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Eliza Wilhelmina <I>Ginder</I> Geisse

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Eliza Wilhelmina Ginder Geisse

Birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
18 Jan 1874 (aged 80)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Rockledge, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
From Lot 895- Section A 2S (original location) to Lawnview Cemetery's Susquehanna Lawn Section 88 Grave 47 #1 on July 31, 1956
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Eliza Wilhelmina Ginder was born on April 14, 1793, daughter of Augustus Ginder (Ginther, Guenther)of Germany, and Anna "Elizabeth" Gillman of Philadelphia. Eliza was bapitzed at St. Michael's & Zion's Lutheran Church (German Lutheran) on May 12, 1793. At age 14, Eliza married to Francis "William" Geisse, a wealthy Philadelphia merchant.

Eliza W. Ginder's grandparents were Johann "Adolph" Gillman (1728-1780)of Steinfurth, Hessen, Germany, and Anna Catharina Kreider (1732-1773) of Soedel, Oberhessen, Germany. They married at St. Michael's and Zion's German Lutheran Church in Philadelphia on January 1, 1756. Anna Catharina Kreider Gillman died in 1773, and her obituary notes from St. Michael's and Zion's showed that she was the daughter of Johan Ernest Kraeuter [Kreider] and Elizabeth Riess, both of a noble class. In addition, Anna Elizabeth Kreider's brother was Johan "Martin" Kreider who ran inn called Sign of the Swan tavern on Second street and died in 1773. One of his daughter, Anna Maria Kreider, married to Hilary Baker, a Philadelphia Mayor who died in office of yellow fever in 1798.
Eliza Wilhelmina Ginder was born on April 14, 1793, daughter of Augustus Ginder (Ginther, Guenther)of Germany, and Anna "Elizabeth" Gillman of Philadelphia. Eliza was bapitzed at St. Michael's & Zion's Lutheran Church (German Lutheran) on May 12, 1793. At age 14, Eliza married to Francis "William" Geisse, a wealthy Philadelphia merchant.

Eliza W. Ginder's grandparents were Johann "Adolph" Gillman (1728-1780)of Steinfurth, Hessen, Germany, and Anna Catharina Kreider (1732-1773) of Soedel, Oberhessen, Germany. They married at St. Michael's and Zion's German Lutheran Church in Philadelphia on January 1, 1756. Anna Catharina Kreider Gillman died in 1773, and her obituary notes from St. Michael's and Zion's showed that she was the daughter of Johan Ernest Kraeuter [Kreider] and Elizabeth Riess, both of a noble class. In addition, Anna Elizabeth Kreider's brother was Johan "Martin" Kreider who ran inn called Sign of the Swan tavern on Second street and died in 1773. One of his daughter, Anna Maria Kreider, married to Hilary Baker, a Philadelphia Mayor who died in office of yellow fever in 1798.


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