Baby Boy Gorodetsky
Miscarriage, March 12, 1902/3 Adar II 5662 (February 27, 1902 Julian calendar)
Kishinev, Bessarabia, Russian Empire
Genealogy is like a jigsaw puzzle, but you don't have the box top, so you don't know what the picture is supposed to look like. As you start putting the puzzle together, you realize some pieces are missing, and eventually you figure out that some of the pieces you started with don't actually belong to this puzzle. I'll help you discover the right pieces for your puzzle and assemble them into a picture of your family.
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Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Saturday, May 31, 2025
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: Who Are Your 32 3rd-great-grandparents?
I'm not sure how many names I'll be able to come up with for tonight's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge from Randy Seaver.
Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission: Impossible! music), is:
1. Who are your 32 3rd-great-grandparents? List them (with birth names). Tell us when and where they were born, married, and died. [NOTE: This is easily done in your genealogy software program or online family tree by making an Ahnentafel or Ancestors report from yourself as #1, then copy and paste.]
2. Share your list of your third-great-grands on your own blog post or in a Facebook, SubStack, or BlueSky post. Leave a link on this blog post to help us find your post.
Let's see how well I do.
32. Unknown.
33. Unknown.
34. Unknown.
35. Unknown.
36. Franklin Armstrong: born about 1825 in New Jersey, probably in Burlington County; married Unknown before 1849, probably in Burlington County, New Jersey; died September 13, 1870 in Mansfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.
37. Unknown: born before 1832 in New Jersey, probably in Burlington County; died before October 8, 1850, probably in Burlington County, New Jersey.
38. Abel A(mos?) Lippincott: born about January 26, 1825 in New Jersey, probably in Burlington County; married Rachel R. Stackhouse before 1846, probably in Burlington County, New Jersey; died May 28, 1888 in Florence, Burlington County, New Jersey.
39. Rachel R. Stackhouse: born about 1825–1826 in New Jersey, probably in Burlington County; died November 15, 1890 in Chester Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.
40. Hananiah Selah Gaunt: born about January 25, 1795 in Burlington County, New Jersey; married Abigail Atkinson 1826–1829, probably in Burlington County, New Jersey; died April 15, 1852 in Burlington County, New Jersey.
41. Abigail Atkinson: born about August 19, 1804 in New Jersey, probably in Burlington County; died February 1883 in New Jersey, probably in Burlington County.
42. John Gibson: born before 1814 in New Jersey; married Mary before 1832, probably in New Jersey; probably died in New Jersey.
43. Mary: born before 1814 in New Jersey; probably died in New Jersey.
44. Richard Dunstan: born about June 9, 1813 in Manchester, Lancashire, England; married Jane Coleclough December 25, 1833 in Manchester, Lancashire, England; died after April 7, 1861, probably in Lancashire, England.
45. Jane Coleclough: born about 1811 in Lancashire, England; died April 12, 1865 in Chorlton, Manchester, Lancashire, England.
46. Thomas Winn: born about 1792 in Lambrook, Shropshire, England; married Mary Parr(?) about 1812, possibly in Shropshire; died in England, possibly in Lancashire.
47. Mary Parr(?): died before June 7, 1841, probably in Lancashire, England.
48. Zvi Mekler: born before 1854 in Russia; married Esther before 1872 in Russia; died before 1903, possibly in Kamenets Litovsk, Russia.
49. Esther. born before 1854 in Russia; died in Russia.
50. Unknown.
51. Unknown.
52. Abraham Yaakov Nowicki: born before 1839 in Russia; married Sirke before 1857 in Russia; died before 1896 in Russia.
53. Sirke: born before 1839 in Russia; died before 1893 in Russia.
54. Ruven Yelsky: born before 1841 in Russia; married Frieda Bloom before 1859 in Russia; died about 1898 in Russia.
55. Frieda Bloom: born before 1841 in Russia; died about 1898 in Russia.
56. Gersh Wolf Gorodetsky: born before 1823 in Russia, probably in Orinin or Kamenets Podolsky; married Etta Cohen?/Kagan? before 1840; died after 1905 in Russia, possibly in Kishinev, Bessarabia.
57. Etta Cohen?/Kagan?: born before 1823 in Russia; died before 1891, possibly in Kamenets Podolskiy, Ukraine.
58. Joine Schneiderman: born before 1841 in Russia; married Anna Ida (Chane Etta?) Kortisch? before 1868 in Russia; died before 1893 in Russia.
59. Anna Ida (Chane Etta?) Kortisch?: born before 1841 in Russia; died before 1891 in Russia.
60. Solomon (Zalman?) Brainin: born before 1846 in Russia; married Yetta before 1864 in Russia; died in Russia.
61. Yetta: born before 1846 in Russia; died in Russia.
62. Joseph Jaffe: born before 1854 in Russia; married Anna Binderman before 1872 in Russia; died in Russia.
63. Anna Binderman: born before 1854 in Russia; died in Russia.
Not anywhere near as bad as I thought it would be. Seven totally unknown names, and for one of those I do have a small amount of hypothesized information. For the 27 with names, only four are missing surnames. It could have been much worse.
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Welcome to America, Mr. Gorodetsky and Sons!
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| 1914 passenger list for Wigdor, Chaim, and Moische Gorodetky (first page) |
February 19, 1914 (111 years ago!) is the date on which my great-great-grandfather Wigdor Gorodetsky and his two youngest sons, Chaim and Moishe, arrived in New York on the Nieuw Amsterdam, a ship of the Holland-America Line. I'm going to look at every piece of information about them on the passenger list for their trip, which I have found.
They traveled in steerage. They are on lines 6, 7, and 8 of the passenger list. The first page shows that they departed from Rotterdam, the Netherlands on February 7, so the trip took almost two weeks.
Their names are written as Wigdor, Chaim, and Moische Gorodetky (someone apparently lost the "s"). Wigdor is 46, Chaim is 11, and Moische is 5, and Chaim and Moische are noted as being Wigdor's "Sons" in handwriting that is lighter than that on the rest of the page. From his 1888 marriage record, I have estimated Wigdor's birth year as around 1863, whereas an age of 46 in 1914 would have him born around 1868. He might have "youthened" himself for the trip, so as not to appear too old (maybe rumor said that being 50 or older might make you seem too old to be able to work?), or he might not have known how old he really was.
I have previously found the Russian birth records for Chaim and Moishe. Chaim was born November 16, 1899, so he was actually 14 years old. I'm not sure how beneficial it would be at his age to have fudged those three years, or again they might not have kept accurate track of his age. Moishe was born November 13, 1908, so he really was 5 years old! After looking at so many census records over the years, the younger someone is, the more accurate the reported age often is, so maybe that's why his age is correct.
