According to my mama, I was supposed to be a June baby with a due date somewhere between the 25th through the 30th. But since I was destined to be a stubborn one, I decided to wait and then wait some more. As the month of June crept by and as July opened its doors, my grandmother, Elva Bryant Allen, and my father began teasing one another that I would be born on their prospective birthdays: my father’s birthday was the eighth while my grandmother’s was the tenth. My mother, being equally stubborn, decided that I would be born on the fourth, so that I would be an Independence Day baby. And just like that, I was born on July 4, 1961 at Ft Lewis, Seattle, Washington. Since I was an army brat, my mom only had to pay for her meals. This little firecracker cost a measly $7.50. As a child when I was told that I was their cheapest baby, I cried!
Two months after I was born, my father was stationed at Fort Carson,”The Mountain Post,” in Colorado. I was just two months shy of being born in my favorite state. Though I have wanted to travel to “revisit” my native state, I haven’t had the opportunity – yet. Seattle will definitely be on the Bucket List!
July Birthdays
July 1
9th Cousin
July 3
10x Great Grandmother
July 4
9th cousin
July 5
7x Great Grandmother
July 8
Father
Stephen Starkweather
5x Great Grandfather
9x Great Grandfather
Henry Kinne
10x Great Grandfather
July 10
Grandmother
Philip Allen
4x Great Grandfather
July 11
11x Great Grandmother
July 12
2x Great Grandmother
July 14
Cameron Wood
Grandson
July 19
10 Cousin
July 21
9x Cousin 2x Removed
July 22
7x Great Grandfather
July 24
9th cousin
July 27
Thomas Kinne
8x Great Granfather
Tales of a Family 
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