Sunday, March 16, 2025

March Family Birthdays, March 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. 


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 MullaneBrigid 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 RitterIsabell Fisher, wife of Smith Sebastian Boney
1883     Lena Bella MORRISON, daughter of Seth Benner MorrisonMargaret 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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