Events in My Family Tree: March 17

For St. Patrick's Day, Patrick Wickham is the only person on the list with known Irish ancestry.

Births

Hannah Fox, daughter of Emanuel Fox and Anna Margarethe Mack, was born March 17, 1795, possibly in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.  She is my 4th-great-grandaunt.

Hiram Gantt (originally Gaunt), son of Joseph Gaunt and Mary A. Lobaugh, was born March 17, 1805, probably in Pennsylvania.  He is my 1st cousin 5x removed.

William Burr Gaunt, son of Reuben Lewallen Gaunt and Jane Weatherby, was born March 17, 1862 in New Jersey, probably in Burlington County.  He is my 2nd cousin 3x removed.

Hattie Lorena Fuller, daughter of Joseph L. Fuller and Sarah R. Weaver, was born March 17, 1887 in Stony Creek, Warren County, New York.  She is the maternal grandmother of my aunt Mary McStroul.

Harry Garfinkel, son of Eliezer Louis Garfinkel and Doba Ajzner, was born March 17, 1923 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.  He is my 2nd cousin 2x removed on my Meckler line through the Garfinkels.

David Whitman Addis, son of Robert Trenary Addis and Virginia Claire Votaw, was born March 17, 1953 in Pennsylvania.  He is my 6th cousin on my Gauntt line through the Votaws.

Patrick F. Wickham was born March 17, 1987.  He is the 3rd cousin once removed of my half-sister Laurie Sellers.

Marriages

Abraham Sellers, son of John Sellers and Anne Johnson, and Sophia Bodder, daughter of Peter Bodder and Regina Ditor, were married on March 17, 1780 in Franconia, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.  They are my 4th-great-grandparents.

Ridgway Zelley and Rebecca Gaunt, daughter of Isaac Gaunt and Susannah Webb, were married on March 17, 1833 in Burlington County, New Jersey.  Rebecca is my 1st cousin 4x removed.

William Ralph Fowler III and Martina Vallejo were married on March 17, 2014 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.  William is my nephew.


Deaths

Frederick Cleworth Gauntt, son of Thomas Kirkland Gauntt and Jane Dunstan, died March 17, 1910 at the age of 18, probably in Burlington County, New Jersey.  He is my paternal granduncle.

Cyrus Kunze Allen III, son of Cyrus Kunze Allen, Jr. and Clara Barton Shinn, died March 17, 1952 at the age of 64.  He is my 4th cousin once removed on my Gauntt line through the Allens.

Max Szocherman, son of Chanania Szocherman and Rojzla Perlmutter, died March 17, 1971 at the age of 58, possibly in Florida.  He is my 3rd cousin once removed on my Nowicki line through the Perlmutters.

Bert Ross, son of Charlie Ross and Annie Garber, died March 17, 1987 at the age of 46 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.  He is my 3rd cousin once removed on my Meckler line through the Garbers.