Events in My Family Tree: February 6

I think this list has the first politician in my family to appear (I don't have many).  William Godshalk was a Republican Congressman from Pennsylvania in the 19th century.

Births

Walter Clayton Gaunt, son of Arthur Lee Gaunt and Rachel Lavinia Stutsman, was born February 6, 1882 in Indiana.  He is my 4th cousin 2x removed.

Myrtle C. Gauntt, daughter of Harry K. Gauntt and Anna Bush, was born February 6, 1912, probably in New Jersey.  She is my 2nd cousin once removed.

Craig Lee Gaunt, son of James Earl Gaunt and Helen Burbank, was born February 6, 1941.  He is my 5th cousin once removed.

Richard Simon, son of Herbert Simon and Sylvia Pollack, was born February 6, 1946 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.  He is my 2nd cousin once removed on my Brainin line through the Pollacks.

Sheryl Joy Podolsky was born February 6, 1960 in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey.  She is my 3rd cousin through my Gordon line.

Rebecca Kelly was born February 6, 1961 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.  She is the 1st cousin once removed of my aunt Mary McStroul.

Sarah Reene Asulnik was born February 6, 1994 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  She is my 3rd cousin through my Gorodetsky line.

Marriages

Joseph H. Sellers, son of George Sellers and Magdalena Shirk, and Elizabeth Waggoner were married on February 6, 1841 in Summit County, Ohio.  Joseph is my 3rd cousin 4x removed.

Vivian Brainin

Jack Siegel and Vivian M. Brainin, daughter of Max Joseph Brainin and Nellie Doctor, were married on February 6, 1946 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.  Vivian is my 1st cousin 2x removed.

Gerald Robert Parker and Gloria Jean Allen, daughter of Clarence Allen and Agnes Viola Ledger, were married on February 6, 1960.  Gloria is my 5th cousin on my Gauntt line through the Allens.

Deaths

Ann Ridgway, daughter of Thomas Ridgway and Ann Pharo, died February 6, 1794 at the age of 83, probably in New Jersey.  She is my 6th great-grandmother.

Mary Mack, daughter of Jacob Mack and Nancy Moser, died February 6, 1844 at the age of 31 in Pennsylvania.  She is my 2nd cousin 5x removed.

William Godshalk, son of Samuel Godshalk and Sidney Kelly, died February 6, 1891 at the age of 73 in New Britain, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.  He is my 3rd great-granduncle.

Abner H. Gaunt, son of Hananiah Selah Gaunt and Abigail Atkinson, died February 6, 1892 at the age of 58 in Mount Holly, Burlington County, New Jersey.  He is my 2nd great-granduncle.

Wordless Wednesday

Events in My Family Tree: February 5

February 5 is another for which I have no deaths in my family, or at least none that is entered into my database at this time.

Births

Mrs. Elizabeth Sellers was born February 5, 1768, possibly in Pennsylvania.  She was married to John Sellers, son of Paul Sellers and Elizabeth Hofmen, who is my 1st cousin 6x removed.

Nancy Mack, daughter of William Mack and Agnes Gantz, was born February 5, 1796, probably in Pennsylvania.  She is also my 1st cousin 6x removed.

Celia Korenstein, daughter of Harry Korenstein and Rebeca Szocherman, was born February 5, 1941 in Regla, Habana province, Cuba.  She is my 4th cousin on my Nowicki line through the Szochermans.

Edwin Earl Layton, Jr., son of Edwin Earl Layton and Lois Vaughn, was born February 5, 1944.  He is my 6th cousin once removed on my Gauntt line through the Vaughns.

Joel Edward Tennenhouse was born February 5, 1962 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  He is my 4th cousin through my Meckler line.

Michael Ross was born February 5, 1966 in Canada.  He is also my 4th cousin through my Meckler line.

Gilbert Sellers Lore was born February 5, 1981 in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.  He is my 1st cousin once removed on my Sellers line.

Arielle Joy Rubinstein was born February 5, 1992 in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey.  She is my 3rd cousin through my Gordon line.

Marriages

Benjamin Burns and Hannah Gaunt, daughter of Jacob Gaunt and Hannah Holmes, were married on February 5, 1828, possibly in Ohio.  Hannah is my 1st cousin 5x removed.

Woodford Case and Margaret J. Mock, daughter of Jacob Mock and Sarah Van Anda, were married on February 5, 1871 in Holt County, Missouri.  Margaret is my 4th cousin 4x removed on my Mack line (Mock is a variation of Mack).

