John J Geisinger (1836 - 1924)

Born 13 Mar 1836 in Middletown, Maryland, United States

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Died 14 Nov 1924 at age 88 in Berwyn, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

John Geisinger was a tailor. He married Caroline "Carrie" Walters. They lived first in Maryland and from the mid 1860s in Illinois.

Children of John and Carrie:

• Helen "Minnie" b abt 1862 (m. Brinkerhof)
  
• Katherine "Kate" b abt 1864 (m. Fuller and according to Abney Metzger m.Letz)
  
• Carrie b abt 1868
• Russell
  
• Madge (m. Judge Swan). Interior decorator, No. 1 Fifth Ave, N.Y. (Note: There is a Maggie Geisinger living with her aunt Anna (Geisinger) Hood in the 1890 census, age 11, father born in Maryland, mother in New York. This could be Madge.)

Research Notes

Are his daughters Madge and Carrie the same person?

Sources

• Abney Metzger, C. A. 1978 "In search of Kate, Abney, Geisinger, Davis, Parks, McClanahan, Shelton, Van Lear families"
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD4N-ML3 : 22 December 2020), John J Geisinger in household of Samuel L Geisinger, Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M69Z-QLP : 26 July 2017), John Geisinger in entry for Samuel Geisinger, 1860.
• "United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZY7-GY59 : 15 February 2022), John Geisinger, 1878.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M64L-6YH : 29 May 2021), Jno J Giesinger, 1870.
• "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV37-BJYC : 17 March 2018), John J Geisinger, 14 Nov 1924; citing Berwyn, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .
• "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N34V-G5Q : 10 March 2018), John J. Geisinger in entry for Helen Brinkerhoff, 24 Nov 1937; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,953,271.
• "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQPL-2RP : 9 March 2018), John Geisinger in entry for Katherine Fuller, 14 Sep 1947; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,991,870.