George Henry Gushard ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  General Notes:

Shirley Walter GEDCOM file:
John Weisbarth told his daughter Marge that George was the nicest man; he never smoked and didn't drink.
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  Birth Notes:

Sadie Zeideker had written in her Bible that George was born 11 May 1856. The death certificate states he was born 09 May 1853 in PA.
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  Death Notes:

Name: George Gurhard
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 26 Jan 1936
Event Place: Madison, Richland, Ohio
Gender: Male
Age: 82
Birth Year (Estimated): 1854
Spouse's Name: Ella Burns
Record Number: 27

Citing this Record
"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZVT-N3P : 15 August 2019), George Gurhard, 26 Jan 1936; citing Madison, Richland, Ohio, reference fn 5682; FHL microfilm 2,022,608.
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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: City Worker for the City of Mansfield: Mansfield, Richland, Ohio, United States.

2. Alt. Birth, 9 May 1853, Pennsylvania, United States. ⁶

3. Alt. Birth, 1860, Pennsylvania, United States. ⁵ This birth year was referenced by his age of 70 on the 1930 US Census.

4. Alt. Birth, 1865, Pennsylvania, United States. ⁴

5. 1870 US Census, 8 July 1870, Mifflin Township, Richland, Ohio, United States. ² 1870 US Census
Page 19, Family 142
Mifflin Township, Richland County, Ohio
George Gushet..14..PA..At Home

(Living with mother and step-father.)

6. 1880 US Census, June 1880, Mansfield, Richland, Ohio, United States. ³ 1880 US Census
Page 353A, T9-1062
Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio
George Gushert..Other..22..PA..Laborer

(Living with mother and stepfather.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 11 May 1856, then his age should have been 24 instead of 22.

7. 1920 US Census, January 1920, Mansfield, Richland, Ohio, United States. ⁴ 1920 US Census
Sheet 5A, Family 118
Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio
George Gushard..Father-in-Law..55..PA..Widowed

(Widowed and living with married daughter, Kathrine, and her family.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 11 May 1856, then his age should have been 63 instead of 55.

8. 1930 US Census, 10 April 1930, Madison Township, Richland, Ohio, United States. ⁵ 1930 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 27, Family 97, Roll 1864
Madison Township, Richland County, Ohio
Home owned
George Gushard..Father-in-Law..70..PA..Widowed..Laborer, Farm

(Widowed and living at the home of his married daughter, Kathryn, and her family.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 11 May 1856, then his age should have been 73 instead of 70.

9. Death Image, 26 January 1936, Madison Township, Richland, Ohio, United States. ⁶

10. Cemetery: Mansfield Cemetery, After 26 January 1936, Mansfield, Richland, Ohio, United States. ⁶

George married Ella Burns on 30 June 1883 in Richland, Ohio, United States.¹ (Ella Burns was born on 16 February 1866 in Milton Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States and died on 25 January 1915 in Mansfield, Richland, Ohio, United States.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Marriage Image, 30 June 1883, Richland, Ohio, United States. ¹

  Marriage Notes:

Name: George Gushard
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 30 Jun 1883
Event Place: Richland, Ohio, United States
Event Place (Original): Richland, Ohio, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Ella Burns
Spouse's Gender: Female
Reference ID: P 386 No 1155
Record Number: 375

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZZPY-VTW2 : 12 May 2020), George Gushard and Ella Burns, 1883.
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From "gene" <gwgenie@alltel.net>
January 2005

Ella Burns was born about 1853. Her family possibly relocated from Pennsylvania to Ohio. Records of her are sparse - they sometimes refer to her as Della or Ellen. They do show however, that on June 30, 1883 Ella married George Henry Gushard in Mansfield, Ohio.

Ella and George settled in Richland, living for awhile in a village know as Windsor. They may have also lived in nearby Ashland county. Their family was daughters Mary, Blanch and Kathryn and they had one son Arthur Henry. Other names connected directly are Alexander, Lightfoot, Figley, Brooks, and Weisbarth.

Ella and George apparently separated or divorced sometime in around 1895. Son Arthur would have been age 10, and daughters Blanch 9, and Katherine 6. It's at this point that records show Ella living with her mother Maria Burns and her brother Michael. It seems that she died after 1899 but no death record is found. There is some indication that she may have had a stepdaughter (or a child from a second marriage), Mary Walker Hunt, but this not yet proven. It might shed some light on her disappearance.

George adds to the mystery by claiming on the census form that he is divorced and yet his death certificate states he is widowed.
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