Mary Ann Roush was born in July 1861, a daughter of Henry H. Roush (1830–1916) and Eliza Anna Dauberman (1828–1906). They lived on a farm in Washington Township, Snyder County, Pennsylvania.[1]
She married Simon P. Geise (1859-1927) in about 1880. They had a farm in Union Township, Union County, Pennsylvania. Their children included:
In 1930, a few years after her husband's death, her youngest daughter, Pauline, and son-in-law, Harry Forrey, were living with her. Harry was working as a textile worker to support them.[2]
By 1935 she had moved to New Berlin and was living with her daughter Hilda and husband Lamont Musser.[3]
Mary Ann passed away from a stroke in her home in July 1945, two weeks after her 84th birthday.[4]
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHHC-M4T : accessed 31 October 2019), Mary A Geise, Union, Union, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 2A, line 39, family 37, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2150; FHL microfilm 2,341,884.
↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.; Census Place: New Berlin, Union, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03615; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 60-18. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
↑ Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1967; Certificate Number Range: 062101-064500. Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
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