Alfred S. Dranove and Dorothy A. Pollack, daughter of Isaac Pollack and Bessie Brainin, were married on February 5, 1947 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.  Dorothy is my 1st cousin 2x removed via the Brainins.

David Kardash, son of Louis Kardash and Mary Udashkin, and Margaret Stewart were married on February 5, 1976 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  David is my 2nd cousin once removed on my Gorodetsky line through the Kardashes (who also might be related to me).

Events in My Family Tree: February 4

I have many photographs of my Aunt Rose, so it was difficult to choose one to include with this post.  I decided that her smile was best in this one.

Births

Sarah Fox, daughter of John Fox and Catherine Fisher, was born February 4, 1816 in Germantown or Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.  She is my 3rd great-grandmother.

Elmer Gaunt, son of Samuel Gaunt, Jr. and Ann HOrner, was born February 4, 1825.  He is my 3rd cousin 4x removed.

John Franklin Sellers, son of Henry S. Sellers and Mary Ann Yost, was born February 4, 1854 in Pennsylvania.  He is my 2nd cousin 3x removed.

David Foote Sellers, son of Edwin Elias Sellers and Olive Lay Foote, was born February 4, 1874 at Fort McIntosh, Travis County, Texas.  He is my 4th cousin 3x removed.

Wayne Robert Gantt, son of Carl Thomas Gantt and Mabelle Yost, was born February 4, 1918 in York, York County, Nebraska.  He is my 4th cousin 2x removed through my Gauntt line.

Roslyn "Rose" Rubin was also born February 4, 1918, but in Manhattan, New York County, New York.  She is my dear grandaunt by marriage, having been married to Alexander Gordon, son of Joe Gordon and Sarah Libby Brainin, who is my maternal granduncle.

James Owen Gaynor, Jr., son of James Owen Gaynor, Sr. and Maire Hennessey, was born February 4, 1929 in Orange, Essex County, New Jersey.  He is the 1st cousin once removed of my half-sister Laurie Sellers on her mother's side.

Nancy Ann Wolf was born February 4, 1950 in Glen Cove, Nassau County, New York.  She was married to William Paul Bowen, son of Paul Sayer Bowen and Catherine C. Corley, also the 1st cousin once removed of my half-sister Laurie Sellers on her mother's side.

Michael James Allen was born February 4, 1982.  He is my 5th cousin 2x removed on my Gauntt line.

Marriage

Kent Morris Baldwin, son of William Lewis Baldwin and Bette McNear, and Tannis Marie Macklin were married on February 4, 1978.  Kent is my 5th cousin once removed on my Gauntt line.

Deaths

Henry Zepp died February 4, 1857 at the age of 58, probably in Pennsylvania.  He was married to Tirzah Sellers, daughter of Abraham Sellers and Sophia Bodder, who is my 3rd great-grandaunt.

Joseph L. Gauntt, son of Mark Lewallen Gauntt and Rhoda Ewing, died February 4, 1913 at the age of 32, probably in New Jersey.  He is my 3rd cousin 2x removed.

Events in My Family Tree: February 3

I don't have many events for February 3, but one of them illustrates how extended the family is in my family tree program.  One of my Schneiderman cousins had a small treasure trove of telegrams sent for wedding wishes but didn't know how the people who sent them were related to him.  So I did some research, figured out the connections, and then entered everyone into my database so I could more easily share the information with him.  It's a somewhat convoluted path to describe how the first person listed under Deaths is connected to me.

Births

Nellie Elizabeth Sellers, daughter of Cornelius Elmer Sellers and Laura May Armstrong, was born February 3, 1912 in Mount Holly, Burlington County, New Jersey.  She is my grandaunt.

Herbert Kanovsky was born February 3, 1931 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.  He was married to Evelyn Golub, daughter of Harry Golub (originally Golubchik) and Dora Sorin, who is my 3rd cousin once removed on my Meckler line through the Golubchiks.

Hans Joachim Rocke was born February 3, 1939 in Wuppertal, Rhine Province, West Germany.  He was married to Yedida Marcia Amine, daughter of Moshe Amine and Florence Meckler, who is my 1st cousin once removed via the Mecklers.

Coulette Moore was born February 3, 1963 in Mount Holly, Burlington County, New Jersey.  She is my 2nd cousin once removed through my Fox line.

Amy Ann Bennett was born February 3, 1975.  She is my 7th cousin once removed through my Sellers line.

