Brief Life History of Abraham Aughey "Alec"
When Abraham Aughey "Alec" Guss was born on 15 February 1852, in Mifflintown, Juniata, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Uriah Guss, was 31 and his mother, Catharine Sieber, was 27. He married Sarah E Kearns in 1877, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Decatur Township, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and Decatur, Decatur Township, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. He died on 8 August 1914, in Lewistown, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Lewistown, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Abraham Guss in household of Uriah Guss, "United States Census, 1870"
- Abram A Guss, "Find A Grave Index"
- Abraham Guss in entry for George D Kephart and Rhoda E Guss, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
Spouse and Children
1852–1914 Male
1855– Female
Children (3)
1878– Female
1880–1951 Female
1883–1965 Male
Parents and Siblings
1821–1879 Male
1824–1891 Female
Siblings (14)
1844–1928 Female
1846–1846 Male
1848–1928 Female
1849–1849 Male
1850–1919 Male
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World Events (8)
1863
Age 11
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
Age 11
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 18
Name Meaning
English (Kent): from the Old Swedish personal name Guse, Gusse.
South German (Güss): topographic name for someone who lived near a torrent or on a flood plain, from Middle High German güsse ‘flood, flooding’. Compare Guess .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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