Born in West Manchester Township, York, Pennsylvania
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Emanuel Lau
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Ida Mahala (Lau) Deary
Died
at age 42
in Summum, Fulton, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Mar 2018
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Biography
Caroline (Gipe) Lau has German Roots.
Caroline (Gipe) Lau was a Pennsylvanian.
Carolina, daughter of Frank Geib and Elizabeth Shebb,[1] was born 16 January 1834 in West Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania.[1] Her parents had her baptized 10 August 1834 at Saint Paul's Reformed (Wolf's) Church in West Manchester Township.[1]
1860 North Codorus Township, York, Pennsylvania Emanuel Law Male 34 Pennsylvania Carolina Law Female 27 Pennsylvania Emalina Law Female 8 Pennsylvania Jane Law Female 6 Pennsylvania Mathilda Law Female 1 Pennsylvania[2]
1870 Woodland Township, Fulton, Illinois Emanuel Lau Male 44 Pennsylvania Caroline Lau Female 35 Pennsylvania Emaline Lau Female 18 Pennsylvania Alice Lau Female 16 Pennsylvania Matilda Lau Female 11 Pennsylvania Emanuel Lau Male 9 Pennsylvania Ida Lau Female 5 Illinois Franklin Lau Male 3 Illinois Catherine Lau Female 1 Illinois[3]
Caroline died 5 January 1878 in Summum, Fulton County, Illinois, and was buried there 8 January 1878 at Summum Cemetery.[4]
Research Notes
- Her maiden name should be Geib, not the later Gipe.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2JJ-H58 : 27 January 2020), Carolina Geib, 1834.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXRH-S4D : 18 March 2020), Carolina Law in entry for Emanuel Law, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M671-V1R : 21 March 2020), Caroline in entry for Emanuel, 1870.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 03 October 2020), memorial page for Caroline Lau (15 Jan 1835–6 Jan 1878), Find A Grave: Memorial #167035011, citing Summum Cemetery, Summum, Fulton County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Farmgirl (contributor 48511495). Note that her birth record shows 16 January, while her gravestone, which she shares with her husband, has 15 January.
- ↑ Source will be added by Christopher Marshall by 19 Mar 2018.
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