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Charles Jacob Gigax

Charles Jacob Gigax

Male 1848 - 1885  (37 years)


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  • Name Charles Jacob Gigax  [1] 
    Birth 1848  Muskingum, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Witness Role: Son: [I1972] Charles Jacob GIGAX
    Marriage Groom Abt 1868  [4] 
    • Witness Role: Principal: [F965] ...of (parents not known)
      Witness Role: Bride: [I4750] Wilhelmena MILLER
      Witness Role: Groom: [I1972] Charles Jacob GIGAX
    Death 1885  Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Jacob Gygax,   c. 18 Jan 1789, Bleienbach, Launek, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1868, Bleienbach, Launek, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years)  (Grandfather) 
    Elizabeth Lüthi,   b. 1819   d. 1888, Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)  (Mother) 
    Person ID I1972  Hillbillies & Vikings
    Last Modified 5 May 2023 

    Father Jacob Gygax,   c. 2 May 1819, Near Bleienbach, Launek, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Aug 1895, Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Lüthi,   b. 1819   d. 1888, Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 30 Jun 1847  Near Bleienbach, Launek, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Old documents sometimes refer to the country as the "Republic of Bern."
      Witness Role: Bride: [I2925] Elizabeth LÜTHI
      Witness Role: Groom: [I2111] Jacob GYGAX
    Family ID F413  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Wilhelmena Miller,   b. Abt 1848 
    Marriage Abt 1868  [4] 
    • Witness Role: Bride: [I4750] Wilhelmena MILLER
      Witness Role: Groom: [I1972] Charles Jacob GIGAX
    Children 
     1. Jacob Clarence Gigax,   b. 9 Sep 1881, Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1884, Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)
    Family ID F965  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Mar 2025 

  • Reference  Carl Jón Denbow. "Charles Jacob Gigax". Hillbillies & Vikings. https://jonandjohn.org/getperson.php?personID=I1972&tree=tree1 (accessed May 30, 2025).

  • Sources 
    1. [S54] Hargrove and Yinger, Muskingum County Footprints.

    2. [S67] U.S. Census Bureau, 1860 United States Federal Census (Jacob Gygax).

    3. [S51] U.S. Census Bureau, 1850 United States Federal Census for Jacob Gygax family.

    4. [S69] U.S. Census Bureau, 1870 United States Federal Census.

    5. [S55] Church & City Records, Birth and Christening Records from the City of Bleienbach, Switzerland.


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