Today’s birthday girl is Hannah Pollack, who was born 22 Jan 1900 in Rüthen, Germany, daughter of Alfred Pollack and Hedwig Neuwald. She died in Seattle, WA in 2001 at 101; a very long life. She was the wife of my husband’s first cousin once removed. She married Hugo Voss in …
Samuel Stebbins was born 21 Jan 1659 in Northampton, MA, son of John Stebbins and his second wife Abigail Bartlett. His father had come to the Colonies in 1634 as an eight-year old boy on the ‘Francis’ with his parents and siblings. They settled first in Springfield, and later in …
Henry Richstein was born 20 Jan 1914 in Brooklyn, second child of Isador Richstein and Bessie Levison. His parents were both immigrants, he came c. 1904 from Russia (I have not found his immigration record), she also from Russia, but via England and South Africa.They married in Brooklyn in 1909. …
Gertrudis Stroothuis was baptized 19 Jan 1758 in Tubbergen, Overijssel, The Netherlands. The family was Roman Catholic, one of the few families in my genealogy. She probably is my 2nd cousin 5x removed, I say probably, because the link between the catholic and the protestant branches is still tentative. Gertrudis …
Today is the birthday of two of my 2nd great-grandfathers: Jan Tonkes Starke (1838, on my mother’s side) (dutch link) and Hendrik Gast (1787, on my father’s side) (dutch link). It is interesting to note the difference in birth year, almost two generations between them. My mother’s grandmother Geertje was …
Eleanor was born 17 Jan 1791 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, which was at that point barely 10 yrs old.(1) She was the …
Thomas Root was born on 16 Jan 1605 in Badby, Northamptonshire, England (map). He was the son of John Root and Mary Ann …
Today is the birthday of Gerard Cramer (dutch link), born 15 Jan 1794 in Alkmaar, The Netherlands. He was the second son of …
Mensiena was born 14 Jan 1887 in Nieuwe Pekela, first child of Wildrik (Uildrik) J. Beumee and Grietje Starke (dutch link). She is …
Johan Michael (dutch link) was born 13 Jan 1823 in St. Petersburg, Russia, son of Abraham ten Bruggencate and Benjamina Siricius. He is …
