Johannes
M.
(John)
Geiger
aka Kyger,Kyges,Kiger
Born in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Christian Geiger
and Margaret Stober
Brother of
Johann Frederick Kyger, Christian Kyger, Thomas Kyger, George Kyger, William Adam Geiger, Jacob Kyger, Elizabeth M. Kyger, Susanna Kyger, Margaret Kyger, John Peter Kyger and Anna Maria Kyger
Husband of
Elizabeth (Harshman) Kyger
— married
31 May 1805 (to 1866) in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
John Henry Geiger, William W. Kyger, Alexander Kyger, Reuben Kyger, Christian Kyger, Julia Ann (Kyger) Tutwiler, Nicholas Kyger, Margaret Kyger, Maria Kyger, John Kyger and Amanda Kyger
Died
at age 83
in Cub Run, Rockingham County, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 May 2017
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Biography
John was born in 1784. He is the son of Christian Geiger/Kyger and his wife Margaret. John Geiger married Elizabeth Harshman in 1805. [1] The 1860 census shows John, his wife, and one son living in Rockingham County, Virginia. [2] He passed away in 1861.[3]
Sources
- ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR74-FJZ : 11 February 2018), John Kyges and Elizabeth Harshman, 31 May 1805; citing Rockingham, Virginia, reference P. 46; FHL microfilm 33,497.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHM4-MWT : 13 December 2017), John Kiger, 1860.
- ↑ Miller, Maggie Kyger, "Christian Geiger, the Immigrant" (internet database), at rootsweb.ancestry.com (https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=loganholmes&id=I00424 : accessed 22 Mary 2018).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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Amy Garber
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~0.78%
Lori (Deardorff) Marquette :
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~0.78%
C Shockley :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member canish_nic
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~0.78%
~0.78%
Bambi Berogan :
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