They're all noted as male. Wigdor is married, and the boys are single. Wigdor was a furrier, while the two boys had no occupation. Chaim could read and write (in Russian? Hebrew?), while neither Wigdor nor Moishe could. They are all listed as Russian subjects and of the Hebrew race, meaning they were Jewish, and their last residence was Kishinew (Kishinev), Russia (now Chisinau, Modolva).
For Moishe, in the columns for marital status, occupation, and ability to read and write, above the answers to those questions is some additional handwriting in heavy black ink: 2-479123 (505) 11/16/36. Then two columns to the right appears "Rech 4/17/39." I am pretty sure the 1936 date points to a Certificate of Arrival being generated when Moishe (by then known as Morris) applied to become a naturalized citizen by filing a Declaration of Intention, and the 1939 date was when he filed his petition. I have copies of his naturalization paperwork (which I can't find right now); he became a citizen on June 4, 1940.
No similar notations for Wigdor and Chaim indicate they probably did not become U.S. citizens. I do know I haven't found any naturalization paperwork so far for either one.
The name and address of the nearest relative where they had departed from were Wigdor's wife, Surki Gorodetsky (they found the "s"!) in Kishinew, Bess, which is short for Besserabia, the gubernia (province) in which Kishinev was. There might actually be an address written, but I'm not sure what it says. My best guess is Sessiona Pilenetz 7. For all I know, it might not be an address. Any takers?
Surki is Sura Galperin, my great-great-grandfather's second wife. While the passenger list says that Surki is Chaim and Moishe's mother, she was actually their stepmother. I have found an index entry for their marriage, which took place May 26, 1911 in Kishinev, but I don't have the complete marriage record. My great-great-grandmother Esther Leah Schneiderman died December 8, 1908, less than a month after Moishe was born. (The death record says the cause of death has something to do with blood.)
And that's everything on the first page!
The second page of the passenger list has "pecXam" to the left of the number 6, which is Wigdor. The person two lines above Wigdor has "SpecXam." I am interpreting both to mean Special Examination (Inquiry). I looked through all five Special Inquiry pages for this sailing of the Nieuw Amsterdam that are online at FamilySearch.org, but I didn't see his name. I also checked the five pages for Detained Aliens and didn't find him. When I looked again at the first page, however, I noticed that the person on line 5, Menasche Biczowsky, is marked SI and deported, but there is no notation on that page for Wigdor. In addition, Mr. Biczowsky does appear on the list of aliens held for Special Inquiry. I think the notation by Wigdor on the second page is misplaced and was intended for the person on line 5.
The final destination for all three is New York, and they're marked as having a ticket to that destination, which is conveniently where the ship docked and where they offboarded. Their passage was paid by Wigdor's son and Chaim and Moishe's brother (probably Joine, the person they are coming to meet here). For the question of whether they are in possession of $50 and if less than that how much, $15 is noted by Wigdor's name and nothing by the two boys.
The number 13 and a mark around it are written under the $15. Two lines above Wigdor is the number 35, and two lines below Moishe is 43. Similarly, other numbers are written in the same column on the page. I don't know what these are for.
The two columns asking whether the passengers have ever been in the United States before and when have a short dash for almost everyone on the page, including Wigdor and the boys, indicating none of them had. On Wigdor's line is handwriting in a lighter ink that I don't understand. It looks like a word and then the numeral 2. The "word" almost looks like "dau &", but there's no girl, so that doesn't make sense (more on this below).
Next come the name and address of the relative or friend the passengers are going to join, where it says "son[s] Joine Gorodetsky c/o M [?] Brainin 1651 Madison Ave. N York." Joine is my great-grandfather. He is indeed Wigdor's son, and on the line below is written "brother", as he is Chaim and Moishe's brother. M Brainin is my great-great-grandfather Mendel Hertz Brainin, father of Sarah Libby Brainin, who married Joine on April 4, 1914, less than two months after Wigdor arrived. Joine was a boarder in the Brainin household, and that's how he met Sarah.
The [s] after the word son is confusing. It's in the same lighter writing as "dau & 2." Was it intended to make the word "son" plural, which is what it seems to have done? Maybe the word I'm reading as "dau" is referring to Wigdor, and it's saying "& 2 sons" for Chaim and Moishe? I noticed that the lighter handwriting for this looks similar to the word "Sons" on the first page. In that case, "dau" must be something else and I just can't read it.
The next six columns are ditto marks for all three of my relatives (and for everyone on the page except the person on the first line), indicating that they are not prisoners, beggars, insane, anarchists, polygamists, coming on a work scheme, or crippled and that they are in good health. Wigdor is 5'4"; no height is listed for the two boys. All of them are marked as having fair complexion, brown hair and eyes, and no identifying marks. All three were born in Russia. Wigdor was born in Kamenetz, which would be Kamenets Podolsky, now in Ukraine; both boys were born in Kishinew.
A large block of handwriting in heavy ink goes at an angle across many lines, including the ones for Wigdor, Chaim,and Moishe. It mentions certs, likely meaning certificates; two dates; and Scranton. Three passengers were going to Scranton (the three lines after Moishe), so I think it's related to them and not to my relatives or anyone else on the page.
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| 1914 passenger list for Wigdor, Chaim, and Moische Gorodetky (second page) |
Saturday, February 15, 2025
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: Did Your Grandparents Know Their Grandparents?
We have a really fun challenge today for Randy Seaver's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun!
Come on, everybody, join in and accept the mission and execute it with precision.
1. Marie Cooke Beckman on her blog, MarieB's Genealogy Blog--Southeastern USA, asked and answered this question, and it is right up the SNGF alley: Did your grandparents know their grandparents? Thank you for the idea, Marie!
2. Tell us about your grandparents and their grandparents in your own blog post, in a comment on this post, or in a Facebook post. Please leave a link on this post if you write your own post.
This is a really cool topic! I love it!
My maternal grandparents were Abraham Meckler (1912–1989) and Lillyan "Lily" E. Gordon (1919–2006).
• Abraham Meckler's maternal grandparents were Gershon Itzhak Nowicki (c. 1856–1948) and Dube Yelsky (c. 1848–1936). Gershon and Dube immigrated to the United States in 1922 and lived in Brooklyn. They changed the spelling of their family name to Novitzky, and Dube used the name Dora. My grandfather knew both of them. My maternal uncle Gary Meckler, who was born in 1951, was named after Gershon.
• Abraham's paternal grandparents were Simcha Dovid Mekler and Beila (birth and death years unknown for both). They both died in Europe, almost definitely before my grandfather was born, and he never met them.
• Lillyan Gordon's maternal grandparents were Mendel Hertz Brainin (c. 1862–1930) and Ruchel Dvojre Jaffe (c. 1868–1934). The immigrated separately to the United States in 1906 and lived in Manhattan. They used the secular names Morris/Max and Rachel Dorothy, and my grandmother knew both of them. She was born in their house.
