Joseph C. Riesenman, Jr. and Augusta Frances Abel

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Husband Joseph C. Riesenman, Jr. ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 14 Jul 1877 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 3
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         Father: Joseph C. Riesenman, Sr. (1855-Aft 1943) 1 2 3 4
         Mother: Cecilia A. Reese (      -1934) 1 2 3

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       Marriage: 12 Nov 1907 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 3 5

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Wife Augusta Frances Abel ^{2 3}

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         Father: Robert Abel (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Emma Winterhalter (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M Joseph Riesenman III ^{2 3}

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           Born: 22 Aug 1908 3
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         Spouse: Catherine Geary (      -      ) 3

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2 M Francis Regis Riesenman ^{2 3}

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           Born: 10 Nov 1909 3
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3 M Robert William Riesenman ^{2 3}

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           Born: 15 Nov 1910 3
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F Augusta Mary Riesenman ^{2 3}

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           Born: 11 May 1912 3
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5 M Martin Aloysius Riesenman ^{2 3}

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           Born: 30 Nov 1913 3
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6 F Josephine Cecilia Riesenman ^{2 3}

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           Born: 20 Oct 1914 3
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General Notes: Husband - Joseph C. Riesenman, Jr.

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He was educated in his native city; studied pharmacy and was for many years associated in the drug business and paint manufacturing (Riesenman Manufacturing Company) with his father. Pioneering in the United States Employment Service for four years, he was later associated with the Pennsylvania Department of Health in the capacity of county health officer. For more than thirty-five years Mr. Riesenman did considerable research in philosophy, psychology, sociology, criminology, journalism, law and medicine, devoting a large part of his time to public speaking in every section of the country. He was president of The Allegheny River Improvement Association, president of The Elks Student's Aid Fund, which he formulated and helped to found; founder and president of The Franklin Historical Society, and member of The Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. He gave generously of his time and efforts to the Boy Scouts, United States Flag Association, Citizens Military Training Corps, and, as a biographer wrote, was "identified with every civic, welfare, patriotic, historical, musical, or character building organization and movement in his community."

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General Notes: Wife - Augusta Frances Abel

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She was a very accomplished pianist and organist, having studied in Berlin, Germany, under the celebrated Portuguese pianist and teacher, Jose de Motta.

1 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 827.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 142.

3 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 591.

4 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 784.

5 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 207.