June Family Birthdays, June 1 -15

 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 about the people & places.

1 June        

1891     Harry RITTER, son of Parson Scott Ritter & Abigail Amanda Hottenstein

1894    Eli Eddie BLADES b. in Louisiana, son of Eli B. & Morgana Blades. Married Annie Clotee Cutrer.

2 June        

1903     Hettie Muriel ELLZEY, daughter of William S. Ellzey & Amanda Adarene Fortenberry; wife of Willis Emmitt Gulledge

1940    Dale JOHNSON

3 June        

1807    Edwin SMITH b. in Mississippi, son of Jeremiah Smith & Joanna Dillon.

1855    Susan Penelope FORTENBERRY, born in MS; daughter of Alfred Fortenberry & Aderine Mary Faulk

1878    Anna May WOLF; daughter of John W. S. Wolf & Elizabeth Jane Anderson

4 June        

1755     Hans George OTT, born in SC; son of Casper Ott

1832    Matilda MILLAN

5 June        

1762    Jacob WOLF b. in Pennsylvania, son of Johann Jonas Wolf & Appollonia Dick. Married to Cornelia Knight. Daughter: Margaret Wolf. 

1783    Andrew WOLF, born in PA; son of Johan Friedrich Wolf 

1832     Thomas Sands BROWN; born in Ohio; son of James Brown 

6 June         

1931    Sally Louise SHEETS

1932    Gerald MAURER b. in Ohio, son of Elmer Maurer & Pauline Morrison. Gerald died the day he was born.

7 June        

1822     Aaron BROWN, born in MS; son of Moses Brown & Nancy Chandler Perkins

1856    William Edward FORTENBERRY, born in MS; Willis James Fortenberry & Louisa Blackwell

1858    Charles Sumner BROWN  b Iowa, son of Aaron & Elizabeth Brown. 

8 June        

1858    Patrick Hines ALFORD, son of Hines Berry Alford

1908    Ivy Regina MARK b OH, daughter of Thomas Kenneth Mark & N. Regina  Gruissy. She was my paternal grandmother. She married Roy Jessie Brown in 1927 in Ohio. She was the mother of seven children.  My father, Delbert K. Brown, was her oldest child. The family moved to New York State about 1941. My grandmother loved flowers & gardens. She collected milk glass. She loved spending time with her family. She lived 95 years. 

9 June        

1835    Benjamin Franklin RITTER, born in PA; son of Michael Ritter

1929    Dorothy June HURD b. in Michigan, daughter of Howard M. Hurd & Marian Lehman. Married Vern James Simons. 

10 June        

1724    Anna Maria WOLF b Germany, daughter of Johan Jacob Wolf & Anna Barbara Orth. 

1782     TWINS. Jonathan & David LAWRENCE; sons of John Lawrence & Mary Duke

1884    Henry Lucius ALFORD, b in MS; son of Needham Edwin Alford & Mary Luzina Stafford

1921     Earl Vernon ALFORD, son of Hugh Edwin Alford 

11 June        

1753    Johannes Theobald RITTER, b in PA; son of Heinrich Ritter & Maria Elizabeth Tutt

1849    Peter Alfred WOLF, b in PA; son of John Jonas Wolf & Sarah Ann Chronister; husband of Mary Elizabeth Adams; father of 5 children

1888    Adolphus Oliver SMITH, son of Adolphus Scott Smith & Julia Jane Simmons. Married to Grace Graham. Father of nine children.

12 June        

1928    Olivia Margaret SHAW, daughter of John R. Shaw & Mary Jeanette Mark.                     Married David Walter Foss. 

13 June        

1862    Mary Elizabeth GATLIN married William Franklin Ellzey, son of John Shaffer Ellzey & Saryntha Smith. They had eight children.

1897    Alva William BLADES

1912     Baxter Edwin BRUMFIELD, son of John Edward Brumfield & Ada Beatrice Fortenberry

14 June - - Flag Day        

1798    Isaac OTT was the son of Jacob Ott & Margaret Jackson. My 4x great uncle.

1835    William J. M. SMITH, son of Wyatt Smith & Euseba Fortenberry. My 3x great uncle. 

1836    Esther Barbara WOLF; My 2x great grandmother; daughter of John Franklin Wolf & Elisabeth Burkholder; second wife of Augustus Ceaser Gruissy I have copies of several letters between Esther & her daughter, N. Regina Gruissy Mark.

