age 53-8-12; w/o John Geiger; d/o of Jacob Yorgey and Sarah (Reifsnyder) Yorgey; first married to David Keiser/Keyser; "Dearest Mother thou hast left us but our love for thee remains. Oh in Heaven we wish to meet thee where our Blessed Savior reigns. Gone But Not Forgotten."
BIO:GEORGE W. GEIGER. His father was John Geiger, a well-known and prominent farmer, born in Pennsylvania in September, 1814, and died in 1892. John Geiger's wife was Rachel Yergey, a daughter of a farmer in the Pennsylvania Dutch Colony. She died in 1877, when her son George was only thirteen years of age. At the time when George W. Geiger was a small child his parents had very little money; he was sent to the nearest country school, but he did not take to books and partly on that account and partly because his parents needed his help, he left school at a very early age and went to work on a farm. His father was a farmer and his mother had belonged to a farmer's family, so it was natural that he should at first regard farming as a matter of course, but when he was sixteen he had had enough of the farm life and he decided to learn a trade. [The History of Jasper County and its people, by Joel Thomas Livingston, Public Domain]
Rachel Reifschneider Yorgey was born 1/26/1824 to Jacob Hanselman Yorgey (1797-1884) and Sarah Ann Reifschneider (1800-1872). When she was 18 years old (@1841) she married Israel Keyser (born 11/2/1816 ) from Falkner Swamp Reformed Church. He was one of at least 10 children born to "Jacob" Heinrich Keyser and Christina Neumann. Rachel and Israel had 4 children before he died on Feb 25, 1852 at 35 years. Those children were Jacob Yorgey (10/19/1842 to 8/18/1906), Elmira 1845, Leah (1846 - 1911) and Malinda (1850-1911). Rachel later married John Geiger and expanded her family.
Contributor: Miriam Brennan (50044976)
BIO:GEORGE W. GEIGER. His father was John Geiger, a well-known and prominent farmer, born in Pennsylvania in September, 1814, and died in 1892. John Geiger's wife was Rachel Yergey, a daughter of a farmer in the Pennsylvania Dutch Colony. She died in 1877, when her son George was only thirteen years of age. At the time when George W. Geiger was a small child his parents had very little money; he was sent to the nearest country school, but he did not take to books and partly on that account and partly because his parents needed his help, he left school at a very early age and went to work on a farm. His father was a farmer and his mother had belonged to a farmer's family, so it was natural that he should at first regard farming as a matter of course, but when he was sixteen he had had enough of the farm life and he decided to learn a trade. [The History of Jasper County and its people, by Joel Thomas Livingston, Public Domain]
Rachel Reifschneider Yorgey was born 1/26/1824 to Jacob Hanselman Yorgey (1797-1884) and Sarah Ann Reifschneider (1800-1872). When she was 18 years old (@1841) she married Israel Keyser (born 11/2/1816 ) from Falkner Swamp Reformed Church. He was one of at least 10 children born to "Jacob" Heinrich Keyser and Christina Neumann. Rachel and Israel had 4 children before he died on Feb 25, 1852 at 35 years. Those children were Jacob Yorgey (10/19/1842 to 8/18/1906), Elmira 1845, Leah (1846 - 1911) and Malinda (1850-1911). Rachel later married John Geiger and expanded her family.
Contributor: Miriam Brennan (50044976)
age 53-8-12; w/o John Geiger; d/o of Jacob Yorgey and Sarah (Reifsnyder) Yorgey; first married to David Keiser/Keyser; "Dearest Mother thou hast left us but our love for thee remains. Oh in Heaven we wish to meet thee where our Blessed Savior reigns. Gone But Not Forgotten."
BIO:GEORGE W. GEIGER. His father was John Geiger, a well-known and prominent farmer, born in Pennsylvania in September, 1814, and died in 1892. John Geiger's wife was Rachel Yergey, a daughter of a farmer in the Pennsylvania Dutch Colony. She died in 1877, when her son George was only thirteen years of age. At the time when George W. Geiger was a small child his parents had very little money; he was sent to the nearest country school, but he did not take to books and partly on that account and partly because his parents needed his help, he left school at a very early age and went to work on a farm. His father was a farmer and his mother had belonged to a farmer's family, so it was natural that he should at first regard farming as a matter of course, but when he was sixteen he had had enough of the farm life and he decided to learn a trade. [The History of Jasper County and its people, by Joel Thomas Livingston, Public Domain]
Rachel Reifschneider Yorgey was born 1/26/1824 to Jacob Hanselman Yorgey (1797-1884) and Sarah Ann Reifschneider (1800-1872). When she was 18 years old (@1841) she married Israel Keyser (born 11/2/1816 ) from Falkner Swamp Reformed Church. He was one of at least 10 children born to "Jacob" Heinrich Keyser and Christina Neumann. Rachel and Israel had 4 children before he died on Feb 25, 1852 at 35 years. Those children were Jacob Yorgey (10/19/1842 to 8/18/1906), Elmira 1845, Leah (1846 - 1911) and Malinda (1850-1911). Rachel later married John Geiger and expanded her family.
Contributor: Miriam Brennan (50044976)
BIO:GEORGE W. GEIGER. His father was John Geiger, a well-known and prominent farmer, born in Pennsylvania in September, 1814, and died in 1892. John Geiger's wife was Rachel Yergey, a daughter of a farmer in the Pennsylvania Dutch Colony. She died in 1877, when her son George was only thirteen years of age. At the time when George W. Geiger was a small child his parents had very little money; he was sent to the nearest country school, but he did not take to books and partly on that account and partly because his parents needed his help, he left school at a very early age and went to work on a farm. His father was a farmer and his mother had belonged to a farmer's family, so it was natural that he should at first regard farming as a matter of course, but when he was sixteen he had had enough of the farm life and he decided to learn a trade. [The History of Jasper County and its people, by Joel Thomas Livingston, Public Domain]
Rachel Reifschneider Yorgey was born 1/26/1824 to Jacob Hanselman Yorgey (1797-1884) and Sarah Ann Reifschneider (1800-1872). When she was 18 years old (@1841) she married Israel Keyser (born 11/2/1816 ) from Falkner Swamp Reformed Church. He was one of at least 10 children born to "Jacob" Heinrich Keyser and Christina Neumann. Rachel and Israel had 4 children before he died on Feb 25, 1852 at 35 years. Those children were Jacob Yorgey (10/19/1842 to 8/18/1906), Elmira 1845, Leah (1846 - 1911) and Malinda (1850-1911). Rachel later married John Geiger and expanded her family.
Contributor: Miriam Brennan (50044976)
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