Charles Chester Giering I

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Date of Action What or Who is reported upon. What is the source(s) - From Where does the Information come. June 23, 1996 Initial Information (Alice Archibald). Contact through (Patricia (Cannon) Giering December 6, 1999 Spouse's obituary and family photo plus posting of her statistics and marriage. E-mail (two) from Barb Webb subjects: Lottie Meredith's Obituary - Barb and Lottie Meredith's family picture. Posted: January 29, 2000 Information from and quotation of the historical note - see below. E-Mail from Brenda Strobel dated Dec 21, 1999, Subject: And This.

Date of Action What or Who is reported upon. What is the source(s) - From Where does the Information come. Posted: June 24, 2000 Posted corrected DOB for principal Added photos: Charles Class Picture Charles Portrait The Meridth Home Young Lottie Information copied, with permission from The MY Family Web Site for Melissa Archibald September 13, 2000 Revised caption for the Photo of the Home From being where Lottie grew up to being the home of Charles and Lottie. E-Mail from Melissa Archibald, Subject: This worksheet dated Sep 11, 2000 February 14, 2004 Revised Link for more information on Charlotte E-Mail from Barbwebb dated today using Guestbook form

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HISTORICAL NOTE:
The following is quoted from History of Ohio; The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925; Volume IV, Page 192:

CHARLES C. GIERING was a resident of Youngstown, Mahoning County, during his entire life. Here he became successful in his business activities, and here he so ordered his course as to merit and receive the confidence and esteem of the community that ever represented his home and to which he was loyal in the fullest sense.

Mr. Giering was born at Youngstown on the 27th of November, 1876, and here his death occurred February 11, 1923. He was a son of Louis and Mary (Andler) Giering and his father long operated bottling works in Youngstown as one of the substantial and honored citizens of the Mahoning County metropolis. The subject of this memoir attended the public schools until he was thirteen years old, and thereafter, while employed in his father's bottling works, advanced his education by attending night school besides completing a course in a business college. At the age of twenty-two years he purchased a half interest in the bottling works of his brother Jacob, and this fraternal and business partnership continued twelve years. Charles C. then purchased his brother's interest, and thereafter he successfully conducted the business in an individual way until shortly before his death. He was a director of the Ohio State Bottlers Association, and held various official positions in this organization. He was a valued member of the Youngstown Chamber of Commerce and was a charter member of the Youngstown Automobile Association. In the York Rite of the Masonic fraternity his maximum affiliation was with the local commandery of Knights Templars and in the Consistory of the Scottish Rite at Cleveland he received the thirty-second degree, besides being a noble of the Mystic Shrine. He was affiliated also with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias and the Fraternal Orders of Eagles. In politics he was a democrat with independent proclivities, and in his native city he was an active member of the First Reformed Church, as is also his widow.

September 6, 1913, marked the marriage of Mr. Giering and Miss Lottie Meredith, who was born at Marietta, Ohio, April 3, 1887, and who is a daughter of George and Amy (Carver) Meredith, both of whom likewise are natives of Ohio, where they now maintain their home in the City of Springfield. Mr. Giering is survived also by three children, whose names and respective dates of birth are here recorded: Louis Jacob, August 24, 1914; Alice Marie, July 9, 1916; and Charles Noble, November 3, 1922. The devoted husband and father died about three months after the birth of the younger of the two sons.

The following note was received by Daughter, Alice about her Mother.

Dedication for Lottie Giering
My Dear Mrs. Archibald: (Alice Archibald)

The Women's Association of the Poland Presbyterian Church as placed the book "My Answer" by Billy Graham in its library in memory of your mother. You'll find it in the Memorial Library in the Parish House parlor. This lasting tribute is meant also as an expression of our sympathy to you.
Sincerely,
Women's Association Poland Presbyterian Church 2/25/1964

OBITUARY:
The following Obituary appeared in, it is believed, the Youngstown Vindicator:

Mrs. Giering Dies
Served as Matron at home
Born 4/3/1887 Died 12/26/1963

Poland, 12/26 Mrs. Charlotte (Lottie) M. Giering, 76 of 27 Botsford Ave. Retired matron of the Blackburn home for the aged, died of a heart ailment at 8"30 a.m. Today after a two year illness at home. Mrs. Giering was born April 3, 1887, in Marietta, a daughter of George and Amy Carver Meredith and came to Youngstown in 1912. She was a member of Poland Presbyterian Church, a charter member of Mahoning Garden Club, and a life member of the miriam chapter of the Order of Eastern Star. Mrs. Giering had been the matron of the Blackburn home from 1934 to 1940 and matron of the mahoning Avenue Home from 1940 to 1944. From 1946 to 1948 she was matron of the Sidney Presbyterian home in Sidney, and from 1948 until retiring in 1956 she returned as matron of the Blackburn home. Her husband, Charles C., to whom she was married in 1913 died in 1923. Mrs. Giering leaves a daughter, Mrs. Alice G. Archibald and a son, Lewis J. Both of Poland; a brother, Emmett Meredith of Pontiac, Mich.: a sister, Mrs. George McDonald of Youngstown and six grandchildren. Another son, Dr. Charles N. Giering died in 1959. Funeral services will be held at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the Poland Chapel of the Cunningham Funeral Home, where friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday.

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Lottie (spouse) is at the back row, left. This is a photo of her birth family.	Lottie's Obituary (Unknown newspaper (probably Youngstown)	Photo of Charles Chester Giering's school class picture. Charles Giering is the second from the left in the front row estimated to be about 12 years old.	Portrait of Principal
The Giering (Charles & Lottie) Home on Botsford St., Poland, Ohio.	Picture of Spouse as a Young girl