15 June        

1854    Sarah Louise FORTENBERRY

1883     Martin Edgar ALFORD, son of Needham W. Alford & Laura E. Brumfield

1884    Arthur Moses GARTNER b. in New York City, was the son of Leopold &                             Florence Gartner. My great uncle. 

1888     Grace Anne WOLF, son of Francis Jonas Wolf & Ida Virginia Spangler

To learn more about my family's branches

order & read the Books I have Written.

Our Browns Roots

&

Remembrances

Forget Me Not: Helen Mark, 2010 OH

 Helen Virginia Sampsel Mark

12 December 1921 OH – 8 January 2010 OH

Daughter of John Sampsel & Emma Lint

Wife of Ernest Miles Mark

 

Helen V. Mark, 88, of Wooster, died Friday, January 8, 2010 at West View Manor.

 

She was born December 12, 1921, daughter of the late John and Emma (Lint) Sampsel. Helen married her husband, Ernest Miles Mark on February 22, 1946. He preceded her in death in 1996.

 

She farmed with her husband for many years and was later employed by the Daily record driving a motor route. Helen was a member of the Old Stone Church, Woman’s Guild at the church and the Golden Friends at First Presbyterian Church.   

 

Helen is survived by her children, Carl (Nancy) Mark of Wooster, Naomi (Dennis) Evans of Cocoa, FL, Marita (Greg) Buchanan of Wooster, and Melvin (Lisa) Mark of West Salem; 12 grandchildren; 27 great grandchildren; and one great – great – grandson.

 

Along with her husband and parents, Helen was preceded in death by brothers, Prem, Johnny, Harold, Paul, Arthur, Floyd and Carl; and sisters, Emma Wilhelm, Fern Roman and Mary Sampsel.

 

Services will be held on Wednesday January 13, at 11:00 a. m. at McIntire Davis and Greene Funeral Home, 216 E. Larwill, Wooster with Rev. John Fitch and Pastors Dan Bartkowiak and reic Fairhurst officiating. Interment will follow in the Wooster Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Tuesday from 6 – 9 p. m.

Source: Newspapers.com

The Tribune, Coshocton, OH

10 Jan 2010, page 4

 

 

 

Never Underestimate a Library

 

Genealogical research can certainly be done from your home. There are many websites with information. However, do not overlook libraries. I have traveled to marvelous state, county and town libraries in the areas where my ancestors lived. Those libraries are filled with treasures for genealogists.

I live in New York State, near our Capital. Over the years that I researched my book, ‘Our Brown Roots,’ I traveled west to Ohio and south to Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana. I visited archives, town halls, cemeteries and libraries. I met friendly, helpful people and learned something new at every location.

Do you think everything is digitized? No. Small rural libraries that stand in the town where your ancestor farmed may have unique reference materials that are not available online. Those libraries often contain local histories that can teach you how people lived when your ancestor was working and raising a family.

• In the Fairfax Regional Library, VA I learned that John Hollis, my 7^th great grandfather, was in the French & Indian War, serving under Col. George Washington.
• In the Hudson Area Library, NY I found school yearbooks for my father and his siblings with photographs of their young faces.
• In Washington Parish Library, LA I found a binder of obituaries. They had been clipped from local newspapers, alphabetized and photocopied. Names from 3 of my family branches were included. These are not on Newspapers.com.

 

Those are just 3 examples of libraries and discoveries. While visiting those libraries I also went to the cemeteries and town halls. I walked around in the towns where my ancestors lived.

Now that ‘Our Brown Roots’ is in print I am beginning to write letters to those libraries. In my letters I recognize the many resources available in those libraries. I thank “all of you who provide historical and genealogical resources to your patrons.”

With my letters I am sending those libraries a copy of my book. Since those libraries stand where my family lived/lives I am hoping my book will help others to learn about our shared family.

These are some of the Libraries I have visited & am writing to

 [with links to my blog posts]:

Hudson Area Library

51 North 5^th Street

Hudson, NY 12534

Fairfax Regional Library

Virginia Room

10360 North Street

Fairfax, Virginia 22030

 

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Founders Hall Library

100 North Tryon Street

Suite 290

Charlotte, NC 28202

 

York County Library

138 East Black Street

Rock Hill, SC 29730

 

Orangeburg County Library

1645 Russell Street

Orangeburg, SC 29115

 

Lancaster County Library

313 South White Street

Lancaster, SC 29720

 

Pike – Amite – Walthall Library System

1022 Virginia Avenue

McComb, MS 39648

 

Washington Parish Library

825 Free Street

Franklinton, LA 70438

The York County Library in SC sent me this nice note when they received my book:

Your wonderful book "Our Brown Roots" arrived at our library this week.  Thank you very much for your kind donation to our collection and I'm very pleased we were able to help you with your research. Congratulations on completing such a nice study on your families!  I will get the book cataloged and added to our collection for other researchers to enjoy. Best wishes to you as you continue your genealogical journey!

