It’s Valentine’s Day! Do you have any special memories of Valentine’s Day?
My special memory is from 50 years ago. It was Valentine’s evening when my husband proposed to me. We were both juniors at Kansas State Teachers College, majoring in physical science education. We were married just after graduation 49 years ago this coming May.
Curious about what valentine’s day events are in my genealogy file, I used the ‘On This Day List’ report in RootsMagic 8 to create a report.
Below is the list of Valentine’s Day events in my file.
Family Events — On This Day — February 14
1658 – Birth: Lamrock Flower-19575, Chewton Mendip, Somerset, England
1665 – Birth: Lydia Hewett Smith-19576, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America
1667 – Christen: Martje Roelofse Schenck-19485, Flatlands, Kings, Colony of New York, British Colonial America
1667 – Birth: Martje Roelofse Schenck-19485, New Amersfort, , Kings, New York, British America
1717 – Birth: Hephzibah Peabody-19200, Boxford, Essex, Mass
1744 – Death: Charles Cheney-19834, Anne Arundel, Colony of Maryland, British Colonial America
1746 – Birth: James S Dooley-13318, Bedford City, Bedford, Virginia, United States
1763 – Birth: Robert D. Gordon-14972, Virginia, United States
1765 – Death: Benjamin Fiske-19363, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1765 – Death: Benjamin Fisk-19361, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America
1770 – Birth: Nancy Elizabeth Crawford-8506, Augusta, Virginia, United States
1795 – Will: Samuel Crawford-8383, Augusta, Virginia, United States
1798 – Marriage: Benjamin Foster-775 and Catherine Prather-797, Allegany, Maryland, United States
1802 – Birth: George Judd Hammond-824, Bolton, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
1809 – Birth: Nathaniel Manton Nelson Hammond-792, Bolton, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
1816 – Birth: Basil Prather Foster-882, Franklin, Ohio, United States
1828 – Marriage: Joshua Crawford-8531 and Mary Howard-12324, Fleming, Kentucky, United States
1828 – Birth: Girard Robinson Ricketts-4003, Front Royal, Warren, Virginia, United States
1830 – Birth: Louisa J. Seller-8211,
1833 – Marriage: Zebulon Foster-214 and Caroline Ostrander-215, Pike, Ohio, United States
1843 – Death: Jesse Bland-14425, Saline, Saline, Arkansas, United States
1847 – Birth: Jonathan Crawford-15080, Between Otter (North Fork) Creek and Macoupin Creek, Macoupin, Illinois, United States
1850 – Birth: Margaret E Clippard-14507, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
1853 – Death: Robert Ricketts-3233, Ohio, Indiana, United States
1855 – Burial: Christy-17901, Tipton, Indiana, United States
1855 – Death: Christy-17901, Tipton, Indiana, United States
1858 – Marriage: Henry Thompson-12558 and Angervin Myrick-12559, Warrick, Indiana, United States
1859 – Birth: Charles Walter Johnson-9718,
1859 – Birth: Viola Cordelia Eyestone-15871, Lexington, Washington, Iowa, United States
1859 – Marriage: [Unknown] [Unknown]-0 and Enoch Buchanan-3604,
1860 – Birth: John William Clippard-14503, Oak Ridge, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
1863 – Birth: Oliver Asberry Gallatin-21567, Springhill, Livingston, Missouri, United States
1865 – Birth: Conrad C. Funk-20289, Illinois, United States
1865 – Birth: David Harvey Young-3371, Lexington, Washington, Iowa, United States
1865 – Birth: Sterling P. Currie-1346,
1867 – Birth: Howard Burrel Gardner-15864, near Lexington, Iowa
1867 – Death: Mary Buckles-5749, Berlin, Clinton County, Indiana
1868 – Birth: Viola Ann Chapman-14262, Indiana, United States
1868 – Death: Holland Briles-2380, Randolph, North Carolina, United States
1870 – Death: Priscilla Buckles-6815, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
1870 – Birth: John William Young-3375, Johnson, Kansas, United States
1872 – Marriage: Hugh McCain Briles-2458 and Eunice Farlow-2473, Randolph, North Carolina, United States
1874 – Death: William Coke Foster-856, Ohio, United States
1875 – Death: Roxana King Jones-21675, Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States
1875 – Birth: Nancy Murrah Crawford-14306, Palmer, Ellis, Texas, United States
1876 – Birth: Lewis A. Kent-3743, Eureka, Woodford, Illinois, United States
1877 – Birth: Adeline Elizabeth Marcellus-21387, Ontario, Canada
1884 – Death: Abraham Hawk-18230, Busseron, Knox, Indiana, United States
1884 – Marriage: Clemuel W. Ricketts-2742 and Ella Cooper-2830, Clinton, Indiana, United States
1884 – Birth: Orion Clyde Watson-9138, North Dakota, United States
1885 – Burial: Frank Currey-5278, Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States
1885 – Death: Frank Currey-5278, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States
1888 – Death: George Donnell Crawford-12017, Palmyra, Macoupin, Illinois, United States
1893 – Birth: Dot Elma Ward-15647, Silver City, Owyhee, Idaho, United States
1895 – Death: Andrew Jackson Reed-22656, Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, United States
1898 – Birth: Opal Bogan-3106, Clinton, Indiana, United States
1900 – Birth: Mary Lillian Harrison-3424, Rush, Indiana, United States
1901 – Burial: Harvey Tague-16880, Hebron Cemetery, Jefferson ,Indiana, United States
1904 – Birth: Ethel Dorinda Hadley-15351, Union Gap, Yakima, Washington, United States
1905 – Burial: Martha Crawford-17272, Petersburg, Menard, Illinois, United States
1905 – Birth: Wade Myron Dawson-1099, Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States
1907 – Marriage: Marian J Ashmore-12764 and Louise K Goudy-10817, Adams, Nebraska, United States
1909 – Birth: Frances Briles-7586, Kansas, United States
1911 – Birth: Darwin Stanley Whetstine-18580, Colorado, United States
1911 – Birth: Margaret Blythe-11097, Windsor, Shelby, Illinois, United States
1912 – Birth: Arthur Frederick Ostertag-21383, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
1915 – Birth: Angela Ruth Ricketts-3861,
1917 – Death: Mack Brown-8178,
1921 – Burial: Sarah Clementine Lee-1624, Lakeview, Lake, Oregon, United States
1921 – Death: Sarah Clementine Lee-1624, Lake, Oregon, United States
1922 – Birth: Emily Jane Morris-15193, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
1922 – Burial: Jennie Clarissa Gaines-1376, La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States
1927 – Death: Mary E. Kirkpatrick-599, Gentry, Missouri, United States
1931 – Death: Isaac Elmer Ricketts-4195, Utahville, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States
1938 – Death: Edwin Albright Crawford-22693, Granville, North Carolina, United States
1942 – Draft: James Victor Wells-12096, San Diego, California, United States
1942 – Draft: Wells M Wait-21760, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
1942 – Draft: Glen Elmer Marts-6497, Los Angeles, California, United States
1942 – Draft: Howard Ray Lighter-18893, Costa Mesa, Orange, California, United States
1942 – Draft: Forrest Dale Wells-1758, Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
1942 – Death: Ray Gillis Hutchinson-530, Contra Costa, California, United States
1946 – Burial: Guy Thomas Hutchinson-526, Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States
1947 – Death: Sarah Ann Burke-11825, Yale, Payne, Oklahoma, United States
1954 – Burial: William Edward Harding-689, Rulo, Richardson, Nebraska, United States
1971 – Death: Homer Ervin Hadley-15355, Sacramento, California, United States