George Washington Geary


and Annie Shields Geary

!BIRTH-RELATIONSHIP-RESIDENCES-DEATH-BURIAL: Pennsylvania Death Certificate No. 657800 for George Washington Geary; 1858-1945; File No. 91273, Registered No. 6986; PA Bureau of Vital Stax, certified copy in poss of James J. Geary of Harrisonburg VA.

!BIRTH: Bible of Sarah Gary Bisch; 1858; ; ; in poss of Thomas Gearhart of Cleveland OH, photo copy in poss of James J. Geary.

!BURIAL: Records of North Side Catholic Cem Pittsburgh PA; 1945; Sec H Lot 392 Grave No 3; ; copy in poss of James J. Geary; NOTE: no stone.

!RESIDENCES-CENSUS:
1860 U.S.Census, Marshall Co VA; 1860; ; p 264; Natl Archives, Washington DC; NOTE: enumerated with parents, age 2.
1900 U.S.Census, Pittsburgh PA; 1900; Microfilm Roll 1309, E.D.18, Ward 32; Sheet 2; Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh PA; NOTE: Occupation puddler in rolling mill.
1910 U.S.Census, Pittsburgh, PA; 1910; E.D. 533; p 13A; Natl Archives.
1920 U.S.Census, Columbus, OH; 1920; E.D.44; Sheet 7; Natl Archives; NOTE: living with sister, Sarah Bisch, and her husband, Andrew Bisch, and a nephew, John Gary age 27, at 120 Rheinhart; occupation packer with a lamp manufacturer.
1930 US Census, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, 2nd Ward, Rheinhard Avenue; Geary, George W., age 70, bp West Virginia, parents born Pennsylvania, Living with sister (Sarah) and brother-in-law.


!RESIDENCES: Pittsburgh City Directories; 1886-1899; ; ; LibCong, Washington DC. NOTE: 1886-1888, living at 14 Painters Row, W. Carson St, helper; 1898-1899, living at 22 Wyoming, laborer railroad. 1910 listed as laborer at 6 1/2 Wyoming

!RESIDENCES: Licking Co OH birth records; 1894; Vol 3, 1891-1901; p160; Licking Co Courthouse; NOTE: birth of George W. Geary, 26 Aug 1894, father George W. Geary, mother, Anna Shields, res. Kirkersville; James M. Geary, son, remembered living on a farm in Ohio, perhaps "Uncle Steve's", when he was a boy; believed to be only for a short while (conversation with James Geary, who believes young George lived only to about the age of 10; he believes there were eleven pregnancies, with five children living to adulthood; Ivy and Millie lived about 2 1/2 years each).

!RESIDENCES: James Alexander Gary's pension file; 1915; affidavit by George W. Gary in support of widow Annie Gary's claim for James Alexander Gary's pension; ; copy in poss of James Geary of Harrisonburg VA; NOTE: George W. Geary was living at Midway, Clark Co OH, probably separated at this time.

• Married: Nov 1883 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

1. Cora Mary GEARY b: 29 Jun 1885 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
2. James Madison GEARY b: 28 Mar 1887 in Pittsburgh, Alleghany, Pennsylvania
3. Eleanor Elizabeth GEARY b: 25 Dec 1888 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
4. Catherine Edna GEARY b: 19 Aug 1896 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
5. Sarah GEARY b: Jan 1899 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
6. George Washington GEARY b: 26 Aug 1894 in Kirkersville, Licking, Ohio c: 9 Sep 1894 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
7. Millie GEARY
8. Ivy

1. Repository:
   Name: Carnegie Library
   
   Title: "Obituaries: Pittsburgh Press"
   Author: Pittsburgh (PA) Press
   Page: Oct 8 1945
   Note: At the family home, 1424 Bellaire Place, Brookline, on Sunday, Oct 7th at 12:15pm George W. Geary, husband of the late Anna Shields Geary; father of Mrs. Catherine Waddell, Ella and James Geary. Wm. Slater and Sons Funeral Home.