Events in My Family Tree: May 7

May 7 must be a good day in numerology for Mecklers, with births of four cousins.

Births

Laura May Armstrong, daughter of Joel Armstrong and Sarah Ann Lippincott, was born May 7, 1882 in Burlington County, New Jersey.  She is my paternal great-grandmother.

Alice Reed Swain, daughter of Thomas Daniel Swain and Rachel Anna Armstrong, was born May 7, 1918 in Burlingotn County, New Jersey.  She is my 1st cousin 2x removed via the Armstrongs.

Samuel Sidney Kushner, son of George Kushner and Ruth Rebecca Segal, was born May 7, 1945 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.  He is my 4th cousin on my Meckler line through the Kushners.

Evan Allan Diamond was born May 7, 1953, probably in Canada.  He is married to Carol Patricia Tennenhouse, daughter of Arnold Tennenhouse and Faye Garfinkel, who is my 4th cousin on my Meckler line through the Garfinkels.

Danny Lee Bonifas, son of Charles D. Bonifas and Janell Wilkinson, was born May 7, 1955 in Indiana.  He is my 6th cousin once removed on my Gauntt line through the Bonifases.

Addison Richard Rocke was born May 7, 1900 in Santa Cruz County, California.  He is my 2nd cousin once renoved on my Meckler line.

Ayden Garfield was born May 7, 2000 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.  He is my 4th cousin once removed on my Meckler line.

Marriage

Raymond J. Hughes and Linda Susan McStroul, daughter of Darwin Monroe McStroul and Rose Ruth Bloom, were married on May 7, 1983 in Los Angeles County, California.  Linda is the 1st cousin of my aunt Mary McStroul.

Deaths

George Heath, son of George Heath and Martha Stuart, died May 7, 1854 at the age of about 80 in Thursley, Surrey, England.  He is the 3rd-great-grandfather of my aunt Mary McStroul.

John B. Gaunt, son of John Gaunt and Euphemia Thornton, died May 7, 1880 at the age of 54 in Indiana, probably in Jay County.  He is my 2nd cousin 4x removed.

John A. White died May 7, 1896 at the age of 56, possibly in Stony Creek, Warren County, New York.  He was married to Lucy Mariah Fuller, daughter of Lyman Fuller and Eliza, who is the 2nd-great-grandaunt of my aunt Mary McStroul.

John Kunkle, son of Martin Kunkle and Susanna Mock, died May 7, 1907 at the age of 83 in Williams County, Ohio.  He is my 4th cousin 4x removed via the Mocks.

Edward James Garber, son of Zelig Garber and Ida Mekler, died May 7, 1989 at the age of about 72 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.  He is my 2nd cousin 2x removed via the Meklers.

Bonnie Sue Sellers, daughter of George Russell Sellers and Joan Barbara Haypak, died May 7, 2000 at the age of 45 in Clementon, Camden County, New Jersey.  She is my 2nd cousin.

Victoria Amour Kimball died May 7, 2008 at the age of 27 in Carson City, Nevada.  She was married to Todd Meckler, my 1st cousin.

William Henry Crawford, son of Preston Crawford and Annie Mariah Dixon,, died May 7, 2009 at the age of 72, possibly in Muscogee County, Georgia.  He is the 2nd cousin once removed of my not-quite-cousin Angela Williams.