August Celebrations among Family and Ancestors

Clearly, my mind has not been on keeping up with the births and marriages of relatives and ancestors this month!  At least I didn't miss any.

As I was looking through the August birthdays I noticed that Ella (Dray) Meinzen had a birthday on August 27, just seven days after her infant son was born and six days after he died.  I'm sure that was a sad birthday for her.

Elizabeth (Armitage) Meinzen is the only grandparent celebrating a birthday this month.  She was my mother's paternal grandmother who was born in Yorkshire, England.  She is also the grandmother of Henry and Ella's infant son.

Martha Doyle, whose baptism I'm honoring this month, is the younger of the two sisters named Martha.  Both were born to William and Martha (Reay) Doyle.  After this Martha died in 1838, another daughter was born in 1839 and was also given the name Martha.  It seems a strange practice to us but it was somewhat common in the 1800s.

Living Relatives
August   6    Carly S.
August 23    Eva D.

One Grand
August 24, 1852    Elizabeth (Lizzie) Armitage

Collateral Relatives
August   5, 1909    Flora Victoria Bickerstaff
August 10, 1833    Martha Doyle (baptism date)
August 12, 1904    William N. McClelland
August 13, 1836    Thomas Laws
August 15, 1798    Sabra Bickerstaff
August 17, 1882    James R. Thompson
August 19, 1904    Infant Meinzen (child of Henry and Ella (Dray) Meinzen)
August 18, 1905    Marie Hashman
August 20, 1946    Jeree Lee Foulk
August 21, 1910    Anna Bell Hendricks
August 23, 1906    Catherine or Katherine or Kathryn S. Kitch
August 27, 1879    Ella Dray
August 27, 1888    Jessie Thompson
August 28, 1880    Marie Isabella Meinzen
August 28, 1938    Janet Lu Patton
August 29, 1886    William R. Henderson
August 29, 1896    Alice May Bickerstaff

Happy Birthday wishes to one and all, and most especially to Eva and Carly.

—Nancy.

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