AMERICA THE GREAT MELTING POT
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| George Graninger | ||
| Born: 15 Mar 1826 Vorderweidenthal, Bayern, Germany | Georg Gröninger of the Lindelbrunnerhof and Eva Helfer: Sponsors, Georg Pfanner of Vorderweidenthal. Christina Helfer of here. CHILD Georg born the 15th of March and baptized the 19th of same. | |
FATHER
MOTHER
Eva Helfer
WIFE
Lizzie
b. about 1840
CHILDREN
1. Louisa Graninger
b. about 1859 Harrison County, Indiana
Biography of George Graninger
by Susan Brooke
May 2015
George Graninger was born in Vorderweidenthal, Bayern, Germany in 1826. His mother died when he was about one year old and his father remarried when he was about five. The family emigrated to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by April 5, 1844 when George and his half sister, Christina, were being confirmed into the Smithfield church. George is recorded as having been born in 1826; Christina is recorded as having been born in 1830 when she actually was born in 1832.
Two of their siblings were confirmed in the Smithfield United Church of Christ in 1848 so we know the family was still in Pittsburgh at that time. Then in 1850 the family is in Harrison County with a new step-mother, Catherine. In 1860 George Graninger was married and living in Jackson, Harrison County, Indiana with a wife named Lizzie aged 20 and a daughter Louisia one year old. Also living in the household is Sophia Mesta age 60.
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