George Henry Minnich (1867 - 1930)

Born 20 Jun 1867 in Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Jane Graffin — married 5 Jul 1888 in Phillipsburg, NJ

Descendants

Biography

Occupation

Occupation: Iron Worker

Notes

Note N398

I've not found anything on my grandfather other than date of birth (6/20/1867) and death (1/9/1930). If Cata. Mfg closed in 1893 and if there were no other mills in Catty/Fullerton, then maybe that's when he started work in Lebanon. Maybe he did some other work for a while. At any rate if he did work 20 years in Lebanon he retired or stopped working at a fairly young age. Remember, my recollection is that he worked 20 years in Lebanon. When Cata. Mfg. reopened in 1907 as a casting company, I assume there was no rolling involved. Too many unknowns! I'm going to checkout Lebanon/Lebanon Co. Historical Soc. to see if any info on iron and steel industry. At some point, Beth. Steel opened some sort of facility there. I believe it had already closed by the time we moved to Lebanon in 1966. My recollection is that the plant made screw machine products; heavy duty variety, not necessarily what one would find in a hardware store. Mother was very pleased when we moved to Lebanon, thinking the family had come full circle from her father having worked there.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWNQ-SK9 : 20 February 2021), George H Menich in household of George H Menich, Catasauqua, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 184, sheet 215D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,146.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to John McVey for creating WikiTree profile Minnich-123 through the import of Minnich-79.ged on Dec 29, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by John and others.