Carl Geiger

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At some point, Jacob Geiger and his wife separated. Following this, he went to Calumet, Michigan copper mines.

Joseph married Elisabetha T. Hollinger on 11 May 1852. Elisabetha (daughter of George Balthaesar Hollinger and Charlotta Trautman) was born on 11 May 1824 in Obermiesau, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany; died on 9 Dec 1896 in Berlin, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Source: "Reuben Bowman, His Family" by Fred Bowman 1948

Elizabeth Hollinger, the eldest child of George, was born in Misau, Bavaria, on May 11th 1824 and came to Canada in 1848, she being then twenty-four years of age. She often stated that they were three months on the sailing vessel crossing the ocean and did their own cooking on the journey. She first married to Frederick Yaeck, by whom she had one son named Frederick, who married Catherine Diegel and lived at Bridgeport. Her second husband was Joseph Jacob Geiger, by whom she had a family of five children, namely; Louisa, who married Reuben Bowman; Carl did not marry; Caroline no married; George, not married; and Jacob, a twin brother to George, died in infancy. She died in Berlin on December 9th 1896 and is buried in the East End Cemetery in that city.

Notes:

Source: "Reuben Bowman, His Family" by Fred Bowman 1948

JOHANN ADAM GEIGER was born on a farm at Sinsheim, a village in Baden, Germany, about fifteen miles south-east of Heidelburg. The name of his father, who died when Johann Adam was still quite young, is not recorded. His mother’s Christian name was Elizabeth and young Johann was raised by his widowed mother. He was first married to Elizabeth Koerber whose mother was a daughter of Johannah Doll. They had three children, namely: Joseph Jacob, Louisa and Elizabeth, all of whom emigrated to Canada in the 1850’s. Joseph Jacob married Elizabeth Hollinger; Louisa married Philip Gmelin and Elizabeth married Frederick Rittinger. After the death of his first wife, Johann Adam married Magdalena Huxsel by whom he had two children; Charles, who came to Canada and shortly afterwards moved to Calumet, Michigan, where he was employed as mason foreman at the Calumet & Hecla Mines; and Marie who married a man named Englefinger and remained in Germany. The brothers and sisters who left Germany surrendered all rights to their share of the family estate at Sinsheim which passed to the youngest daughter Marie. She had one daughter who was married to a man named Fisher. Contact with this family was lost during the first World War.

Johann married Elizabeth Koerber. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Excerpt from "Reuben Bowman, His Family" by Fred Bowman 1948

GEORGE HOLLINGER was born and lived at Misau, a village or district in Bavaria, Germany. He was first married to Charlotte Trautman by whom he had three children, namely: Elizabeth, George and Charlotte, all of whom came to Canada; Elizabeth in 1848 and George and Charlotte in 1850. Elizabeth was married to Joseph Jacob Geiger, George to Katherina Besserer and Charlotte to John Schaus. After the death of his first wife, George Hollinger married Margaret Schneider, by whom he had five children, all of whom came to Canada about the year 1854. Philip married Catherine Hoffman, Caroline married Jacob Schaus and lived in Hespeler, Jacob died in infancy or remained in Germany, Michael married Anna Bramm and lived in Bridgeport and Eva married Christian Ohliger and lived in Elmira. George Hollinger was a cooper by trade and all of his sons followed the same occupation. He died in 1862.

George married Charlotta Trautman on 24 Jul 1823 in Schoenenberg, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany. Charlotta (daughter of Johann Trautmann and Anna Stauch) was born on 16 Nov 1800 in Breitenbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany; died on 09 May 1832 in Obermiesau, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

married Elizabeth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samual married Maria Elisabetha Katharina Zimmer on 13 Jun 1786 in Oberohmbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany. Maria was born on 07 Feb 1766 in Oberohmbach, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany; died on 22 Jul 1822 in Schoenenberg, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johann married Anna Stauch. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]