David Beecher
(1793-1880)
Anna Maria Gilbert
(1797-1887)
John Hoover
(1813-1877)
Sophia Susanna Beecher
(1822-1901)
Georgianna Hoover
(1844-1902)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. Lieutenant Joshua Martin Wiestling Jr.

Georgianna Hoover 2 3

  • Born: 4 Nov 1844, Arendtsville, Adams, PA 4 5 6
  • Christened: Arendtsville: Arendtsville Union Church (Zion Lutheran and Trinity Reformed), Adams, PA 5
  • Marriage (1): Lieutenant Joshua Martin Wiestling Jr. on 2 Jun 1864 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA 1
  • Died: 16 Jun 1902, Seattle, King, WA at age 57 6
  • Buried: Seattle: Lake View Cemetery, King, WA 6

   Another name for Georgianna was Georgeanna Hoover.4

   FamilySearch ID: KJZN-HYJ.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Butler Twp., Adams, PA. 4 David Beecher, merchant, 56, was living with wife Mary, 53. Also with them was Archibald Wilson, clerk, 63; and Mary Weigle, 19. His real estate was worth $20,000 making him wealthy by comparison to others. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

His next neighbor is John Hoover, tanner, 37, living with Sophia, David Beecher's daughter, 28, and their children: Amelia, 9; daughter Georgeanna, 6; son Lisle, 4; and Mary, 1. Also in their home is Sarah Rufsell, 20, and Samuel Blythe, 7.

The next neighbor is David Beecher's son Samuel Beecher, laborer, 29; wife Matilda, 25; Calvin, 5; David, 3; Charles, 1 month old when the census was recorded on 13 Aug 1850. Also living with them: David Geyer, manufacturer, 23; and Sara Lower, 16. Samuel has no real estate value suggesting he is living on his father's land. Everyone in all families were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1860 in Butler Twp., Adams, PA. 2 The 1860 census recorded John Hoover, store keeper, 48, living with wife Sophia, 38; Georgianna, 17; Gilbert, 13; Mary C., 11; and Irene, 9. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office was Arendtsville. John's real estate was valued at $8,000 and personal estate $6,000.

On the same census page is Sophia's father, David Beecher, 66, and wife Mary, 63, and also her brother Samuel Beecher, 40, and wife Sarah A. M.

3. Newspaper: Evening News: From Family Albums of Harrisburg: photo of Mrs. Joshua M. Wiestling, Jr., 11 Dec 1939, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. 7 (photo of Mrs. Joshua M. Wiestling, Jr.)
Mrs. Wiestling, whose husband was a prominent attorney in Harrisbug, was Miss Georgianna Hoover, of Gettysburg. Her husband's father, the late Dr. Joshua Martin Wiestling, was a physician in this city from 1821 until his death in 1854. The younger Mr. and Mrs. Wiestling were active members of Salem Reformed Church. They resided at the old Wiestling home, 7 North Front street, present site of the University Club, before removing to Seattle, Wash. The Wiestlings had a daughter, Georgia.


Georgianna married Lieutenant Joshua Martin Wiestling Jr., son of Dr. Joshua Martin Wiestling Sr. and Catharine Youse, on 2 Jun 1864 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA.1 (Lieutenant Joshua Martin Wiestling Jr. was born on 5 Oct 1837 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA,1 8 9 died on 14 Sep 1915 in Seattle, King, WA 8 9 and was buried in Seattle: Lake View Cemetery, King, WA 8.)


Sources


1 Egle, William Henry, Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA. Harrisburg Publishing Company. 1896), Pages 728-729. Joshua Martin Wiestling.

2 1860 United States Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Butler, Adams, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1057; Page: 4; Image: 8; Family History Library Film: 805057.

3 FamilySearch.org, Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N35J-49S Frank B. Wiestling, 17 Aug 1933; citing Seattle, King, Washington, reference 2602, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 2,023,067.

4 1850 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Adams County, Butler Township, Series: Series: M432 Roll: 743 Page: 12.

5 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2FP-63X George Anna Hoover, 04 Nov 1844; Birth.

6 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38308479.

7 Harrisburg Evening News, Harrisburg, PA, 11 Dec 1939, page 11. From Family Albums of Harrisburg.

8 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38308508.

9 FamilySearch.org, Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3LL-LWY Joshua M. Wiestling, 14 Sep 1915; citing Seattle, King, Washington, reference 1897, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 1,992,326.



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