July no date

Birthdays:

1865 – William Lawrence in Johnson Co. IL the son of B.T. & Amanda (Morray) Lawrence.  He died 1912 in Wayne Co. IL

1883 – Abraham Colclasure son of John & Laura (Edwards) Colclasure

1888 – Carrie Dove daughter of Miles & Mary (?) Dove

1898 – William Wolfe in Clay Co., IL the son of Lewis & Mary (Fitzgerald) Wolfe.  He died in 1929 and is buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Flora, IL.

Cindy Earl daughter of Charles & Beverly (Talbert) Earl

Anniversaries:

1937 – Ralph Petty & Mabel McWilliams.  Ralph born 1911 in Sumner, IL was the son of Glen & Mattie (Lathrop) Petty.  The couple had two children.  Mabel died in 1987. Ralph died in 1989.

1941 – Howard Robertson & Louella Talbert.  Happy born 1908 in Illinois the son of Charles & Martha (?) Robertson.  Louella born 1913 was the daughter of Wakefield & Ella (Fraim) Talbert.  This was her second marriage .  They didn’t have any children and were divorced before 1960.  Louella died 2008 in Herrin, IL.  We are related to both of them.

July 31st

Birthdays:

James Runyon

1822 – James Runyon son of John & Sarah (Stout) Runyon in Fayette Co. KY

1835 – Abraham Cotterell in Hart Co. KY the husband of Clarinda Lathrop

1866 – Edward Crumbacher son of James & Nancy (Gentle) Crumbacher in Wayne Co. IL.  He married Elizabeth Simmons.  Edward died in 1945 in Jefferson Co. IL and is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Wayne Co. IL.

1867 – Susan Erkman in White Co. IL the daughter of John & Catherine (Burkhardt) Erkman

1882 – Emily Fitzgerald daughter of William & Emily (Smith) Fitzgerald.  She died Aug. 7, 1882.

August no date

Birthdays:

1633 Ruth Rockwell daughter of William & Susanna (Capen) Rockwell in Dorchester, MA.  She married Christopher Huntington in CT.

1650 Abigail Fitch in Saybrook, CT the daughter of Rev. James & Abigail (Whitefield) Fitch

1667 Anne Lathrop daughter of Samuel & Elizabeth (Scudder) Lathrop in New London, CT.  She married William Hough.  Anne died 1745 in Norwich, CT.

July 30th

Fredericka & Henry Erkman

Birthdays:

1638 - ? Lathrop child of Rev. John & Anna (?) Lathrop in Scituate, MA, probably stillborn or died shortly after birth.

1745 – Irene Janes the daughter of Jonathan & Irene (Bradford) Janes

1845 – Fredericka Probst in Germany the daughter of Andrew & Sophia (?) Probst.  She died 1913 in White Co. IL.

July 29th

Birthdays:

1687 – Lois Royce in Wallingford, CT the daughter of Nathaniel & Sarah (Lathrop) Royce

1877 – James McAllister husband of Alberta Speer

1883 – Cora & Dora Irwin twin daughters of Corbin & Charlotte (Lathrop) Irwin in Wayne Co. IL.  Dora died in 1884. Cora died in 1972 Williston, ND.

B Names

B.F. - probably Benjamin Franklin

Baptist – in honor of John the Baptist
Barbara - foreign.  According to legend St. Barbara was a young woman killed by her father Dioscorus, who was then killed by a bolt of lightning.  She is the patron saint of architects, geologists, stone masons and artillerymen.  17 
Barnabas - son of the prophet

Barnett – probably from a surname, not necessarily in this case

Barney – diminutive of Barnabas, Bernard or Barnaby – 2
Bartholomew - son of Talmai - 3
Basil - king
Bathsha / Bathsheba - daughter of the oath
Baylee - bailiff, steward
Beatrice - blesses, bringer of joy
Becca / Becky - bound, servant of God
Beldora - beautiful gift of God
Bell / Belle - beautful - 3
Ben / Benjamin / Bennie / Benny - son of the South, son of the right hand - 50
Benadam - son of Adam - 2
Benita - blessed
Bennett - blessed - 3
Bernard - brave bear - 7
Bernell - brave bear
Bernice -  brings victory – 10

