Gustav, born as Gustav Herman Heinrich Rolf in Herford, Westphalia, Prussia (now Germany). His family had a bakery in Germany where Gustav learned to bake and deliver baked goods in a go-cart-like vehicle. He worked as a baker on a ship going on a world tour which came to the U.S.A. In New York, he worked as a baker in a hotel restaurant. He went back to Germany two or three times. He was educated at the University of Heidelberg and wanted to become a Lutheran minister. Nevertheless, he ended up back in the United States; in New York, he did not find a suitable job and moved to the Pittsburgh area. He eventually became a machinsist. He met the widow Elizabeth Marie (Greven) MacGurrin at a New Year's Eve party for 1901. They married and lived in Pittsburgh suburbs of North Braddock and then on Neville Island. They had four children of their own: Gus, Bill, Alice, and Erwin; Gustav also reared his step-son Robert MacGurrin (who took on the name Rolf).
Gustav, born as Gustav Herman Heinrich Rolf in Herford, Westphalia, Prussia (now Germany). His family had a bakery in Germany where Gustav learned to bake and deliver baked goods in a go-cart-like vehicle. He worked as a baker on a ship going on a world tour which came to the U.S.A. In New York, he worked as a baker in a hotel restaurant. He went back to Germany two or three times. He was educated at the University of Heidelberg and wanted to become a Lutheran minister. Nevertheless, he ended up back in the United States; in New York, he did not find a suitable job and moved to the Pittsburgh area. He eventually became a machinsist. He met the widow Elizabeth Marie (Greven) MacGurrin at a New Year's Eve party for 1901. They married and lived in Pittsburgh suburbs of North Braddock and then on Neville Island. They had four children of their own: Gus, Bill, Alice, and Erwin; Gustav also reared his step-son Robert MacGurrin (who took on the name Rolf).
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