William Frederick Seidler died on 22 Feb 1936 in Newark at the age of 76. He was my son-in-law’s great-granduncle. He was prominent in Newark, and his page in my genealogy describes him sufficiently. This family is one of the few for whom I have a lot of addresses, that …
Johanna Mayer was born 21 Feb 1833 in Schifferstadt, Germany, daughter of Abraham Mayer (dutch link) and Amalia Wolff. She is my husband’s maternal great-grandaunt. Was yesterday’s story one of lots of intermarrying, today’s is even more so. The Jewish community in the Pfalz was strongly interconnected, and the same surnames …
Joseph Furnas was born 20 Feb 1763 as son of John Furnas and Mary Wilkinson. It is supposed he was born on the ship that brought his parents from England to South Carolina, after they had docked in Charleston. He is my son-in-law’s 5th great-granduncle. His twin uncles supposedly also …
Berend Schuurman was born 19 Feb 1891 in Ambt Ommen, The Netherlands. He was the son of Tone Schuurman and Berendina Schutte, and had at least three other siblings who married in Ambt Ommen, and two siblings who died young. For some reason Ommen births do not show up in …
Jacob and Isaac were baptized 18 Feb 1722 in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam, sons of Jan ten Bronkaten (dutch link) and Geesie Houtman. The twins are my first cousins 6x removed. Nothing more is know about them with certainty, they probably died young. One thing that is interesting to me, …
Suitbertus (Sweer or Swier for short) was baptized 17 Feb 1740, third child of Gerardus Schepers and his second wife Maria Gasthuis (dutch …
Josiah Winslow was baptized 16 Feb 1606 in Droitwich, Worcestershire, England, the youngest son of Edward Winslow and Magdalen Oliver. He is …
Sarah Levison was born 15 Feb 1890 in then Russia, now the Ukraine, daughter of Aron Levison and Fannie Brodie. I still …
For four couples in my database I have a marriage date of 14 Feb: Johanna B. A. ten Bruggencate (dutch link) and Arend van …
While there are 13 birthdays today, none seemed interesting enough to write about. But in writing these little stories, I realized that the …
