Thursday, April 12, 2012

On This Day : April 12

1682 - Joseph BROWN born in Northamptonshire, England.  Joseph was the son of William BROWN and Dorothy ________.


1699 - Joseph HURLBUT born in Woodbury, Connecticut.  Joseph was the son of Joseph HURLBUT and Mary CASTLE.


1709 - Isaac PIERCE born.  Isaac was the son of Isaac PIERCE and Grace TUCKER.


1747 - Jonathan CRANDALL married Hannah DOWNING.  Jonathan was the son of Eber CRANDALL and May COTTRELL.


1752 - Bennett FIELD born in Mansfield, Connecticut.  Bennett was the son of Bennett FIELD and Elizabeth SPOFFORD.


1782 - Jane WRIGHT born.  Jane was the daughter of John WRIGHT and Sarah FLEMING.


1784 - Nathaniel KENYON married Tacy DAVIS.  Nathaniel was the son of Nathaniel KENYON and Eleanor UTTER.


1786 - Samuel BOND born in Surry County, North Carolina.  Samuel was the son of Samuel BOND and Elizabeth BEALS.


1803 - Philander WARDLOW born.  Philander was the son of William WARDLAW and Elizabeth NESBIT.


1804 - Rachel HAINES married Japeth BISHOP in Burlington County, New Jersey. Rachel was the daughter of Robert HAINES and Rachel VENICOMB.


1823 - Samuel WARDLAW born.  Samuel was the son of James WARDLAW and Eleanor IRWIN.


1828 - John Wesley ANDERSON born.  John was the son of Elijah ANDERSON and Susannah WILLIAMS.


1838 - John WOOLSTON died in Mt. Holly, Burlington County, New Jersey.  John was the son of Cornwell WOOLSTON and Hannah AARONSEN.  John was my 5x great-grandfather.


1849 - Orinda J. KING born in Madison County, Indiana.  Orinda was the daughter of George Washington KING and Elizabeth HOWARD.


1853 - Frances A. CHEW born in Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa.  Frances was the daughter of Elijah W. CHEW and Sarah MILLER.


1856 - Wesley L. PATTERSON born in Sharpsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.  Wesley was the son of James C. PATTERSON and Amanda Cassandra MAXON.


1857 - Amanda GROENENDYKE married Edwin Clark Anthony SNYDER.  Amanda was the daughter of Elias GROENENDYKE and Nancy JENKINS.


1860 - Rachel THORNBURGH died.  Rachel was the daughter of Daniel BEALS and Susanna JACKSON.


1872 - Mary S. LAMBERTSON born in Darke County, Ohio.  Mary was the daughter of Nelson J. LAMBERTSON and Eliza Jane JOHNSON.


1881 - Luman W. LeMASTERS married Emeline ALLEMAN.  Luman was the son of John LeMASTERS and Mary H. BAKER.


1911 - Ruth Pauline HALEY born in Noble Township, Jay County, Indiana.  Ruth was the daughter of Eli Weldon HALEY and Cora Belle METZNER.  She was my grandmother.


1911 - George Logan SWAFFORD married Addie HALE in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.  George was the son of James Aaron SWAFFORD and Nancy Alice SHERRIL.


1951 - Ethel May SHREEVE died.  Ethel was the daughter of William P. WEHRLY and Olive Jane SMITH.



Wednesday, April 11, 2012

On This Day : April 11

1613 - Peter STICKEL died in Egenhausen, Württemberg.  Peter was my 11x great-grandfather.


1678 - Bethiah CLARKE born in Westerly, Rhode Island.  Bethiah was the daughter of Joseph CLARKE and Bethiah HUBBARD.


1691 - Jediah H. HIGGINS born.  Jediah was the son of Jedediah HIGGINS and Mary NEWBOLD.


1704 - John CLARKE died.  John was the son of Joseph CLARKE and Margaret TURNER.


1719 - Samuel PIERCE born.  Samuel was the son of Isaac PIERCE and Grace TUCKER.


1724 - Jacob ERB born in Canton Bern, Switzerland.  Jacob was the son of Nicholas ERB and Catherine ________.  Jacob was my 6x great-grandfather.


1758 - Ernst Christopher KAMMEIER born. Ernst was the son of Heinrich Hermann KAMMEIER and Anna Catherine KAHRE.


1776 - Abigail OSBORNE married William WAY in Guilford County, North Carolina.  Abigail was the daughter of Matthew OSBORNE and Mary REYNOLDS.


1779 - Catherine SHIRK married Joseph BAER.  Catherine was the daughter of Ulrich SCHERCH and Anna SWARR.


1805 - Catherine ROGERS died.  Catherine was the daughter of Samuel BROWN and Elizabeth HARRIS.


1810 - Elizabeth PETRY born.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry PETRY and Elizabeth WEHRLY.


1816 - George MILLER born in York County, Pennsylvania.  George was the son of George MILLER and Catherine PETRY.


1853 - Anne Marie Sophie Louise KAHRE born.  Anne was the daughter of Heinrich Wilhelm KAHRE and Anna Margareth Ilsbein HENNING.


