Geiszler Genealogy

You might remember that I have shared the brief history of George Joseph Geiszler and Evaline Townley Peak . This is a nother installment of that story. Marguerita Magdalena Hoppe and her husband Henry Geiszler of Columbus, Ohio In 1931, George's father Henry died. After ten years without his wife Maggie, his drinking problem got the best of him. Henry was struck by a trolley car on 24 Mar 1931 in Downtown Columbus. He was intoxicated at the time. Three days later, he died under the care of a physician at University Hospital.  He should be buried in the Oak Grove cemetery in Georgesville. He was not buried beside his wife Maggie in the Green Lawn cemetery. Maggie was buried in her sister Annie Hoppe Ross's lot. Henry is supposed to have been buried on his mother and step-father's lot (Michael and Caroline Billman). There is no grave marker and the cemetery records were destroyed in a fire. Henry's father Joseph had died in 1863 and was buried in the poorly cared fo...

This is a continuation of the family history for George Joseph Geiszler and E valine Townley Peak. If you missed previous   installments , you can view them here and here . Although the 1920 Census accurately shows no children born to the couple after 2 years of marriage, it does not reflect the fact that Evaline, 27, was pregnant with their first child. Marguerite Virginia Geiszler was born on 20 July 1920 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio. It could be surmised that Marguerite was named after her grandmother Magdalena Marguerita Hoppe Geiszler, nicknamed Maggie. George Geiszler with his parents Maggie Hoppe and Henry Geiszler On 3 Feb 1921, George's mother Maggie died. Her death had a terrible effect on his father Henry. Henry's drinking apparently became worse. Marguerite remembers stories of Henry sitting in a drunken stupor and calling for Maggie, his deceased wife. The end of the tragedies would not stop in 1921. On 5 Nov 1921, a second daughter was delivered t o Evaline at Pr...

Previou sly, I shared about the young life of George Joseph Geiszler who was born on  8 Jun 188 6. He is my fraternal great-grandfather. I'd like to continue that story now. George Joseph Geiszler and his bride Evaline Townley Peak c. 1920  George, 32, married Evaline Townley Peak, 25, on 6 Jun 1918 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio. I do not know much about the actual wedding. But I have learned some great information about how they met and wh o played matchmaker . Evaline met George through the efforts of Bess Short. Bess (or Bette Ellen Short, don't know her maiden name) was the mother of Evaline's deceased fiance Carl F. Short. Carl had died 27 May 1916 after the couple took pre-wedding photos but not before the wedding took place. Gravemarker for Carl F Short 1894 - 1918 Photo c. 1920 I have a photograph of Car l's gravestone in Green L awn Cemetery taken in the 1920s. But I am uncertain if I fou nd his listing on Find-A -Grave. The only Short who has the birth year o...

I'm looking for information on Christian Christopher Hoppe Sr and Anna Margaretha Kalsberger as well as their children. My genealogical connection is they are my third great-grandparents through their daughter Marguerita Magdalena Hoppe. Maggie Hoppe was close to her siblings but they died in their early adult years. I have some vital and census information about Christoph Hoppe and Anna Margreta (who had been referrened to as Margareta Culp before). I would really like to learn more about their lives, which is why I'm casting this fishing line. Here's what I know: Christan Christopher Hoppe, Sr born 14 May 1818 Hannover, Preußen died 15 Feb 1881 Columbus, Franklin, Ohio married on 12 Apr 1859 in Franklin County, Ohio Anna Margaretha Kalsberger (or Karlsberger) born 29 Feb 1824 Bavaria immigrated in 1857 to the United States died 6 Jul 1911 in Marion, Franklin, Ohio Christian Hoppe and Anna Margaretha Kalsberger had the following children: Christian Chr...

I opened the mail on Monday and was surprised to receive an envelope from Ohio. Not recognizing the return address name at first, I opened the manila 5x7 sized envelope with "Photo Do Not Bend" on the outside. Since my mother passed away in December and I sent "in case you missed it letter" to her friends in her phone book, I thought this would be a photo of my parents and some of her Ohio friends. Boy was I ever excited to be wrong. Inside was a note from someone I had connected to through Ancestry.com . We had spoken Freda and Frank Grener of Columbus, Ohio. They are two of the eight children belonging to my 2nd great grand aunt Mary Elizabeth Geißler Grener. Lisey was the daughter of my 3rd great grandmother Caroline Mäck who married Joseph Geißler (by Geißler brick wall) and then Michael Billman . The back reads: Grandmother Caroline Mack Billman She saw that I had a photo of Caroline with her sons from her second marriage. This kind woman thoug...

Here is the third and final page of a letter written by Elizabeth Long to her great niece Penny about the Long and Marvin family. This one focuses on family tradition of Angeline Marvin's family including the mention of Sarah Burr Sommerville who I believe to be incorrectly identified. I believe Sarah Burr's last name was Sherwood. However, there might be some truth to the Sommerville last name as I can't find much about Capt. Daniel Sherwood of Connecticut and his wife Deborah Burr. Letter from Elizabeth Long to Penny Brown Geiszler, 9 October 1976; digital image held in 2010 by Devon Lee. Here is the transcription: I don't know whether you learned that when the Marvins came to Ohio from Connecticut they came in wagon (covered, no doubt) drawn by oxen. The trip took six weeks. A dozen families including other Marvin relations made the trip. Ohio was then very heavily wooded and the group had to cut their own trail part of the way. There were few roads. I'm not sure...