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Daniel Gerkey

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Daniel Gerkey Veteran

Birth
Hummelstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
5 Nov 1892 (aged 70)
Marion County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Pleasantville, Marion County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
Row 10 North South
Memorial ID
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Bapt: 24 Aug. 1823 Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hummelstown. Sponsors were his Uncle Daniel Martin and his wife Elizabeth. Daniel was the son of Rachel Regina Martin and George Gerkey. He married first Catherine Mintzer in 1846. She died in 1847. They had one daughter Catherine Elizabeth who was raised by her grandparents, Rachel and George. Daniel married second Mary Polly Erb in 1848 in Ashland County Ohio. They had: Dimus, Mary Jane, Lucinda, Loma (perhaps Salome after Mary's Mother), Rachel, Willie and Nancy. Their last child was a boy, Abe. Two other children are mentioned on Daniel's headstone, Loma (Saloma) and Willie. Headstone is hard to read.
Name Danel Gurkey
Birth Year abt 1823
Age 41
Enrollment Date 26 Feb 1864
Discharge Date 24 Jul 1865
Place Kendallville, Indiana
Company G
Regiment 22
Notes Mustered out.
Bapt: 24 Aug. 1823 Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hummelstown. Sponsors were his Uncle Daniel Martin and his wife Elizabeth. Daniel was the son of Rachel Regina Martin and George Gerkey. He married first Catherine Mintzer in 1846. She died in 1847. They had one daughter Catherine Elizabeth who was raised by her grandparents, Rachel and George. Daniel married second Mary Polly Erb in 1848 in Ashland County Ohio. They had: Dimus, Mary Jane, Lucinda, Loma (perhaps Salome after Mary's Mother), Rachel, Willie and Nancy. Their last child was a boy, Abe. Two other children are mentioned on Daniel's headstone, Loma (Saloma) and Willie. Headstone is hard to read.
Name Danel Gurkey
Birth Year abt 1823
Age 41
Enrollment Date 26 Feb 1864
Discharge Date 24 Jul 1865
Place Kendallville, Indiana
Company G
Regiment 22
Notes Mustered out.


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