1857 - William Solon KING died in Madison County, Indiana.  William was the son of Thomas KING and Martha E. HAGGERTY.


1879 - Robert O. LEE born in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.  Robert was the son of Benjamin Franklin LEE and Mary Isabella THURMAN.


1891 - Joseph W. WRIGHT married Dorothy PALMER in Madison County, Indiana.  Joseph was my 3x great-grandfather.


1892 - Rebecca HIGGINS died in Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.


1904 - Ruby Gladys SWAFFORD born in Ray County, Missouri.  Ruby was the daughter of John William SWAFFORD and Viola Mae MILLER.


1908 - George Albert ORCUTT married Della P. JAMES in Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana.  George was the son of James ORCUTT and Samantha E. METZNER.


1923 - Margaret JONES died in Madison County, Indiana.   Margaret was the daughter of Edmund G. PIERCE and Catherine GROENENDYKE.



Tuesday, April 10, 2012

On This Day : April 10

1728 - Mary ELDERTON born in Westerly, Rhode Island.  Mary was the daughter of Roger ELDERTON and Lydia BABCOCK.


1746 - Frances HAINES born in Burlington County, New Jersey.


1764 - John CANADAY married Margaret THORNBURGH in Rowan County, North Carolina.  John was the son of Charles CANADAY and Phoebe BEALS.


1774 - Jeffrey CHEW died in Gloucester County, New Jersey.  Jeffrey was the son of Nathaniel CHEW and Mary CLARK.  He was my 7x great-grandfather.


1776 - Frances HAINES married John HILLIER in Burlington County, New Jersey.  Frances was the daughter of Jeremiah HAINES and Hannah BONNELL.


1793 - Mary WILLIAMS married Jonathan HOGGATT.  Mary was the daughter of Richard WILLIAMS and Prudence BEALS.


1799 - Phebe JACKSON married Timothy JESSOP.  Phebe was the daughter of Curtis JACKSON and Ruth BEALS.


1809 - James McPheeters WALKER born. James was the son of Joseph WALKER and Martha McPHEETERS.


1810 - Bowater JACKSON married Jennie MACE in Stokes County, North Carolina.  Bowater was the son of Curtis JACKSON and Ruth BEALS.


1823 - George MAXSON married Sarah VAN HORN.  George was the son of Simeon MAXSON and Mary BABCOCK.


1832 - Selina HAWORTH born in Greene County, Tennessee.  Selina was the daughter of Nathaniel HAWORTH and Anna OLIPHANT.


1841 - Mary BEALS married Ephraim STOUT.  Mary was the daughter of John BEALS and Mary JOHNSON.


1845 - David WARDLAW born.  David was the son of James WARDLAW and Susanna GREEN.


1851 - Rebecca Hannah BALES married Eli C. CROSTHWAIT.  Rebecca was the daughter of Solomon BEALS and Elizabeth JOHN.


1854 - John Bovell McPHEETERS married Susana Clementina Vashti KELLY.  John was the son of Samuel McPHEETERS and Lucretia BARRETT.


1865 - Clarinda MAXSON died.  Clarinda was the daughter of Jonathan MAXSON and Christiana DAVIS.


1870 - Clara Belle FOLLOWAY born in Kentucky.  Clara was the daughter of James FOLLOWAY and Julia WILLIAMS.  Clara was Corinne's 2x great-grandmother.


1870 - John LEE born in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.  John was the son of William M. LEE and Elizabeth BROWN.


1886 - William George HALEY born in Huron, Erie County, Ohio.  William was the son of Franklin Andrew HALEY and Anna H. KUHL.


1887 - Manerva Lavonia SWAFFORD married Isaac M. BRADLEY in Ray County, Missouri.  Manerva was the daughter of John B. SWAFFORD and Nancy Rowena MILLARD.


1889 - Donovan R. CHEW married Bertha A. ADAMS in St. Joseph County, Indiana.  Donovan was the son of Ezekiel Cooper CHEW and Caroline Bishop WOOLSTON.


1899 - Ida ALDERMAN born.  Ida was the daughter of George W. ALDERMAN and Sarah JARRARD.


1893 - Rebecca West LOCK died.  Rebecca was the daughter of Nathaniel CHEW and Mary WEST.


1900 - Herman Victor MATTHEWS born.  Herman was the son of Fitzhugh Lee MATTHEWS and Mary Elizabeth SWAFFORD.


1909 - Cora E. GROENENDYKE married Garland HANCOCK in Madison County, Indiana.  Cora was the daughter of Thomas GROENENDYKE and Emily SMITH.


1909 - Samuel WARDLAW died in Washington Township, Brown County, Ohio. Samuel was the son of Levi WARDLAW and Alba HALL.


1938 - Dorothea MUELLER died in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana.  Dorothea was the daughter of Johann Jacob DEUTSCH and Doris Elisabeth SCHUTTE.


1939 - Monroe CUMMINGS died in Graham, Young County, Texas.  Monroe was the son of Wyatt CUMMINGS and Margaret HENSON.


1977 - Ralph Morgan LeMASTER died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.  Ralph was the son of William Clifford LeMASTER and Lella Edith LEWIS.