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George
Washington Geiger, Jr. |
George Washington Geiger Jr. was born on June 28, 1885 in Johnstown, Cambria County, PA, or Connellsville, Fayette County, PA, the son of George and Emma J. (Minerd) Geiger.
He is believed to have been raised in the Johnstown area. He was of medium height and build, with blue eyes and dark hair.
He married Levina (?) (1886- ? ) in about 1906, when he was age 21, and she 20.
They bore at least two children -- Anna Geiger and (?) Geiger.
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| View of Charleston showing the Kanawha River and Kanawha Boulevard |
In about 1909, George and Levina moved with his parents and siblings to Charleston, Kanawha County, WV.
The Geigers are known to have been in North Carolina circa 1908, where their eldest daughter was born, but by 1910 were back in Charleston for the birth of their second child.
When the federal census was taken in 1910, George and Levina lived along Railroad Avenue, and his parents resided in their home. That year, the father was employed as a cement contractor, while George Jr. apparently worked for him as a cement laborer.
Evidence suggests that the couple divorced. On March 1, 1915, he wed a second time to Grace Mrinzo (1888 - ? ). She had been wed once before, at the age of 13, and brought a son to the second union, Jack Mrinzo. The son later took on the "Geiger" surname.
George was required to register for the U.S. military draft in September 1918 after the nation was plunged into World War I. At the time, he disclosed that he was employed as a cement worker for H.H. Williams, which had offices in the Morrison building in Charleston. He named his next of kin as Grace at the address of 105 Lavee Street.
The federal census enumeration of 1930 shows George and Grace and son Jack in Charleston, with George working as a cement contractor, and Jack as a shipping clerk for a wholesale house.
Circa 1932, with the nation in the grip of the Great Depression, the couple relocated to Florida, settling in Punta Gorda, Charlotte County, FL. There, George purchased the El Jobean Motel, and Grace assisted him in running the facility. They remained there for the balance of their lives, spanning anotheer 34 years.
In the summer of 1955, George was named in the obituary of his brother William Edward Geiger.
George passed away at the age of 81, on Nov. 3, 1966, in El Jobean. Rev. Harry Thomas, of the First Christian Church of Port Charlotte, led the funeral service. An obituary was published in the Fort Myers News-Press, and named son Jack as his only surviving child.
~ Daughter Anna Geiger ~
Daughter Anna Geiger (1908- ? ) was born in about 1908 in North Carolina.
Her paper trail has gone cold.
~ Daughter (?) Geiger ~
Daughter (?) Geiger (1910- ? ) was born in about 1910 in West Virginia.
~ Stepson Jack Mrinzo Geiger ~
Stepson Jack Mrinzo ( ? - ? ) was born in (?). When his mother remarried to George Washington Geiger, Jack took on the Geiger surname.
Circa 1966, Jack made a home in Tom Bay, Lee County, FL.
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