Monday, June 21, 2021

Events in My Family Tree: June 20

Is it a good thing to decide to get married on your brother's birthday?

Births

Mary Gaunt Githens, daughter of Thomas Githens and Mary Gaunt, was born June 20, 1826 in New Jersey.  She is my 2nd cousin 4x removed via the Gaunts.

David H. Gaunt, son of Benjamin Selah Gaunt and Mary A. Allen, was born June 20, 1854 in New Jersey.  He is my half 1st cousin 3x removed via the Gaunts.

Selma Krebs, daughter of Isaac/Isadore Krebs and Frederika Weiss, was born June 20, 1871 in Obersilesia, Prussia.  She is the grandaunt of my aunt Mary McStroul.

Lulu Harris, daughter of Robert Miller Harris and Blanche Gaunt, was born June 20, 1894 in Indiana, possibly in Peru, Miami County.  She is my 4th cousin 2x removed via the Gaunts.

William Easlick, son of Vinton Thompson Easlick and Beulah Anna Elizabeth Bozarth, was born June 20, 1931 in New Jersey.  He is my 4th cousin on my Gauntt line through the Easlicks.

Marcia Bernstein, son of Sam Bernstein and Rose Gordon, was born June 20, 1936 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.  She is my 1st cousin 2x removed via the Gordons.

George William Sellers, son of George Russell Sellers and Joan Barbara Haypak, was born June 20, 1938 in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey.  He is my 2nd cousin on my Sellers line.

Marriages

Charles Milton Vanaman and Julia Ann Gaunt, daughter of Benjamin Selah Gaunt and Mary A. Allen, were married June 20, 1890 in Vincentown, Burlington County, New Jersey, on Julia's brother's birthday (above).  Julia is, of course, also my half 1st cousin 3x removed via the Gaunts.

Harry David Garfield, son of Morris Garfinkel and Mirka Ajzner, and Susan Loffler were married June 20, 1954 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.  Harry is my 3rd cousin once removed on my Meckler line through the Garfinkels and the brother of my dear cousin Esther Garfinkel.

Deaths

Carrie W. Adams, daughter of John White and Alma Adams, died June 20, 1986 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio at the age of 67.  She is the half-grandaunt of my not-quite-cousin Angela Williams.

Dorothy Mae Gaunt, daughter of Harvey Joseph Gaunt and Jane Marie Conway, died June 20, 1992, possibly in New Jersey, at the age of 72.  She is my 2nd cousin once removed via the Gaunts.

Debra Lorene Hutson, daughter of Roscoe Freeman Hutson and Bessie Leone Scifert, died June 20, 2008 in East Jordan, Charlevoix County, Michigan at the age of 57.  She is my 7th cousin on my Gauntt line through the Hutsons.

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