Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Events in My Family Tree: October 20

Vinton Thompson Easlick had a nephew also named Vinton Thompson Easlick.  I'm pretty sure they are the only two people in the history of the world with that name.

Births

Jacob B. Gaunt, son of Benjamin Gaunt and Sarah C. Plume, was born October 20, 1869 in New Jersey, probably in Burlington County.  He is my 2nd cousin 2x removed via the Gaunts.

Richard Wright Gaunt, Jr., son of Richard Wright Gaunt and Abbye P. Faulkner, was born October 20, 1929 in Los Angeles County, California.  He is my 5th cousin 1x removed via the Gaunts.

Norman Farbman, son of Murray Farbman and Etta Millstein, was born October 20, 1943, probably in Bronx, Bronx County, New York.  He is my 2nd cousin 1x removed on my Gorodetsky line via the Millsteins.

Michael Leonard McStroul, son of Darwin Monroe McStroul and Rose Ruth Bloom, was also born October 20, 1943, albeit in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.  He is the 1st cousin of my aunt Mary McStroul and her sister Jean McStroul and the 1st cousin 1x removed of my 1st cousin Todd Meckler, my not-quite-cousin Angela Williams, and Mindy McStroul.

Shirley Hunt, daughter of John Hunt and Lois Adele Weaver, was born October 20, 1950, probably in Burlington County, New Jersey.  She is my 5th cousin 1x removed on my Gauntt line via the Weavers.

John Facenda Hall, son of William George Facenda, Jr. and Mabel Ellen Elizabeth Brickel, was born October 10, 1955 in Alexandria, Virginia.  He is my 3rd cousin on my Armstrong line through his mother.

John Randell was born October 20, 1965.  He is the 3rd cousin of my half-sister Laura Sellers.

Mary Eileen Wickham was born October 20, 1969.  She is also the 3rd cousin of my half-sister Laura Sellers.

Marriages

Benjamin Franklin Gaunt, son of Isaac Gaunt and Susannah Webb, and Elizabeth K. Frazer were married October 20, 1839 in Gloucester County, New Jersey.  Benjamin is my 1st cousin 4x removed via the Gaunts.

William Edward Gaunt, Sr., son of Samuel Gaunt, Jr. and Ann Horner, and Frances E. Fithian were married October 20, 1853 in Gloucester County, New Jersey.  William is also my 3rd cousin 4x removed via the Gaunts.

Vinton Thompson Easlick, son of Allen Severs Easlick and Mary E. Shemeley, and Beaulah Anna Elizabeth Bozarth were married October 20, 1926 in New Jersey.  Vinton is my 3rd cousin 1x removed on my Gauntt line through the Easlicks.

Kenneth Michael Meraw II and Maryann Austria Leoncio were married October 20, 2007.  Kenneth is my 2nd cousin 1x removed.

Deaths

John Gaunt, son of Reuben T. Gaunt and Hannah Lewallen, died October 20, 1821 in Burlington County, New Jersey as an infant.  He is my 1st cousin 4x removed via the Gaunts.

Harry T. Gaunt, son of Isaac H. Gaunt and Emma Trowbridge, died October 20, 1918 in Camden County, New Jersey, at the age of 52.  He is my 3rd cousin 2x removed via the Gaunts.

Garry Travis Doerner died October 20, 2012 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas at the age of 29.  He is my nephew.

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