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Male 1836 - Bef 1880  (< 43 years)


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  • Name Adam Gittens  [1
    Alt. Birth Abt 1836  Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Birth 22 May 1836  Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Adam Gittens
      Birth 22 May 1836 in Wales
      Death 1880
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1868  Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
      Name:Adam Gittens
      Arrival Year:1868
      Arrival Place:Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania
      Source Publication Code:9698
      Primary Immigrant:Gittens, Adam
      Annotation:Much information given, including date of intention to acquire citizenship, date of naturalization, place of residence, country of birth, and name of sponsor.
      Source Bibliography:WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, Pittsburgh, compilers. A List of Immigrants Who Applied for Naturalization Papers in the District Courts of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh: the society. Vol. 4, section 1, 1870-1875. 1980. 78p.
      Page:19
    Death Bef 1880 
    • Adam was not listed in the 1880 Us Federal Census. The assumption is that he died before 1880.
    Person ID I1602  Gittens Clusters
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2015 

    Family Mary Lauffer, Widowed,   b. 29 Apr 1836, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 18 Sep 1870  South Greensburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Children 
    +1. Mary Ellen Gittens,   b. 15 Aug 1871, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Adam Gittens,   b. 22 Jun 1872, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Maggie May Gittens,   b. 24 Jul 1874, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Philip Thomas Gittens,   b. 26 Oct 1875, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Susan Gittens,   b. 28 Jan 1877, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F114  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2013 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsAlt. Birth - Abt 1836 - Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 22 May 1836 - Wales Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1868 - Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 18 Sep 1870 - South Greensburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S431] Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950, Index and Images, (http://familysearch.org :n.d.).

    2. [S1427] 1910 U.S. census, Digital images, (National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

    3. [S1429] ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Updated annually, this database is an index to passengers who arrived in United States and Canadian ports from the 1500s through the 1900s. It contains listings of approximately 4,838,000 individuals and references thousands of different records compiled from everything from original passenger lists to personal diaries. For each individual listed, you may find the following information: name, age, year and place of arrival, and the source of the record.).

    4. [S11] 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daySaints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo,UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Indexprovided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ©Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All useis subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditionsapplicable to this site. Original data: United States of America,Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880.Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880.T9, 1,454 rolls.;).

    5. [S427] The Lauffer history; A genealogical chart of the descendants of Christian Lauffer, the pioneer ([1906]), ((Greenburg, PA, Press of Westmoreland Journal, Jeanette Penna, 1906)).