Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Charles Goehring and Margaret Firestone




Husband Charles Goehring 1 2

           Born: 1782 - near Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, France/Germany 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Apr 1857 - Cranberry Twp, Butler Co, PA 2
         Buried: 


         Father: William Henry Goehring (Abt 1750-1831) 2
         Mother: Catherine Baer (      -      ) 2


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Hartzell (      -1875) 2



Wife Margaret Firestone 2

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 


Children
1 F Margaret Charlotte Goehring 2 3

            AKA: Margaret Georing 1
           Born: 11 Sep 1814 - near Harmony, Jackson Twp, Butler Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1895
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Elias Seaman (1812-1842) 1 3 5
           Marr: 1834 4
         Spouse: George Giess (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 1848 4



General Notes: Husband - Charles Goehring


He was born near the City of Strasbourg, Germany, and came with his parents to Butler County, Pennsylvania. He purchased a farm adjoining his father's, in Cranberry township, consisting of 200 acres, and, subsequently, was the owner of about 750 acres of farm lands in Cranberry, Muddy Creek and Worth townships, and was one of the most extensive farmers of his time. His death occurred in Cranberry township, upon the farm which he first settled. He was first a Whig, and later a Republican. In religion, he was a Lutheran, and filled the office of elder in that church for many years.

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Sources


1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 661.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1167.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 91, 185.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1095.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1095, 1167.


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