Thursday, May 24, 2018

Events in My Family Tree: May 16

Since the Cohen sisters married men who shared the same birthday, I wonder if they all got together for one big birthday party to celebrate every year?

Births

Catherine Darstein, daughter of Abraham Darstein and Catherine Sellers, was born May 16, 1782 in Hilltown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.  She is my 2nd cousin 5x removed via the Sellerses.

Jacob Leckrone was born May 16, 1794 in Pennsylvania.  He was married to Agnes Mack, daughter of Jacob Mack and Nancy Moser, who is also my 2nd cousin 5x removed.

Elizabeth Pearsall Gaunt, daughter of Dellaplain Gaunt and Mary Isaac, was born May 16, 1856 in Oxford Depot, Orange County, New York.  She is my 3rd cousin 4x removed.

William Allen Gaunt, son of John B. Gaunt and Priscilla Dye, was born May 16, 1861 in Jay County, Indiana.  He is my 3rd cousin 3x removed.

Mary Gaunt, daughter of John Gaunt and Hannah Davis, was born May 16, 1876 in Columbiana County, Ohio.  She is my 3rd cousin 3x removed.

Alfred Winfield Asay, son of Alfred Winfield Asay and Sarah Anna Gaunt, was born May 16, 1892 in Burlington County, New Jersey.  He is my 1st cousin 2x removed via the Gaunts.

Frances Perlman, daughter of Louis Perlman and Jennie Novitsky, was born May 16, 1914 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.  She is my 1st cousin 2x removed via the Novitskys.

Richard H. Brashear was born May 16, 1929 in Oklahoma.  He was married to Alice Marie Hutson, daughter of Earl Morris Hutson and Catherine Corenne Utley, who is my 6th cousin once removed on my Gauntt line through the Hutsons.

Sarah Clarice Higgins, daughter of Ervie Oscar Higgins and Elizabeth Opal Gaunt, was born May 16, 1930 in Sutter County, California.  She is my 5th cousin once removed via the Gaunts.

Donald Lawrence Lederman, son of Gabriel William Lederman and Anna Gordon, was born May 16, 1930 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.  He is my 1st cousin 2x removed via the Gordons.

Kenneth Mirsky was born May 16, 1937 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  He was married to Linda Cohen, daughter of Louis Cohen and Jennie Kardish, who is my 2nd cousin once removed on my Gorodetsky line through the Kardishes.

George Caplan was born May 16, 1939 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  He was married to Rhoda Cohen, another daughter of Louis Cohen and Jennie Kardish, and therefore another 2nd cousin once removed on my Gorodetsky line through the Kardishes.

Cindy Ann Bowen was born May 16, 1977 in Mineola, Nassau County, New York.  She is the 2nd cousin of my half-sister Laurie Sellers.

Whitney Victoria Lore was born May 16, 1988 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.  She is my 1st cousin once removed on my Sellers line.


Marriages

Nathan Millstein and Sarah Gordon (originally Gorodetsky), daughter of Victor Gordon (originally Gorodetsky) and Esther Leah Schneiderman, were married on May 16, 1912 in Bronx, Bronx County, New York.

Oliver Franklin Clark, son of Oren Wilson Clark and Anna G. Gaunt, and Mildred Blanche Benson were married on May 16, 1931 in Clark County, Indiana.  Oliver is my 4th cousin 2x removed via the Gaunts.

William Thomas Guy and Patricia Claire Gauntt, daughter of Irving Lester Gauntt and Mildred Hoffman Childs, were married on May 16, 1953 in Collingswood, Camden County, New Jersey.  Patricia is my 5th cousin.

Charles Lester Danley and Brenda Lee Gauntt, daughter of Clarence Leon Gauntt and Elizabeth Major, were married on May 16, 1981, possibly in New Jersey.  Brenda is my 5th cousin.

William Thomas Guy, Jr., son of William Thomas Guy and Patricia Claire Gauntt, and Linda Kaminski were married on May 16, 1987 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, on William's parents' 34th wedding anniversary.  William is my 5th cousin once removed via the Gauntts.


Deaths

Johann Peter Söller, son of Johann Conrad Söller and Anna Maria Margarethe Reinwirth, died May 16, 1750 at the age of 5 months in Weinheim, Baden.  He is my 2nd cousin 7x removed.

Harmon Sellers, son of Samuel Sellers and Elizabeth Barton, died May 16, 1923 at the age of 43 in Lima, Allen County, Ohio.  He is my 4th cousin 3x removed.

John Robert Benham died May 16, 2000 at the age of 77 in Batesville, Ripley County, Indiana.  He was married to Bessie Marie Hoyer, daughter of Rollin Henry Hoyer and Bessie Floreen Schwier, who is my 6th cousin once removed on my Gauntt line through the Schwiers.

Anita Clarice Loveman died May 16, 2015 at the age of 88 in Toccoa, Stephens County, Georgia.  She was my paternal grandfather's second wife and the mother of my aunt Carol Sellers.

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