Saturday, August 6, 2016

ON THIS DAY ~ August 6th



I have a very close friend who is having a 70th birthday today. I thought I would use this date and see who in my family was born, married or died on this date.  And, what happened in history on August 6th?

WHO WAS BORN ON AUGUST 6TH?
And how are they related to me?

CLARK, William W., born 1844 in Lawence Co., Ohio (several times removed cousin)
EASTLAND, Elizabeth, born 1860 in Millville, Cumberland, New Jersey (husband’s great granduncle’s wife)
HOEFLER, Wilma O., born 1894 in Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan (wife of 1st cousin, twice removed)
HOLLAND, Thelma, born 1901 in Chesapeake, Lawrence, Ohio (wife of 2nd cousin, 3 times removed)
LEONARD, Abigail, born 1737, unknown location (distant relation by marriage)
MUSHINSKY, Christopher P., (living)
PRATT, Alonzo, born 1889 in Richmond, Macomb, Michigan (distant relation)
ROIG, Raymond B., (living)

NOTE:  For those people I’ve indicated are “distant relations” it would mean that they are either cousins several times removed or they are in- laws or grandparents of spouses of cousins, several times removed.  They are probably in my database because I was conducting some collateral family research in order to try to locate information.  Legacy can tell me exactly how they are related, but I just chose to indicate them in this way.

I’m surprised to say that there are no marriages or deaths in my Legacy database for August 6.  This is the first time I’ve run a date and found two of the three items with no names associated.
So, what are some of the events in history that happened on this day?

(All information courtesy of Wikipedia)

FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN ON THIS DAY

EVENTS ON THIS DAY
  • 1914 – World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
Happy Birthday to any of you celebrating today and especially to my friend.

What events happened in your family on this day?  I’d love to hear about them.

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Happy hunting,
Michigan Girl

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I look forward to reading your comments. If you have any connection to the people mentioned in this blog, please let me know. I write about mine and my husband's ancestors and would welcome new information or meeting a new cousin or two. Thanks for visiting and come back soon.