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Gottlieb Geiger

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Gottlieb Geiger

Birth
Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Death
15 Mar 1903 (aged 73)
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
lot 62, block 12, M1
Memorial ID
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Kansas City Star - March 16, 1903
Death of Gottleib Geiger
Gottleib Geiger a stone contractor, died at 11pm Sunday at his home, (address illegible), of dropsy. Mr. Geiger was 75 years old. For many years he resided at Leavenworth, Kas., from which place he removed to this city seventeen years ago. The funeral will be held at ____ o'clock Tuesday from the house. Interment in _______ Cemetery.

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GOTTLIEB GEIGER is a contractor, and at present is Street Commissioner of Leavenworth. He came to Kansas in 1858, and located in Leavenworth, and has lived here since. He has served in the City Council two years, and was for two years a member of the County Board of Commissioners. Mr. Geiger is a native of Germany, and lived in that country twenty-one years. He emigrated to America; has lived in Pennsylvania, Illinois and Iowa. He was born in 1830; was married in Columbia, Lancaster Co., Pa., in 1852, to Miss Elizabeth Rigg, who was born in Germany. They have had six children, all are living - Lizzie, Adam, John, Honor, Henry and Emma. Mr. Geiger is one of the old settlers of Leavenworth, and has been prominently identified with the business interests of that city, and is one of the most substantial citizens. He is a member of the Odd Fellows society, and the Encampment, and Knights of Pythias, also of the Masonic fraternity.
Kansas City Star - March 16, 1903
Death of Gottleib Geiger
Gottleib Geiger a stone contractor, died at 11pm Sunday at his home, (address illegible), of dropsy. Mr. Geiger was 75 years old. For many years he resided at Leavenworth, Kas., from which place he removed to this city seventeen years ago. The funeral will be held at ____ o'clock Tuesday from the house. Interment in _______ Cemetery.

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GOTTLIEB GEIGER is a contractor, and at present is Street Commissioner of Leavenworth. He came to Kansas in 1858, and located in Leavenworth, and has lived here since. He has served in the City Council two years, and was for two years a member of the County Board of Commissioners. Mr. Geiger is a native of Germany, and lived in that country twenty-one years. He emigrated to America; has lived in Pennsylvania, Illinois and Iowa. He was born in 1830; was married in Columbia, Lancaster Co., Pa., in 1852, to Miss Elizabeth Rigg, who was born in Germany. They have had six children, all are living - Lizzie, Adam, John, Honor, Henry and Emma. Mr. Geiger is one of the old settlers of Leavenworth, and has been prominently identified with the business interests of that city, and is one of the most substantial citizens. He is a member of the Odd Fellows society, and the Encampment, and Knights of Pythias, also of the Masonic fraternity.


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  • Created by: CJ
  • Added: Oct 22, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79098758/gottlieb-geiger: accessed ), memorial page for Gottlieb Geiger (20 Jan 1830–15 Mar 1903), Find a Grave Memorial ID 79098758, citing Elmwood Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by CJ (contributor 46936035).