Thursday, September 2, 2021

Events in My Family Tree: August 29

Linda Brainin was married on her uncle's 23rd wedding anniversary.  Did she know that when she chose the date?

Births

Waymon P. Rochell was born August 29, 1993 in Tennessee.  She was the wife of Cornelius Corbin Gaunt, son of Ner Gaunt and Elizabeth C. Miller, who is my 3rd cousin 3x removed via the Gaunts.

Bertha Poinsett Eckman was born August 29, 1907 in New Jersey, probably in Burlington County.  She was the wife of George Moore Sellers, son of Cornelius Elmer Sellers and Laura May Armstrong, who is my granduncle.

Harold Levi Ellis, son of Levi Ellis and Carrie Florence Gauntt, was born August 29, 1918 in Lumberton, Burlington County, New Jersey.  He is my 1st cousin once removed on my Gauntt line.

Marta Szocherman Guller, daughter of Max Szocherman and Regina Guller, was born March 29, 1943 in Habana Vieja, Habana, Cuba.  She is my 4th cousin on my Nowicki line through the Szochermans.

Jennifer Elizabeth Gordon was born August 29, 1967.  She is my 2nd cousin once removed.

Zachary John Rudin was born August 29, 1996.  He is my 4th cousin once removed.

Marriages

Edwin C. Ritzman and Dorothy F. Wright, daughter of George B. McClellan Wright and Pearl Ellen Slentz, were married August 29, 1943 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.  Dorothy is my 5th cousin once removed on my Gauntt line via the Slentzes.

Harold Leon Brainin, son of Benjamin Brainin and Yetta Braunstein, and Ruth Pauline Schwartz were married August 29, 1948 in The Bronx, Bronx County, New York.  Hal is my 1st cousin 2x removed on my Brainin line.

Lawrence Goldberg and Linda Helaine Brainin, daughter of William David Brainin and Beatrice Horowitz, were married August 29, 1971 in New York, probably some part of New York City.  Linda is my 2nd cousin once removed on my Brainin line.

Deaths

Hannah Holmes Gaunt, daughter of Joseph Gaunt and Phoebe Emily Severn, died August 29, 1875 in Jay County, Indiana at the age of 50.  She is my 2nd cousin 4x removed via the Gaunts.

John W. Bowker, son of John Bowker and Louisa J. Armstrong, died August 29, 1937 in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey at the age of 73.  He is my 1st cousin 4x removed via the Armstrongs.

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