Wednesday, July 31, 2013

On This Day - July 31st

On This Day...



1604 - Birth: Robert Day, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
1648 - Birth: Thomas Stebbins, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
1721 - Alternate Death: Mary Foote, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut
1722 - Birth: Daniel Morgan, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
1752 - Birth: Mahala Day, West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
1850 - Birth: George Washington Gates, Mississippi
1855 - Death: James Colton Bliss,
1865 - Birth: Frances Eugenia Dark, Meriwether County, Georgia
1869 - Death: Elizabeth McMurray,
1912 - Death: India M. Sandel,
1918 - Death: Fannie Land,
1933 - Birth: Robert Lawrence Williams, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
1985 - Death: Omar Holt Williams, Denham Springs, Livingston Parish, Louisiana

1604, my earliest immigrant ancestor, Robert Day was born.  Mr. Day became prominent in the Hartford, Connecticut area circa 1635.



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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

On This Day - July 30th

On This Day...



1602 - Christen: Samuel Stone, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
1602 - Birth: Samuel Stone, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
1757 - Birth: Anna Taylor,
1787 - Marriage: Francois-Hypolite Baudreau Dit Graveline and Marie Josette Brien Desrochers, Longe-Pointe, Quebec, Canada
1850 - Birth: George Washington Gates, Mississippi
1896 - Death: Theresia Hartmann, Cold Spring, Stearns County, Minnesota
1902 - Birth: Theresa Lommel, Minnesota
1902 - Death: Eleanor Day, Sheffield, Lorain County, Ohio
1903 - Death: Eleanor Day, Sheffield, Lorain County, Ohio
1908 - Birth: Margaretha Zwilling, Collegeville Township, Stearns County, Minnesota
1918 - Birth: Marie Hall, Sikes, Winn Parish, Louisiana
1928 - Birth: Mollie Veda Singletary, Brignac, Louisiana, USA


And a very happy birthday to my cousin Gayle Singletary!

And another research and cleanup item - which year did Eleanor Day die?  Should be easy to find, that family was prominent in the Sheffield, Ohio area for a long time.


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Monday, July 29, 2013

On This Day - July 29th

On This Day...



1648 - Birth: Samuel Pearson, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts
1720 - Death: Aquila Chase,
1740 - Birth: Joab Austin, Sheffield, Massachusetts
1829 - Marriage: Nathan T. Olmstead and Julia Ann Knapp,
1865 - Death: Josiah H. Miller, Nephi, Juab County, Utah
1907 - Birth: Arthur Milus Gibbs, Yankee Springs, Winn Parish, Louisiana
1911 - Birth: Justine Bernard Keppers, Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota
1949 - Burial: Alvin J Schmitt, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
1970 - Death: Elga L. Sikes, Winn Parish, Louisiana
2008 - Death: Mary Ruth Mitchell,

 



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Sunday, July 28, 2013

On This Day - July 28th

On This Day...



1683 - Death: Elizabeth Deming, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut
1830 - Death: Mark Powers, 6th Ward, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
1859 - Birth: Albert Kremer, Gonderingen, Luxembourg
1889 - Birth: John Peter Gregory, Rockville, Stearns County, Minnesota
1918 - Birth: Howard Blair Austin, Exeter, Tulare, California
1933 - Death: Emery Grant Cox, Cape Sandy, Crawford County, Indiana
1984 - Death: Leo William Schreifels, Stearns County, Minnesota
1985 - Death: Helen Rose Watry, Cold Spring, Stearns County, Minnesota

 



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Saturday, July 27, 2013

On This Day - July 27th

On This Day...



1686 - Birth: Marie Steichen, Strassen, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
1728 - Birth: Johann Heinrich Kunkel, Neuhutten, Germany
1861 - Military: George C. Abell, Indiana
1861 - Military: Abraham Payton, Indiana
1865 - Birth: Rebecca Frances Denbo, Crawford County, Indiana
1873 - Birth: Joseph Peter Lommel, Rockville, Stearns County, Minnesota
1888 - Marriage: Alexander Palmer Collins and Sicy Gambus Beard, Winn, Louisiana, USA
1891 - Birth: Theresa Theisen, Saint Nicholas, Stearns County, Minnesota
1909 - Birth: Ursula Elizabeth Keppers, Stearns County, Minnesota




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Friday, July 26, 2013

On This Day - July 26th

On This Day...



1776 - Birth: Mary "Polly" Boren, Washington County, Tennessee
1778 - Christen: Lydia Olmstead, Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut
1784 - Death: Aggie Copeland, Chatham County, North Carolina
1818 - Birth: Miles Miller, Murray, Orleans County, New York
1849 - Death: Abraham Wiseman, Beechwood, Crawford County, Indiana
1855 - Birth: Frank Lommel,
1867 - Birth: Kindred Williams, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
1874 - Birth: Walter Yale Durand, Romeo, Michigan
1877 - Birth: India M. Sandel, Louisiana
1906 - Birth: Anna Lommel, Minnesota
1910 - Birth: Evelyn M. Roche, Avon, Stearns, Minnesota, United States
1912 - Birth: Woodrow Wilson Dark, Gaar's Mill, Winn Parish, Louisiana
1962 - Birth: Roy Allen Williams, Utah

 



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