Bernie – brave bear

Bert – bright – 3

Bertha – bright – 3

Bertie – bright – 2

Berval – not found

Bess / Bessie – my God is an oath or my God is abundance – 4

Beth – my God is an oath or my God is abundance – 4

Bethiah – daughter of Jehovah

Betsy – my God is an oath or my God is abundance

Bettie / Betty – my God is an oath or my God is abundance – 21

Beulah – married – 4

Beverly – near the meadow of beavers – 8

Bezelria – not found, but Bezel is an occupational name for a fine collector – 2

Bill / Billie / Billy – helmet, protection – 16

Birdie – little, birdlike

Blake – dark, dark haired or the opposite, fair, pale

Blanch / Blanche – white, shining – 6

Bluford – not found

Bob / Bobbie / Bobby – bright fame – 13

Boley – not found

Boni / Bonnie – pretty, charming, beautiful – 6

Boyd – blonde

Brad / Bradford / Bradley – treason, broad meadow, broad ford – 5

Brady – spirited

Brandi / Brandy – warm – 2

Brandon – little raven – 5

Braxton – Brocks town

Brayton – from Great Britain

Brenda – sword – 7

Brent – hilltop – 2

Bret / Brett – a Breton – 2

Brian / Bryan – strong one – 12

Briana – strong

Briant – strong

Brice – swift, speckled, son of a nobleman

Bridget – strong – 7

Brooke – brook, stream

Bruce – woods, thick brush – 2

Bruno – brown one

Bryson – nobles son

Buck – male deer, cowboy

Bud – messenger, friend – 5

Buel – one who came from Bueil, field infested by crows

Burdette – a surname used as a first name

Burnett – bear, brown

Burrel / Burrell – reddish, fortified – 2

Burton – town of the fortress

Bushrod – young shrub

Byron – barn or cottage – 2 

July 28th

Birthdays:

1838 – Levi Clark in Lawrence Co. OH the son of Cornelius & Elizabeth (Lambert) Clark.  He died 1912 in Lawrence Co. OH and is buried in Aid Cemetery.

1952 – Alan Leturno son of John & Norma (Lathrop) Leturno in Taylorville, IL.  He died in 1971.

1955 – Cecil Flanigan in Fairfield, IL the son of Cecil & Opal (Shaw) Flanigan.  Butch was a truck driver and died in an accident in Henderson, NC 2001.  He is buried in 2001 Salem-Mateer Cemetery in Wayne Co. IL.

July 27th

Just birthdays today:                                 

1661 – Timothy Loomis son of Deacon John & Elizabeth (Scott) Loomis

1790 – William Carpenter in Fauquier Co. VA son of Benjamin & Elizabeth (McFarland) Carpenter.

Freda Jordan

1824 – Asa Clark son of Cornelius & Elizabeth (Lambert) Clark in Lawrence Co. OH

1910 – Freda Jordan in White Co., IL the daughter of Ernest & Sophia (Erkman) Jordan.  She was named after her grandmother Fredericka (Propst) Erkman.  Freda died 2007 in Vincennes, IN.  She is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, IN

1961 – Diana Shaw daughter of Verschel & Ruby (Haile) Shaw in Jefferson Co. IL.  She married ? Shields.  They had four children.  She died in Carmi, IL 1993 and is buried in Thomason Cemetery, Wayne City, IL.

David Peel son of Allan & Lillian (Cooper) Peel

July 26th

Birthdays:

1572 – Joan Hanson baptized in England, the daughter of John & Margaret (Gressam) Hanson

1607 – Jacob Perkins baptized the son of Henry & Elizabeth (?) Perkins.  He died in 1609.

