George C Giessen ( ABT 1814 - 1880 )

Born: ABT 1814 at Bavaria, Germany
Source: 1860 US Census

Wife: Pauline
Married: BEF 1844
Source: Birth of Child

Children

Died: 1880 at New York, USA
Source: Federal Census Mortality Schedule


Notes


19/9/1813 Possible Birth
Giessen, Georges Charles
Birth Place: Bad Duerkheim, Pfalz, Bavaria
Father: Francois Giessen
Mother: Henriette Preyss
FHL Film Number: 587606
Source: Ancestry - Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898

14/6/1841 Arrival New York
Giessen, Georg
Age: 27 - Born 1814~
Country: Bavaria
Port of Departure: Le Havre, France
Ship Name: Governor or General Troup
Source: Year: 1841; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 045; Line: 36; List Number: 371
Source: Ancestry - New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957

15/10/1846 Possible Naturalization

1850 US Census

54 Specimens of mustard, prepared in American, French, English, and German Styles.
G.C. Giessen, manu. 77 Bowery, New York City.
Official catalogue of the New York Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations. 1853, Page 28
Source: archive.org/details/ldpd_6943124_000

1855 New York Census

1860 US Census

15/7/1869 Marriage of Daughter, Pauline

1870 US Census

1875 New York Census - Not Found

15/8/1875 Marriage of Son, Zancie

27/12/1875 Witness to Naturalization of Son in Law, Otto Weinkauff

February 1880 Death

2/11/1884 Marriage of Son, Frank Giessen

25/7/1907 Death of Son George C

23/10/1912 Death of Daughter, Pauline

15/12/1916 Marriage of Son, Francis X

3/12/1922 Death of Daughter, Adolphine

15/7/1932 Death of Son, Frank X

"Grave"
New York City merchant who owned United Mustard Mills at 123 Mott Street. Uncle of famed mustard merchant Charles Gulden, who worked for him from 1860 until 1867 when he started his own company which he went on to build into Charles Gulden, Inc. a century-old family mustard dynasty. The brand continues to be the third-best selling mustard in the world.
Spouse: Pauline Arents Geissen (?? - 1867)
Children: Adolphine Geissen Brey (1850 - 1922)
Source: findagrave.com; Memorial ID:133456243

Cuttin' the mustard: Gulden's and the American Institute

TO DO USA Ancestry.com. U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 as Geo C Giessen
TO DO USA New York Marriage 1844 bef
TO DO Who is Francis? Bray in 1870 US Census



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