Notes for Peter Maple Gerking

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Notes for Peter Maple Gerking

Note: NAME: LDS ANCESTRAL FILE Gherking

Gina Gerking Spiller > Date: 2001-07-20 Name & Birth date of Pioneer Peter Maple Gerking, 15 August 1828, Kentucky Spouse of Pioneer Sarah Ann Gose, 19 March 1828 Oregon County Umatilla Comments: Arrived in Oregon in 1878 from Nebraska. Lived and farmed in Centerville, now Athena, Oregon. Sarah Gose Gerking died in Umatilla County in 1894. Peter Maple Gerking died in 1908 at his son's home in Walla Walla County, Washington.

Waitsburg IOOF Cemetery Walla Walla County, Washington
Gerking, David B., b. 1854, d. 1940Gerking, May A., b. May 03, 1857, d. 1904 Dec 12, w/o D.B.Gerking, Peter M., b. 1828, d. 1908Gerking, Sarah A., b. Mar 19, 1828, d. 1896 Dec 12

Census 1870 Lancaster County, Nebraska July 19th 1870 -- Post Office Lincoln
Head - Peter Gerking Age 41 (1829) M W Farmer born Kentucky
Wife - Sarah Age 42 (1828) F W Keeping house born Virginia
Son - David Age 16 (1854) M W Works on Farm born Missouri
Dau - Marietta Age 15 (1855) F W at school born Missouri
Son - William Age 13 (1857) M W works on farm born Missouri
Dau - Martha Age 12 (1858) F W at school born Missouri
Dau - Sarah Age 7 (1863) F W born Missouri
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William Gose Age 37(1833) M W Farmer born Indiana (Sarah's Brother)
Joseph Gose Age 28 (1842) M W Farmer born Missouri (Sarah's Brother)

Son David Bascom gerking said his father was married 11 Jan 1853.. (Interview 1934)