A few of the associated names: BIRCH WENTZ FINCH STERMER GEARHART ELLIS The BIRCH family is scattered through out the Western United States and Canada and their genealogical data is fairly well established except for California. The following is one family branch that remained in California after the death of the father, George Wallace Birch in 1868. |--John Edward BIRCH-[3043] b: 11 Nov 1852, Ogden, Weber, UT, d: 30 Nov | 1920, bur: 2 Dec 1920 | sp: Elizabeth Josephine WENTZ-[4055] b: Abt 1860, , Eldorado, CA, m: 24 | Dec 1876, Diamond Springs, Eldorado, CA, par: Jeremiah WENTZ-[7632]and | Keziah FINCH-[7617] | |--Olive M BIRCH-[4090] b: Abt 1878, Of Diamond Springs, Eldorado, CA | |--Susan BIRCH-[2018] b: Abt 1880, Of Diamond Springs, Eldorado,CA | |--Ora Keziah BIRCH-[7882] b: Mar 1882, CA | | sp: Herman STERMER-[7897]b: Abt 1876, Of CA, m: 5 Jan 1902, Franklin | | Twp, Sacramento, CA | |--Francis Gertrude BIRCH-[7886] b: May 1883, CA | | sp: Vergil Cleveland GEARHART-[7895]b: 1887, , CA, m: 3 Jul 1916, , | | CA | | |--Vergil GEARHART-[7898]b: 9 Jul 1919, , CA, d: 18 May 1990, , CA | |--Edward BIRCH-[7883] b: Aug 1885, CA | |--George M. BIRCH-[7884] b: Aug 1888, CA | | sp: Irma-[7956] | |--Myrtle Elizabeth BIRCH-[7885] b: Jun 1891, CA | | sp: Frank ELLIS-[7619]b: Abt 1890, Of CA | | |--Frank ELLIS-[7610] | | |--Jack ELLIS-[7611] | | |--James ELLIS-[7612] | | |--George ELLIS-[7613] | | |--George ELLIS-[7614] | | |--Robert ELLIS-[7615] | | |--Lillian ELLIS-[7616] | | sp: Unknown | | |--Frank ELLIS-[7622] | | sp: Unknown | | |--Jack ELLIS-[7609] | |--Birdie Alma BIRCH-[7887] b: Sep 1896, CA sp: Leonard Earl GEARHART-[7896] b:Abt 1896, , CA, m: 23 Oct 1916, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA Milton Birch Clay Lancaster, CA.