                 Alford & Mary Luzina Stafford. The baby died on the day she was born.

1905    Homer Grant SHEETS, husband of Mary Mildred Jolliff

11 February  

1828    Henrietta C. RITTER, daughter of Daniel Ritter & Lydia Knauss

1883    Emaline Floy MOORE, b in Ohio, daughter of Peter Jonathan Moore &                         Caroline Louise Gruissy. On 14 February 1901 she married Arther Spice. 

12 February 

1773    Adam WOLF, son of Johann Jonas Wolf & Appollonia Dick

1797    Jonas MOYER

1825    Hollis Horton FORTENBERRY, son of William Jasper Fortenberry & Violette Kennington

1877    William M. MARK, son of William Mark & Elidia Rebecca Ritter, lived his life                 in Ohio

1896    Earnest T. ELLZEY

1938    Peggy BROWN was the daughter of Hubert Allen Brown & Freddie Smith.                     She married George Alford. She was my father’s first cousin. 

       

13 February   

 1840    William Franklin FORTENBERRY b in MS, son of Gasua C Fortenberry & Sarah Brown.  He married Mariah B. Hall. He was known as  ‘Black Frank’.

1852    Howell K. FORTENBERRY, husband of Mary Ann Alford

1872    Bernard COYLE, son of Patrick Coyle & Margaret Brady

1895    Ralph William WOLF, son of Charles Albert Wolf

14 February    

1804    George KRICK, husband of Anna Hoover

1811    Eliza SMITH, b Mississippi, one of thirteen children of Jeremiah Smith &                         Joanna Dillon.  She died 6 April 1837, at the age of 26.

1860    Salena Lena BLADES, daughter of Benjamin Blades & Hollander E. Morris

1910    Margaret Mary BRADY, daughter of Bartholomew Anthony Brady

15 February    

1839    Jesse Alexander BRUMFIELD, son of Jesse K Brumfield & Hannah A Youngblood

1879    Lemuel Q. FORTENBERRY

1904    Effie Margaret CARTER, born in Ohio, daughter of Frank Carter & Sadie                     Mapes. She married James Everett Mark on 31 December 1924. They had 11                     children. 

1905    Floy Alma SPICE, daughter of Arthur Spice & Lafayette, Medina, Ohio, USA

To learn more about my family's branches

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Our Browns Roots

&

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