January 31st ~ On this day in 1901 in Edinburgh, Scotland William Hannan RITCHIE, my 2nd cousin twice removed is born. He will only live for 4 days.
February 2nd ~ On this day in 1838, marriage banns are read for David RITCHIE and Agnes GOURLAY in Ceres, Fife, Scotland. They are my 3x great-grandparents. This day in 1993 is also marked by the death of my granduncle, Windsor Benzie RITCHIE in Ohio.
February 3rd ~ This day is marked by the death of James KIRK, my 5x great-grandfather in 1829 in St. Andrews, Scotland. I am fortunate that there is a marker for him in St. Andrews, erected by his son and that I got to see and photograph it! It was an early Tombstone Tuesday post last year.
This day is also marked by the death of Selma EICKELBERG, my great-grandaunt in Denver, Colorado in 1913. She was just 5 days shy of her 19th birthday.
February 4th ~ On this day in 1897 Edna SAURER is born in Dalton, Wayne County, Ohio. She will become the wife of my great-granduncle
Raymond GRABER. She will also cause be no end of problems early in my genealogical "career" as she was born Edna SAURER and became Edna GRABER while her sister-in-law, Raymond's sister, is born Edna GRABER and becomes on marriage Edna SAURER!!! Even when people noted names on the backs of pictures it all depended on who was doing the labeling as even after marriage both women might be noted by a maiden name.And now for the most special days of this week:
February 6th AND February 7th ~ On these days, some years ago, right before and right after midnight my twin nephew and niece are born. My niece, the one born on the 7th used to say that the 6th was always, "the worst day of the year for me" because on that day her brother would tell her, and anyone who would 
listen, that HE was a year older! "I'm already x but you are NOT" I'm sure any of you with brothers can imagine. While they are teenagers now, I just couldn't resist using their one-year old birthday party pictures.Happy Birthday Twins!!
What fun to have twins born on 2 separate days! We know someone who in the last 32 days had twins born in 2 separate years.
ReplyDeleteThe twins are so cute and how neat that they were born on 2 separate days.
ReplyDeleteWOW I LOVE the new background and of course I love the twins pictures! I really do love reading your blog even if you thinking I don't LOL! I love seeing all the cool names. Where was this list when I was naming our kids? Who knows I could have named one Benzie or Leela... oh well to late I guess they are stuck with the names they have.
ReplyDeleteWow Mary - that would be something...in different years! It's been fun though for each of them to have their "own" birthdays.
ReplyDeleteThanks Debbie ~ 2 of the world's cutest babies of course ;-)
ReplyDeleteHey Denise - aka "Anonymous"...I always said you should have named one of the girls "Magdalena"!!
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