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Eva <I>Geiger</I> Heimbach

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Eva Geiger Heimbach

Birth
Niagara County, New York, USA
Death
3 Feb 1889 (aged 95)
Racine County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Rochester, Racine County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 2 Lot 77
Memorial ID
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Eva was born in Livingston, Niagara Co. NY., the daughter of Henry Geiger (1767-1836) and Mary (Hill)(1771) Geiger. She married Philip Heimbach in 1813. Her given name may have been Evelyn.

[Henry & Mary Geiger owned the farm upon which iron ore was first discovered in Pennsylvania. He was a cabinet maker.] (Children of Henry and Mary were: Absalom, Daniel, Henry, Joseph, Jacob, Solomon, Eli, Susan, Mary, & Elizabeth).

Eva was a lady of refinement, and when Philip died, leaving her with virtually nothing to support her children, (a house with no floors, windows, or doors). She took her 11 children in a covered wagon to Racine Co. Wisconsin, for homesteading, when land became available about 1843. Eva lived to be 96.

Note that the spelling of the last name may be different, as some of her children changed the spelling.

Their children:
1.Susan 1813
2.Peter 1815
3.Benjamin 1819
4.Daniel 1821
5.Elizabeth 1823
6.Mary 1825
7.Joseph 1827
8.Henry 1827
9.Rachel 1830
10.Elias 1832
11.Alton 1834
Eva was born in Livingston, Niagara Co. NY., the daughter of Henry Geiger (1767-1836) and Mary (Hill)(1771) Geiger. She married Philip Heimbach in 1813. Her given name may have been Evelyn.

[Henry & Mary Geiger owned the farm upon which iron ore was first discovered in Pennsylvania. He was a cabinet maker.] (Children of Henry and Mary were: Absalom, Daniel, Henry, Joseph, Jacob, Solomon, Eli, Susan, Mary, & Elizabeth).

Eva was a lady of refinement, and when Philip died, leaving her with virtually nothing to support her children, (a house with no floors, windows, or doors). She took her 11 children in a covered wagon to Racine Co. Wisconsin, for homesteading, when land became available about 1843. Eva lived to be 96.

Note that the spelling of the last name may be different, as some of her children changed the spelling.

Their children:
1.Susan 1813
2.Peter 1815
3.Benjamin 1819
4.Daniel 1821
5.Elizabeth 1823
6.Mary 1825
7.Joseph 1827
8.Henry 1827
9.Rachel 1830
10.Elias 1832
11.Alton 1834


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  • Created by: Theron Smith
  • Added: May 26, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70435626/eva-heimbach: accessed ), memorial page for Eva Geiger Heimbach (11 Oct 1793–3 Feb 1889), Find a Grave Memorial ID 70435626, citing Honey Creek Cemetery, Rochester, Racine County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by Theron Smith (contributor 46935364).