Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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George Trauger and Hannah Rumbaugh




Husband George Trauger 1 2

           Born: 28 May 1811 or 1815 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Jun 1897 3
         Buried: 


         Father: Christian Trauger (1787-1859) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Lewis (      -      ) 1




         Father: Christopher Trauger (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Sarah Lose (      -      ) 2


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Mary Ann Weaver (      -      ) 3

• There is a great deal of confusion in different sources regarding the parents of this individual.




Wife Hannah Rumbaugh 1

            AKA: Anna Rumbaugh 2
           Born:  - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1857 3
         Buried: 


         Father: Abraham Rumbaugh (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Christina Eckard (      -      ) 2




Children
1 F Lucinda Trauger 2 4

           Born: 16 Sep 1834 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 May 1878 4
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Isaac Gress (1820-1873) 4
           Marr: 22 Apr 1858 4


2 F Elizabeth Trauger 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1890
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Henry Armel (      -      ) 2


3 F Lydia Trauger 3 5

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1871
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William Henry Porch (1837-      ) 6
           Marr: Abt 1861


4 F Mary Trauger 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1906
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Fiscus (      -      ) 3


5 F Sarah Trauger 3

            AKA: Martha Trauger 7
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1906
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William Leasure (Abt 1800-1891) 8 9


6 M John L. Trauger 1 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1906
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Smith (      -      ) 3


7 F Martha J. Trauger 1 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1906
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Harrison "Harry" Braden (      -Aft 1890) 3 10


8 M Jacob R. Trauger 2

            AKA: Jacob L. Trauger 1
           Born: 30 Jun 1855 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1906
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Byers (      -      ) 9
           Marr: 13 Nov 1879 3



General Notes: Husband - George Trauger


He received his education in the subscription schools of his youthful days and began for himself as a farmer. His main business through life has been farming and milling but was engaged for two or three years in mercantile business, owning a store at Pleasant Unity and one at Bradenville. He owned a fine farm underlaid with coal and a flourishing mill with all modern improvements. He was a democrat, though rather independent in local matters, and with his wife belonged to the Lutheran church. [BHCWC, 522]

When he started in life for himself he purchased a small farm at what became Trauger's Station, in Mount Pleasant township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. There was then an old water-mill on the place which had been built by a member of the Lose family, and this mill Mr. Trauger operated in connection with his farm. He found time to make improvements in it until he had a complete roller-process mill, and he also increased his farm until he was the owner of two hundred and twenty-five acres of land. He followed the milling business in connection with farming until he retired from active labor some years prior to his death. For many years he was a member of the school board. He was a man whose advice was sought, and who acted as guardian for many orphan children in his part of the county. He was a Democrat in politics. He was an active member of the Lutheran church, filling the offices of deacon and elder and frequently representing his church at the synod. [HWC 1906 III, 5]

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 521.

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

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

4 The Lauffer History. A Genealogical Chart of the Descendents of Christian Lauffer, the Pioneer. (Jeannette, PA: Press of the Westmoreland Journal, 1906), Pg 85.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1069.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1067.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 379.

8 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 605.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 6, 379.

10 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 428.


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