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.
16 March
1857 Aaron Reese BROWN, son of Moses Brown Jr. & Elizabeth Monroe
17 March St. Patrick's Day & My Birthday!
1739 William Stark KELLY, born in Ireland, husband of Mary F Durham; Revolutionary War Soldier; He was my 5x great grandfather.
1869 Patrick MULLANE was born in Tipperary, Ireland, son of Daniel Mullane & Brigid English. He died 29 Aug, 1881 at the age of 12. He was my 2x great uncle.
18 March
1787 Andrew WOLF, b in PA, son of Johann Jonas Wolf & Appollonia Dick. He married Catherine Dick. They had 11 children. He was my 4th great grand uncle. He lived to be 80 years old.
1835 Joel H. GOOD, son of Isaac Good
1873 James Elmer MESSMORE, husband of Emma D. Ritter
1882 Daniel Joseph MULLANE Jr., b in Ireland, son of Daniel Mullane & Brigid English, lived 86 years. He was my 2nd great uncle.
1938 Milo D. MESSMORE, husband of Elizabeth Alice Parker
19 March
1804 Elizabeth WOLF, daughter of Adam Wolf
1856 John NEE
1861 William Henry MESSMORE, husband of Susan Isabel Ritter
1900 Marion COYLE was born in New York City, daughter of Michael Coyle & Mary Josephine Mullane. She married James Joseph McCall. She died 9 January 1991, at the age of 91. She was my grand aunt. Visiting her in NY City was always a treat.
20 March
1909 Milton Wallace RITTER, son of William Isaac Ritter
1921 Jessie Miles HALL in Mississippi. He married Sylvia Rayleen Brown in 1942. Rayleen was the daughter of Roy Jessie BROWN & Mary Thelma Ellzey.
21 March
1832 Julia Ann ALFORD, daughter of Edwin Barksdale Alford
1903 Glenn Aaron SPICE, born in OH, son of Arther Spice & Emaline Floy Moore. He married Genevieve Quinlin Wilson. Their children: Philip, Joanne & Gary.
22 March
1825 Harriet Jane ALFORD, daughter of Edwin Barksdale Alford
1853 Jessie Crawford FORTENBERRY
1902 James Alton BALL b in LA, son of James J. Ball & Mattie Dennison. He married Mildred Olga Brown. They had 10 children.
1931 Lola Mae BALL, daughter of James Alton Ball & Mildred Olga Brown
23 March
1853 Jessie Crawford FORTENBERRY, son of Calvin Kennington Fortenberry & Narcissa Simmons; husband of Susan A. Ryals
1938 Alice FORTENBERRY , daughter of Roy Luther Fortenberry & Zelda Marie Alford.
24 March
1861 Seth Benner MORRISON, b in PA, son of William Hiram Morrison & Emily Benner. He married Margaret Jane Gruissy in 1890. He was a farmer.
1866 Matilda Jane RITTER, daughter of Isaac Ritter & Isabell Fisher, wife of Smith Sebastian Boney
1883 Lena Bella MORRISON, daughter of Seth Benner Morrison & Margaret Jane Gruissy; wife of Delbert Milton Swagler
25 March
1802 Martha P. SMITH was born in South Carolina, daughter of Jeremiah Smith & Joanna Dillon. She married Edwin Barksdale Alford. They had 13 children, all born in Mississippi. She was my 3rd great grandmother.
1842 Martha Jane ALFORD, daughter of Warren Jackson Alford & Celia Ann Lewis
1925 Ephrum Jessie BRUMFIELD, son of Henry J. Brumfield & Mary Crawford
26 March
1784 Johannes RITTER, son of Martin Ritter & Anna Margaret Steininger
1815 Reuben B. RITTER, son of Martin Ritter & Anna Margaret Bogert
1922 Julius Robert FORNEA
1928 Alberta Joy GARDNER born in New York City, daughter of Nathaniel GARDNER & Helen Francis COYLE. On 8 August 1948 She married Delbert Keith Brown, son of Roy Jessie Brown & Ivy Mark. This is my mother who inspired my longing to learn more about my Irish roots and who is never far from my heart.
1929 Eva Grace JOLLIFF
27 March
1832 Charles Dawson BRUMFIELD, son of Willis Brumfield & Nancy V. Holmes
1935 Edith Rose BALL b in LA, daughter of James Alton Ball & Mildred Olga Brown. She married Charles Kay Hutchinson. Their children: Kimmel, Charles & Thomas.
28 March
1860 Francis Jonas WOLF, son of John Jonas Wolf & Sarah Ann Chronister
1879 Thomas Malachi FORTENBERRY, son of George Washington Fortenberry & Emily Pittman; husband of Rosa Elizabeth Fortenberry; father of 7 children
1927 Mary Nell BRUMFIELD, daughter of Watson W. Brumfield & Cora Laseter
1931 William BRADY was the son of Thomas Joseph Brady & Eileen G. Banks. He died in January 1975.
29 March
1860 Thomas BRADY, son of Thomas Brady & Catherine Gibney
1915 Kenneth Edward KNOX, b in OH, He married Helen Pearl Ritter, daughter of William Isaac Ritter & Louise Sophia SCHULTZ. Their son, Larry Dean Knox has written a detailed history and genealogy of the Ritter family.
30 March
1834 Louisa WOLF was the daughter of Frederick Wolf & Louisa Goetz.
1896 Mary Isabell RITTER, daughter of Anthony Casper Ritter & Emma A. Mowrer
1906 Myrle D. SIMMONS
31 March
1834 Willis Nathaniel BRUMFIELD, son of Willis Brumfield & Nancy V. Holmes
1867 Richard Silman BRUMFIELD, son of Isaac Nelson Brumfield & Sarah J. Smith
1891 Peter BRADY, son of Patrick Brady & Ellen Reilly, husband of Laura Sincock
1938 Geraldine POWELL was the daughter of Ross Powell & Edna Margaret Wilson. She married Quinton Floyd. She’s my 5th cousin.
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