Heinrich Carl Sossong (1836 - 1922)

Born 3 Nov 1836 in Züsch, Rheinprovinz, Preußen, Deutscher Bund

Died 6 Feb 1922 at age 85 in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

Charles, a retired merchant; resides in Carnegie, Pennsylvania; married Philomena Easterday..

From History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:

Charles Sossong, merchant, postffice Putnam, is a native of Prussia, and was born Nov. 3, 1836, in Zusch, in Kreis Trier, to John and Elizabeth (Graber) Sossong.

In 1866, Mr. Sossong married Philomina Easterday, born in Pittsburgh May 16, 1845, daughter of Jacob and Ursala (Freyvogle) Easterday, former a native of Switzerland. Nine children have blessed this union: Charles and Edward (both died when they were small), and Joseph, Lizzie, Annie, Anthony, Clara, Minnie and Reyman.

Sources

• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. Certificate of Death no. 15953, Charles Sossong, 1922. In "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970," Ancestry. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Penn. Death Certificates, 1906–1968. Accessed 17 Feb. 2024.
• Cushing, Thomas. History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: A. Warner & Co., 1889), part 2, p. 629.
• "Deutschland, Rheinland, Bistum Trier, katholische Kirchenbücher, 1704-1957", FamilySearch, entry for Henricus Carolus Sossong, 3 Nov. 1836.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #165363451
• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1915), vol. 1, pp. 164–166.