• Lily's paternal grandparents were Avigdor Gorodetsky (c. 1863–1925) and Esther Leah Schneiderman (c. 1867–1908). Esther Leah was my grandmother's birth name, following the Ashkenazi tradition of naming after a deceased ancestor (my grandmother changed her name as an adult). Esther Leah's death was what precipitated the chain migration of this branch of my family to the United States. Avigdor came in 1914 and changed his name to Victor Gordon. My grandmother knew him, and I have a big family photo with the two of them in it.
My paternal grandparents were Bertram "Bert" Lynn Sellers, Sr. (1903–1995) and Anna Gauntt (1893–1986).
• Anna Gauntt's maternal grandparents were Frederick Cleworth Dunstan (1840–1873) and Martha Winn (1837–1884). They both died in England before my grandmother was born, and she never knew them.
• Anna's paternal grandparents were James Gauntt (1831–1899) and Amelia Gibson (c. 1831–1908). Everyone lived in Mount Holly, New Jersey and the nearby vicinity. Since Anna was born in 1893 and James died in 1899, there's a reasonable chance she knew him. Amelia died when my grandmother was 15 years old, so I'm pretty sure she knew her.
• Bertram Sellers' maternal grandparents were Sarah Ann Deacon Lippincott (1860–aft. 1904) and Joel Armstrong (c. 1849–c. 1921). I don't know if he knew them. I don't have documented dates of death for either person or confirmation that they were divorced, which I believe to be the case. I suspect he might have known his grandmother; I'm pretty sure she's in the household with Grandpa's mother in 1900, so his mother was apparently on speaking terms with her mother. If I have researched the correct person, his grandfather remarried and had a second family, so maybe he didn't know them, but I really don't know.
• Bert's biological paternal grandparents are still unknown to me, as I have not yet determined his biological father. His adoptive father's parents were Cornelius Godschalk Sellers (1845–1877) and Catherine "Kate" Fox Owen (1849–c. 1923). As Cornelius died so young, none of his grandchildren knew him. Kate had a second husband, George W. Moore (1840–1920). Bert did know Kate, and we have a photo of her. In fact, she's the person who paid for his father's funeral, as he also died very young. It's reasonable to believe that Grandpa probably knew George Moore, even though we don't have a photo of him, as Grandpa's brother was named after George. I was told that Grandpa's father loved his stepfather so much that he named his second son George Moore Sellers after him. That certainly suggests he was around the family.
And I am proud to say that I didn't need to look up any of the above information except some of the birth and death years.
Friday, February 14, 2025
The Gregorian Calendar Enters Use in Russia
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| Pope Gregory XIII |
On my mother's side of the family, I am (as far as I know and have been able to verify through research) 100% Jewish. All of my Jewish immigrant ancestors and most of my Jewish immigrant relatives within memory (and based on research) lived in the Russian Empire. A small number of those relatives remained within the empire long enough also to live in the Soviet Union.
And that means that all of those ancestors and collateral relatives lived with the Julian calendar. You know, the calendar that was corrected and improved upon by Pope Gregory XIII (lucky 13?), thereby giving the world the Gregorian calendar.
The Julian calendar dates back to the days of Julius Caesar, from whom it takes its name. It had a 365-day year with a leap day added every fourth year.
The Julian calendar was a little longer than the actual solar year — .0078 days per year. That doesn't sound like much, but over time — 1,628 years — this created a problem with when the seasons began and, more importantly, with determining when Easter began. That then became a problem for the Catholic church, which is when Pope Gregory enters the picture.
Pope Gregory commissioned a new, more accurate calendar and declared on February 25, 1582 that the day after October 4, 1582 would be October 15, 1582, correcting for this mistake by dropping ten days. But he did not rule the world, only the church, so at first only the Papal States and the church itself enacted the change. Not long after, many Catholic countries switched over. Protestant countries took longer, because they didn't want to be following the edict of the Catholic church, but eventually most of them made the change also (Great Britain and its colonies, including what would become the United States of America, corrected the calendar in 1752, dropping eleven days).
But many parts of the world didn't change until the 20th century, including the Russian Empire. In fact, the Russian Empire never did make the change. The Russian Revolution occurred, the Russian Empire was dissolved, and the brand-spanking new Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, which became part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), declared that the country would switch to the Gregorian calendar. January 31, 1918 was followed by February 14, 1918, dropping thirteen days to bring the calendar into compliance (because those additional centuries of extra leap days added up!). So today is the 107th anniversary of the Russian change to the Gregorian calendar. I love the fact that, once you took into account the changes in dates, the October Revolution actually took place in November.
All of my ancestors who were still alive left the Russian Empire before the October Revolution. Most of my other relatives did also.
But a few were not able to leave quite that early and did live in the Soviet Union for some amount of time.
My great-grandfather's older sister, Etta Gorodetsky, married Dovid Kardish in the Russian Empire, and they had at least eight children there. One child died in Europe, but Dovid, Etta, and the other seven children immigrated to Canada in 1927.
Dovid is probably my cousin, based on information I have found and been told, although I have not determined exactly how. But that makes everyone else in his family my cousins. He had eleven known siblings. Dovid's father and four of the siblings died in Europe, but his mother and six of his siblings were living in the Soviet Union before they left for Canada. And one of Dovid's sisters never left; she married in the Russian Empire in what is now Ukraine, was still there during the transition to the Soviet Union, and eventually went to Uzbekistan, dying there before it became independent.
So all of those who did not leave before the fall of the Russian Empire went through the calendar transition from Julian to Gregorian.
The records I find for my relatives before the switch to the Gregorian calendar have dates based on the Julian calendar.
So I need to note in some way in my family tree that those dates are Julian, to make sure I'm accurately recording events.
I would prefer to enter the dates per the Julian calendar, because that's how they were originally recorded, and that's the logic I use for entering locations. What it was called when the event happened is what I enter, and then I make a note that the location is now called something else.
But my computer program isn't able to handle dates that way. When I put in a Julian date, it wants to interpret it as a Gregorian date, like all the other dates in the database.
What I eventually decided was to record the dates per the Gregorian calendar and then to make a note for each one of what the original Julian date was. That way, the computer doesn't get confused, I still have the information about the date as originally recorded, and everyone is happy. And I want to keep my computer happy.
Saturday, January 4, 2025
Significant Anniversaries of 2025
I haven't written about the milestones in my family tree for the past couple of years, but as I try to get back to a regular posting schedule, it's one of the topics I wanted to bring back. I find it interesting to look at what happened years ago in my family (obviously, or I wouldn't be doing genealogy!), and I like to make sure these people and events are remembered.
