Husband Louis Trax 1 2 3
AKA: Lewis Trax 4 5
Born: 1794 - Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, France/Germany 2
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Died: 1883 1 2
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Marriage: - Allegheny Co, PA
Wife Elizabeth Gass 1 2 3
Born: Abt 1800 - Basel, Switzerland
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Died: Abt 1885
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Children
1 M Jacob Trax 2 3 4
Born: 7 Sep 1824 - Allegheny Co, PA 4
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Died: Bef 1919
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Spouse: Catherine Knomeshu ( - ) 4
Marr: 1847 - Allegheny City, Allegheny Co, PA 4
2 M David Lewis Trax 1 2 3 5
Born: 24 Feb 1836 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 1 2
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Died: 30 Jul 1913 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 2
Buried: - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA
Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth Hogue (1845-1921) 6 7
Marr: 2 May 1862 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 6
3 F Amelia Trax 2 3
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Died: Aft 1919
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Spouse: Edward H. Hultz ( -Bef 1919) 2
4 F Henrietta Trax 2 3
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Died: Aft 1919
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Spouse: Joseph Phillips ( -Bef 1919) 2
5 F Sarah Trax 3
AKA: Sally Trax
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Died: Aft 1919 2
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Spouse: Edward Sheets ( - ) 2
6 M Frederick Z. Trax 2 3
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Died: Aft 1919
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7 M John Trax 2 3
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Died: Bef 1919
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8 M William Trax 2 3
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Died: Abt 1915-1919
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9 F Eliza Trax 2 3
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Died: Bef 1919
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Spouse: George Emerich ( - ) 2
10 F Sarah Trax 2
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Died: while young
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11 F Louisa Trax 3 8
AKA: Louise Trax 2
Born: - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA
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Died: Bef 1915 - Bridgeville, Allegheny Co, PA
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Spouse: J. Henry Poellot (Abt 1828-1908) 8 9
Marr: Snowden Twp, Allegheny Co, PA
12 M Louis Trax 3
AKA: Lewis Trax 2
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Died: Bef 1919
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13 M Daniel B. Trax 2 3
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Died: Abt 1915-1919
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14 M George Trax 3
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15 F Ann Trax 3
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General Notes: Husband - Louis Trax
He and his wife came from Alsace, France, in 1817, and settled at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he worked for a while at the weaver's business, having learned the trade in the old country.
He came to America when only nineteen years of age from Strasburg, then a French possession. He settled in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where Wilkinsburg now stands, and was employed on the farm of Judge Wilkins. He spent the rest of his life in that locality. He reared a family of fifteen children (eight sons), thirteen of whom were still living in 1890.
He came alone to the United States, settling first on a farm then owned by Judge Wilkins, later the site of Homewood Cemetery. He then rented a farm, later purchasing one hundred acres at what later became Library, remodeling the log house which stood on the property, it having been built by John Murray in 1806, with an additional frame house, which he erected. Fourteen children were born on the Judge Wilkins farm. [GPHWP, 212]
Strassburg, capital of Alsace-Lorraine, was one of the strongest fortresses of the German Empire, an important commercial center, annexed to France by Louis XIV. in 681, but restored to the German Empire as a result of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71.
General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Gass
She was born in Basel, Switzerland, coming to the United States when a child of twelve years with her parents, they settling in Manchester, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.