George Adam Blank

M, (13 November 1792 - 28 September 1865)
Father-Biological*George Adam Blank b. 29 Sep 1758, d. 29 Jun 1831
Mother-Biological*Elisabeth Barbara Reiter b. 6 May 1768, d. 31 Mar 1809
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Last Edited=13 Feb 2023
     George Adam Blank was born on 13 November 1792 at Montgomery, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.1,2 He was the son of George Adam Blank and Elisabeth Barbara Reiter.

George Adam Blank married Catherine Shelley, daughter of John Shelley and Catherine Hilts, in 1814.2 According to Boucher (1906): "By dint of hard work and prudent management George A. Blank ac(|uired sufficient capital to purchase a farm in Hempfield township, to which he added from time to time, and at his death in 1865 was the owner of about six hundred acres of land. He was a shoemaker by trade, having served his apprenticeship at Germantown, Pennsylvania. He was active and influential in local affairs, was an elder in the Lutheran church, and a firm adherent of Democratic principles.2" George, age 67 years, and Catherine, age 67 years, appeared on the US Census of 1860 at Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.3 According to the Federal Census in 1860, George was a farmer.3 He died on 28 September 1865 at Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, at age 72.1,2

Children of George Adam Blank and Catherine Shelley

Citations

  1. Ancestry.com. Ancestry Member Trees - Use with Caution. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations.
  2. Boucher, John Newton. History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. volume 2. New York & Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906.
  3. Census Bureau. 1860 U.S. Federal Census. Provoi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2009.
  4. Department of Health, Record Group. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2014.