Sunday, June 3, 2018

Events in My Family Tree: June 1

Apparently, June 1 is not a good day if your name is Mark Lewallen Gauntt.

Births

Baby Boy Sellers, son of Cornelius Godschalk Sellers and Catherine Fox Owen, was born June 1, 1872 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.  He is my paternal great-granduncle.

Edward Wickham, son of Charles E. Wickham and Martha Elizabeth Bowen, was born June 1, 1892 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.  He is the 1st cousin 2x removed of my half-sister Laurie Sellers via the Bowens.

Katherine Housell Space was born June 1, 1893 in Raritan, Somerset County, New Jersey.  She was married to John Murdock Allen, son of Cyrus Kunze Allen, Jr. and Clara Barton Shinn, who is my 4th cousin once removed on my Gauntt line through the Allens.

Philip Sellers Stirling, son of George Howard Stirling and Mary Sellers, was born June 1, 1898 in Green Spring Valley, Baltimore County, Maryland.  He is my 5th cousin 2x removed via the Sellerses.

Charles Norman Easlick, son of Allen Severs Easlick and Mary E. Shemeley, was born June 1, 1899 in New Jersey, probably in Burlington County.  He is my 3rd cousin once removed on my Gauntt line through the Easlicks.

Edith M. Sellers, daughter of Edwin Ferguson Sellers and Annie Baily, was also born June 1, 1899 but in East Marlborough Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.  She is my 5th cousin 2x removed.

William Woodson Baldwin was born June 1, 1961 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.  He is my 5th cousin once removed on my Gauntt line.

Jennifer Rose Dailey was born June 1, 1976 in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey.  She was married to Joel Richard Kent III, my nephew on my Sellers side.

Kevin Rahilly was born June 1, 1992.  He is my 2nd cousin once removed on my Sellers line.


Marriages

John Murdock Allen, son of Cyrus Kunze Allen, Jr. and Clara Barton Shinn, and Katherine Housell Space were married on June 1, 1914, the bride's 21st birthday.  As noted above, John is my 4th cousin once removed on my Gauntt line through the Allens.

Morton Eli Pelrman, son of Louis Perlman (originally Perlmutter) and Jennie Novitsky (originally Nowicki), and Doris Bash were married on June 1, 1939 in Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland.  Mort is my 1st cousin 2x removed via the Nowickis.

Irwin Garfield (originally Garfinkel), son of Jack Garfinkel and Martha Freedman, and Lenore Schachter were married on June 1, 1952 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.  Irwin is my 3rd cousin once removed on my Meckler line through the Garfinkels.

Cyril E. Holladay and Lois Jean Hutson, daughter of Clifford Ellsworth Hutson and Alta Ada Gipson, were married on June 1, 1974 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.  Lois is my 6th cousin once removed on my Gauntt line through the Hutsons.


Deaths

Elmer Gauntt, son of Thomas Kirkland Gauntt and Jane Dunstan, died June 1, 1912 at the age of 2 days, possibly in Burlington County, New Jersey.  He is my paternal granduncle.

Mark Lewallen Gaunt, Jr., son of Mark Lewallen Gaunt and Rhoda Ewing, died June 1, 1958 at the age of 67 in Burlington County, New Jersey.  He is my 3rd cousin 2x removed.

Carrie Louise Thackeray, daughter of Selector Thackeray and Louisa Moodey, also died on June 1, 1958, but in Batesville, Ripley County, Indiana.  She is another relative on my Gauntt line, a 4th cousin 3x removed to be exact.

Mark Lewallen Gauntt III, son of Mark Lewallen Gauntt, Jr. and Bertha M. Spangler and grandson of the Mark Lewallen Gauntt above, died June 1, 1982 at the age of 23 in Burlington County, New Jersey.  He is my 5th cousin.

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