Deaths

Sarah Maurion died February 3, 1964 at the age of about 80 in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri.  She was the second wife of Frank Owstrach, whose first wife was Eva Petranovsky.  Eva's sister was Annie Rachel Petranovsky, who was married to Sam Schneiderman, son of Joine Schneiderman and Anna Ida.  Sam is my great-great-granduncle, brother of my great-great-grandmother Esther Leah Schneiderman Gorodetsky.

William Kester Allen, son of Cyrus Kunze Allen, Jr. and Clara Barton Shinn, died February 1968 at the age of 60.  He is my 4th cousin once removed on my Gauntt line through the Allens.

Abbie Walton Sellers, daughter of Elmer Ferguson Sellers and Minnie B. Frey, died February 3, 1984 at the age of 87.  She is my 5th cousin 2x removed.

Dorthea Virginia Lynch died February 3, 1994 at the age of 74 in Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana.  She was married to Charles Robert Clark, son of Oren Wilson Clark and Anna Gaunt, who is my 4th cousin 2x removed via the Gaunts.

Events in My Family Tree: February 2

According to Wikipedia, the earliest recorded mention of February 2 as Groundhog Day was in an 1840 entry in a diary, so it's possible that some of these relatives observed the day, particularly those with Pennsylvania German ancestry, such as the Macks.

Births

Thomas H. B. Gaunt, son of Redden N. Gaunt and Pauline E. Smuck, was born February 2, 1857, possibly in Indiana.  He is my 3rd cousin 3x removed.

Adeline Pearson was born February 2, 1918.  She was married to Oren Wilson Clark, Jr., son of Oren Wilson Clark and Anna Gaunt, who is my 4th cousin 2x removed via the Gaunts.

Leon Furman, son of Benjamin Furman and Sarah Meckler, was born February 2, 1924 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.  He is my 1st cousin once removed via the Mecklers.

Ina Mae Pflueger was born February 2, 1931.  She was married to William Richard Gaunt, son of Edward Lee Gaunt and Ethyl Fay Davidson, who is my 5th cousin once removed.

Mary Alice Gauntt, daughter of Thomas Franklin Gauntt and Anna Marie Stayton, was born February 2, 1937 in New Jersey.  She is my 1st cousin once removed.

Robin Simcox, daughter of Warren Simcox and Joyce Case, was born February 2, 1956.  She is the 2nd cousin of my 1st cousin Albert Lore.

Barry Paul Sarin was born February 2, 1959 in Manhattan, New York County, New York.  He is married to Sheryl Joy Podolsky, who is my 3rd cousin through my Gordon line.

Scott Clouser was born February 2, 1984 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.  He is also my 3rd cousin through my Gordon line.

Marriages

Jacob Ziegler and Sarah Margarethe Mack, daughter of Alexander Mack and Elizabeth Neis, were married on February 2, 1776, possibly in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.  Sarah is my 5th great-grandaunt via the Macks.

Gary Allen Feil, son of Rudolf William Feil and Jessie Naomi Gaunt, and Sandra Shauf were married on February 2, 1974 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.  Gary is my 5th cousin once removed via the Gaunts.

Robert Lloyd Smits and Kip Marie Sellers were married on February 2, 1989 in Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico.  Kip is my 7th cousin.

Deaths

Catherine Baker died February 2, 1853 at the age of 79 in Stark County, Ohio.  She was married to Alexander Mack, son of Alexander Mock, who is my 2nd cousin 6x removed.

Priscilla Dye died February 2, 1890 at the age of 61 in Indiana.  She was married to John B. Gaunt, son of John Gaunt and Euphemia Thornton, who is my 2nd cousin 4x removed.

Jacob E. Long died February 2, 1894 at the age of 78 in Baldwin, Jackson County, Iowa.  He was married to Elizabeth Zook, daughter of David Zook and Nancy Mack, who is my 2nd cousin 5x removed.

Samuel B. Sellers, son of Samuel Ferguson Sellers and Mary Laura Gunn, died February 2, 1905 at the age of 3 months in East Marlborough Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.  He is my 5th cousin 2x removed.

Carl Kennedy Sellers, son of David Sellers and Elsie Robinson, died February 2, 1969 at the age of 87 in Salem, Marion County, Oregon.  He is my also my 5th cousin 2x removed.

Charles Louis Allen, son of Cyrus Kunze Allen, Jr. and Clara Barton Shinn, died February 2, 1985 at the age of 92.  He is my 4th cousin once removed on my Gauntt line through the Allens.

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: Super Bowl 2018 Edition

The Super Bowl, and the NFL in general, are near and dear to my heart, so I really like this week's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun topic from Randy Seaver.

Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission:  Impossible! music), is:

(1) The Super Bowl is on Sunday, 4 February 2018 in the USA.  The New England Patriots are playing the Philadelphia Eagles for the National Football League championship up in Minnesota (an indoor stadium!).  The winners get to go to Disney World.  

(2) Predict the score for this game.  You have to predict the winning team and the closest to the actual score (point differential summed for both teams) to be the winner.  The winner of this contest gets announced next week in a Genea-Musings blog post.  

(3) Tell a story about your experiences playing football or watching professional football games.  Did you go to football games?  Who in your family was the real fan of the game?  What were the pregame routines?  How do you, or your family, react to good plays or bad plays, or wins or losses?

(4) Provide your entry in a comment to this blog post, in a blog post of your own, or in a Facebook or Google+ post.  Be sure to tell me about your post in a comment to this post.

1.  Well, I do love football, but I don't like who ended up in this year's Super Bowl.  I was rooting for the other two teams in each of the conference championships.  I've been a Vikings fan for more than 40 years, and they would have been playing at home.  But such is life.  And Disneyland is so much better than Walt Disney World anyway.

2.  I have to decide if I want to go with the odds or with what I really want to happen.  Since Randy isn't giving out a prize for the winner of his contest, I'm going with what I want.  I'm going to say Eagles over Patriots, 24-20.  (Please let it come true!)

3.  I've been to several professional football games.  For Saturday Night Genealogy Fun last week I wrote about the two Super Bowl halftime shows I have performed in.  During the five years I was in the USC Trojan Marching Band, we also performed at halftime during several regular-season games for the Los Angeles Raiders and Anaheim Rams.  We were never permitted to actually sit in the stands and watch these games.  At least with the Raiders and Rams we walked onto the sidelines a few minutes before the half ended, so we were able to watch a little bit of the game (and I remember always feeling very, very small while standing next to the pro players!).  For the Super Bowls we didn't see squat except on television monitors before we went out to the field.

I have splurged a few times on attending NFL games.  While I was still living in Los Angeles, one year I went to a Raiders postseason game, and it wasn't even that expensive.  In Oakland, some friends and I went to a Raiders game when they played the Pittsburgh Steelers, because one of the friends is a huge Steeler fan.  I think I have been to one or two additional Raiders games over the years.  And once I went to a San Francisco 49ers game with some sort of group deal, but I was rooting against them.

Both of my parents watched football, so I grew up with it.  My second favorite team, the Raiders, was one of my mother's favorite teams.  My dad's favorite teams were the Rams, whom I don't like at all, and the Eagles, which makes another good reason to root for them this year.  I don't remember any pregame routines, but I do remember my mother would react loudly to plays she liked or didn't.  She's also the person who taught me about "football tushies", yet another reason to enjoy the game.

Events in My Family Tree: February 1

This list includes my family's first event recorded in Asia.  Peter Marshall was in Shanghai not as a missionary but as a representative of the Australia and China Telgraph Company.  He and his wife were buried in Bubbling Well Road Cemtery in Shanghai.

Births

Harry John Sellers, son of Charles Andrew Sellers and Emma Hengstler, was born February 1, 1903 in Allen or Auglaize County, Ohio.  He is my 5th cousin 2x removed.

Evelyn Golub, daughter of Harry Golub (originally Golubchik) and Dora Sorin, was born February 1, 1934 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.  She is my 3rd cousin once removed on my Meckler line through the Golubs.

Rodney Keith Sellers, son of Loren Floyd Sellers and Dorothy Eilene Crawford, was born February 1, 1947 in Lima, Allen County, Ohio.  He is my 6th cousin once removed.

Dean Frederick, son of Walter Henry Frederick and Rachel Lavina Gaunt, was born February 1, 1953.  He is my 6th cousin through the Gaunts.

Francine H. Spencer was born February 1, 1964.  She is my 5th cousin once removed through my Gauntt lines.

Robin Carter was born February 1, 1966.  She is my 5th cousin 2x removed through my Gauntt line.

Neil Allen Rhoades was born February 1, 1988 in Seattle, Kings County, Washington.  He is my 7th cousin once removed through my Sellers line.

Ruston Anthony Fettig was born February 1, 1991 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.  He is my 2nd cousin 2x removed through my Gauntt line.

Miriam Myra Sellers was born February 1, 2014 in Baltimore City, Maryland.  She is my niece, and I am a bad aunt, because I forgot to send her a birthday card.

Marriages

James Gauntt, son of Hananiah Selah Gaunt and Abigail Atkinson, and Amelia Gibson, daughter of John Gibson and Mary, were married on February 1, 1851 in Westhampton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.  They are my great-great-grandparents.

