Gustav Adolph Gohr

Brief Life History of Gustav Adolph

When Gustav Adolph Gohr was born on 4 October 1863, in West Prussia, Prussia, Germany, his father, Carl Gohr, was 48 and his mother, Anna Zutz, was 44. He married Mary Anna Krause in 1894. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Sultan, Snohomish, Washington, United States in 1930 and Winter Lake Election Precinct, Snohomish, Washington, United States in 1940. He died on 12 September 1948, in Monroe, Snohomish, Washington, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Sultan, Snohomish, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Gustav Adolph Gohr
1863–1948
Mary Anna Krause
1863–1936
Marriage: 1894
Frank Herman Weinrich
1883–1980
Anna Weinrich
1890–
Clara Anna Gohr
1896–1941
Frederick FRED Herman Gohr
1898–1966
Raymond Herold Gohr
1902–1903

Sources (19)

  • Gurry Gohr, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Gustave A. (Gus) Gohr - Government record: birth-name: Gustine Gohr
  • Gustav Gahr, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"

World Events (8)

1864

Historic Boundaries 1864: Snohomish, Washington Territory, United States 1889: Snohomish, Washington, United States

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

German: topographic name for someone living near a bog, from Middle Low German gor ‘quagmire, bog’, or a habitational name from any of the places called with this word, such as Gohr near Neuss.

East German (of Slavic origin): topographic name from Polish or other Slavic gora ‘mountain’ or from the root gor- (ultimately from Old Slavic gorěti) ‘to burn’ (denoting cleared forest), elements contained in various field names and placenames.

Germanized form of Sorbian Gór: from a Lower Sorbian short form of the personal name Gorisław (from an Old Slavic name based on gorěti ‘to burn’) or Grogor (see Gregory ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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