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Personal data Elias C. Gier 


Household of Elias C. Gier

He is married to Gertrude Leora Alwood.

They got married on September 19, 1880 at Defiance Co., OH, he was 23 years old.

Elias C. Gier oo Gertrude Leora Alwood

Marriage source: Hanna, Jacquelyn, Alwood Web Site, (Portage MI, J.H., read xx Sep MCMXCIX) <>

Child(ren):

  1. Solomon Gier  1881-????
  2. Ida May Gier  1882-< 1900
  4. Buford Elias Gier  1897-1979 


Notes about Elias C. Gier

Elias C. Gier

Source: Hanna, Jacquelyn, Alwood Web Site, (Portage MI, J.H., read xx Sep MCMXCIX) for yob = 1856.

Elias' parents: Henry Gier & Elizabeth Campbell

Shimizu, Anela, e-mail to David A. Navorska, (Honolulu HI, A.S.S., v Jan MM) for state of birth = OH, city of death = Toledo.

1 Jun 1900 Pike Twp Fulton Co OH census, Sheet 167A-5, T623-1270, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.

'2,93,94, Gier, Elias, Head, white, male, b. Dec 1859, ae 40, married 20 yrs, b. OH, parents b. PA, Farmer can read/write, can speak Eng, owns farm under mortgage, farm schedule 89 ...'

OHDI: 'GIER ELIAS C County LUCAS Death date: 12/8/1917 Vol 2452 Cert 78942'

Bureau of Vital Statistics, Cert. of Death, (Columbus OH, BVS, 10 Dec 1917)

'Place of Death Co. Lucas City Toledo 702 S St Clair St Elias C. Gier Sex M Color W Married Birth Dec 29 1856 Inspector Acme Specialty ___ Advertising Novelties Birthplace Defiance Ohio Father Henry Gier Birthplace of father Ohio MaidenName of Mother Elizabeth Capbell Birthplace of Mother Ohio Informant Mrs Gertrude Geir 702 S St Clair Filed 12-10 1917 ... Death Dec 8 1917 Cause Apoplexy ... Burial forest Date of burial 12/11d 1917 ... Toledo O'

Geer, Samuel Taylor, Geer Family Working File, (Pub. location unknown, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com, xx Feb MMIX)

"... Elias GIER ... Sex: M Birth: 29 Dec 1856 in Noble, Defiance Co., OH ... Change Date: 20 Feb 2009 ...

Father: Henry GIER b: 1 Oct 1824 in Pennsylvania Mother: Elizabeth CAMPBELL b: 26 Mar 1818 in Pennsylvania

Marriage 1 Leora Gertrude ALWOOD Married: 19 Sep 1880 in Defiance Co., OH" <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Elias C. Gier

Henry Gier
1824-1890

Elias C. Gier
1856-1917

1880

Gertrude Leora Alwood
1861-1935

Solomon Gier
1881-????
Ida May Gier
1882-< 1900
Harry Ray (Henry ?) Gier
1886-????
Buford Elias Gier
1897-1979

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Birthday December 29, 1856

  • The temperature on December 29, 1856 was about 2.8 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1856: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • February 22 » The United States Republican Party opens its first national convention in Pittsburgh.
    • March 30 » The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War.
    • May 1 » The Province of Isabela was created in the Philippines in honor of Queen Isabela II.
    • May 22 » Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina severely beats Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate for a speech Sumner had made regarding Southerners and slavery.
    • November 17 » American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.
    • December 9 » The Iranian city of Bushehr surrenders to occupying British forces.

Day of marriage September 19, 1880

  • The temperature on September 19, 1880 was about 13.2 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
    • May 11 » Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
    • June 24 » First performance of O Canada at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français. The song would later become the national anthem of Canada.
    • June 28 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.
    • September 1 » The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
    • December 16 » Outbreak of the First Boer War between the Boer South African Republic and the British Empire.

Day of death December 8, 1917

  • The temperature on December 8, 1917 was between 0.7 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • January 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
    • March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
    • March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
    • August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
    • November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
    • November 26 » The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.

Day of burial December 11, 1917

  • The temperature on December 11, 1917 was between -1.7 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
    • January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
    • March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
    • May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
    • May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
    • May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
    • September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.


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