Friday, August 27, 2021

Events in My Family Tree: August 22

If your father was named Sherman Tecumseh, I guess you knew what your family's political leanings were.

Births

Clarence Harvey Hutson, son of Sherman Tecumseh Hutson and Emily J. VanKirk, was born August 22, 1899 in Indiana.  He is my 5th cousin 2x removed on my Gauntt line through the Hutsons.

Russell Erwin Gaunt, son of Orlan Fay Gaunt and Ruth Irene Waybright, was born August 22, 1915 in Delaware County, Indiana.  He is my 5th cousin once removed via the Gaunts.

Matthew Alan Fowler was born August 22, 1989.  He is my nephew.

Antonio Bradford Rios was born August 22, 1996.  He is my half 1st cousin 2x removed.

Marriages

Paul Avery Gantt, son of Daniel Taylor Gantt and Phoebe Thomas, and Beth E. King were married August 22, 1921 in Douglas County, Nebraska.  Paul is my 3rd cousin 3x removed via the Gantts.

Rudolf William Feil and Jessie Naomi Gaunt, daughter of William Alvin Gaunt and Mamie B. Mitchell, were married August 22, 1938 in Carson City, Nevada.  Jessie is my 4th cousin 2x removed via the Gaunts.

John L. Jones and Sarah Dunstan, daughter of Frederick Cleworth Dunstan and Mary Emma Richardson, were married August 22, 1942 in Mount Holly, Burlington County, New Jersey.  Sarah is my 2nd cousin once removed on my Dunstan line.

Roger Michael Farrier, son of Ivan Francis Felix Farrier and Merlin Veronica Williams, and Janet Briceno were married August 22, 2009 in Assonet, Bristol County, Massachusetts.  Roger is the father of my sister-in-law, Sandra Farrier.

Deaths

Catherine Pettinger died August 22, 1872, probably in Warren County, New York, at the age of 57.  She was the wife of Solomon Fuller (brother of Lyman Fuller), who is the 3x-great-granduncle of my aunt Mary McStroul and her sister Jean McStroul, and 4x-great-granduncle of my not-quite-cousin Angela Williams.

Emma E. Githens, daughter of Alfred T. Githens and Margaret Middleton, died August 22, 1889 in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey at the age of 41.  She is my 3rd cousin 3x removed on my Gauntt line through the Githenses.

Gilbert Ayers Egli died August 22, 1986 in Los Angeles County, California at the age of 84.  He was the husband of Edith Esther Gaunt, daughter of Clarence Meridith Gaunt and Mary Grace Stewart, who is my 4th cousin 2x removed via the Gaunts.

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