Jean Nicolas Geisler (1865 - 1948)

Born 25 Nov 1865 in Henriville, Forbach, Alsace-Lorraine, France

Ancestors

Husband of Agnes Katherine (Wolfinger) Geisler — married 28 Dec 1892 (to 31 Dec 1920) in Baker County, Oregon, USA

Descendants

Died 23 Feb 1948 at age 82 in Prairie City, Grant, Oregon, United States

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Biography

Jean Nicolas Geisler was born in Henriville, Alsace-Lorraine, France^[1] located between Saarbruecken and Metz 25 November 1865, the son of Henri Sebastian Geisler and Anne Marie Gondolff.^[2]

At age 18, seeing someone get mistreated, and not wanting to suffer the same, John decided to emigrate to America instead.

On his way to Oregon by stagecoach, he stayed overnight, probably in Nevada. In the morning, preparing to leave, the stagecoach driver dropped the heavy wooden trunk on John's toe and broke it. He had two choices: ride on the stagecoach with a broken toe and get it looked at later, or buy a new ticket. He chose to buy a new ticket and continue his trip the next day. (Nowadays that stagecoach company would have been sued for a lot of money!)

He worked in the gold fields, in Sumpter, Oregon. After the gold was mostly played out, John became a rancher, and lived in John Day.

On 28 December 1897 John married Catherine Wolfinger, by a Baptist minister named George Ellis.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

John passed away 23 February 1948.^[10][11]

Sources

1. ↑ Document 9NUM/321EC3 Naissances, mariages, décès, (1863-1871), p. 29 of 98, Image: 008646277_00025.jpg, citing: Registres paroissiaux et d'état civil : HENRIVILLE : avant 1731, voir CAPPEL et Après 1864 et avant 1866.
2. ↑ Le Groupement des Cercles Généalogiques de Moselle.
3. ↑ Marriage license: Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975, database with images, FamilySearch : 14 October 2014), > image 1228 of 1584; county courthouses, Oregon. (20 November 1897)
4. ↑ Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975, database with images, FamilySearch : 4 September 2014), 004138523 > image 444 of 538; county courthouses, Oregon.
5. ↑ United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch : 5 August 2014), Oregon > Grant > image 2 of 25; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
   • Note that the transcribed information wrongly says Geasler, but the written record is clearly a dotted i.
6. ↑ United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch : 11 November 2015), Oregon > Grant > Middle > image 7 of 8; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch : 14 December 2015), Oregon > Multnomah > Portland > image 18 of 28; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
8. ↑ United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch : accessed 14 May 2016), Oregon > Grant > Middle > ED 21 > image 2 of 12; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
9. ↑ United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch FamilySearch : accessed 30 January 2017), Oregon > Grant > Election Precinct 17 Mountain View > image 1 of 7; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
10. ↑ Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998, database, FamilySearch : 11 December 2014), John N Geisler, 23 Feb 1948; from "Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008," database and images, (Ancestry : 2000); citing Grant, Oregon, certificate number 3067, Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Salem.
11. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #45085092 for John Nicholas Geisler, 1865-1948, Canyon City Cemetery, Canyon City, Grant County, Oregon, United States of America. Contains obituary.