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: June 15

One of the outcomes of doing this exercise is that I am becoming aware of juxtapositions of dates.  George Trombulak, who was married June 15, was born June 9.  June 15 was a Friday, which doesn't seem much of a marriage date to me, but his birthday was a Saturday, which seems more so.  How did they decide on the 15th for the wedding?  Did the ongoing war have any effect on the choice?

Births

Burman J. Gaunt, son of Orlan Fay Gaunt and Beth Irene Waybright, was born June 15, 1918 in Jay County, Indiana.  He is my 5th cousin once removed via the Gaunts.

Linda Diane Layton, daughter of Edwin Earl Layton and Lois L. Vaughn, was born June 15, 1947 in Los Angeles County, California.  She is also my 5th cousin once removed on my Gauntt line, through the Vaughns.

Christine Hise was born June 15, 1973.  She is my 3rd cousin once removed.

Lori Elizabeth Burke was born June 15, 1981.  She is my 5th cousin 2x removed.

Katy C. Wickham was born June 15, 1985.  She is the 3rd cousin once removed of my half-sister Laura Sellers.

Marriages

Lewis Allen Gaunt, son of Lewis Cass Gaunt and Mary A. Kindlesparger, and Opal Esther Westrick were married June 15, 1922 in Ft. Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.  Lewis is my 3rd cousin 3x removed via the Gaunts.

George Trombulak, Jr. and Elizabeth Ann Funk, daughter of Earl G. Funk and Hazel Pauline Gauntt, were married June 15, 1945 in Alexandria City, Virginia.  Elizabeth is my 3rd cousin once removed via the Gauntts.

Thomas Gerald Allen, son of Elwood Lambert Allen and Beatrice Graham, and Doris Filer were married June 15, 1956.  Thomas is my 5th cousin on my Gauntt line through the Allens.

Kevin George Tucker, Jr. and Angela Jean Williams were married June 15, 2002.  Angela is my aunt Mary McStroul's niece.

Deaths

Harry Hourel Thomson, son of William Thomson and Almira B. Githens, died June 15, 1950 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana at the age of 81.  He is my 3rd cousin 3x removed on my Gauntt line through the Githenses.

Mary Jo Bonifas, daughter of Charles D. Bonifas, Jr. and Janell Wilkinson, died June 15, 2006 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.  She is my 6th cousin once removed on my Gauntt line through the Bonifases.

Events in My Family Tree: January 1

For the new year I thought I would become better acquainted with the individuals in my family tree database by following the vital events in their lives on the calendar.  Every day I plan to post the births, marriages, and deaths that fell on that day.  As I am doing research for (very) extended family members, not everyone in my database is actually related to me.

I have already discovered that finding this information directly in Family Tree Maker, my primary family tree program, does not work well.  The first results for a search for "January 1" or "1 January" are years with no months or dates.  I looked at the index of names, which shows birth and death dates, but there's apparently no way to export that information.  So I saved a GEDCOM file and imported it to Reunion.  The latter gives much better results than FTM but still isn't perfect — it returns those people with the correct month, but it doesn't seem to be able to also find the specific date.  No matter, it's a vast improvement.

Births

Jacob Longanecker, son of Daniel Longanecker and Sarah Mack, was born January 1, 1811, probably in Pennsylvania.  He is my 3rd cousin 5x removed on my Sellers line through the Macks.

Catherine Sellers, daughter of John Leonard Sellers and Elizabeth Wenger, was born January 1, 1835, probably in Pennsylvania.  She is my 3rd cousin 4x removed.

Florence Walton, daughter of Jerome B. Walton and Susan Sellers, was born January 1, 1868, in Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio.  She is my 4th cousin 3x removed.

Charles Cooper Stradling was born January 1, 1895 in Texas, Middlesex County, New Jersey.  He was the husband of my paternal grandmother, Anna Gauntt.

William Kester Allen, son of Cyrus Kunze Allen and Clara Barton Shinn, was born January 1, 1908 in New Jersey, probably in Bordentown, Burlington County.  He is my 4th cousin once removed on my Gauntt line through the Allens.

I have been told that Baby Boy Gordon, son of Joe Gordon and Sarah Libby Brainin, was born January 1, 1915 in Manhattan, the first child of my maternal great-grandparents.

Kathleen Lynn Allen was born January 1, 1955 and is my 5th cousin once removed.

Brian Hise was born January 1, 1972 and is my 3rd cousin once removed.

Kaleb Appleton was born January 1, 1999 and is my 1st cousin 3x removed.

Marriages

Henry Rohr and Polly Sellers were married on January 1, 1797 in Abington, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.  Polly is my 1st cousin 2x removed.

John Wengard Sellers and Mary Melissa Conkle were married on January 1, 1829 in Allen County, Ohio.  John is my 3rd cousin 4x removed.

John Timothy Heath and Mary Etta Smith were married on January 1, 1884, probably in Warren County, New York.  They are the great-grandparents of my aunt Mary.

Thomas Daniel Swain and Rachel Anna Armstrong were married on January 1, 1912 in Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey.  Rachel is my great-grandaunt and the sister of my great-grandmother Laura May Armstrong.

Moshe Amine and Florence Meckler were married on January 1, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York.  Florence is my grandaunt and the sister of my grandfather Abraham Meckler.

Deaths

Hattie Lorena Fuller, daughter of Joseph L. Fuller and Sarah R. Weaver, died January 1, 1914 in Warrensburg, Warren County, New York at the age of 26.  She was the grandmother of my aunt Mary.

Cecil Deacon Lucas, son of John Deacon Lucas and Idella May Nixon, died January 1, 1998 at the age of 91.  He was married to Nora Elizabeth Eckman, the sister of my grandaunt Bertha Poinsett Eckman and granduncle Edwin Bunting Eckman.

Fred Adams, son of John White and Alma Adams, died January 1, 2000 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio at the age of 76.  He is the granduncle of my not-quite-cousin Angela Williams.