200 Years Ago
In January 1825, my 3x-great-grandfather Abel A. Lippincott, son of Stacy B. Lippincott and Alice Parker, was born in New Jersey. Because New Jersey is the real Quaker state, and because you can't go anywhere in New Jersey without tripping over lots of Lippincotts, I still don't have Abel's complete birth date or where in New Jersey he was born, because Lippincotts are just bloody hard to research. I wish I could spend a month or two at the New Jersey State Archives and do some in-person research to sort all this out. And if wishes were horses . . . .
150 Years Ago
Henry Heath, the great-great-grandfather of my aunt Mary McStroul and her sister Anna McStroul and the 3x-great-grandfather of my not-quite-cousin Angela Williams, died December 2, 1875 in Thurman, Warren County, New York. He was originally from Surrey, England, born roughly between 1816 and 1819 in Haslemere, although I still need to nail that down. He immigrated to the United States around 1838 and married Eliza Bullock in 1844 in Argyle, Washington County, New York. I have names for his parents and grandparents but little information beyond that. More research I need to catch up on!
100 Years Ago
Henry Crawford, son of Wallace Crawford and Louisa, died April 25, 1925 in Upatoi, Muscogee County, Georgia at the age of about 69. He is the great-great-grandfather of my not-quite-cousin Angela Williams on her father's side. Henry was Black and born enslaved. In 1917 he and four family members sued Standard Oil for gross negligence for having misrepresented an explosive for kerosene lamp oil. Standard Oil settled out of court and they received payment for damages.
75 Years Ago
50 Years Ago
This is one of those years when there was a significant birth, marriage, and death.
Also on my mother's side of the family, her 1st cousin Yedida Marcia Amine, daughter of Moshe S. Amine and Florence Meckler, married Richard J. Merrill on December 24, 1975 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California. Aviva was born exactly one year after my mother, on Armistice Day, so they had a special connection.
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Events in My Family Tree: December 31 (at last!)
I have a copy of a big family photo that was taken on the occasion of Anna's wedding in 1924. Hymie died on the 40th anniversary of his sister Anna's wedding.
Births
Edmund Hoffman was born December 31, 1825 in Pennsylvania. He was the husband of Mary Gaunt, daughter of David Gaunt and Pamela Plummer, who is my 2nd cousin 4x removed via the Gaunts.
Clarence Eugene Easlick, son of Allen Severs Easlick and Mary E. Shemeley, was born December 31, 1912 in New Jersey, probably in Burlington County. He is my 3rd cousin 1x removed on my Gauntt line through the Easlicks.
Carol Alene Gauntt, daughter of James Kirkland Gauntt and Newita Wanda Scott, was born December 31, 1940 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California. She is my 1st cousin 1x removed on my Gauntt line.
Marriages
Henry C. Buckley and Ella Gaunt, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Gaunt and Elizabeth K. Frazer, were married December 31, 1868, probably in Burlington County, New Jersey. Ella is my 2nd cousin 3x removed via the Gaunts.
John B. Gaunt, son of James Gauntt and Amelia Gibson, and Sarah V. Woolston were married December 31, 1876 in Mount Holly, Burlington County, New Jersey. John is my great-granduncle.
William B. Gaunt, son of Abner H. Gaunt and Emeline Severs, and Fannie Rebecca Hall were also married December 31, 1876, but I don't know where. It was likely New Jersey or Pennsylvania. William is my 1st cousin 3x removed via the Gaunts.
William Lippincott Gaunt, son of Benjamin Franklin Gaunt and Mary A. Woolman, and Clara M. Taggart were married December 31, 1921, probably in Burlington County, New Jersey. This William is my 3rd cousin 2x removed via the Gaunts.
Gabriel William Lederman and Anna Gordon (originally Chana Gorodetsky), daughter of Avigdor Gorodetsky and Esther Leah Schneiderman, were married December 31, 1924 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Anna is my great-grandaunt.
Jose "Uchey" Yngber and Edie Ida Jakowszycka, daughter of Aaron Samuel Jakowszyck and Findle "Novinska" (probably Nowicka?), were married December 31, 1939, probably in Cuba. Edie is likely my 2nd cousin 2x removed on my Nowicki line.
Philip Charles Alexander and Jessie Utley Easlick, daughter of Vinton Thompson Easlick and Beulah Anna Elizabeth Bozarth, were married December 31, 1951 in Burlington County, New Jersey. Jessie is my 4th cousin on my Gauntt line through the Easlicks.
Melvin Cecil Gordon, son of Alexander Gordon and Roslyn Rubin, and Marcia Urrutia were married December 31, 1982 in Dade County, Florida. Melvin is my 1st cousin 1x removed on my Gordon line.
Joel Ian Katz and Leala Rona Birnboim, daughter of Chaim Avraham Birnboim and Shirley Hirt, were married December 31, 1989 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Leala is my 4th cousin on my Meckler line through the Birnboims.
Deaths
Hyman Gordon (originally Chaim Gorodetsky), son of Avigdor Gorodetsky and Esther Leah Schneiderman, died December 31, 1964, probably in Manhattan, New York County, New York, at the age of 65. He is my great-granduncle.
John F. Kelly, son of Joseph Kelley and Martha W. Lawrence, died December 31, 1975 in New Jersey. He is the 2nd cousin 1x removed of my half 1st cousin Albert Lore on his Eckman line through the Lawrences.
Events in My Family Tree: December 30
Joseph Gaunt and Phoebe Severn were married on Joseph's aunt Ann's 44th birthday.
Births
Ann Gaunt, daughter of Joseph Gaunt and Elizabeth Borton, was born December 30, 1775 in New Jersey, probably in Burlington County. She is my 4x-great-grandaunt.
Logan Thackeray, son of Selector Thackeray and Louisa Moodey, was born December 30, 1886 in Indiana, possibly in Ripley County. He is my 4th cousin 3x removed on my Gauntt line through the Thackerays.
Clara Louise Rathert was born December 30, 1888 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. She was married to Charles Jacob Gaunt, son of Arthur Lee Gaunt and Rachel Lovena Stutsman, who is my 4th cousin 2x removed via the Gaunts.
Bertha Florence Gaunt, daughter of James Knox Polk Gaunt and Sarah Naomi Boone, was born December 30, 1892 in Armona, Kings County, California. She is my 3rd cousin 3x removed via the Gaunts.
Charles E. Wickham, son of Charles E. Wickham and Martha Elizabeth Bowen, was born December 30, 1899 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. He is the 1st cousin 2x removed of my half-sister Laurie Sellers and her half-sister Shanyn James on their Bowen line.
John H. Gauntt, son of Thomas Kirkland Gauntt and Jane Dunstan, was born December 30, 1914, probably in Burlington County, New Jersey. He is my granduncle.
