December Birthdays and Anniversaries Among My Ancestors and Relatives

   I love December.  There's the possibility of snow, of course, but it's the wonderful Christmas season when hearts are more open and generous and we're usually more thoughtful and kind during the month. 
    But December can also be a difficult month.  For a pregnant mom nearing the time of delivery, or a mom with a newborn baby, it has to be a challenge to recover from labor and delivery, care for any older children, and also prepare for the holidays.  And then there are the December birthdays, always a part of the Christmas season and sometimes overlooked or melded into that holiday. 
   Most difficult of all may be the December deaths.  Every year after the death of a loved in December, the holiday will always bring a remembrance of the loved one and the sorrow and grief that accompany the event.

Living Relatives
December 25    Martha A.

The Grands
December  ??, 1871   John Froman (death)
December 19, 1911   Gust Doyle and Beulah Mae Gerner
December 29, 1899   Rebecca (Smith) Bartley (death)
December 30, 1925   Henry Carl Meinzen

Collaterals
December   2, 1884    Emma Doyle
December   4, 1862    Susan Bickerstaff
December   4, 1927    Donald E. Davis
December   9, 1891    Hazel Doyle
December 11, 1839    Eli Porter
December 12, 1900    Minnie Froman
December 15, 1875    Laura V. Thompson
December 15, 1893    Jacob Increase Meinzen
December 18, 1921    Tressa Hazel Doyle
December 20, 1897    George T. Doyle and Emma Everall
December 22, 1832    Westley Scott Roe
December 24, 1869    Henry W. Kropp
December 24, 1871    Thomas Hardy and Ann Armitage
December 24, 1915    John Ellis Bickerstaff and Alice May Bickerstaff
December 25, 1886    Emma Doyle
December 25, 1888    William Turner and Catherine Froman
December 26, 1911    Charles Edward Sticker and Lula Bernesa Meinzen
December 27, 1896    Henry Carl Meinzen and Ella Dray
December 27, 1927    Pauline Mary (Polly) Meinzen
December 30, 1864    Elizabeth Jane Doyle

My Lines to the Grands

• John Froman -->  Tressa (Froman) Doyle -->  Gust Doyle -->  Lee Doyle -->  me
• Gust and Beulah Mae (Gerner) Doyle -->  Lee Doyle -->  me
• Rebecca (Smith) Bartley -->  Elvira (Bartley) Gerner -->  Beulah Mae (Gerner) Doyle -->  Lee Doyle -->  me
• Henry Carl Meinzen -->  William Carl Robert Meinzen -->  Audrey (Meinzen) Doyle -->  me
  

Happy Birthday, Happy Anniversary to my ancestors and relatives!

—Nancy.

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