This Week in Family History

Happy New Year!

In 1942 Woody Guthrie wrote these 33 New Year Rulin's.
For those stuck on writing resolutions, there are some good ones in the list.

My Selections:
#19: Keep Hoping Machine Running
#20: Dream Good
#31: Love Everyone
#33: Wake Up and Fight

Selected events from my family history databases

Jan 1

• Henry Dexheimer (1831-1884) – d. Jan 1 1884 (wife's 3rd great grandfather)
• Sol Cruvant (1893-1972) – b. Jan 1, 1893 (brother of great grandmother, Bertha Cruvant Newmark)

Jan 2

• Ida Elizabeth Sammie Denyer (1859-1899) – b. Jan 2 1859 (1st cousin of great grandmother, Margaret Jane Denyer Van Every. She wrote this poem, about her mother.)

Jan 3

• Benjamin Cruvant (1882-1960) – b.m. Jan 3 1883 (Brit Milah for brother of great grandmother, Bertha Cruvant Newmark) [Three dates have been given for his birth, but they can all be explained with the Gregorian and Julian calendar, and a confirmed Polish/Lithuanian Jewish custom of of observing the Brit Milah anniversary instead of the birthday.]

Jan 5

• Marvyn Stern (1914-1993) – b. Jan 5 1914 (1st cousin of grandfather, Melvin Newmark)

Jan 6

• Louis Pleas Gober and Annie May Taylor – m. Jan 6, 1891 (wife's 2nd great grandparents)

Jan 7

• Sol Cruvand (1877-1942) – d. Jan 7, 1942 (1st cousin of great grandmother, Bertha Cruvant Newmark)
• Aaron Cruvant Stern (1908-1981) – d. Jan 7 1981 (1st cousin of grandfather, Melvin Newmark)
• Louis Mayer Wyman (1905-1997) – d. Jan 7 1997 (1st cousin of grandmother, Belle "Sissie" Feinstein Newmark)

During This Week

Birth, marriage and death anniversaries for my ancestors and their kin during the upcoming week:

Gregorian Calendar: November 23-29
Nov 25, 1956 – Barnet Newmark died (great grandfather)
Nov 26, 1848 - George Van Every born (2nd great uncle)
Nov 26, 1999 – Belle (Hoffman) Feinstein died (great aunt and godmother)
Nov 29, 1825 – Elizabeth Ann Sliver Denyer born (3rd great aunt)

Hebrew Calendar: Heshvan 25 – Kislev 2
Heshvan 26, 5765 – William Venable Campbell died (1st cousin once removed)
Heshvan 27, 5691 – Alice Van Every died (2nd great aunt)
Heshvan 27, 5650 – Anna (Blatt) Feinstein born (great grandmother)
Heshvan 28, 5682 – Charles Van Every died (2nd great uncle)
Heshvan 29, 5555 – William Denyer born (3rd great grandfather)
Kislev 1, 5609 – George Van Every born (2nd great uncle)

During This Week

Birth, marriage and death anniversaries for my ancestors and their kin during the upcoming week:

Gregorian Calendar: November 17 - November 23

Nov 18, 1930 – Alice Van Every died (2nd great aunt)
Nov 20, 1948 – Ada Bell (Reeves) Vann died (1st cousin twice removed)
Nov 20, 1972 – Sol Cruvant died (2nd great uncle)
Nov 21, 1889 – Anna (Blatt) Feinstein born (great grandmother)
Nov 21, 1918 – Samuel C Van Every died (2nd great uncle)
Nov 22, 1794 – William Denyer born (3rd great grandfather)

Hebrew Calendar: Heshvan 19 - Heshvan 25

Heshvan 21, 5610 – Elizabeth (Fretz) Geil died (5th great aunt)
Heshvan 21, 5717 – Melvin Edwin Denyer died (1st cousin twice removed)

During This Week

Birth, marriage and death anniversaries for my ancestors and their kin during the (past week and) upcoming week:

Gregorian Calendar: November 2-November 16
Nov 7, 1908 – Shirley Ruth Benold born (1st cousin once removed)
Nov 8, 1905 – August Benold and Minnie Ray Van Every married (great uncle and great aunt)
Nov 10, 2004 – William Venable Campbell died (1st cousin once removed)
Nov 15, 1852 – Alice Van Every born (2nd great aunt)