1699 – Anne Bradford in Norwich, CT the daughter of Joseph & Anne (Fitch) Bradford

July 25th

Birthdays –

1843 – Cloyd Maulding son of Andrew & Hester (Hopkins) Maulding.  He married Elizabeth Schell.  They had four children.  Cloyd died 1913 in Wayne Co. IL

1906 – Berval Wood daughter of Henry & Minnie (Braddy) Wood born in Wayne Co. IL. She died in 1974 and is buried in Thomason Cemetery, Wayne City, IL

Hazel Dulaney daughter of William & Ida (Lathrop) Dulaney

July 24th

1638 – Sarah Rockwell in Windsor, CT the daughter of William & Susanna (Capen) Rockwell.  She married Walter Gaylord.  Sarah died in 1683.

1660 – Ruth Loomis baptized in Farmington, CT the daughter of Lt. Samuel & Elizabeth (Judd) Loomis.  Ruth married Benjamin Smith.

1713 – Elizabeth Rockwell in Windsor, CT the daughter of Joseph & Elizabeth (Drake) Rockwell

July 23rd

Birthdays:

1694 – Mary Moss in Wallingford, CT the daughter of John & Martha (Lathrop) Moss.

1823 – Matilda Goodnight in Greenville, KY the daughter of Michael & Charlotte (Durall) Goodnight.  She is related to us through both parents.

Donald Shaw son of Verschel & Ruby (Haile) Shaw

July 22nd

Birthdays:

1647 – Sarah Loomis in Windsor, CT the daughter of Joseph & Sarah (Hill) Loomis. She died in 1654 at age 7.

1660 – Elizabeth & Mary Judd the daughters of Sgt. William & Mary (Steele) Judd were baptized.  They were not twins.

July 21st

Many happy returns . . . 

1653 – Esther Gallop in New London, CT the daughter of Captain John &Hannah (Lake) Gallop.  Another record gives her birth as March 24^th of the same year.  Perhaps she was baptized in July. 

1749 – Septimius Avery son of Rev. Ephraim & Deborah (Lathrop) Avery.  He died in 1754 at the age of five.

1863 – Willard Rawson in Stoughton, WI the husband of Mary Miller.  They lived in Harlan, NE and had four children.

July 20th

Birthdays:

1624 – Martha Lake in North Benfleet, England the daughter of John & Margaret (Reade) Lake.

1660 – Esther Prentice wife of Benadam Gallop.

Charles Speer

1673 – Mindwell Loomis daughter of Nathaniel & Elizabeth (More) Loomis in Windsor, CT.

1843 – Charles Speer in Kentucky, the son of Marquis & Susan (Hinkle) Speer.

July 19th

Birthdays:

1837 – Theodore Ellis in Greenville, IL the husband of Nancy Gurley.  He died in Girard, IL in 1915.

1882 – John Erkman the son of Jacob & Fredericka (Probst) Erkman in White Co. Il. 

 

July 18th

Birthdays:

1627 – John Rockwell in England, the son of William & Susanna (Capen) Rockwell.  He died in 1673.

1893 – Elmer Wilkin son of John & Mary (Smith) Wilkin.  He died in 1973.

 

July 17th

Baptisms & Birthdays:

1692 – Hannah Crary baptized the daughter of Peter & Christobel (Gallop) Crary

1716 – Timothy Janes baptized, the son of William & Abigail (Loomis) Janes

1890 – Ruth Hays daughter of John & Magdalena (Dietz) Hays in White Co. IL.

July 16th

Birthdays –

1839 – Martha Lathrop in Cross Plains, IN the daughter of Russell & Cynthia (Powell) Lathrop.  She died 1914 in Illinois.

1869 – Ella Speer the daughter of Charles & Anna (Runyon) Speer

Brick Wall - Draper/Breeden

An ongoing worksheet to take down the brick wall . . . 

Mini-ahnentafel

1.  Louisa Draper 1825-1867, md. Levi Lathrop
2.  Thomas Draper 1788-1872
3. Catharine Harbert ca. 1790-?
4. Thomas Draper ca. 1760-?
5. Priscilla Breeden ca. 1760-?
6. Ebenezer Harbert 1770-1846
7. Mary Magdalena Wallick 1773-1818
8. ? Draper
9. ?
10. ? Breeden