Jacob Ridinger Gongaware and Lydia Heinselman

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Husband Jacob Ridinger Gongaware ¹

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           Born: 5 May 1851 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Father: John Gongaware (      -1855) 3
         Mother: Rebecca Ann Ridinger (      -Abt 1898) 3 4

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       Marriage: 18 May 1871 2

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Wife Lydia Heinselman ²

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         Father: John Heinselman (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Ann Kunkle (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Rebecca Ann Gongaware ²

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           Born: 13 Apr 1872 2
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         Spouse: Samuel M. Goslee (      -      ) 2

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2 M John Walter Gongaware ²

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           Born: 3 Aug 1873 2
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           Died: 16 Jan 1904 2
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         Spouse: Daisy W. Anthony (      -      ) 2

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3 M Zachariah Nicholas Gongaware ²

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           Born: 9 Sep 1875 2
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         Spouse: Stella Shop (      -      ) 2

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4 F Elizabeth Ann Gongaware ²

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           Born: 13 Sep 1878 2
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         Spouse: William C. Lenhart (      -      ) 2

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5 F Minerva Jane Gongaware ²

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           Born: 30 Aug 1880 2
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         Spouse: A. Lloyd McCune (      -      ) 2

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6 M Alvie Johnson Gongaware ²

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           Born: 5 Dec 1882 2
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         Spouse: Maud Fratz (      -      ) 2

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7 M Jeremiah Calvin Gongaware ²

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           Born: 19 Oct 1884 2
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           Died: Bef 1906
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8 F Olive Myrtle Gongaware ²

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           Born: 3 Mar 1888 2
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9 M Lutillis Ralph Gongaware ²

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           Born: 11 Jan 1891 2
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10 F Grace Stella M. Gongaware ²

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           Born: 26 Jun 1896 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Jacob Ridinger Gongaware

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He received a common school education. He was but four years old when his father died, and he was then sent to the home of his grandfather, Jacob Gongaware, in the Manor Valley. Here he remained until the age of fifteen or sixteen, when he went with his uncle, Lewis Gongaware, who resided nearby, remaining there four or five years. The following three years were spent with the Westmoreland Coal Company, at Penn Station, Pennsylvania, after which he transferred to the works at Armstrong, remaining there until about 1888, when he took up farming again. In June, 1891, he purchased a farm in North Huntingdon township, and lived there continuously with the exception of four years which he spent on a farm near Herminie, Pennsylvania, returning to his home place in 1899. He was always a Democrat.

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

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

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

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