Sunday, November 14, 2021

Events in My Family Tree: November 12

Three children of Walter Clayton Gaunt and Lulu May Sherman are on today's list of events.  One had a birthday on November 12, one had a husband whose birthday was November 12 (and coincidentally who also had the surname Sherman), and one had a husband who died on November 12.

Births

George Leonard Schwier was born November 12, 1865 in Versailles, Ripley County, Indiana.  He was the husband of Lillie Belle Dorrell, daughter of James Dorrell and Florence Thackeray, who is my 4th cousin 3x removed on my Gauntt line via the Thackerays.

John Gaunt, son of Walter Clayton Gaunt and Lulu May Sherman, was born November 12, 1905 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana.  He is my 5th cousin 1x removed via the Gaunts.

Ida Bogus was born November 12, 1907 in Manhattan, New York County, New York.  She was the first wife of Harry Herman Mackler, son of Morris Mackler (originally Meckler) and Minnie (originally Mushe) Zelda Nowicki, who is my granduncle.

Lillian K. McElwee, daughter of David P. McElwee and Mary Virginia Gaunt, was born November 12, 1910, probably in New Jersey.  She is my 2nd cousin 2x removed via the Gaunts.

Warren Steward Sherman was born November 12, 1911 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana.  He was the husband of Merle Gaunt, daughter of Walter Clayton Gaunt and Lulu May Sherman, who is my 5th cousin 1x removed via the Gaunts.

Jenepher Hlynn Ellis was born November 12, 1968.  She is my 2nd cousin 1x removed.

Tracey Jean Myers was also born November 12, 1968.  She is my 5th cousin 2x removed.

Gina Randall was born November 12, 1983.  She is my 3rd cousin 1x removed.

Marriages

Aytch M. Johnson and Carolyn Ann Clark, daughter of Neil Gaunt Clark and Wilma E. Norris, were married November 12, 1983 in San Diego County, California.  Carolyn is my 5th cousin 1x removed on my Gauntt line through the Clarks.

Mark Russell Sellers and Sandra Nicole Farrier were married November 12, 2011.  Mark is my baby brother.

Deaths

Mary Ann Claycomb, daughter of George F. Claycomb and Hannah Holmes Gaunt, died November 12, 1895 in Noble County, Indiana at the age of 36.  She is my 3rd cousin 3x removed via the Gaunts.

Jennie May Snellings, daughter of Doma Snellings and Alice Crawford, died November 12, 1930 in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia at the age of 25.  She is the 1st cousin 2x removed of my not-quite-cousin Angela Williams on her Crawford line.

Frederick Dunstan, son of Frederick Cleworth Dunstan and Martha Winn, died November 12, 1932 in Mount Holly, Burlington County, New Jersey at the age of 64.  He is my great-granduncle.

Edward Harry Gauntt, son of Mark Lewallen Gauntt, Jr. and May Ethyl Lake, died November 12, 2001, possibly in Riverton, Burlington County, New Jersey, at the age of 81.  He is my 4th cousin 1x removed on my Gauntt line.

Robert R. Williams died November 12, 2004 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana at the age of 84.  He was the husband of Miriam Gaunt, daughter of Walter Clayton Gaunt and Lulu May Sherman, who is my 5th cousin 1x removed via the Gaunts.

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