Anna Elizabeth Easlick, daughter of Daniel Leon Easlick and Ella Ritchie Mingen, was born December 30, 1925 in Burlington County, New Jersey. She is my 4th cousin on my Gauntt line through the Easlicks.
Rose Marie Hise was born December 30, 1970. She is my 3rd cousin 1x removed.
Geoffrey Philip McStroul was born December 30, 1975. He is the 1st cousin 1x removed of my aunt Mary McStroul and her sister Anna McStroul, and the 2nd cousin of my not-quite-cousin Angela Williams.
Marriages
Joseph Gaunt, son of Jacob Gaunt and Hannah Holmes, and Phoebe Emily Severn were married December 30, 1819 in Columbiana County, Ohio. Joseph is my 1st cousin 5x removed via the Gaunts.
James W. Gage and Mary Rosella Hutson, daughter of Thomas R. Hutson and Ruth Thackeray, were married December 30, 1875, possibly in Indiana. Mary is my 4th cousin 3x removed on my Gauntt line through the Thackerays.
Julius W. Berenoff and Lillian Gordon, daughter of David Gordon (originally David Gorodetsky) and Freeda Alterman, were married December 30, 1939 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Lillian is my 1st cousin 2x removed on my Gorodetsky line.
John Oren Clark, son of Gilbert Lewis Clark and Helen Opal Abbott, and Linda Mabbs were married December 30, 1971 in Barrington, Cook County, Illinois. John is my 5th cousin 1x removed on my Gauntt line through the Clarks.
Reed Allen Gershwind and Annick Sarma were married December 30, 1998. Reed is my 3rd cousin.
Death
Joseph Gaunt, son of Hananiah Gaunt and Ann Ridgway, died December 30, 1806 in Evesham Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. He is my 4x-great-grandfather.
Events in My Family Tree: December 29
It's nice to see another Janice in the family tree.
Births
Carl Thomas Gantt, son of Daniel Taylor Gantt and Phoebe Thomas, was born December 29, 1889 in Nebraska, probably in Jefferson County. He is my 3rd cousin 3x removed via the Gantts.
Ruth E. Barnett was born December 29, 1891 in Wabash County, Indiana. She was married to Uz Millard Votaw, son of Millard F. Votaw and Ida Mary Fisher, who is my 4th cousin 2x removed on my Gauntt line through the Votaws.
Anna Schwartz was born December 29, 1905 in Manhattan, New York County, New York. She was married to Hyman Gordon (originally Chaim Gorodetsky), son of Avigdor Gorodetsky and Esther Leah Schneiderman, who is my great-granduncle.
John Joseph Preisner was born December 29, 1942 in Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois. He is the husband of Anna Heath McStroul, daughter of Eugene Washington McStroul and Anna Krebs, who is the sister of my aunt Mary McStroul and the aunt of my not-quite-cousin Angela Williams.
David Charles Ellis, son of Harold Levi Ellis and Josephine Fiori, was born December 29, 1950 in New Jersey, possibly in Burlington County. He is my 2nd cousin on my Gauntt line through the Ellises.
Francis Wickham, son of Raymond Henry Wickham and Janice Kasabula, was born December 29, 1957, possibly in New York. He is the 3rd cousin of my half-sister Laurie Sellers and her half-sister Shanyn James on their Bowen line through the Wickhams.
Julianna Copestick was born December 29, 2014. She is my 2nd cousin 2x removed.
Marriages
James Edward Slentz, son of Ephraim Slentz and Zilpha Emily Gaunt, and Caroline Ella Estella Oler were married December 29, 1899 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana. James is my 4th cousin 2x removed via the Gaunts.
Clarence Gilbert Lore, son of Clarence Newcomb Lore and Dorothy Mae Sellers, and Carna Marie Ellis were married December 29, 1979 in Grundy, Buchanan County, Virginia. Gil is my half 1st cousin on my Sellers line.
Les Perley and Selma Ruth Tennenhouse, daughter of Arnold Tennenhouse and Faye Garfinkel, were married December 29, 1981, possibly in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Selma is my 4th cousin on my Meckler line through the Garfinkels.
Deaths
Loran Clarence Gaunt, son of Clarence Meridith Gaunt and Mary Grace Stewart, died December 29, 1987 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin at the age of 72. He is my 4th cousin 2x removed via the Gaunts.
Wanda Joan Hutson, daughter of Calvin William Hutson and Berdella Martha Elisa Abplanalp, died December 29, 2016 in West Chester, Butler County, Ohio at the age of 84. She is my 6th cousin 1x removed on my Gauntt line through the Hutsons.
Thursday, December 26, 2024
Events in My Family Tree: December 24
This day's list includes the three spelling variants of Gantt, Gaunt, and Gauntt that I know of in my family.
Births
Paul Avery Gantt, son of Daniel Taylor Gantt and Phoebe Thomas, was born December 24, 1898 in Steele City, Jefferson County, Nebraska. He is my 3rd cousin 3x removed via the Gantts.
Joseph Frederick Baer was born December 24, 1914 in Roebling, Burlington County, New Jersey. He was married to Nellie Elizabeth Sellers, daughter of Cornelius Elmer Sellers and Laura May Armstrong, who is my grandaunt.
Floyd Richard Williams, son of Floyd Richard Williams and Susie Lee Adams, was born December 24, 1930 in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia. He is the father of my not-quite-cousin Angela Williams.
Chris Eve Meeks, daughter of Donald Wayne Meeks and Mary Lu Sherman, was born December 24, 1954, probably in Indiana. She is my 6th cousin 1x removed on my Gauntt line through the Shermans.
Simon Berkowitz was born December 24, 1958. He is married to Sheryl Millstein, daughter of Irwin Millstein and Julia Baena, who is my 2nd cousin 1x removed on my Gorodetsky line through the Millsteins.
Linda Sue Gauntt, daughter of David Lester Gauntt and Virginia Carolyn Petersen, was born December 24, 1962, possibly in New Jersey. She is my 5th cousin 1x removed on my Gauntt line.
Bobby Wollock was born December 24, 1985. He is my 3rd cousin.
Marriages
Reuben T. Gaunt, son of Hananiah Gaunt and Rebecca Mulliner, and Hannah S. Lewallen were married December 24, 1807 in Waterford, Gloucester County, New Jersey. Reuben is my 3rd-great-granduncle.
Benjamin Gaunt, son of Benjamin Selah Gaunt and Hannah Ann Peters, and Mary Elizabeth Sever were married December 24, 1868 in Southampton, Burlington County, New Jersey. Benjamin is my half 1st cousin 3x removed via the Gaunts.
Samuel W. Thackeray and Virginia R. Gaunt, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Gaunt and Elizabeth K. Frazer, were married December 24, 1885, probably in Burlington County, New Jersey. Virginia is my 2nd cousin 3x removed via the Gaunts.
