It's always sad to see the deaths of very young children, but I am happy to be able to help remember their lives, short as they were.
Births
Elizabeth Hofmen was born May 4, 1737, possibly in Pennsylvania. She was married to Paul Sellers, son of Philip Henry Söller and Catharina, who is my 5th-great-granduncle.
Jacob Sellers, son of Abraham Sellers and Catharine Kulp, was born May 4, 1810 in Franconia, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He is my 2nd cousin 5x removed.
Lorina G. Tripp was born May 4, 1829 in Chestertown, Warren County, New York. She is the great-great-grandmother of my aunt Mary McStroul.
Isaac H. Githens, son of Alfred T. Githens and Margaret Middleton, was born May 4, 1854 in New Jersey, probably in Gloucester County. He is my 3rd cousin 3x removed on my Gauntt line through the Githenses.
Myles Allen, son of Clarence Allen, Jr. and Grace Stagnato, was born May 4, 1958. He is my 5th cousin once removed on my Gauntt line through the Allens.
Dena Gayle Bassett was born May 4, 1961 in Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia. She is my 6th cousin on my Gauntt line.
Michael Edward Hanyecz was born May 4, 1980. He is my 5th cousin 3x removed on my Gauntt line.
Dylan Mich was born May 4, 1985. He is my 5th cousin 3x removed on my Gauntt line.
Marriages
William Allan Sorensen and Susan Linda Gauntt, daughter of Irving Lester Gauntt and Mildred Hoffman Childs, were married on May 4, 1963 in Pitman, Gloucester County, New Jersey. Susan is my 5th cousin.
William F. O'Neil and Lois Adele Weaver, daughter of James Henry Weaver and Ada Adelle Allen, were married on May 4, 1974. Lois is my 5th cousin on my Gauntt line through the Allens.
Todd Alan Meckler and Victoria Amour Kimball were married on May 4, 2003 in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada. Todd is my 1st cousin.
Deaths
Maria Philippina Söller, daughter of Johann Conrad Söller and Anna Maria Margarethe Reinwirth, died May 4, 1749 at the age of 2 years 6 months in Weinheim, Baden. She is my 2nd cousin 7x removed.
John R. Sellers, son of Samuel Sellers and Barbara Ann Wampole, died May 4, 1838 at the age of 1 year 5 months in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. He is my 3rd cousin 4x removed.
John A. Mack, son of Alexander Mack and Catherine Baker, died May 4, 1859 at the age of 64, possibly in Stark County, Ohio. He is my 3rd cousin 5x removed.
Estella G. Brown died May 4, 1969 at the age of 91 in Marion County, Indiana. She was married to George Parson Hutson, son of Thomas Hutson and Ruth Thackeray, who is my 4th cousin 3x removed on my Gauntt line through the Thackerays.
Rollin Henry Hoyer died May 4, 1982, one day after his 94th birthday, in Osgood, Ripley County, Indiana. He was married to Bessie Floreen Schwier, daughter of George Leonard Schwier and Lillie Belle Dorrell, who is my 5th cousin 2x removed on my Gauntt line through the Dorrells.
J. Charles Benham, son of John Robert Benham and Bessie Marie Hoyer, died May 4, 2011 at the age of 63 in New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana. He is my 7th cousin on my Gauntt line and the grandson of Rollin Henry Hoyer (above).
Genealogy is like a jigsaw puzzle, but you don't have the box top, so you don't know what the picture is supposed to look like. As you start putting the puzzle together, you realize some pieces are missing, and eventually you figure out that some of the pieces you started with don't actually belong to this puzzle. I'll help you discover the right pieces for your puzzle and assemble them into a picture of your family.
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