John Giering

015_028

As of September 23, 2000 (Go To Index of Names)

SOURCE

Date of Action What or Who is reported upon. What is the source(s) - From Where does the Information come. Sometime, 1986 Initial Information Letter from Ellis Giering (017_036) Oct 3, 1996 Additional Information Notes in Family Bible and photos belonging to son Charles, currently in the hands of Grandson Vincent (Gary Giering, Linesville, Pa (017_035). Found during visit (DG & Wife) during summer, 1996 Jan 16, 1998 Wives' names and DOM E-Mail, Brenda Strobel dtd Jan 16, 1998, Subj: Giering Info September 24, 1998 Added a commentary about the possibility of an additional wife. Also added link to William's worksheet Some information found in Family bible and forwarded by Rand Williams. Backup found in his folder in the author's files. Other information from Brenda Strobel

Date of Action What or Who is reported upon. What is the source(s) - From Where does the Information come. October 5, 1998 Added revise first wife (Sarah Cook) with step son Charles Hall E-Mail, Brenda Strobel dtd Jan 16, 1998, Subj: Giering Info October 22, 1998 Revised Sarah from First Wife to third wife Information contained in E-Mail by Rand Williams, Subject OKAY! dated 20 Oct, 1998 16:10. September 23, 2000 1920 Census Data Found at Franklin (Venango County) Library, July 31, 2000

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ADOPTION NOTE:As reported by Brenda Strobel, John's third wife brought a child CHARLES HALL into the marriage. There is no evidence as to whether this first child (of this marriage) was ever adopted into the Giering family so there is a question about whether he should or should not be listed.

FAMILY ABANDONMENT - "Rand Williams (Delilah's son) reports that his Grandfather, John abandomed his family (wife Susanna, maiden name, Bowman) about 1905 and moved to New Castle, Pa where he took up with Sarah Hall, Nee Cook. As a result of this abandoment, Susanna had no income. At the time of the abandonment, there were three living children: William, Delilah and Charles. William was old enough to make it on his own; Charles was about 10 years old and had to go to work to support his Mother. But what of Delilah (age about 14)? Delilah's Mother could not properly care for Delilah. She implored her sister, Lucinda (wife of Henry Snyder) to temporarily care for Delilah until she (Susanna) could again accept the responsibility which never occured. She (Susanna) subsequently married again (it is believed that no divorce was ever granted, but the marriage did take place) to one Charles Bechtol. Delilah, when she became of age, went to work in a hospital in New Castle (Pa) as a Nurse.

John's second wife, Susanna Bowman apparently re-married upon his death. There are two photo captions and an obituary that supports this assumption. The obituary is of her Mother, also Susanna Bowman. The first of the two photo captions is found on her son Charles' worksheet - see above for the link address and the second is found on the worksheet for her Grand-daughter, Irene. See the photo below for Susanna's second Husband, David Bechtol.

CENSUS DATA:

	Census Year	State	County	Town or Township	Enumer- ated on	Page	Micro- film	Address
	1920	PA	Venango	Jackson	Jan 7, 1920	232	Reel 1
Street/ Dwelling	House/ Family	NAME	Relation to rest of family	Sex	Occup- ation	Years Married	Month & Day Of Birth	Year Of Birth	Age
	1	Beightol, Susan	W	F	None	Widow			64
		Charles L.	S	M	Farmer				24
		Mary	D	F					5
		Dorothy	D	F					2
CENSUS COMMENTS: The both the census data and the county directory lists Charles as a Farmer. Census data gives six other people (name of Baker) as living in the house. The directory lists nine total population of the house.

COMMENTARY:

PHOTOGRAPHS
To view the full picture, click on the photo, when finished click "back"

The following photgraphs are available with appreciation to Rand Williams, Delilah's Son.		Photo found at Vincent (Gary) Giering's house in album belonging to Gary's Father Charles Giering.
Taken June 24, 1922 at Keeley's Corner, Pa. Left to Right: Lizzie Pickle (Susan (Bowman) Giering's Niece), Susan (Bowman) Giering, Lucinda Snyder (Susan (Bowman) Giering's sister) and Charles Giering	Noted to be about 1899. Delilah Giering (Seated), William Giering (Left) and Charles Giering.	Handwritten Caption on back indicates Charles Giering Step-Dad David Baightol (sic: should be Bechtol).