I found these Valentine birthdays in my family tree…
Ebenezer Wilkinson, born 14 Feb 1762 in Dedham, Massachusetts
Ezra Wilkinson, 1801 Wrentham, Massachusetts
John Hitchings, 1804, Malden, Massachusetts
James Wilson, 1820, Danvers, Massachusetts
Solomon Perkins Mears, 1829, Essex, Massachusetts
Eliza Strong Snelling, 1838, New York City
Robert Crooker Allen, 1847, Essex, Massachusetts
Christopher Frances Snelling, 1846, Chelsea, Massachusetts
Howard Merton Wilkinson, 1889, Ashby, Massachusetts
Onno Pieter Hogerzeil, 1951, Marseille, France
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Last year I posted some marriages on Valentine’s Day at this link:
http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/02/st-valentines-day-in-family-tree.html
More Valentine’s Weddings
Silas Green and Nancy Batchelder, 1844, Hampton, New Hampshire
John Tyler Hassam and Nelly Batchelder, 1878, Salem, Massachusetts
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Love Stories on my blog:
A Love Story Too Sad for Valentine’s Day- the story of Deborah Wilson, persecuted Quaker in 1662 Salem, Massachusetts http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/02/love-story-too-sad-for-valentines-day.html
Have a Cow? Win a wife! - The story of William Cogswell, b. 1659 and how he and a little girl rescued a cow, only to marry her (the girl, not the cow!) later in 1685. http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/01/have-cow-win-wife.html
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Copyright 2010, Heather Wilkinson Rojo
Your second love story reminds me of the title of a short piece by Gertrude Stein, "As A Wife Has a Cow: A Love Story." Happy Valentine's Day to you!
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