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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