His wife is named Rosina and is about the same age as him.
George was born in 1780, the first child of George Orwig and Maria Magdalena Gilbert.
He married Rosina Deibert and they had 11 children according to FamilySearch. They resided in Bellevue, Ohio.
He passed away in 1852.
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX7Q-691 : 9 November 2014), George Orwig, York, Sandusky, Ohio, United States; citing family 1018, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX7Q-691 : 4 April 2020), George Orwig, York, Sandusky, Ohio, United States; citing family 1018, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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