Herbert McGinnis and Mary Jane Gaunt, daughter of James Knox Polk Gaunt and Sarah Naomi Boone, were married December 24, 1902, probably in California. Mary is my 3rd cousin 3x removed via the Gaunts.
Richard J. Merrill and Yedida Marcia Amine, daughter of Moshe Amine and Florence Meckler, were married December 24, 1975 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Yedida is my 1st cousin 1x removed on my Meckler line.
Deaths
Claudia L. Githens, daughter of Thomas G. Githens and Emma D. Runyan, died December 24, 1908, probably in New Jersey, at the age of 18. She is my 5th cousin 1x removed on my Gauntt line through the Githenses.
Phoebe Emily Gaunt, daughter of Redden N. Gaunt and Pauline E. Smoot, died December 24, 1928 in Perth, Sumner County, Kansas at the age of 82. She is my 3rd cousin 3x removed via the Gaunts.
John Clendon Vaughn, son of John E. Vaughn and Bertha Florence Gaunt, died December 24, 1979 in Butte County, California at the age of 69. He is my 4th cousin 2x removed via the Gaunts.
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Events in My Family Tree: December 23
Barbara Allen was born on her grandfather Elwood Allen's 51st birthday.
Births
Settie Inez Horn was born December 23, 1885 in Pennsylvania Township, Jay County, Indiana. She was married to Joseph Harley Gaunt, son of David Clinton Gaunt and Martha Sophronia Hartman, who is my 4th cousin 2nd removed via the Gaunts.
Elwood Lambert Allen, son of Cyrus Kunze Allen, Jr. and Clara Barton Shinn, was born December 23, 1895 in Bordentown, Burlington, New Jersey. He is my 4th cousin 1x removed on my Gauntt line through the Allens.
Barbara Lee Allen, daughter of Clarence N. Allen and Mary Elizabeth Stradling, was born December 23, 1946, probably in Burlington County, New Jersey. She is my 5th cousin 1x removed on my Gauntt line through the Allens.
Janet E. Brainin, daughter of Samuel Michael Brainin and Blanche Mildred Sax, was born December 23, 1957 in Whittier, Los Angeles County, California. She is my 2nd cousin 1x removed on my Brainin line.
Ellen Kardash, daughter of Louis Kardash and Mary Udashkin, was also born December 23, 1957, but in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is my 2nd cousin 1x removed on my Gorodetsky line through the Kardashes.
Christopher James Guy, son of William Thomas Guy and Patricia Claire Gauntt, was born December 23, 1960, possibly in Pennsylvania. He is my 5th cousin 1x removed on my Gauntt line.
Elliott Garth Feller was born December 23, 1970. He is my 3rd cousin.
Beth Anne Gordon was born December 23, 1974.. She is my 2nd cousin.
Matthew R. Clark was born December 23, 1978. He is my 6th cousin.
Marriages
Millard F. Votaw, son of Daniel W. Votaw and Louisa Gaunt, and Ida May Fisher were married December 23, 1891 in Wabash County, Indiana. Millard is my 3rd cousin 3x removed via the Gaunts.
Calvin William Hutson, son of Conner W. Hutson and Rosa A. Bultman, and Berdella Martha Elisa Abplanalp were married December 23, 1925 in Ripley County, Indiana. Calvin is my 5th cousin 2x removed on my Gauntt line through the Hutsons.
Anna Heath McStroul, daughter of Eugene Washington McStroul and Elizabeth Almire Heath, and John Joseph Preisner were married December 23, 1967 in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona. Anna is the sister of my aunt Mary McStroul and the aunt of my not-quite-cousin Angela Williams.
Deaths
William Thomson died December 23, 1904 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania at the age of about 77. He was married to Almira B. Githens, daughter of Thomas Githens and Mary Gaunt, who is my 2nd cousin 4x removed via the Gaunts.
Mamie Adams, daughter of Harry Adams and Mary Julie McClain, died December 23, 1929 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia at the age of about 26. She is the great-grandaunt of my not-quite-cousin Angela Williams.
Herbert Simon died December 23, 1994, probably in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, at the age of 79. He was married to Sylvia Pollack, daughter of Isaac Pollack and Bessie Brainin, who is my 1st cousin 2x removed on my Brainin line.
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Events in My Family Tree: December 22
This is a busy day of crossovers. Joseph Gaunt was born on his brother Hananiah's 7th birthday. Redden Gaunt died on his daughter Phoebe's 8th birthday. Steve Gordon was born on his Uncle Sidney's 39th birthday.
Births
Hananiah Gaunt, son of Joseph Gaunt and Elizabeth Borton, was born December 22, 1762 in Little Egg Harbor Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. He is my 4x-great-grandfather.
Joseph Gaunt, another son of Joseph Gaunt and Elizabeth Borton, was born December 22, 1769 in Little Egg Harbor Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. He is my 4x-great-granduncle via the Gaunts.
Phoebe Emily Gaunt, daughter of Redden N. Gaunt and Pauline E. Smoot, was born December 22, 1846 in Indiana, possibly in Jay County. She is my 3rd cousin 3x removed via the Gaunts.
Alice Mullin was born December 22, 1906 in New Jersey. She was married to John Francis Gaynor, Jr., son of John Francis Gaynor and Josephine O'Connor, who is the great-granduncle of my half-sister Laurie Sellers and her half-sister Shanyn James.
Sidney Gordon, son of Joe Gordon (originally Joyne Gorodetsky) and Sarah Libby (originally Sore Leiba) Brainin, was born December 22, 1915 in Manhattan, New York County, New York. He is my granduncle.
Florence Meckler, daughter of Morris Mackler (originally Moishe Meckler) and Minnie (originally Mushe) Zelda Nowicki, was also born December 22, 1915, but in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. She is my grandaunt.
Harvey Stephen Gordon, son of Alexander Gordon and Roslyn Rubin, was born December 22, 1944 in Miami Beach, Dade County, Florida. He is my 1st cousin 1x removed on my Gordon line.
George Steven Monat was born December 22, 1953 in Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama. He is the husband of Janis Susan Brainin, daughter of Harold Leon Brainin and Ruth Pauline Schwartz, who is my 2nd cousin 1x removed.
Marriage
Lewis Allen Gaunt, son of Lewis Cass Gaunt and Mary A. Kindlesparger, and Sylvia Belle Black were married December 22, 1906 in Miami County, Indiana. Lewis is my 3rd cousin 3x removed via the Gaunts.
Deaths
Redden N. Gaunt, son of Joseph Gaunt and Phoebe Emily Severn, died December 22, 1864 in Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee at the age of 43. He is my 2nd cousin 4x removed via the Gaunts.
Harry A. Schwartz, son of Joseph Schwartz and Anna Ajzner, died December 22, 1990 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California at the age of 80. He is the 1st cousin 1x removed of my 3rd cousin 1x removed Esther Garfinkel on her Ajzner line.
