October Celebrations Among Family and Ancestors

As I was completing the lines of my grandparents at the end of this post, I realized that three of the four who have birthdays this month are on my maternal side.  I don't know why that surprises me, but it does.

The other grandparent, Dixon Bartley, has the earliest birth year of this group.

Also surprising to me is that sisters Alma Gerner and Della Gerner married one day apart, on the 28th and 29th, respectively, in the same year, 1903.  I have no information about their weddings or whether they had receptions, but even so, what a busy time for their mom, Elvira, who would have been 59!

Living Relatives
October   6    Adam D.
October   8    Natasha and Jesse D.
October   9    Marsha P.
October 12    Hester and Tim Q.
October 15    Max Q. 
October 12    Valerie D.

The Grands
October   6, 1876   Jane (mnu) Nelson (death date)
October   9, 1805   Dixon Bartley  
October 22, 1856   Eliza (Hartley) Armitage (death date)
October 26, 1872   Mary (Thompson) Bickerstaff

The Collateral Relatives
October   1, 1826    Jane Doyle (baptism date)
October   1, 1862    George W. Proud
October   2, 1877    Thomas Charles Fletcher
October   2, 1916    Howard Meinzen
October ~3, 1904    Benjamin Hashman
October ~6, 1806    Jane (daughter of Robert and Jane (mnu) Nelson)
October   7, 1886    Charles Edward Sticker
October   7, 1888    Bertha (Birdie, Betty) Meinzen
October   9, 1866    William Henry Kropp
October   9, 1895    Brendice Kathryn Gerner
October   9, 1965    Bob D. and Janet Lu Patton
October 10, 1864    Jacob Froman
October 11, 1847    Isabella Laws
October 15, 1865    Minnie Kropp
October 16, 1846    Emma Gerner
October 18, 1870    Gust Froman
October 19, 1893    Mary Ann Doyle and Hurd Hendrickson Campbell
October 20, 1906    Andrew Earl (Andy) Bickerstaff
October 22, 1886    Christian Gerner  and Amanda Daubenspeck
October 22, 1897    Elizabeth Meinzen
October 22, 1916    Lucille M. Gerner
October 23, 1873    Alexander Roe
October 27, 1904    Elvira C. Snair
October 27, 1926    Marian V. Bickerstaff
October 28, 1903    Alma Mary Gerner and Frances Eli Kitch
October 28, 1916    Daniel Francis Bickerstaff and Mary Lauretta Sanford
October 29, 1903    Della Virginia Gerner and Thomas Charles Fletcher
October 30, 1864    William Turner
October 30, 1948    Andrew Earl Bickerstaff and Iva M. Traichel

The Lines of the Grands

• Jane (mnu) Nelson --> Emma (Nelson) Bickerstaff -->  Edward Jesse Bickerstaff -->  Emma (Bickerstaff) Meinzen -->  Audrey (Meinzen) Doyle -->  me
  
• Dixon Bartley -->  Elvira (Bartley) Gerner -->  Beulah Mae (Gerner) Doyle -->  Lee Doyle -->  me
  
• Eliza (Hartley) Armitage (death date) (wife of Abel) -->  Elizabeth (Armitage) Meinzen -->  W. C. Robert Meinzen -->  Audrey (Meinzen) Doyle -->  me
  
• Mary (Thompson) Bickerstaff  -->  Emma (Bickerstaff) Meinzen -->  Audrey (Meinzen) Doyle -->  me
  

Wishing all a happy celebration this month!

—Nancy.

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