Henry Giger
Henry Giger was born on January 2, 1834, in Illinois to William Giger. He married Angeline Shaffer on November 29, 1855, and they had at least eight children: Harvey, born around 1857; Levi, born around 1858; Charles, born around 1861; Clara, born around 1863; William, born around 1865; Ida May, born around 1868; Flora, born around 1870; and Edward, born around 1873. They lived in Marine, Illinois, and he worked as a farmer. By 1860, he owned $2,000 of real estate and $500 of personal property. A decade later, he owned $2,175 of real estate and $1,400 of personal property.
He moved to Alhambra, Illinois, in the 1870s and then to Emporia, Kansas, in the early 1880s. His wife died on May 22, 1919. By 1920, he was living in his daughter Clara’s household in Kansas City, Missouri. He died there of arteriosclerosis on September 30, 1925.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (3724) | Giger, Henry | 1834-01-02 | 1925-09-30 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (10523) [writer] ~ Henry Giger to Ira D. Colburn, 27 February 1892
Places - Records: 3
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; 1885 and 1895 Kansas State Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Illinois County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, available from Ancestry.com; Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1971, available from Ancestry.com