Saturday, December 21, 2024
Events in My Family Tree: December 21
Gary Lederman was not born on the anniversary of his grandfather's death, because they were Jewish, and the important date for the death is the one on the Jewish calendar, to commemorate the yahrzeit. Gabriel Lederman died on 15 Tevet, but Gary was born on 5 Tevet, so not the same date. He was named for his grandfather, though.
Births
Almira B. Githens, daughter of Thomas Githens and Mary Gaunt, was born December 21, 1830 in New Jersey, possibly in Camden County. She is my 2nd cousin 4x removed via the Gaunts.
Hannah Gaunt, daughter of Uz Gaunt and Sarah Ann Whitacre, was born December 21, 1854 in Ohio, possibly in Wabash County. She is also my 2nd cousin 4x removed via the Gaunts.
Veronica Barbara Hudson, daughter of George Richard Hudson and Elizabeth Giacomozzi, was born December 21, 1957, possibly in New Jersey. She is my 5th cousin on my Gauntt line through the Hudsons.
Gary William Lederman, son of Murray Lederman and Linda Feller, was born December 21, 1963 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. He is my 2nd cousin 1x removed on my Gorodetsky line through the Ledermans.
Aryn Sharma was born December 21, 2005. He is the grandnephew of my aunt Mary McStroul and her sister Anna McStroul, the half-nephew of my not-quite-cousin Angela Williams, and the son of Angela's half-sister Beth Williams.
Marriages
John Corwin Gaunt, son of Ner Gaunt and Agnes Corwin, and Elizabeth D. McEachern were married December 21, 1871 in Pana, Christian County, Illinois. John is my 2nd cousin 4x removed via the Gaunts.
John Henry Talbot and Elizabeth Jean McStroul, daughter of Eugene Washington McStroul and Elizabeth Almira Heath, were married December 21, 1958 in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona. Jean is the sister of my aunt Mary McStroul and her sister Anna McStroul, and the mother of my not-quite-cousin Angela Williams and her half-sister Beth Williams.
Simon Berkowitz and Sheryl Millstein, daughter of Irwin Millstein and Julie Baena, were married December 21, 1985 in Connecticut. Sheryl is my 2nd cousin 1x removed on my Gorodetsky line through the Millsteins.
Deaths
Joseph William Whitacre, son of Joseph Whitacre and Anna Gaunt, died December 21, 1879 in Pennville, Jay County, Indiana at the age of 45. He is my 2nd cousin 4x removed via the Gaunts.
Gabriel William Lederman died December 21, 1953 in Manhattan, New York County, New York at the age of about 50. He was married to Anna Gordon (originally Chana Gorodetsky), daughter of Avigdor Gorodetsky and Esther Leah Schneiderman, who is my great-grandaunt.
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Events in My Family Tree: December 19
Jennie Kardish died on her nephew Louis' 39th birthday.
Births
John Gaunt, son of Samuel Gaunt and Achsah Taylor, was born December 19, 1794 in Pilesgrove Township, Salem County, New Jersey. He is my 2nd cousin 5x removed via the Gaunts.
Lulu May Sherman was born December 19, 1882 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana. She was married to Walter Clayton Gaunt, son of Arthur Lee Gaunt and Rachel Lavinia Stutsman, who is my 4th cousin 2x removed via the Gaunts.
Louise Henrietta Smith was born December 19, 1885 in New York City, New York. She was married to William James Bowen, son of William H. Bowen and Mary, who is the half-granduncle of my half-sister Laurie Sellers and her half-sister Shanyn James.
Samuel Allen Vanaman, son of Charles Milton Vanaman and Julia Ann Gaunt, was born December 19, 1892 in Vincentown, Burlington County, New Jersey. He is my half 2nd cousin 2x removed via the Gaunts.
Louis Kardish, son of Itzak Kardish and Shirley Bordelay, was born December 19, 1953 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is my 2nd cousin 1x removed on my Gorodetsky line through the Kardishes.
Raquel Margot Francis was born December 19, 1971. She is married to Jason Christopher Ellis, who is my 2nd cousin 1x removed.
Marriage
Myra Roslyn Meckler, daughter of Abram Meckler and Lillyan E. Gordon, and Richard Wesley Preuss were married December 19, 1977 in Villa Tasso, Walton County, Florida. Myra is my mother.
Deaths
Emma Gaunt, daughter of George Horner Gaunt and Emily A. Miller, died December 19, 1870 in Gloucester County, New Jersey at the age of 7. She is my 4th cousin 3x removed via the Gaunts.
William H. Bowen, son of John Bowen and Martha Baden(?), died December 18, 1910 in South Orange, Essex County, New Jersey. He is the great-grandfather of my half-sister Laurie Sellers and her half-sister Shanyn James.
Norma Marguerite Prusso died December 19, 1982 in Shasta County, California. She was married to Walter Everett Gaunt, son of James Knox Polk Gaunt and Sarah Naomi Boone, who is my 3rd cousin 3x removed via the Gaunts.
Jennie Kardish, daughter of Dovid Kardish and Etta Gorodetsky, died December 19, 1992, probably in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is my 1st cousin 2x removed on my Gorodetsky line.
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Events in My Family Tree: December 17
Bruce Ellis was born on his grandfather's 65th birthday, and Levi Ellis was still around to meet his grandson.
Births
Phebe E. Whitacre, daughter of Joseph Whitacre and Anna Gaunt, was born December 17, 1832 in Columbiana County, Ohio. She is my 2nd cousin 4x removed via the Gaunts.
Levi Ellis was born December 17, 1885 in Tabernacle, Burlington County, New Jersey. He was married to Carrie Florence Gauntt, daughter of Thomas Kirkland Gauntt and Jane Dunstan, who is my grandaunt.
Vivian Louise Gaunt, daughter of Joseph Harley Gaunt and Settie Inez Horn, was born December 17, 1918 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana. She is my 5th cousin 1x removed via the Gaunts.
Bruce Oliver Ellis, son of Russell Oliver Ellis and Irene Elise Crater, was born December 17, 1950 in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey. He is my 2nd cousin on my Gauntt line through the Ellises.
Henry Maranz was born December 17, 1953, possibly in New Jersey. He was the husband of Barbara Boulissa Lederman, daughter of Donald Lawrence Lederman and Miriam Jaffe, who is my 2nd cousin 1x removed on my Gorodetsky line through the Ledermans.
Mindy Deborah McStroul was born December 17, 1973. She is the 1st cousin 1x removed of my aunt Mary McStroul and her sister Anna McStroul and the 2nd cousin of my not-quite-cousin Angela Williams.
Matthew Royce Collier was born December 17, 1988. He is my 4th cousin 1x removed.