Thanks again, John Skardon

You can contact me for a copy of my book.

cgbp@nycap.rr.com

 

 

 

 

May Family Birthdays, May 16 - 31

 Is your birthday coming soon? Happy Birthday!

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.

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.

Click on the links to learn more about the people & places. Note: I do not include living individuals here. 

16 May    

1840    Augustus Ceaser GRUISSY, son of Christian Gruissy & Mary Grorisclauss. Married three times. Made & sold homemade medicines. Died in 1915. He was my 2x great grandfather. 

1885    Mary Ann Levina RITTER, daughter of Amos Ritter & Emma Levina Smith

17 May        

1881    Harvey Johnson ALFORD b. in Mississippi, son of Needham Edwin Alford &                 Mary Luzina Stafford. 

18 May        

1769    Aaron BROWN, son of Edward Brown; He was born in NC & died in OH

1777    Johan J. RITTER, born in PA; son of Casper Ritter

1817    Ninetta WOLF, daughter of John Frederick Wolf & Esther Barbara Shaffer

1869    Felder Herman FORTENBERRY

1874    Ellen MULLANE b. in Ireland, daughter of Daniel Mullane & Brigid English

1878    Ada Lavina MESSMORE

1887    Caldwell Wellman ALFORD

19 May        

1885    James Frederick DICKSON

1891    Rudolph Henry WOLF, son of Charles Albert Wolf

1911    J. Arthur WOLF b. in Pennsylvania, son of Jonas Hankey Wolf & Una Garber

20 May         

1833    William G. FORTENBERRY, son of Calvin Kennington Fortenberry

1841    Patrick COYLE b. in Ireland, son of Michael Coyle & Mary Cunningham.                         Married Margaret Brady in 1870 in Ireland. Parents of 11 children. Patrick was my 2nd great grandfather.  He came to the USA in 1885.

1887    Elmer William RITTER

21 May        

1884    Gertrude Idella WOLF b. in Ohio, daughter of Joseph Wolf & Anna Eliza Kohr.                 Married Clarence Fry.

22 May        

1898    Lucia Jane SMITH, daughter of Adolphus Scott Smith & Julia Jane Simmons.                     Married Jere Gardenhire.

23 May     

1822    Elisha BRUMFIELD b. in Louisiana, son of Willis Brumfield & Nancy Virginia                 Holmes. Married Salena Arvozena Jane Warner. Elisha died in 1860.

1838    Benjamin Calvin FORTENBERRY, son of Gasua Chapman Fortenberry 

24 May        

1814    Elisabeth BURKHOLDER, born in PA; daughter of Abraham Burkholder; wife of John Franklin Wolf. She was my 3x great grandmother.

1856    David MARK, born in Ohio; son of Abraham Mark & Mary Isabella Heffelfinger; husband of Mary Ann Clason

1858    Wyatt FORTENBERRY

1915    Owen Andrew MARK b. in Ohio, son of Thomas Kenneth Mark & N. Regina Gruissy. Married Blanche Bowers. Father of twin sons: Danny & Denny. Owen served in World War II. He was a farmer in Ohio for many years. He was my grand uncle.

25 May        

1880    Martin RITTER, born in Ohio, son of Amos Ritter and Emma Smith

26 May        

1757    Anna Catherine RITTER

1796    Theophilous DILLON b. in North Carolina, son of Richard Dillon & Anne Lawrence. Married Peggy Pearson. 

1844    William MARK, born in Ohio; son of Abraham Mark & Mary Isabella Heffelfinger; married twice. He served in the Civil War. He was my 2x great grandfather. 

1862    Eslie D. RITTER

1913    Viola Cathern MARK, daughter of Thomas Kenneth Mark & Nancy Regina Victoria Gruissy

1922    John J. BRADY

27 May      

1829    Hollander Elizabeth MORRIS b. in Mississippi, daughter of Benjamin Morris                 & Hollander Smith. Married Benjamin Blades. Mother of seven children.

1891    John H. SCHILLING

28 May        

1758    Christina WOLF

1784    Joseph BALLIET b. in Pennsylvania, son of Jacob Balliet & Barbara Ritter  Married Susan Green. Son: Stephen Balliet. 

