Geiszler Genealogy

Mystery Monday Solved (at least I think so) I have someone in the family album that belonged to Maggie Geiszler (1861-1921, Columbus, Ohio) that I've been blessed to be the guardian of. Many of the photos have been identified, but several have not. Above is a photo of Bertha Schenk. However, I'm not certain when that photo was taken. It is a very thick, heavy print so that should help me discover the date. However, I do have a photograph that helps me determine a few more details with which to do some research. This picture is part of a wedding party collection associated with the marriage of Henry Joseph Geiszler to Magdalena Hoppe on 3 Jul 1882 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio. That explains why Bertha was in Maggie's photo album, she was her Maid of Honor. So, Maggie and Bertha are likely about the same age. And, they're living in Ohio in the 1880s. So, I added these items to Ancestry.com as I hoped to discover a City Directory about the 1880s or a census record...

N The mystery of my 3rd great-grandfather has many parts to investigate. Here's another installment of that investigation. In 2011, my distant Geiszler cousin theorized that perhaps there is no evidence to corroborate the story that Cousin Margie Geiszler Wasson told William Joseph Geiszler. Henry's father* was on horse back and rode into Ft. Hayes. Guard yelled Halt. He only spoke German and as the story went didn't understand. So the guard shot him and he died.   His widow married a Billman and lived on a farm in Georgesville. As a boy this is where my dad* visited and remembered his grandmother driving her horse. * Henry is Henry Joseph Geiszler b. 1859 in Columbus, Ohio. His father  is Joseph Geiszler b. abt 1836 in Germany and emigrated to America prior to his marriage in Franklin County, Ohio in 1856. *'My Dad' is George Joseph Geiszler (b. 1885 in Columbus, Ohio) and 'his grandmother' is Caroline (Mack) Geiszler Billman (b. 1838 in Gille...

Mystery Man in Maggie Hoppe Geiszler's photo album Who is this man? That's the question I want to have answered.  This photo resides in a photo collection that once belonged to Magdalena Marguerita Geiszler (nee Hoppe). Maggie Geiszler was born in 1861 in Columbus, Ohio to Christoph Hoppe and Anna Margaretha Karlsberger. She married Henry Joseph Geiszler in 1882, who was the son of Joseph Geißler and Caroline Mack, in the Zion German Methodist Episcopal church. Maggie died in 1921 in Columbus. Many of the photos have been associated with Geiszler, Hoppe, and Karlsberger family members and friends, but this one is a complete mystery. The first question is, what is written below the photo? I thought his name was Sam Basler. But that might because I have had a neighbor with that name. But in looking once again at the writing below the name, The last word looks like something scribbled on the capital letter B and then the word Basler.   The first word could be 'love...

The death of my 3rd great grandfather, Joseph Geißler, could be a legend handed down through the generations or it could be true. How would you go about deciding what is fact and what is fiction? Death story about Joseph Geisler in Margie Wasson's scrapbook in her handwriting. The story reads: Henry Geiszler "Henry's father was on horseback and rode into Fort Hayes. Guard yelled Halt. He only spoke German and as the story went didn't understand. So the guard shot him and he died. His widow married a Billman and loved on a farm in Georgesville. As a boy, this is where my dad visited and remembered his grandmother driving her horse." The first step would be to determine the names of all the people. Henry Geiszler's father is indeed Joseph Geißler. Joseph's widow is Caroline (Mack) Geißler Billman. She married Michael Billman, and they did have a farm Georgesville, Franklin County, Ohio. "My Dad" is Margie Wasson's father Ge...