Showing posts with label Berger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Berger. Show all posts

Friday, January 23, 2009

25 Year Club of Johns-Manville Company

Source: Anderson Daily Bulletin, Anderson, Indiana, Tuesday, June 7, 1955, page 5.

Join 25-Year Club - The seven men shown above became members of the 25-year Club of the Johns-Manville Company at a luncheon held in their honor today at the White Spot near Alexandria. H.R. Berlin, vice president and general manager of the Building Products Division of Johns-Manville in New York City, was present to welcome the men into the organization, honoring them for completing 25 years of service. Each received a gold watch and pin. In the photo above are: Thomas D. Armstrong, Raymond Berg, Otis Delinger, Edgar E. Gosnell, Emory Graham, Frank R. Lambertson, and Raymond McConnell. The total of the Alexandria members is now 42.

Thursday, February 01, 2007

Allen Hendrixon Family - Brown Co., OH

Today I sourced the Allen Hendrixson family in the 1860 census of Washington Twp., Brown Co., OH. Allen married Sarah Ann Wright, my 4th-great grand aunt. Sarah died in 1858 and by the 1860 census, Allen had remarried.

Allen was a farmer in the Sardinia P.O. with a real estate valued at $1000.00. After Sarah's death, he married Elizabeth Dunn sometime between 1858 and 1860. Elizabeth was born circa 1821 in Ohio.

Allen was born May 4, 1817 in Fleming Co., KY and died April 11, 1885 in Brown Co., OH. Sarah Ann Wright was born November 22, 1820 in Brown Co., OH and died February 9, 1858 in Brown Co., OH. They were married October 24, 1839 in Brown Co., OH.

Known children of Allen and Sarah Ann (Wright) Hendrixson are as follows :
i. Elizabeth Hendrixson b. August 31, 1840 Brown Co., OH, m. John Weber
ii. George Wright Hendrixson b. 1842 Brown Co., OH., m. Amy Kendall
iii. William Marion Hendrixson b. May 18, 1845 New Hope, OH, d. August 28, 1933 Brown Co., OH, m. Mary Ann Berger
iv. Nancy Jane Hendrixson b. September 28, 1847 New Hope, OH, d. May 8, 1926 Brown Co., OH, m. Phillip J. Dunn
v. Susannah H. Hendrixson b. October 27, 1849 New Hope, OH, m. Henry Swibold
vi. Mary A. Hendrixson b. January 21, 1852 New Hope, OH, d. March 14, 1880, m. Francis Marion Lindsey
vii. Ira F. Hendrixson b. March 20, 1854 New Hope, OH, d. November 2, 1887 Brown Co., OH, m. Mary Ann Berry
viii. Edie A. Hendrixson b. October 5, 1856 Brown Co., OH

Friday, November 17, 2006

Today in my database : Christena Graber (b. November 17, 1603)

Today's featured relative in my database is my paternal 9th-great grandmother, Christena Graber.

Christena was born November 17, 1603 in Sumiswald, Switzerland, the daughter of Vinzenz and Barbara (Berger) Graber. Christena married Ulrich Grundbacher, probably in Sumiswald. Ulrich was born February 25, 1598/99, probably in Sumiswald.

I descend from Ulrich and Christena (Graber) Grundbacher through their son, Michael, as follows :
Christena Graber and Ulrich Grundbacher
Michael Grundbacher Anna Brand
Barbara Grundbacher and Ulrich Schürch
Ulrich Scherch and Anna Swarr
David Shirk and Barbara Erb
David Shirk and Eve ________
David Sherrick and Susan Jacobs
Mary Jane Sherrick and George Washington Haley
Eli Weldon Haley and Cora Belle Metzner (my great-grandparents)