Happy May birthday to my favorite grandson, my cousin Alan, grandaunts Barbara and Marie, my granduncle Marv, my 2nd cousins Parick and Sean, my 3rd cousins once-removed Dianne and Judith, and my 4th cousins Mark and Renae.

Birthdays among my German Bukmakowskis:

A distant cousin Elsie Louise Caroline DOMKOWSKY (Carolina BUKMAKOWSKI’s granddaughter) was born in Elk Grove Village, Cook, Illinois, USA on the 17th of May 1903.

Birthdays among my Swedish Carlsons:

My third great-grandmother Brita Carin ANDERSDOTTER was born 05 May 1810 in Börstil, Uppsala, Sweden. Her granddaughter Maria Josephina CARLSON was born 05 May 1867 in  Börstil, Uppsala, Sweden. Maria immigrated to the United States in 1887.

Birthdays among my French Gurys:

My 3rd great granduncle Nicolas GURY was born in Léning, Moselle, Lorraine, France on the 29th of May 1823.

Birthdays among my (unknown ethnicity) Littrells:

Julia Fannie LITTRELL, my 2nd great grandaunt was born in Salem, Roanoke, Virginia, USA 01 May 1867. She lived only two months.

Birthdays among my German Mangels:

My granduncle Augusta Charles Hermann MANGELS was born in Chicago, Cook, Illinois USA on the 3rd of May 1913.

Birthdays among my Swiss Muellers:

My granduncle Robert Edwin MUELLER was born in Chicago, Cook, Illinois 25 May 1919. My aunt Lois Marie MUELLER was born 24 May 1934 in Chicago. Cook, Illinois, USA. A distant cousin Joanne CAINE was born 25 May 1928 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.

Birthdays among my Swedish Petersons:

A recent discovery, my 4th great granduncle Andreas PETERSSON was born in Vallsjö, Jönköping, Sweden on 19 May 1820.

Birthdays among my French Schmitts;

My 2nd great granduncle Jean Nicolas SCHMITT was born 16 May 1841 in Hellimer, Moselle, Lorraine, France. He immigrated to Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio USA in 1854. Jean’s niece Jennie SCHMITT was born in Cincinnati on the 21st of May 1878.

Birthdays among my Swedish Tolfs:

My 3rd great grandaunt Carolina Elizabeth TOLF was born 29 May 1828 in Lindefors, Jönköping, Sweden. My 2nd great grandaunt Frida Katrina TOLF (30 May 1863) and her sister Amanda Sofia Karlsdotter TOLF (01 May 1865) were born in Svenarum, Jönköping, Sweden. The sisters immigrated with more family members to Batavia, Kane, Illinois USA in 1878. Distant cousin Wesley Nelson TOLF was born in De Kalb, De Kalb, Illinois USA 14 May 1909. Another distant cousin William Howard TOLF was born 08 May 1914 in Liscomb, Marshall, Iowa, USA.

Birthdays among my Manx Waltons:

My 2nd great grandaunt Elizabeth WALTON was born 01 May 1831 in Lonan on the Isle of Man. She lived only seven months. Her niece Lucy WALTON, born 02 May 1869 in Lonan on the Isle of Man, lived just eight years. Distant cousins William Albert WALTON (03 May 1857) and his brother Robert Henry WALTON (19 May 1872) were born in Lonan on the Isle of Man. Another William WALTON, my 1st cousin 4xs removed, was born 20 May 1832 in Lonan on the Isle of Man. James WALTON was born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio 10 May 1930.

Are any of my ancestors in your family tree too? Please contact me at where2look4ancestors [at] gmail [dot] com.