John Gongaware and Rebecca Ann Ridinger

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Husband John Gongaware ¹

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           Died: 23 Mar 1855 - Penlinger, IN 1
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         Father: Jacob Gongaware (1799-      ) 1 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Whitehead (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 6 Jun 1850 3

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Wife Rebecca Ann Ridinger ^{1 3}

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           Died: Abt 1898
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         Father: Joseph Ridinger (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Margaret Chester (      -      ) 3

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   Other Spouse: John Anderson (      -      ) 3

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   Other Spouse: Finley Shaner (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M Jacob Ridinger Gongaware ⁴

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           Born: 5 May 1851 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 5
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         Spouse: Lydia Heinselman (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 18 May 1871 5

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2 M Josiah Gongaware ⁴

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            AKA: Joseph Gongaware 6
           Born: 27 Jun 1854 - Harrison City, Penn Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 5
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         Spouse: Abigail F. Long (      -      ) 7
           Marr: 27 Mar 1871 8

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General Notes: Husband - John Gongaware

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He lived at Hannastown, Pennsylvania; later re-moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, with his wife, and while on a trip back to his old home fell dead from heart disease at the small town of Penlinger, Indiana. His remains are interred at that place.

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General Notes: Wife - Rebecca Ann Ridinger

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She had six children with her second husband, Anderson.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 525.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 260.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 261.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 261, 262.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 262.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 527.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 263.

8 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 764.