Births

• Catren Garrett was born in 1646 in England.

Deaths

• Elijah Monteville Roberts, Jr. died in 1925 in Fitzgerald, Georgia.
• Lula Maude Butler died in 1980 in Murray County, Georgia.

Marriages

• Catherine Elmira Lynch and Thomas Hemphill Washington Whiteside were married in 1840 in Rutherford County, North Carolina.

Births

• Sarah Dorothe Garrett was born in 1640 in England.
• Hans Michel Dellinger was born in 1697.
• Catharina Elisabetha Renner was born in 1727.
• Churchwill Branch Tucker was born in 1805 in Surry County, North Carolina (my4th great-grandfather).
• Francis Marion Ellis was born in 1844 in Fannin County, Georgia.

Deaths

• John Christian Albrecht died in 1784 in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Births

• Alice Garrett was born in 1678 in England.

Deaths

• Johannes Rottenhauser died in 1772 in Oberacker.
• Timothy Dalton died in 1775 in Bedford County, Virginia (currently believed to be my 7th great-grandfather).
• Albert Monroe Johnson died in 1966.
• Venson T. Johnson died in 1973.

Marriages

• Madison Bailey and Annis L. Stroud were married in 1859 in Murray County, Georgia.

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Births

• Hannah Garrett was born in 1674 in England.
• Sarah Garrett was born in 1676 in England.
• Johannes Rottenhauser was born in 1697.
• William Henson Patterson was born in 1859 in Gilmer County, Georgia.
• Luke Hemphill Butler was born in 1916 in Quanah, Texas.

Deaths

• Thomas Young Hemphill McEntire died in 1813 in Old Fort, North Carolina (my 4th & 5th great-grandfather).

Births

• William Garrett was born in 1679 in England.
• Elizabeth Ann (Hemphill) Whiteside was born in 1788 in Pleasant Hill, North Carolina.

Deaths

• Benjamin Burgin died in 1833 in Burke County, North Carolina.
• William Elmer Hemphill died in 1962 in Chatsworth, Georgia.

Marriages

• Anna Maria Dellinger and Hans Jacob Kiefer were married in 1721.

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Births

• Maria Catharina (Heckel) Meyer was born in 1698.
• Elijah Marion Ellis was born in 1859 in 1859 in Spring Place, Georgia.

Christenings

• Marie Deboarde was christened in 1664 in Berwick Upon Tweed, England.

Deaths

• Alberta Roberts died in 1949 in Murray County, Georgia.

Marriages

• Nathan Bane and Mary Cock were married in 1735.
• Alvin M. Brookshire and Mary Pauline Holden were married in 1868 in Gilmer County, Georgia.

Births

• Philip Burgin was born in 1649 in Crediton, England (my 8th great-grandfather).
• Martin LaFayette Hemphill was born in 1904 in Ramhurst, Georgia.

Deaths

• Martin LaFayette Hemphill died in 1982 in Akron, Ohio (he died on his birthday).

Marriages

• Delila Blaylock and Josiah Newton Ellis were married in 1855.

Births

• Elisha Debord was born in 1818 in Wilkes County, North Carolina.
• Mary Jane (Hemphill) Stroud was born in 1856 in Murray County, Georgia.
• Grady M. Roberts was born in 1896 in Georgia.

Deaths

• Rhoda J. Hemphill died in 1881.

Marriages

• Elizabeth Ivy and Thomas Phillips were married in 1559 in Hertfordshire, England.

Randy Seaver’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Assignment is to list one’s 16 great-great-grandparents, include their dominant ancestry and to calculate one’s own dominant ancestry.

My spin on this is to look back an additional four generations from the ggg’s in order to identify their ancestry.  Many, many of my ancestors were already on these shores at that time, so there will be lots of states mentioned; some ancestors, however, don’t go back an additional four generations (yet), so I’ve put the last state or country that I have for them.

Francis Marion KENDRICK b. Feb 1844, , Polk, Tennessee, USA; d. 06 Nov 1932, Cisco, Murray County, Georgia, USA (Virginia)

Barbara E BAXTER b. 20 Dec 1854, Tennessee; d. 05 Mar 1939, , Murray, Georgia, USA. (Tennessee)

William M WEST b. Jan 1832, South Carolina; d. 05 Apr 1928, Cisco, Murray County, Georgia, USA; bur. Aft 05 Apr 1928, Mt. Sumach Cemetery, Cisco, Murray, Georgia, USA. (South Carolina)

Leaty Caroline LANKFORD b. 20 Jul 1848, Tennessee; d. 20 Feb 1937, Cisco, Murray County, Georgia, USA; bur. Aft 20 Feb 1937, Mt. Sumach Cemetery, Cisco, Murray, Georgia, USA. (Georgia and North Carolina)

