A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
NameHeinrich Eduard “Henry” Gier
Birth28 Mar 1854, Schmidthof, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)105
Immigration1878, Columbus, Platte Co, Nebraska Age: 23
Death19 Mar 1939, Corpus Christi, Nueces Co, Texas105,128 Age: 84
Alias/AKAHenry /Edward/
OccupationGrocery merchant, Farmer133
FatherChristian Geyr (Gier) (1818-1879)
MotherGertrude Ostlender (1826-1922)
Spouses
Birth18 May 1864, Stark Co, Ohio13
Death24 Dec 1906, Ranch Pass, Josephine Co, Oregon Age: 42
Alias/AKAJenny105
FatherAugustus Gladieux (1825-1905)
Marriage22 Nov 1883, Chillicothe, Livingston Co, Missouri105
ChildrenHenry Joseph L (1893-1978)
 Agnes Gertrude (1896-)
 Adolph Engelbert (1898-1970)
 Joseph Michael (1899-1977)
 Emelie (1903-)
 Edward Peter (1905-1982)
Notes for Heinrich Eduard “Henry” Gier
Moved to America (Columbus, Nebraska) with his eldest brother, John Lambert, in May, 1879. Henry and Englebert started the firm E & H Gier, Altar builders, in Chillicothe, Missouri in 1880. In February, 1896, Henry went to Rhineland, Texas and picked out three farms for himself, Englebert and Emil.

Jean Marie Gier’s information has birthplace as Aix-La-Chapella, Germanny128
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