Sunday, November 1, 2026

Ancestor Anniversaries, November

Do you have a November anniversary?  
Maybe you share a date with a family member. 


2 November 1902     George Howard Alford [Son of Jeptha Josephus Alford and Olevia Luminda Fortenberry] & Mayme Indiana Simmons. George and Mayme were born in MS. They were married about 47 years.

2 November 1950. California.      Glenn Rollin Mark [Son of Eslie Guy Mark and Golda Mae Warner] & Eva Lena Mosley. They had one daughter.

5 November 1934     Otis Charles Massie & Ethel Elizabeth Good [Daughter of Albert Edward Good and Elizabeth Lodema Moore]. Otis and Ethel were both born in Ohio. They had three children.

6 November 1781     Jacob Balliet & Barbara Ritter. They had three children.

6 November 1856. Wayne Co., Ohio.     John Franklin Wolf [Son of John Frederick Wolf and Esther Barbara Shaffer] & Caroline Orwig. John was married twice. Caroline was his second wife. They had one daughter. John was a stone mason.

6 November 1873. Wayne Co., Ohio.     James Custer & Susan Wolf [daughter of John Franklin Wolf & Elisabeth Burkholder]. 

6 November 1886. Wayne Co., Ohio.     William Shirley & Eliza J Wolf [daughter of John W S Wolf & Elizabeth Jane Anderson]. 

6 November 1936     John Wortman & Ruth Grace Hurd [daughter of Roy Hurd & Mona D Morrison]. This couple had three children.


7 November 1925     Lynn Elias Blades [son of Wiley Blades & Elizabeth Breland] & Otera Pierce. They had five children.

9 November 1895. New York City.     Michael Coyle [son of Patrick Coyle & Margaret Brady] & Mary Josephine Mullane [daughter of Daniel Mullane & Brigid English. Michael & Mary Jo were both born in Ireland. Michael was a baker. They had seven children. Their oldest daughter was my maternal grandmother, Helen F. Coyle Gardner. 

11 November 1939    Roy Lawrence Steele & Annabelle Louise Rowlee [daughter of Karl Clayton Rowlee & Florence Vera Morrison]. They had one daughter.

13 November 1848. Plain Twp., Wayne, Ohio.    Isaac Ritter [son of Johannes Ritter, Sr. & Anna Mariah] & Isabell Fisher [daughter of John & Catherine Fisher]. Isaac & Isabell had twelve children. Isaac was a carpenter.