Johann Valentine Geiger, Jr.

Johann Valentine Geiger Jr.

• BIRTH 21 Dec 1685 Ittlingen, Landkreis Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• DEATH Dec 1762 (aged 76–77) New Hanover, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
• BURIAL New Hanover Lutheran Cemetery
• Gilbertsville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11403805/johann-valentine-geiger

Son of Maria Barbara Bauer and Johann Valentine Geiger, Sr

Husband of

1. 1 Johanna Fredrika Henckel(Married 30 DEC 1715 Germany)
2. 2 Marie Elizabeth Schmidt (Married after 1737)

He came to America in 1717 and secured a farm and settled there (New Hanover). He became a prominent citizen and a faithful deacon in the congregation. He was buried by Pastor Muhlenberg.

(Source: Lutheran Landmarks and Pioneers in America - Copyright 1913 A Series of Sketches of Colonial Times by William J. Finck - General Council Publication House). From the Julia Gertrude Moore Fontaine Collection

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Geiger-310

"Oscar, I was researching my family Tree and came across Your post on Johanna Frederica Henckel. She was married to Valentine Geiger Who was generation No. 2 in our family tree I am about Generation 8 , anyway the info I have on Johanna Frederika Henckel is She was born March 29 1694 in Eschelbronn Baden, Germany and died in 1739 in New Hanover Twp, Philadelphia co. Pa. Her Parents were Anthony Henckel and Maria Dentzer She Married Valentine Geiger Sr about 1716 in Baden, Germmany They had 8 Children, Valentine jr , Anthony , Barbara, Christopher, Mary Margareta Born 1721 Died Oct 1794 Catherine, Anna Barbara, Johann Dietrich Geiger, They emigrated to Philadelphia pa in 1717. Hope this info helps, Charles Richard Geiger."

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