Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Events in My Family Tree: July 31

Ora Myron Gaunt was born on his parents' 14th wedding anniversary.  Instead of the traditional gift of ivory, they received a bouncing baby boy!

Births

Joseph Ridgway Zelley, son of Ridgway Zelley and Rebecca Gaunt, was born July 31, 1840 in New Jersey, probably in Burlington County.  He is my 2nd cousin 3x removed via the Gaunts.

William Benjamin Gaunt, son of Ner Gaunt and Sarah Ann Harris, was born July 31, 1865 in Ohio, probably in Columbiana County.  He is my 3rd cousin 3x removed via the Gaunts.

Ora Myron Gaunt, son of David Clinton Gaunt and Martha Sophronia Hartman, was born July 31, 1894 in Indiana, probably in Jay County.  He is my 4th cousin 2x removed via the Gaunts.

Florence Elizabeth McElwee, daughter of David McElwee and Mary Virginia Gaunt, was born July 31, 1917, probably in New Jersey.  She is my 2nd cousin 2x removed via the Gaunts.

Augustus Allenback Frake, son of Augustus Allenback and Alice E. Gaunt, was born July 31, 1921 in Mount Holly, Burlington County, New Jersey.  He is my half 3rd cousin once removed via the Gaunts.

Claude John Gauntt, son of Robert Elwood Gauntt and Elsie May West, was born July 31, 1935 in New Jersey.  He is my 4th cousin once removed on my Gauntt line.

Richard Brainin, son of Samuel Michael Brainin and Blanche Mildred Sax, was born July 31, 1950 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.  He is my 2nd cousin once removed on my Brainin line.

Duane Egyud was born July 31, 1965.  He is my 5th cousin once removed.

William Ralph Fowler III was born July 31, 1990.  He is my nephew.

Jason David Aaron Zindler was born July 31, 2000.  He is my 4th cousin once removed.

Marriages

David Clinton Gaunt, son of Jacob Gaunt and Melvina F. Bennett, and Martha Sophronia Hartman were married July 31, 1880 in Jay County, Indiana.  David is my 3rd cousin 3x removed via the Gaunts.

David Halbrich and Gail Madelaine Garfield, daughter of Harry David Garfield and Susan Loffler, were married July 31, 1977 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.  Gail is my 4th cousin on my Meckler line through the Garfields.

Timothy Michael Wickham and Christina Nicolosi were married July 31, 1999.  Timothy is the 3rd cousin of my half-sister Laura Sellers.

Robert Lincoln Borgers and Mary Alice Gauntt, daughter of Thomas Franklin Gauntt and Anna Marie Stayton, were married July 31, 2004 in Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina.  Mary is my 1st cousin once removed on my Gauntt line.

Deaths

Frank S. Allen, son of Cyrus Kunze Allen, Jr. and Clara Barton Shinn, died July 31, 1893 in Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey at the age of 5.  He is my 4th cousin once removed on my Gauntt line through the Allens.

Clayton Ezra Major, son of Clayton Major, Jr. and Ida May Lippincott, died July 31, 1966 in Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey at the age of 63.  He is my 1st cousin 3x removed via the Lippincotts.

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