Person:William Gongaware (2)

Watchers
William Franklin Gongaware
d.19 Jul 1960
m. 1873
  1. William Franklin Gongaware1873 - 1960
  2. Emma Jennie Gongaware1875 - 1896
  3. Josiah Marion Gongaware1881 - 1935
  4. Charles Dewey Gongaware1899 - 1995
  5. Raymond Roy Gongaware1901 - 1980
m. 6 Sep 1894
Facts and Events
Name William Franklin Gongaware
Gender Male
Birth? 9 Dec 1873 Harrison City, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage 6 Sep 1894 Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United Statesto Sadie M. Kemerer
Death? 19 Jul 1960
Burial? Glen Haven Memorial Park, Sylmar, Los Angeles, California, United States
References
  1.   William F Gongaware, in Find A Grave.
  2.   Boucher, John N. (John Newton), and John W. (John Woolf) Jordan. Westmoreland County; History by Boucher & Jordan, 1906. (Alexandria, Virginia: Retrospect Publishing, c1999)
    vol. 3, p. 263, 1906.

    William Franklin Gongaware, son of Josiah and Abigail F. (Long) Gongaware, was born at Harrison City, Pennsylvania. He received a common school education, and at the age of fifteen began learning the trade of painter. He went to Wilkinsburg. Pennsylvania, in 1898, and was there nearly six years working at his trade, when he returned to Irwin. On February 15, 1905, he removed to Rillton, Pennsylvania, and opened a grocery store which was totally destroyed by fire April 7. 1905. He then returned to Irwin and resumed his trade of painter. He is a member of the Reformed church, and a Democrat in politics. He married, September 6, 1894, Sarah Kemmerer; issue: Ivy Myrtle, born June 17, 1895; Bessie Florence, born May 30, 1898, died August 10, 1904.