The theme for Week 29 is "Birthdays." Is there an ancestor with whom you share a birthday? (My dad and his sister shared a birthday -- and, no, they weren't twins!) You could write about an ancestor that had a lot of birthdays or a memorable birthday party. Don't forget newspapers. Small-town newspapers especially would have stories about birthday parties or "milestone" birthdays. Click here to check out all of the themes for 2023.
Birthdays in my family meant, the birthday person was able to choose the type of cake they wanted. With 11 in our family, it also meant the birthday person got two pieces of cake, that was our present.
Anyway, I have two sisters born on the same day, five years apart. They have different fathers too. My mom’s first husband died and thus one is his child while the other is my father’s first-born child. She was born on my father's first Father’s Day too.
One of my brothers, the youngest of the oldest six, was born after his father passed. He was born on my mother and her first husband’s wedding anniversary. Ironically, my brother's son is born on his wedding anniversary. I have two siblings whose birthdays are next to each other, one on the 13th and the other on the 14th. Between August 7th and September 7th, 6 of us have a birthday. My father and his two siblings all had a child born on September 7th.
My paternal grandfather may or may not share a birthday with his mother. He never would tell anyone his exact birthday and celebrated it both on Aug 21st and Aug 23rd. His mother’s birthday was Aug 21st. When my mother was pregnant with me, her ninth and last child, I was due on July 22nd and when August 1st came around, my mother still haven’t given birth, my grandfather asked her if she was waiting for his birthday. My mom, playing along said sure, when is it, he said Aug 21st. My mom replied that she would then have me on that day. But he said his birthday was really Aug 23rd. My mom replied that she would have me on the 23rd. After going back and forth between the two days, my mom finally stated, enough, I will have it on August 22nd. Since this is my birthday, I guess I had the final laugh. My grandfather’s World War I Registration Card states his birthday is Aug 23, 1899 while his tombstone shows Aug 21, 1900.
I ran a filter on my family tree and found 38 people who share my birthday of August 22nd, one is born the same year as me. My 2nd great grandfather, the father of my paternal grandfather’s mother is also born Aug 22nd. This might be the reason my grandfather picked the 23rd as another birthday, since he appeared to not want to share his birthday. However, his birthday could be the 23rd. I don’t know because sadly he passed when I was only five. He has no actual birth record or baptism record that I can find.
Anyway, who shares your birthday in your family tree?
Remember to have fun and Just Do Genealogy!
Wow, that's a lot of shared birthdays!
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot of birthday cake in a 30 day period. Who baked all those? Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteSometimes, my mom bought them, she hated baking cakes. She did bake a few, my older sisters baked a few, I started baking cakes when I was nine.
DeleteI have none that I know of on the same day but in my mother's family her father, 2 of her brothers and two daughters of one of her brothers were all born in May.
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