Gertrude Catherine (Keeling) Lutz (1832 - 1893)

Born 25 Apr 1832 in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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Died 8 Dec 1893 at age 61 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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Biography

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

He married Catherine Keeling, born in Greensburg, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, April 25, 1832, died December 8, 1893, in Pittsburgh. She was the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Keeling, both born in Prussia and there married. Soon after their marriage Joseph and Elizabeth Keeling came to the United States, locating in Greensburg, where all their children were born. He was a successful real estate dealer for many years, later moving to Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, dying in Pittsburgh, aged seventy-eight years. He was a large land owner, managed several farms of his own, but employed men to do the actual work. Prior to coming to the United States, Mr. Keeling served in the imperial army. Children of John and Catherine (Keeling) Lutz : i. May, married William Trimber, whom she survives, a resident of Niles, Ohio. 2. John, a hardware merchant, on Ophelia street, Pittsburgh. 3. Margaret, widow of John May. 4. Frank, superintendent of the Empire Building, Pittsburgh, a resident of the South Side. 5. William, died unmarried. 6. Henry, a contractor of Pittsburgh.

From History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:

Mr. Lutz married Katharine Keeling, a native of Youngstown, Pa., daughter of Joseph Keeling, of Prussia, and following are the names of their children: Mary (wife of William Trimbure, of Niles, Ohio), John, Frank J., Maggie (widow of John May), William and Henry.

Sources

• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania, Vol. 2, Pages 709-711 (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915; Vol. 2, p. 709-711)
• Cushing, Thomas. History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (A. Warner & Co., Chicago, 1889, Part 2, p. 281)
• Find A Grave: Memorial #42742228