Hebrew Calendar: Heshvan 4 – Heshvan 18
Heshvan 4, 5669 – Aaron Cruvant Stern born (1st cousin twice removed)
Heshvan 4, 5703 – Stevan J Newmark born (uncle)
Heshvan 4, 5703 – August Benold died (great uncle)
Heshvan 4, 5751 – Clara (Rubin) Newmark died (2nd great aunt)
Heshvan 5, 5763 – Belle (Feinstein) Newmark died (grandmother)
Heshvan 6, 5748 - Selig Seymour Oxenhandler died (1st cousin twice removed)
Heshvan 6, 5681 – Samuel Tillman Hartley died (3rd great uncle)
Heshvan 10, 5666 – August Benold and Minnie Ray Van Every married (great uncle and great aunt)
Heshvan 10, 5657 – Ida (Waldman) Cruvant born (2nd great aunt)
Heshvan 11, 5649 – Abraham Altman born (2nd great uncle)
Heshvan 11, 5648 – Louis Stern born (2nd great uncle)
Heshvan 13, 5669 – Shirley Ruth Benold born (1st cousin once removed)
Heshvan 16, 5697 – Bernard Feinstein and Belle Hoffman married (great uncle and great aunt)
Heshvan 17, 5730 – Minnie Ray Van Every died (great aunt)

During this Week

Birth, marriage and death anniversaries for my ancestors and their kin during the upcoming week:

Gregorian Calendar: October 26-November 1
Oct 26, 1956 – Melvin Edwin Denyer died (1st Cousin Twice Removed)
Oct 27, 1921 – Janice (Liebovitz) Newmark was born (Great Aunt)
Oct 29, 1887 – Louis Julius Stern was born (2nd Great Uncle)
Oct 29, 1908 – Aaron Cruvant Stern was born (1st Cousin Twice Removed)
Oct 29, 1969 – Minnie (Van Every) Benold died (Great Aunt)
Oct 29, 1987 – Selig Seymour Oxenhandler died (1st Cousin Twice Removed)
Nov 1, 1910 – Agnes Lee Roberts born (1st Cousin Once Removed)
Nov 1, 1936 – Bernard Feinstein and Belle Hoffman married (Great Uncle and Great Aunt)

Hebrew Calendar: Tishri 27 – Heshvan 3
Tishri 29, 5681 – Agnes Lee Roberts born (1st Cousin Once Removed)
Tishri 29, 5518 – David Van Every born (4th Great Grandfather)
Tishri 29, 5680 – Sarah Jane Van Every died (2nd Great Aunt)
Tishri 30, 5684 – Judson Adrian Van Every died (2nd Great Uncle)
Heshvan 1, 5763 – Roswell Spear died (2nd Cousin)
Heshvan 1, 5765 – Israel David Newmark died (2nd Great Uncle)
Heshvan 1, 5610 – Samuel Jennings Sliver Denyer and Zarelda Ann Singleton married (3rd Great Uncle and 3rd Great Aunt)
Heshvan 1, 5639 – Benjamin Feinstein Born (2nd Great Uncle)
Heshvan 1, 5680 – Sigmund Oxenhandler born (1st Cousin Twice Removed)
Heshvan 3, 5659 – Henry Blatt born (2nd Great Uncle)

During this Week

Birth, marriage and death anniversaries for my ancestors and their kin during the upcoming week:

Gregorian Calendar: October 19-25

October 19, 1898 - Henry Blatt was born (2nd Great Uncle)
October 19, 1919 - Marvin Feinstein was born (1st Cousin twice removed)
October 19, 1920 - Samuel Tillman Hartley died (3rd Great Uncle)
October 22, 1791 - William Denyer and Jane Goldfinch were married (4th Great Grandparents)
October 22, 1902 - Theodore Deutsch was born (Great Uncle)
October 23, 1866 - Samuel William Denyer was born (2nd Great Uncle)
October 23, 1919 - Sarah Jane (Van Every) Colbert died (2nd Great Aunt)
October 23, 1990 - Clara (Rubin) Newmark died (2nd Great Aunt)
October 25, 1919 - Sigmund Oxenhandler was born (1st Cousin Twice Removed)

Hebrew Calendar: Tishri 20-26

Tishri 20, 5580 - Andrew Van Every and Nancy Lucellas were married (3rd Great Grandparents)
Tishri 21, 5663 - Theodore Duetsch was born (Great Uncle)
Tishri 23, 5649 - George Van Every was born (2nd Great Uncle)
Tishri 24, 5552 - William Denyer and Jane Goldfinch were married (4th Great Grandparents)
Tishri 25, 5680 - Marvin Feinstein was born (1st Cousin Twice Removed)
Tishri 25, 5682 - Janice (Liebovitz) Newmark was born (Great Aunt)

During this Week

Birth, marriage and death anniversaries for my ancestors and their kin during the upcoming week:

Gregorian Calendar: October 12-18

October 13, 1757 - David Van Every was born (4th Great Grandfather)
October 15, 1942 - Stevan J Newmark was born (Uncle)
October 15, 1942 - August A Benold died (Great Uncle)
October 16, 1720 - Israel Swayze was born (5th Great Grandfather)
October 16, 2004 - Israel David Newmark died (2nd Great Uncle)
October 17, 1896 - Ida (Waldman) Cruvant was born (2nd Great Aunt)

Hebrew Calendar: Tishri 13-19

Tishri 14, 5481 - Israel Swayze was born (5th great grandfather)
Tishri 14, 5649 - George Robert Harrison Van Every was born (1st Cousin Twice Removed)
Tishri 15, 5661 - Melvin Edwin Denyer was born (1st Cousin Twice Removed)
Tishri 15, 5722 - Sara Ann (Foster) McCarty died (2nd Great Aunt)

During this Week: Oct 5 - Oct 11

Birth, marriage and death anniversaries for my ancestors and their kin during the upcoming week:

Emma Van Every - born Oct 6, 1871 (1st cousin twice removed)
Benjamin Feinstein - born Oct 6, 1888 (2nd great uncle)
Melvin Edwin Denyer - born Oct 8, 1900 (1st cousin twice removed)
Andrew Van Every and Nancy Lucellas - married Oct 9, 1819 (3rd great grandparents)
Judson Van Every - died Oct 10, 1923 (2nd great uncle)
Belle "Sissie" Feinstein - died Oct 11, 2002 (grandmother)

During this Week: Sept 28-Oct 4

Birth, marriage and death anniversaries for my ancestors and their kin during the upcoming week:

George Van Every - Born Sept 28, 1888 (1st Cousin, Twice Removed)
Blanche Blatt - Born Sept 28, 1887 (2nd great aunt)
Emma Van Every - Born Oct 1, 1856 (2nd great aunt)
Caleb Horton - died Oct 3, 1702 (8th great grandfather)
Harry Cruvand - born Oct 4, 1898 (2nd cousin twice removed)
Stevan Newmark - died Oct 4, 1997 (uncle)

28th of Elul - 5th of Tishrei
Bertha Cruvant - born 1st of Tishrei 5647/5648 (Great Grandmother)

I can't use the Gregorian calendar for my great grandmother. She was born on New Year's Day on the Hebrew calendar, but she wasn't sure whether it was 1886 or 1887. If 1886 it would have been September 30th. If 1887 it would have been September 19th. It was the First of Tishrei, though, which once again falls on September 30th this year.

I have searched the St. Louis City Birth Registers for September and October from 1885 to 1888. I haven't found her. Her father is supposed to have immigrated to the US in 1885, though his first appearance in the St. Louis City City Directory is 1890. It's possible Bertha was born outside of Missouri (maybe in East St. Louis, IL). Or it's possible the Cruvants just didn't bother to register her birth. I've only found the birth registry of one of her three younger siblings - Sol, the youngest.

During this Week: Sept 21-Sept 27

Sept 23, 1666 - Barnabas Horton born (7th great grandfather)
Sept 25, 1961 - Sarah Ann Foster died (2nd great aunt)
Sept 26, 1911 - Moshe Leyb Cruvant died (2nd great grandfather)

During this Week: Sept 15-20

Harry Odelson - Born Sept 15, 1896 (1st cousin, three times removed)
Pearl Odelson - Died Sept 15, 1957 (1st cousin, three times removed)
Sarah Ann Foster - Born Sept 16, 1887 (2nd Great Aunt)
Samuel Ophan Van Every - Died Sept 18, 1933 (Great Uncle)

During This Week: Sept 8-Sept 14

Thomas MacEntee at Destination: Austin Family has recently been posting daily historical births, marriages, and deaths for his family. I like this idea, however, I'm not confident I can do this daily. A weekly post seems manageable, limited to individuals who are deceased.

Sept 8th - Sept 14h

Sept 8, 1994: Death of Ida Odelson, age 88 (2nd cousin, twice removed)
Sept 11, 1951: Death of Myrtle Van Every Deutsch, age 51. (Grandmother)
Sept 14, 1914, Birth of Willard Oxenhandler (1st cousin twice removed)
Sept 14, 1933, Death of Harry Feinstein, age 49 (2nd great uncle)

So far this month
Sept 1, 1846: Birth of Samuel C Van Every (2nd great uncle)
Sept 1, 1868: Birth of Margaret Jane Denyer Vanevery (Great grandmother)
Sept 4, 2001: Death of Meyer Odelson, age 85 (2nd cousin, twice removed)
Sept 5, 1934: Death of Alvin Feinstein, age 24 (1st cousin twice Removed)