David Sanford BUTLER b. 25 May 1855, Adairsville, Cass, Georgia, USA; d. 18 May 1938, Chatsworth,Murray,Georgia; bur. Aft 18 May 1938, Ramsey Cemetery, Ramhurst, Murray County, Georgia. (Virginia)

Malinda Josephine HEMPHILL b. 27 May 1860, , Murray, Georgia, USA; d. 16 Nov 1933, Chatsworth,Murray,Georgia; bur. Aft 16 Nov 1933, Ramsey Cemetery, Ramhurst, Murray County, Georgia. (Ireland x 3, Scotland x 2, England, North Carolina x 2)

William Everett WHITENER b. Dec 1855, Ellijay,Gilmer,Georgia; d. 05 Jan 1937, Dennis, Murray County, Georgia, USA; bur. Aft 05 Jan 1937, , Murray, Georgia, USA. (Germany x 2, Pennsylvania x 3, North Carolina, Virginia x 4)

Mary Elizabeth PATTERSON b. 07 Feb 1867, Ellijay,Gilmer,Georgia; d. 06 Apr 1920, Sand Springs,Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA; bur. Aft 06 Apr 1920, Wards Grove Cemetery, Foyil, Rogers County, Oklahoma.  (Native American)

James Young HEMPHILL b. 31 Jul 1835, ,Burke,North Carolina,USA; d. 17 Aug 1890, , Murray, Georgia, USA. (Ireland x 2, Scotland x 2)

Mary Elizabeth MCENTIRE b. 23 Feb 1841, , Murray, Georgia, USA; d. 06 Jul 1921, , Murray, Georgia, USA. (Ireland x 5, Scotland x 2, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina)

Martin LaFayette ROBERTS b. 02 May 1853, , Bradley, Tennessee, USA; d. 02 Apr 1925, , Murray, Georgia, USA; bur. Aft 02 Apr 1925, Spring Place Cemetery, Spring Place, Murray County, Georgia. (New Jersey, Virginia)

Rosa E ELLIS b. 28 Mar 1853, , Murray, Georgia, USA; d. 26 Mar 1936, , Murray, Georgia, USA; bur. 28 Mar 1936, Spring Place Cemetery, Spring Place, Murray County, Georgia. (Virginia)

William H. WARD b. Sep 1864, , , Georgia; d. 1933, ,Fannin,Georgia,USA. (Georgia)

Mary Lourania FORRESTER b. 07 Jul 1864, , , Georgia; d. 21 Apr 1944, ,Fannin,Georgia,USA.  (South Carolina, Georgia)

Reuben Phillip JOHNSON b. 03 Sep 1853, , , Georgia; d. 15 Apr 1911, Blue Ridge,Fannin,Georgia,USA; bur. Aft 15 Apr 1911, Johnson Cemetery, Stock Hill, Fannin, Georgia. (North Carolina)

Martha Jane GARRETT b. 7 Jun 1854, ,Fannin,Georgia,USA; d. 26 Oct 1929, ,Fannin,Georgia,USA; bur. Aft 26 Oct 1929, Johnson Cemetery, Stock Hill, Fannin, Georgia. (Pennsylvania x 3, Virginia x 4, North Carolina x 2, Maryland x 3)

The final ethnicity tally is:

Virginia 26.5%

North Carolina 12.7%

Georgia 12%

South Carolina 9.4%

Germany 7.5%

Tennessee 6.3%

Ireland 5.8%

Scotland 4.8%

New Jersey 3.1%

Pennsylvania 2.8%

Maryland 1.6%

England .8%

Native American .1%

My maternal DNA is haplogroup H and paternal DNA is haplogroup R1b, both European.

Based on the paper records, I’m going to proclaim myself American, mostly Southern, of Northern European extraction with a tiny smattering of Native American.

Let’s recognize ancestors and close relatives who were born in August:

• Agnes Kattermann, 9x-great-grandmother, born 20 Aug 1634.
• William Garrett, 7x-great-grandfather, born 21 Aug 1643 in Leicestershire, Darby, England.
• Johans Philip Dellinger, 7x-great-grandfather, born 24 Aug 1706 in Oberacker, Kraichtal, Baden-Wurtemberg.
• Rhoda Cunningham, 4x-great-grandmother, born 15 Aug 1763 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
• Maud Angeline Whitener, great-grandmother, born 27 Aug 1885 in Dennis, Murray, Georgia.
• Rachel Louisa Johnson, great-grandmother, born 09 Aug 1892 in Fannin County, Georgia.
• Franklin Marvin Butler, 2x-great-uncle, born 22 Aug 1903.
• John Taylor Butler, great-uncle, born 19 Aug 1918 in Ramhurst, Murray, Georgia.
• My uncle – Happy Birthday Steve!

To see a complete list of August birthdays (and other August events), click on the “Family Tree” tab, then “Dates and Anniversaries” in the sidebar, then click on the drop-down arrow under “Day” and scroll all the way to the top, choose August under “Month”, then click “Search.”