David Sellers, son of George Sellers and Eleanor Wallick, and Elsie Robinson were married on February 1, 1862 in Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa.  David is my 4th cousin 3x removed.

Selah Benjamin Gaunt, son of Benjamin Selah Gaunt and Hannah Ann Peters, and Amelia Taggert were married on February 1, 1868 in Vincentown, Burlington County, New Jersey.  Selah is my 1st cousin 3x removed.

Max Stewart and Florence Meckler, daughter of Moshe Meckler and Mushe Zelda Nowicki, were married on February 1, 1976 in Westlake Village, Los Angeles County, California.  Florence is my maternal grandaunt.

Deaths

Samuel Holsinger, son of David Holsinger and Lydia Mack, died February 1, 1821 at the age of 14 1/2 months, possibly in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.  He is my 2nd cousin 5x removed.

Polly Mack, daughter of William Mack and Agnes Gantz, died February 1, 1865 at the age of 65 in Yellow Creek, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.  She is my 1st cousin 6x removed.

Emma Hengstler died February 1, 1903 in Allen or Auglaize County, Ohio in conjunction with the birth of Harry John Sellers (above).  She was married to Charles Andrew Sellers, son of Henry Sellers and Lavina Danner, who is my 4th cousin 3x removed.

Peter Marshall died February 1, 1922 at the age of 52 in Shanghai, China.  He was married to Elizabeth Jaudon Sellers, daughter of David Wampole Sellers and Anna Frances Jaquett, who is my 4th cousin 3x removed.

Mary Mack, daughter of John Mack and Mary Woolsey, died February 1, 1934 at the age of 88, possibly in Ohio.  She is my 3rd cousin 4x removed.

Mary Jane Gaunt, daughter of James Knox Polk Gaunt and Sarah Naomi Boone, died February 1, 1957 at the age of 72 in Santa Cruz County, California.  She is my 3rd cousin 3x removed.

Julian Saul Perlman, son of Abraham Sam Perlman (originally Perlmutter) and Stella Joffe, died February 1, 1997 at the age of 50 in Manhattan, New York County, New York.  He is my 3rd cousin once removed through my Nowicki line.

Events in My Family Tree: January 31

January 31 marks the first date that a relative of mine who died in the Holocaust appears in my list of family events.

Births

Noela Agnes Walton, daughter of Jerome B. Walton and Susan Sellers, was born January 31, 1859 in Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio.  She is my 4th cousin 3x removed via the Sellerses.

Edward Lee Gaunt, son of Arthur Lee Gaunt and Rachel Lavinia Stutsman, was born January 31, 1889 in Jay County, Indiana.  He is my 4th cousin 2x removed.

David M. Stein was born January 31, 1917.  He was married to Ruth Schumeister, daughter of Henry Schumeister and Celia Perlmutter, who is my 3rd cousin once removed on my Nowicki line.

Frank Gaunt, son of Walter Clayton Gaunt and Lulu Sherman, was born January 31, 1919.  He is my 5th cousin once removed.

Edward Lee Gaunt, Jr., son of Edward Lee Gaunt (above) and Ethyl Fay Davison, was born January 31, 1921 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.  He is also my 5th cousin once removed.

Robin Cohen was born January 31, 1980 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  She is my 3rd cousin.

Shannon Elizabeth Kandel McStroul was born January 31, 1984.  She is the niece of my aunt Mary McStroul.

Robert Andrew Herritt was born January 31, 1992.  He is the 2nd cousin 2x removed of my 1st cousin Albert Lore.

Marriages

Harry L. Borton and Lillian Mae Easlick, daughter of Jonathan Easlick and Susannah Sever, were married on January 31, 1891.  Lillian is my 2nd cousin 2x removed through my Gauntt line.

Kenneth Hunter and Charlene Suzanne Allen, daughter of William Ledger Allen and Edna Hankins, were married on January 31, 1976.  Charlene is yet another 5th cousin once removed on my Gauntt line.

Deaths

Joseph Gantt, son of Joseph Gaunt and Mary A. Lobaugh, died January 31, 1867 at the age of 70, probably in Pennsylvania.  He is my 1st cousin 5x removed.

Daniel Mack Holsinger, son of John Holsinger and Elizabeth Mack, died January 31, 1886 at the age of 73, possibly in Pennsylvania.  He is my 2nd cousin 5x removed.

Mobsza Eli Szocherman, son of Chanania Szocherman and Rojzla Perlmutter, died about January 31, 1943 at the age of 23 in Auschwitz.  He is my 3rd cousin once removed.