29 May        

1926    Glenn Rollin MARK b. in Ohio, son of Eslie Guy Mark & Golda Mae Warner.                 Married Eva Lena Moseley. Child: Glenna Mark.

30 May        

1917    Clarence William MARK b. In Ohio, son of Thomas Kenneth Mark & N. Regina Gruissy. Married Lavon E. Moyer. My Grand Uncle Clarence was a great help with my genealogical research. He had notes on our family, reaching back a few generations, that he shared with me. A soft spoken gentleman, he always took the time to answer my questions about our family. He died in 2006. 

1937    John Eugene JOLLIFF

31 May        

1883    Lillian ELLZEY

1884    Sallie Joy BRUMFIELD b. in Mississippi, daughter of Jessie Alexander Brumfield & Martha E. Alford. Married Joseph Ed Brumfield. Children: Alex, Philip, Donald & David. 

To learn more about my family's branches

order & read the Books I have Written.

Our Browns Roots

&

Remembrances

  

Forget Me Not: E. Mark, 1996 OH

 I met Miles a couple times in Ohio when our family drove out to visit my paternal grandmother's family. He was a friendly gentleman. 

Ernest Miles Mark

6 November 1915 OH - 26 December 1996 OH

Son of: Amos Martin Mark & Lillian Myrtle Hoverstock

Husband of: Helen Virginia Sampsel

 

Ernest Miles Mark, 81, of 131 S. Main St., Congress Village, West Salem, died Thursday, De. 26, 1996, at the Wooster Community Hospital. Born Nov. 6, 1915, in Chester Township, he was the son of the late Amos Martin and Myrtle Lillian (Hoverstock) Mark.

In 1946 he married Helen Sampsel, who survives. 

He graduated from Chester High School.

Mr. Mark was a farmer until 1962 in Chester Township. He was also a custodian at Congress Junior High School and a bus driver for the Northwestern School District. He was a custodian at the City of Wooster Municipal Building, then at Grant St. Elementary School in the Wooster School District, where he retired.

Mr. Mark was a member of the Emmanuel United Church of Christ, a council member of Congress Village, a 50 – year member of Eagles 811 of Wooster and a 50 – year member of ABC Bowing Association. He also enjoyed hunting, fishing, trapping, mushroom hunting and bird watching.

In addition to his wife, Mr. Mark is survived by two sons, Carl Amos Mark and wife Nancy of Wooster, and Melvin Mark and wife Mary of Spencer; two daughters, Naomi Evans and husband Dennis of Cocoa, Fla., and Marita Buchanan and husband Greg of Wooster; 12 grandchildren; and 10 great – grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a. m., Monday De. 30, 1996, at the McIntire, Davis & Greene Funeral Home in Wooster with the Rev. John Fitch officiating. Burial will follow in Wooster Cemetery.

Friends may call fro 2 – 4 p. m. and 7 – 9 p. m. Sunday at the funeral home.

The family requests contributions be made to the Emanuel United Church of Christ, 6000 Congress Road, Wooster, Ohio 444691.

 

Source:

Newspapers.com

The Tribune, Coshocton, OH

27 Dec 1996, page 5

1993 Seville, Ohio

Left to right:

Ernest Miles Nee, Harold Nee & Alvin Braun

At the home & farm of Alvin & Wava (Mark) Nee

Related Posts:

• Mark family Picnic
• William Mark
• Abraham Mark

 

Happy Mothers' Day

In Memory of my Mother,
who taught us the value of family,

& to all my Grandmothers.

Follow the links to learn more about these wonderful women.

My mother,

Alberta Joy (Gardner) Brown

My Grandmothers:

Ivy Regina (Mark) Brown, 1908 OH - 2003 NY

Helen F. (Coyle) Gardner, 1897 NY - 1965 NY

My Great Grandmothers:

Rose Ella (Brumfield) Brown, 1867 MS - 1948 MS

Nancy Regina V. (Gruissy) Mark, 1879 OH - 1959 OH

Fannie (Edelstein) Gardner, 1860 Austria - 1908 NY

Mary Josephine (Mullane) Coyle , 1867 Ireland - 1927 NY

My 2x Great Grandmothers:

