Born in Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
Daughter of Hans Jacob Gass
and Elizabeth (Unknown) Gass
Sister of
Jacob Gass, Frederick Gass, Anna Gass, Sebastian Gass, John J. Gass and Sarah Salome (Gass) Eckert
Wife of
Louis Ludwig Trax
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
John Trax, Jacob S. Trax, Wilhelm Trax, Salome Trax, Louisa (Trax) Poellot, Anna Trax, David Louis Trax, Daniel Boone Trax, Amelia (Trax) Hulz, Henrietta (Trax) Philips, George Conner Trax, Sarah May Salome (Trax) Sheets and Frederick Zerald Trax
Died
at age 82
in Library, South Park Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
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Biography
Elizabeth Gass was born on August 14, 1802, in Basel-Country, Switzerland. She had ten children with Ludwig Louis Trax between 1823 and 1843. She died on August 5, 1885, having lived a long life of 82 years, and was buried in Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:
He married Louisa Trax, daughter of Louis and Elizabeth (Gass) Trax, the former born in Strassburg, capital of Alsace-Lorraine, one of the strongest fortresses of the German Empire, an important commercial centre, annexed to France by Louis XIV. in 1681, but restored to the German Empire as a result of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. Elizabeth Gass was born in Basel, Switzerland, coming to the United States when a child of twelve years with her parents, they settling in Manchester, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. Fourteen children were born (to Elizabeth and Louis) on the Judge Wilkins farm. These children were: John, Jacob, William, Louis, Daniel, George, Fred, Eliza, Louisa, married J. Henry Poellot, of further mention; Ann, Amelia, Henrietta, Sarah, David. The living are: William, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania ; Daniel, of Missouri ; Fred, of Meadville, Pennsylvania; Amelia, Mrs. Hultz, of Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania; Sarah, Mrs. Sheets, of Library, Pennsylvania ; Henrietta, Mrs. Philips, of Library, Pennsylvania.
From History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:
He married Louisa, daughter of Louis and Elizabeth (Gass) Trax...
Sources
- Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
- Name Elizabeth Gass
- Arrival Year 1812
- Arrival Place America
- Source Publication Code 1433.5
- Primary Immigrant Gass, Elizabeth
1850 United States Federal Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Peebles, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_747; Page: 314A; Image: 679
1860 United States Federal Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Snowden, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1064; Page: 671; Family History Library Film: 805064
1870 United States Federal Census Year: 1870; Census Place: Snowden, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1299; Page: 439A; Family History Library Film: 552798
1880 United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Snowden, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1091; Family History Film: 1255091; Page: 298D; Enumeration District: 087
Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993 Name Lewis Trax Probate Date 18 Sep 1880 Probate Place Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA Inferred Death Year Abt 1880 Inferred Death Place Pennsylvania, USA Case Number 32 1/2 Item Description Will Packets, Vol 22-23, 1880
- Find A Grave: Memorial #69297370
- Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol. 1, p. 211-213)
- Cushing, Thomas. History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (A. Warner & Co., Chicago, 1889, Part 2, p. 475, 724)
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