Ancestor Anniversaries, May 1 - 15

 

May 1836. Frederick Miller married Barbary Ritter [daughter of Johannes Ritter, Jr. & Anna Mariah] Frederick & Barbary had five children, all born in Ohio. Barbary died 12 Feb 1895.

 

1 May 1851. John Shaffer Ellzey, Jr. [son of John Ellzey & Elizabeth Coney] married Saryntha A. Smith [daughter of Wyatt Smith & Euseba Fortenberry]. John & Saryntha had eight children, all born in Mississippi. John died 5 Sept 1874. Saryntha died 25 July 1905.

1 May 1919. John William Ritter [son of Isaac Ritter & Isabell Fisher] married Minnie J. Marshman. John William Ritter was married three times. He also married Ruth Anna Scott & Mary E. Cobler. He & Ruth had eight children, all born in Ohio.

 4 May 1852. Ohio. Rees Perkins Brown, 1825 - 1856, [son of Moses Brown & Nancy Chandler Perkins] married Martha A. Lukens. They had two daughters. Rees was murdered when he was just 30 years old. 

4 May 1828. Elias V. Smith, 1804 - 1838, [son of Jeremiah George Smith & Joanna Dillon] married Orpha Roberts. Orpha was only 20 years old when she died; just a year after they were married. 

6 May 1917. NY. Frank Pascale [son of Augustino Pascale & Maria Grazia Servello] married Giovanna Pascale [daughter of Thomas Pascale & Carmella Arena]. They had six children. They were my husband’s paternal grandparents. 

 

6 May 1939. McComb, Pike, Mississippi. Sammuel Ruffus Brock married Iris Elizabeth Pierce [daughter of Arlie Pierce & Lyda Mearl Brown].  They had two children. Sammuel died 5 Dec 1989 in Mississippi.

 

7 May 1912. James Joseph Coyle [son of Patrick Coyle & Margaret Brady] married Madeline Herbst [daughter of Conrad Herbst & Rosa Hahn] They were married in New York, NY. They had seven children. The oldest was born in Texas and the others were born in Connecticut.

 

9 May 1921. NY City. Nathaniel Gardner [son of Leopold Gartner & Fannie Edelstein] & Helen F. Coyle [daughter of Michael Coyle & Mary Josephine Mullane] Nathaniel and Helen were married twice, to each other. They were married in a civil ceremony in Manhattan, NY & later married in a Catholic ceremony. They had one daughter. Nathaniel & Helen were my maternal grandparents. 

9 May 1947. McComb, Pike, Mississippi. William Harold Fortenberry, 1923 - 1986, [son of William J. F. Fortenberry & Annie Myrtis Ellzey] married Selma Elizabeth Bennett. 

 

12 May 1716. Germany. Johan Jacob Wolf [son of Johannes Peter Wolf & Susanna] married Anna Barbara Orth. They had eleven children. Ten children were born in Germany. The youngest was born in Pennsylvania. 

 

13 May 1920. CT. Calogero Palilla [son of Dominick Palilla & Carmella Comparetto] married Grazia Brigandi [daughter of Carmen Brigandi & Angela Valenti]. They had four children. They were my husband’s maternal grandparents.