Hillbillies & Vikings

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1848 - 1931 (83 years)

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Name	Gerson Doney [1]
Suffix	Jr.
Birth	22 Feb 1848	USA [1]
Gender	Male
Marriage Groom	Abt 1873	Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA [1]
	Witness Role: Principal: [F1041] ...of Gerson DONEY and MARGARET Witness Role: Bride: [I2985] MARGARET Witness Role: Groom: [I1578] Gerson DONEY
Marriage Groom	7 Mar 1889	Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA [1]
	Witness Role: Principal: [F250] ...of Gerson DONEY and LaVina Margaret REITZ Witness Role: Bride: [I1814] LaVina Margaret REITZ Witness Role: Groom: [I1578] Gerson DONEY
Occupation	a coal miner by trade. [1]
	a coal miner by trade. At one time he worked for the Berwind-White Coal Company in Somerset County, Pa.
Death	25 Aug 1931	Clune, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA [1]
Origins
Patriarch & Matriarch	Gerson Doney, Sr., b. Dec 1815, USA d. 26 Jan 1891, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA (Age ~ 75 years) (Father) Catherine Reichert, b. 1770 (Grandmother)
Person ID	I1578	Hillbillies & Vikings
Last Modified	31 Jul 2022

Father	Gerson Doney, Sr., b. Dec 1815, USA d. 26 Jan 1891, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA (Age ~ 75 years)
Mother	Catherine Dunkelberger, b. 2 Apr 1815, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA d. 7 Sep 1874, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 59 years)
Marriage	1840	Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA [1]
	Some sources say marriage was in 1832. Witness Role: Bride: [I1657] Catherine DUNKELBERGER Witness Role: Groom: [I1577] Gerson DONEY
Family ID	F249	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Margaret, b. 16 Aug 1852, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA d. 22 Dec 1883, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 31 years)

Marriage Abt 1873 Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA [1]

Witness Role: Bride: [I2985] MARGARET
Witness Role: Groom: [I1578] Gerson DONEY

Children

	1. William Doney, b. Abt 1875 d. 7 Nov 1889 (Age ~ 14 years)
>	2. Charles M. Doney, b. 5 Oct 1879 d. 5 Mar 1940 (Age 60 years) ▻ Catherine Elizabeth Smith m. Abt 1899
>	3. John Oscar Doney, b. 3 Jan 1881 d. 4 Mar 1949 (Age 68 years) ▻ Mary Ellen King m. Abt 1901

Family ID F1041 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 1 Jan 2022

Family 2 LaVina Margaret Reitz, b. 20 Jun 1857 d. 19 Dec 1920, Apollo, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 63 years)
Other Partners: Solomon Fike m. 28 Sep 1876

Marriage 7 Mar 1889 Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA [1]

Witness Role: Bride: [I1814] LaVina Margaret REITZ
Witness Role: Groom: [I1578] Gerson DONEY

Children

	1. Effie Edna Doney, b. 6 Nov 1890, Pennsylvania, USA d. 12 Dec 1894 (Age 4 years)
	2. Flora Edna Doney, b. 3 Jan 1893, Pennsylvania, USA d. 2 Mar 1895 (Age 2 years)
>	3. Leona Ada Doney, b. 29 Oct 1895 d. 21 Apr 1974 (Age 78 years) ▻ Charles Frederick Coburn m. Abt 1915

Family ID F250 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 1 Jan 2022

Photos
Doneyr 020 Gerson Doney, Jr-18
Caption Note: Gerson Doney Jr. This photo was taken about the time of his second marriage.
Keywords: Picture

Histories
Susan Sharp Notes (Gerson Doney Jr)
Keywords: Document

Reference Carl Jón Denbow. (2025, July 29). Gerson Doney, Jr.. Hillbillies & Vikings. Retrieved from https://jonandjohn.org/getperson.php?personID=I1578&tree=tree1

Sources

[S121] Steve Weaver.