Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Gelsinger was born on 11 October 1837, in Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jacob Jr. Gelsinger, was 39 and his mother, Mary Brubaker, was 21. He married Elizabeth Palmer on 6 October 1859, in Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Fayetteville, Greene Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and Guilford Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1862. He died on 26 November 1910, in Guilford Springs, Guilford Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Samuel Gelsinger, "United States Census, 1860"
- Samuel Gelsinger, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Samuel Gelsinger, "Pennsylvania, Register of Military Volunteers, 1861-1865"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
Name Meaning
German: probably a topographic or habitational name composed with Gelsing-, the root of the placename Gelsenkirchen.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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