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On this date. . .the 28th of August

Births

Hans Andreas Dellinger was born in 1659.
James Lette McEntire was born in 1809 in Burke County, North Carolina.
Thomas Patton Hemphill was born in 1838.

Deaths

Hiram W. Searcy died in 1857 in Gilmer County, Georgia (my 4th great-grandfather).
Margaret (Hemphill) Flack died in 1875.
Lavica (Santer) Ellis died in 1892 in Fannin County, Georgia.
Mills Flack died in 1900.
John William Stroud . . . → : CONTINUE READING

June Ancestor Birthdays

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

Elizabeth Phillips, 11x-great-grandmother, born 18 Jun 1565 in London, England.
William Robert Hinton, 6x-great-grandfather, born 12 Jun 1728 in St. Anne’s Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland.
Captain Thomas Lytle, 5x-great-grandfather, born 06 Jun 1750 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
Anna Barbara Albright, born 18 Jun 1754 in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Thomas Lytle, . . . → : CONTINUE READING

December Birthdays

It’s time to recognize ancestors who were born in December:

Thomas Hinton, Sr., 7x-great-grandfather, born 28 Dec 1693 in St. Anne’s Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland.
Johannes Albrecht, 8x-great-grandfather, born 19 Dec 1697 in Pfalz, Germany.
Anna Johanna Rudisill, 6x-great-grandmother, born 28 Dec 1740 in York County, Pennsylvania.
James Alexander, 4x-great-grandfather, born 23 Dec 1756 in Buffalo Creek, Rowan, North Carolina.
William . . . → : CONTINUE READING