Emmaline Melina (Smith) Brown, 1831 MS - 1920 MS

Martha Elizabeth (Alford) Brumfield, 1846 MS - after 1910

Elidia Rebecca (Ritter) Mark, 1854 OH - 1912 OH

Esther Barbara (Wolf) Gruissy, 1836 PA - 1906 OH

Devorah Dora (Horn) Gartner, 1838 Poland - c 1880

Netty (Grofs) Edelstein, b 1834

Margaret (Brady) Coyle, c 1855 Ireland - 1934 CT 

Brigid (English) Mullane, c 1848 Ireland - 1920 ireland

My [known] 3x Great Grandmothers:

Mary Polly (Spurlock) Brown, 1800 GA - 1888 MS

Euseba (Fortenberry) Smith, 1809 SC - 1878 MS

Charlotte Temple (Ott) Brumfield, 1813 LA - 1895

Martha P. (Smith) Alford, 1802 SC - 1861 MS

Mary Isabella (Heffelfinger) Mark, 1819 PA - 1904 OH

Isabell (Fisher) Ritter, 1828 OH - 1870 OH

Mary (Grorisclauss) Gruissy

Elizabeth (Burkholder) Wolf, 1814 PA - 1856 OH

Jute (Henes) Gartner

Mary (Cunningham) Coyle, c 1810 - 1848 Ireland

Catherine (Gibney) Brady, 1818 Ireland - 1873 Ireland

Julia (Sullivan) Mullane, Ireland

Ellen (Hogan) English, Ireland

My [known] 4x Great Grandmothers:

Sarah (Robertson) Brown, d 1810 GA

Frances (Traylor) Spurlock, 1782 - 1846 MS

Joanna (Dillon) Smith, 1778 NC - 1821 MS [Double grandmother!]

Violette (Kennington) Fortenberry, 1786 SC - 1858 MS

Margaret (Kelly) Brumfield, b 1772 NC 

Margaret (Jackson) Ott, 1777  SC - 1854 LA

Elizabeth (Bryant) Alford, 1765 - c 1793

Elizabeth (Mowrey) Heffelfinger, 1799 PA - 1871 OH

Anna Mariah Ritter, 1777 PA - 1842 OH

Elizabeth (Mowrey) Heffelfinger, 1799 PA - 1871 OH

Catherine Fisher

Barbara (Straum) Gruissy, c 1792 Switzerland. - OH

Esther Barbara (Shaffer) Wolf, 1777 PA - 1866 PA

Mary (unknown maiden name) Coyle, Ireland

Elan ( ) GIbney, Ireland 

My [known] 5x Great Grandmothers:

Christian  (unknown maiden name) Robertson, d 1810 MS

Jemimah (Hollis) Smith, c 1755 SC - 1819 SC  [Double grandmother!]

Anne (Lawrence) Dillon, c 1762 NC - c 1830 MS  [Double grandmother!]

Hannah (Eubanks) Faulkenberry, 1748 - 1815 SC

Martha  (unknown maiden name) Kennington

Elizabeth (unknown maiden name) Brumfield

Mary (Durham) Kelly, c 1745 VA - 1830 TN

Mary Elizabeth(Ott) Ott, 1759 SC - 1816 SC

Lucy (Newton) Ott, 1720 - 1790 NC

Eve  (unknown maiden name) Mowrey, d 1827

Maria Elizabeth Keck, 1747 PA - 1813 PA

Appollonia (Dick) Wolf, 1738 at Sea - c 1791 PA

My [known] 6x Great Grandmothers:

Rosannah (Hagan) Hollis, b 1735 VA  [Double grandmother!]

Mary  (unknown maiden name) Dillon  [Double grandmother!]

Ann (Ashley) Lawrence, b c 1733 NC  [Double grandmother!]

Elizabeth (unknown maiden name) Brumfield, 1720 - 1758

Margaret (Collough) Durham

Margaret (Fitchner) Ott

Mary (Steely) Ott

Mary Elizabeth (Tutt) Ritter, 1723 - 1787

Hannah (unknown maiden name) Keck

Anna Barbara (Orth) Wolf, b 1697

Anna Otillia (Knack) Dick, 1711 - 1782

My [known] 7x Great Grandmothers:

Esther (Canterbury) Hollis d 1769

Elizabeth (Nichols) Lawrence

Lucretia Ann (Hicks) Ashley

Mary (Riggins) Durham

Rachel  (unknown maiden name) Colclough, b 1678

Gretchen (Schmitts) Ott

And all those grandmothers yet to be uncovered!

Roses for all my grandmothers.

This is a repost from 2019 & updated for today.

Related Posts:

• Alberta Joy Gardner Brown
• Ivy Regina Mark Brown
• Helen F. Coyle Gardner