September Celebrations Among Family and Ancestors

This month I'm celebrating the marriages of my parents and four grandparent couples, as well as the birthdays of two grandmothers, a grandfather, and my daughter.  The earliest September event is the marriage of Robert Reay and Mary Bell in 1808, and the most recent September event is a marriage in 2001--a span of nearly two centuries!   

Of the collateral relatives, I remember knowing only three of them, Naomi (Meinzen) Rhome and William and Justine Bickerstaff.  I was a child when some of the others were alive but I don't remember them. 

Living Relatives
September   2   Matthew S.
September   9   Natasha D.
September 22   Adam and Val D.
September 24   Aedan Q.
September 28   Jesse D.

Parents and Grands
September   1, 1861    Ellis H. Bickerstaff and Emma V. Nelson
September   5, 1808    Robert Reay and Mary Bell
September   8, 1914    William Carl Robert Meinzen and Emma Virginia Bickerstaff
September 13, 1888    Beulah Mae Gerner
September 15, 1938    Lee Doyle and Audrey Victoria Meinzen
September 23, 1872    John Thomas Thompson and Lydia Bell
September 28, 1845    Elizabeth Jane (Bess) Laws
September 29, 1847    Fredrick K. (Fred) Gerner

Collateral Relatives
September  1, 1898    Gust Froman and Mary Ann Smith
September  2, 1907    Nellie G. Hashman
September  2, 1916    Russel Rhome and Naomi Faye Meinzen
September  3, 1896    Carl Nelson Meinzen
September  3, 1909    Ernest A. Gerner
September  4, 1841    Thomas S. Bartley
September  4, 1842    Sophia Meinzen
September  4, 1846    Thomas Hardy
September  4, 1916    Jacob Increase Meinzen and Sudie Jane Coss
September  5, 1857    Andrew Doyle and Jane Barron
September  5, 1874    Maria Watts
September  5, 1933    William Bickerstaff and Dorothy Justine Clemmens
September  9, 1909    William Henry Bickerstaff and Lucy VanKirk
September 11, 1831    Augustine Bickerstaff
September 12, 1921    Edward Eugene Gerner
September 15, 1852    Mary Ann Laws
September 17, 1884    Nellie Elizabeth Leonhart
September 18, 1844    Lavina (Vinnie, Viney) Bell
September 19, 1923    Baby Bickerstaff
September 24, 1866    Robert Doyle
September 24, 1867    Tressa Rose Froman
September 24, 1921    Isabelle P. Hashman
September 25, 1870    Henry Carl Meinzen

The Lines of the Grands

• Ellis H. Bickerstaff and Emma Nelson -->  Edward Jesse Bickerstaff -->  Emma Bickerstaff Meinzen -->  Audrey Meinzen Doyle -->  me
• Robert Reay and Mary Bell -->  Martha Reay Doyle-->  Andrew Doyle --> William Doyle -->  Gust Doyle -->  Lee Doyle -->  me
  
• William Carl Robert Meinzen and Emma Virginia Bickerstaff -->  Audrey Meinzen Doyle -->  me
  
• Beulah Mae Gerner  Doyle -->  Lee Doyle --> me
  
• John Thomas Thompson and Lydia Bell -->  Mary Thompson Bickerstaff -->  Emma Bickerstaff -->  Audrey Meinzen Doyle -->  me
  
• Elizabeth Jane (Bess) Laws -->  Andrew Doyle -->  Gust Doyle -->  Lee Doyle -->  me
  
• Fredrick K (Fred) Gerner -->  Beulah Gerner Doyle -->  Lee Doyle -->  me
  

To all who celebrate a birthday or anniversary this month, I'm wishing you a happy day.

—Nancy.

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