Mitchell Logan Freitag was born December 17, 1992. He is also my 4th cousin 1x removed.
Marriages
Charles Parker and Harriet Gaunt, daughter of David H. Gaunt and Eliza Anderson, were married December 17, 1900, probably in New Jersey. Harriet is my half 2nd cousin 2x removed via the Gaunts.
Kenneth Leroy Abell and Emma Evelyn Gaunt, daughter of William Alvin Gaunt and Mamie B. Mitchell, were married December 17, 1941. Emma is my 4th cousin 2x removed via the Gaunts.
James Chase Crawford and Luann Abell, daughter of Kenneth Leroy Abell and Emma Evelyn Gaunt, were married December 17, 1977 in Fresno County, California. Luann is my 5th cousin 1x removed via the Gaunts.
Deaths
Evaline Viola Easlick, daughter of Jonathan Easlick and Susannah Sever, died December 17, 1931, possibly in New Jersey, at the age of 52. She is my 1st cousin 3x removed on my Gauntt line through the Easlicks.
William Henry Wickham, son of Charles E. Wickham and Martha Elizabeth Bowen, died December 17, 1940 in New Jersey at the age of 48. He is the 1st cousin 2x removed of my half-sister Laurie Sellers and her half-sister Shanyn James on their Bowen line.
Henry Schumeister died December 17, 1962 in Ramsey County, Minnesota at the age of about 82. He was the husband of Celia Perlmutter, daughter of Maishe Eli Perlmutter and Ethel Nowicki, who is my 2nd cousin 2x removed on my Nowicki line.
Rose Sopher died December 17, 2001, possibly in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, at the age of 92. She was married to Morris Gordon (originally Moishe Gorodetsky), son of Avigdor Gorodetsky and Esther Leah Schneiderman, who is my great-granduncle.
Norman Stuart Farbman, son of Murray Farbman and Etta Millstein, died December 17, 2004, probably in New York, at the age of 61. He is my 2nd cousin 1x removed on my Gorodetsky line through the Millsteins.
Saturday, December 14, 2024
Events in My Family Tree: December 13
Rhoda was born on her father's 28th birthday. Another special birthday present!
Births
Caroline Estella Oler was born December 13, 1882 in Indiana. She was married to James Edward Slentz, son of Ephraim Slentz and Zilpha Emily Gaunt, who is my 4th cousin 2x removed via the Gaunts.
Sam Brozovsky was born December 13, 1926 in Ottawa, Ontario Canada. He was the husband of Ann Kardish, daughter of Dovid Kardish and Etta Gorodetsky, who is my 1st cousin 2x removed on my Gorodetsky line.
Nathanial Barker, son of Walter Barker and Carrie Bell Crawford, was born December 13, 1938 in Georgia, probably Muscogee County. He is the 1st cousin 3x removed of my not-quite-cousin Angela Williams on her Crawford line.
Rhoda Brozovsky, daughter of Sam Brozovsky and Ann Kardish, was born December 13, 1954 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is my 2nd cousin 1x removed on my Gorodetsky line through the Kardishes.
Alexis Ann Omichinski was born December 13, 1982. She is my 4th cousin 1x removed.
Ian Elliot Kardish Levitan was born December 13, 1990. He is my 3rd cousin.
Marriage
James Pharo, son of Gervais Farrow and Elizabeth Hawkesmore, and Ann Murfin, daughter of Robert Murfin, were married December 13, 1673 in Bawtry, Yorkshire, England. They are my 8th-great-grandparents.
Deaths
Earl Morris Hutson, son of Bateman Hutson and Lorinda Brown, died December 13, 1947 in Brookston, White County, Indiana at the age of 57. He is my 5th cousin 2x removed on my Gauntt line through the Hutsons.
Anna Tania Jakowsczyka, daughter of Aaron Samuel Jakowsczyk and Findla Nowinska (probably Nowicka), died December 13, 1980 in Miami Beach, Dade County, Florida at the age of about 73. She is probably related to me herself (possibly as a 1st cousin 3x removed), but she was the wife of William Socherman (originally Welwel Szocherman), son of Chanania Szocherman and Rojzla Perlmutter, who is my 2nd cousin 2x removed on my Nowicki line through the Perlmutters.
Sarah Clarice Higgins, daughter of Ervie Oscar Higgins and Elizabeth Opal Gaunt, died December 13, 2007 in California, possibly in Butte or Yuba County. She is my 5th cousin 1x removed via the Gaunts.
Events in My Family Tree: December 12
The fact that my great-great-grandfather Gershon Novitsky died in 1948, rather than three weeks later in 1949, meant that I was able to obtain a copy of his death certificate much more easily.
Births
William Edward Gaunt, son of Samuel Gaunt, Jr. and Ann Horner, was born December 12, 1832 in New Jersey. He is my 3rd cousin 4x removed via the Gaunts.
John Timothy Heath, son of Henry Heath and Eliza Bullock, was born December 12, 1855 in Thurman, Warren County, New York. He is the great-grandfather of my aunt Mary McStroul and her sister Anna McStroul and the great-great-grandfather of my not-quite-cousin Angela Williams.
Rinaldo Wise Gaunt, son of David Wise Gaunt and Margaret A. Williams, was born December 12, 1902 in Jay County, Indiana. He is my 5th cousin 1x removed via the Gaunts.
David Maxwell Votaw, son of Joseph Willet Votaw and Florence E. Barnett, was born December 12, 1906 in Indiana, possibly in Wabash County. He is my 4th cousin 2x removed on my Gauntt line through the Votaws.
Mary Udashkin was born December 12, 1915 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was the wife of Louis Kardash, son of Dovid Kardish and Etta Gorodetsky, who is my 1st cousin 2x removed on my Gorodetsky line.
Frank James Zelley, son of Wilmer Egee Zelley and Emma Pearl Lambert, was born December 12, 1917 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. He is my 4th cousin 1x removed on my Gauntt line through the Zelleys.
Bernadette Allen, daughter of Raymond Charles Allen and Elizabeth Ray, was born December 12, 1954, probably in New Jersey. She is my 5th cousin 1x removed on my Gauntt line through the Allens.
Brandon Mark Horn was born December 12, 1980. He is my 5th cousin 2x removed.
Marriage
Jay Charles Dubell, son of Charles Barton Dubell and Myrtle Lydle Allen, and Jan Galey were married December 12, 1970 in New Jersey. Jay is my 5th cousin 1x removed on my Gauntt line through the Allens.
Deaths
Gershon Itzhak Novitsky (originally Nowicki), son of Abraham Yaakov Nowicki and Sirke, died December 12, 1948 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York at the age of about 90. He is my great-great-grandfather.
Dustin Tryce Lore died December 12, 2010. He is my half 1st cousin 1x removed.
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