Widow of John Ginder and mother of Van Ginder.
"Van H. Ginder was born in canton Basil [sic], Switzerland, December 9, 1822, and is a son of John and Mary Ginder, both of whom were natives of the same province. They were fine silk ribbon weavers in the city of Basil, where they remained until 1829, when they came to America, sailing from Havre de Grace, France, on an American merchantman, which was forty-two days in crossing the Atlantic. For a short time they remained in New York and thence proceeded to Albany by steamer, where they took boats for Buffalo on the Erie Canal, proceeding thence across Lake Erie to Portland, Ohio. From the latter place they made their way in a one-horse wagon to Fairfield County, settling in the northeastern part of Liberty Township. For a few days the father remained with a man living in that locality and then went to Walnut township, where he continued with a man by the name of Christ Weaver until 1830. In that year he went to Greenfield township, where he purchased 30 acres of land, and both he and his wife died upon the farm which he there developed.
"They were the parents of three children, two sons and a daughter, John Ginder being the eldest. Anna Mary became the wife of Peter Walters, and they removed to Hancock County, Ohio, where they developed a farm amidst the forest, but both are now deceased. Van H. Is the youngest of the family. The father died in 1840, at the age of sixty-seven years, while the mother passed away in 1878, at the advanced age of eighty-two years, both being interred in St. Peter's Cemetery in Pleasant Township."
From A Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Ohio.
"Van H. Ginder was born in canton Basil [sic], Switzerland, December 9, 1822, and is a son of John and Mary Ginder, both of whom were natives of the same province. They were fine silk ribbon weavers in the city of Basil, where they remained until 1829, when they came to America, sailing from Havre de Grace, France, on an American merchantman, which was forty-two days in crossing the Atlantic. For a short time they remained in New York and thence proceeded to Albany by steamer, where they took boats for Buffalo on the Erie Canal, proceeding thence across Lake Erie to Portland, Ohio. From the latter place they made their way in a one-horse wagon to Fairfield County, settling in the northeastern part of Liberty Township. For a few days the father remained with a man living in that locality and then went to Walnut township, where he continued with a man by the name of Christ Weaver until 1830. In that year he went to Greenfield township, where he purchased 30 acres of land, and both he and his wife died upon the farm which he there developed.
"They were the parents of three children, two sons and a daughter, John Ginder being the eldest. Anna Mary became the wife of Peter Walters, and they removed to Hancock County, Ohio, where they developed a farm amidst the forest, but both are now deceased. Van H. Is the youngest of the family. The father died in 1840, at the age of sixty-seven years, while the mother passed away in 1878, at the advanced age of eighty-two years, both being interred in St. Peter's Cemetery in Pleasant Township."
From A Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Ohio.
Widow of John Ginder and mother of Van Ginder.
"Van H. Ginder was born in canton Basil [sic], Switzerland, December 9, 1822, and is a son of John and Mary Ginder, both of whom were natives of the same province. They were fine silk ribbon weavers in the city of Basil, where they remained until 1829, when they came to America, sailing from Havre de Grace, France, on an American merchantman, which was forty-two days in crossing the Atlantic. For a short time they remained in New York and thence proceeded to Albany by steamer, where they took boats for Buffalo on the Erie Canal, proceeding thence across Lake Erie to Portland, Ohio. From the latter place they made their way in a one-horse wagon to Fairfield County, settling in the northeastern part of Liberty Township. For a few days the father remained with a man living in that locality and then went to Walnut township, where he continued with a man by the name of Christ Weaver until 1830. In that year he went to Greenfield township, where he purchased 30 acres of land, and both he and his wife died upon the farm which he there developed.
"They were the parents of three children, two sons and a daughter, John Ginder being the eldest. Anna Mary became the wife of Peter Walters, and they removed to Hancock County, Ohio, where they developed a farm amidst the forest, but both are now deceased. Van H. Is the youngest of the family. The father died in 1840, at the age of sixty-seven years, while the mother passed away in 1878, at the advanced age of eighty-two years, both being interred in St. Peter's Cemetery in Pleasant Township."
From A Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Ohio.
"Van H. Ginder was born in canton Basil [sic], Switzerland, December 9, 1822, and is a son of John and Mary Ginder, both of whom were natives of the same province. They were fine silk ribbon weavers in the city of Basil, where they remained until 1829, when they came to America, sailing from Havre de Grace, France, on an American merchantman, which was forty-two days in crossing the Atlantic. For a short time they remained in New York and thence proceeded to Albany by steamer, where they took boats for Buffalo on the Erie Canal, proceeding thence across Lake Erie to Portland, Ohio. From the latter place they made their way in a one-horse wagon to Fairfield County, settling in the northeastern part of Liberty Township. For a few days the father remained with a man living in that locality and then went to Walnut township, where he continued with a man by the name of Christ Weaver until 1830. In that year he went to Greenfield township, where he purchased 30 acres of land, and both he and his wife died upon the farm which he there developed.
"They were the parents of three children, two sons and a daughter, John Ginder being the eldest. Anna Mary became the wife of Peter Walters, and they removed to Hancock County, Ohio, where they developed a farm amidst the forest, but both are now deceased. Van H. Is the youngest of the family. The father died in 1840, at the age of sixty-seven years, while the mother passed away in 1878, at the advanced age of eighty-two years, both being interred in St. Peter's Cemetery in Pleasant Township."
From A Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Ohio.
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