March Celebrations

Looking at the names of these family members you might realize that not many of them go back further than four or five generations.  I'm still researching but perhaps, more than that, is the fact that when I find an ancestor who was born in the 1800s, I sometimes/often don't find an exact birth or death date for the person.  In present times, that wouldn't be acceptable:  we want exact, specific, and accurate records.  But things were different a century or more ago.  As a family historian it's been hard to accept that records with details might not be available.

I was surprised to see how many dates had more than one event this month.  And there were four ancestor marriages and five relative marriages. 

Living Relatives
March   5    Gloria Jean S.
March   9    David William D.
March 24    Heather and Jamie E.
March 30    Lina P.
March 14    Richard D.

The Grands
March   3, 1863       William Doyle
March   4, 1923 d.   John Thomas Thompson (h/o Lydia Bell)
March   4, 1830       William Bickerstaff and Susanna Holmes
March 15, 1891       Edward Jesse Bickerstaff and Mary Thompson
March 17, 1885       William Doyle and Tressa Rose Froman

Collateral Relatives
March   2, 1863    Isabelle Armitage
March   3, 1869    Jacob B. Armitage
March   4, 1853    Martha Jane Thompson
March   5, 1879    Edward J. C. F. Meinzen
March   5, 1914    John N. Gerner and Carrie Mack
March   6, 1848    Alexander Bell
March   7, 1917    Robert J. Bickerstaff
March   9, 1876    Harry H. Hepler
March 13, 1879    Isabell Doyle
March 16, 1900    Isabell Doyle and Harry Clinton Stolz
March 18, 1880    John Crooks and Laura Bell
March 21, 1851    Charles Gerner
March 22, 1835    Robert Laws, Jr.
March 23, 1849    William Laws
March 23, 1881    Ida Doyle
March 24, 1839    Martha Doyle
March 24, 1916    Dorothy Justine Clemmens
March 26, 1876    Cruson or Crusin or Crewson (?) Bell and Mary E. Crooks
March 27, 1904    Lucile L. Hepler
March 27, 1907    Hannah Elizabeth Meinzen and John Harrison Hendricks
March 27, 1918    Thomas Edward Morris
March 29, 1926    William Edward Doyle
March 31, 1842    George Laws
March 31, 1899    Mary Ellen (Mayme) Bickerstaff

The Lines of the Grands

• William Doyle > Gust Doyle > Lee Doyle > me
• John Thompson > Mary Thompson Bickerstaff > Emma Bickerstaff Meinzen > Audrey Meinzen > me
• William Buckerstaff & Susanna Holmes > Ellis Bickerstaff > Edward Jesse Bickerstaff > Emma Bickerstaff Meinzen > Audrey Meinzen > me
• Edward Jesse Bickerstaff and Mary Thompson > Emma Bickerstaff Meinzen > Audrey Meinzen > me
• William Doyle & Tressa Rose Froman > Gust Doyle > Lee Doyle > me

Sending best wishes to relatives and ancestors for a good day.

—Nancy.

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