Surname Saturday: George

George is my husband's maternal line.  The oldest George ancester I've found (so far!) is Mathew George (June 20, 1804 - Nov. 17, 1879), who I've already written about here and here.  His second wife was Sarah Van Skike with whom he had twelve children.  We're interested in his fifth child, Francis.

Francis Marion George was born on March 26, 1855 in Iowa.  On July 3, 1879 he married Annie Laurie Brewer in Soldier, Jackson Co., Kansas.  He died June 8, 1930 in Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas.  They had the following children:

• Rosa Nellie George - born July 11, 1881 (who married William Henry Bland)
• Andrew Thomas George - born Aug. 31, 1883 and died Aug. 8, 1885
• Susie Elmira George - born Sept. 29, 1886 (who married August Herde)
• Goldie Malinda George - born May 11, 18888 (who ran off with William Henry Bland)
• Nancy Jane George - born Sept. 24, 1889 (who married Benjamin Edwards)
• James Carrol George - born July 7, 1892 (who married Erma Wild Hawk)
• Iva May George - born Sept. 29, 1894 (who married Cecil Leroy Mondt)
• Otto Marion George
• Ada Laura George - born Sept. 5, 1899 (who married Wesley McDanil)
• Evea Gladys George - born April 30, 1901 (who married George Hunt)
• Viril Max George - born June 3, 1903 (who married Goldie Armstrong)
• Lila Laverne George - born Nov. 29, 1907

Otto Marion George was born in Soldier, Jackson Co., Kansas on Oct. 14, 1897.  In 1919 he married Florence Manda King (daughter of Francis M King and Lucinda Hunt).  He died on his birthday in 1969 in Bakersfield, California.  He and Florence had five children:

• Otto Marion George Jr. (Sept. 5, 1920 - Nov. 24, 1976)
• Francis George (born in 1923)
• Velma George (Nov. 9, 1925 - April 3, 1998)
• Viola George (born June 11, 1926)
• Elsie Lorraine George (Oct. 5, 1928 - Dec. 31, 1980) who married Jerry Louis Prewett

If you're related drop me a line, I'd love to hear from you!

Tombstone Tuesday: Mathew George

 
Wow!  I write about Mathew George and this morning I find his gravestone!  Which illustrates the point that you should re-visit online sources since they do tend to add new information.  I frequent Find A Grave fairly often, but I've never found any of my husband's Georges ~ this morning I not only found Mathew, but Francis Marion and his wife Annie Laurie Brewer as well!

If I keep finding possible toe-holds I will climb over that brick wall of Mathew's folks.  Just watch me!  (^.^)

Mathew

Husband of

Sarah A. George

Died

Nov. 17, 1879

Aged

75 Yrs. 4 M's  21 D's

Madness Monday: Getting Over Matthew

Mathew George has been a thorn in my side.  Hard work and a bit of luck do pay off however....

Mathew George was born on June 20, 1804 in Chillicothe, Ross Co., Ohio.  He married Nancy Leonard in April 1823 in Franlin Co., Ohio.  He left Ohio in 1828 and moved to Indiana, then on to Illinois where Nancy died, and then to Shelby, Missouri where he married Sarah Van Skike in 1846.  He then moved to Ottumwa, Wappell Co., Iowa in 1851, then to Jackson Co., Kansas in 1863 where he died of lung fever on November 17, 1879.  He is buried in Soldier, Jackson Co., Kansas.  You can see why I've had such fun following him across the country!

He had twenty (yes, I said twenty!) children.  Nine were with Nancy: James, Susan, Elizabeth, John, Margaret, Samuel, William and Lewis. He had twelve children with Sarah: Samuel Erastus, Mathew Edward, David, Mary, Francis Marion, Elviva, Elmira, Andrew Frank, Susan, Maria Nida, Maggie Jane and Eliza.

The brick wall I'm trying to climb over is determing who Mathew's parents are.  I found an 1820 census with a Ridmond or Richard George in Chillicothe, Ross Co., Ohio so I might have found a toe-hold!