This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JOY.2ACEB/910.1.1 Message Board Post: 1930 Census Allen County OH Roll 1747 Book 1 Page 69 Lima Ottawa Township Ward 4 April 09 South Pierce Street House Number 125: Line 70 Geiger, George F., Head, 56, b. OH, F. At Sea, M. NJ; Caretaker Apartment; Vet? No Line 71 Harriet G., Wife, 57, b. OH, F. PA, M. OH Same Building: Line 85 Geiger, George A., Head, 38, b. U. S., F. Ger, M. Ger, Chef Cllubhouse, Vet? Yes, WWI (I have been unable to conclude a George from draft cards)(age at 1st marriage 20) Line 86 Hazel M., Wife, 22, b. IA, F. IA, M. IA (age at 1st marriage 19) Line 87 LaRue G., Dau, 1 yr 4 mo, b. IL, F. U.S., M. IA Line 88 Donald R., Son, 4 yr, 8 mo, b. OH, F. U. S., M. U. S. ----------------------------- In 1920 my George Geiger was in Sioux Falls, SD, Minnehaha Cty; age 34, waiter in hotel, wife Millie (my grandmother), age 20 (her birthday was 11 Feb 1899, son Robert P.(my father), age 3 (b. 05 Sep 1916). Also my Grandmother's sister, Emma Mills, age 18, was with them, a chambermaid in hotel. Grandma said George was b. 1884 Chicago. That does not mean it was so. ------------------------- If, as stated in 1930, his 1st marriage was 18 yrs before, that would be 1912? None of the records seem to match up. ------------------ I am assuming that George and Hazel were divorced. In Donald's obit it states his father was in Fremont. My father, mother, brother, and I, along with my grandmother and her sister, had a meal at the Hotel Fremont where George was chef. This was probably early 1944 when Dad was home on furlough. Also in Donaldl's obit it states his sister LaRue was in Cleveland. Since she would only have been about 15, she was probably with her mother. In 1916 George was supposedly a chef at Ft Findlay Hotel in Findlay OH. ---------------- Sometime later 1944 George visited us in Fostoria, OH. Dad was away in army. Perhaps his purpose was to tell Dad that his full brother had been killed in the war. But he didn't. It was after that my grandmother and her sister brought the photo of Roland (Donald) with the explanation. George disappeared and my father never saw him again. He was contacted by lawyers after his father's death, sometime in the 1960s. ------------------ It is very sad that my father did not know his young brother was growing up in Lima, so near. I suppose it was considered best at the time. Evidently Mary Stolzenbach was in contact with George Geiger. Donald had a nice life, well provided for. My father was not. I don't know that any of this helps us find George's family. I have so little to go on and none of it seems to be conclusive. I keep hoping someone will recognize photos or some scrap of information. Thanks for your interest. Bobbie Jean