David
Edwin
Gish
Born about in Donegal, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Ancestors 
Son of George Kuhns Gish
and Susanna (Groff) Gish
Brother of
Abraham Gish, Anna Nancy (Gish) Greenawalt, Jonas Gish, Eliza Z (Gish) Buser [half] and Susan (Gish) Snavely [half]
Husband of
Diana Caroline (Waltz) Gish
— married
4 Mar 1860 in Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church,Hummelstown,Dauphin,Pennsylvania
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 75
in Hummelstown, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Dec 2015
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Biography
In 1870, David and Diana are found living in Hummelstown, Dauphin, Pennsylvania.[1] The Gish family is still living in Hummelstown, Dauphin, Pennsylvania in 1880.[2] David is a lime burner.
David Gish is the grandfather of Lillian Gish, American actress.[3]
Sources
- ↑ [ http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1870usfedcen&h=4506689&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&rhSource=7667 1870 United States Federal Census] [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Year: 1870; Census Place: Hummelstown, Dauphin, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1334; Page: 45A; Image: 95; Family History Library Film: 552833
- ↑ 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Year: 1880; Census Place: Hummelstown, Dauphin, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1123; Family History Film: 1255123; Page: 39D; Enumeration District: 076; Image: 0082
- ↑ Lillian Gish, Her Legend, Her Life by Charles Affron. Accessed via New York Times Books.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4HH-FWK : accessed 4 April 2016), David Gish in household of Samuel Greenaualt, Hummelstown, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 69, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2XD-NH7 : accessed 4 April 2016), David Gish and Diana Waltz, 04 Mar 1860; citing Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church,Hummelstown,Dauphin,Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 854,111.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with David 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 David:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with David 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 David:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Christopher Decker 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BX2159715 [compare], yourDNAportal CHRb054fee4
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~0.78%
Vivian (Decker) Stephenson :
23andMe, yourDNAportal JAC4bb5eda7
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~0.78%
lk (Kandarian) Camp :
23andMe, GEDmatch CV2551272 [compare]
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