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Grace Naomi Gigax

Grace Naomi Gigax

Female 1918 - 2009  (91 years)


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  • Name Grace Naomi Gigax  [1
    Birth 31 Mar 1918  Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Baptism May 1918  Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Marriage Bride 5 Apr 1942  Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Witness Role: Principal: [F927] ...of James Newton MOORE and Grace Naomi GIGAX
      Witness Role: Bride: [I1981] Grace Naomi GIGAX
      Witness Role: Groom: [I3213] James Newton MOORE
    Name Grace Naomi Moore  [1
    Death 15 Nov 2009 
    • Several online trees have this date of death, but none cite a source.
    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)  (2 x Great Grandfather) 
    Sophia Kaufman  (2 x Great Grandmother) 
    Person ID I1981  Hillbillies & Vikings
    Last Modified 31 Jul 2022 

    Father John Frederick Gigax,   b. 10 Sep 1885, Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 1970, Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny, Pennsyvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Esther Minnie Michel,   b. 14 Apr 1891, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jul 1969, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 10 Jul 1914  43 Climax St., Beltzhoover, Allegheny, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Met Esther Minnie Michel and married her three months after arriving in Pittsburgh. They were married in the bride's home at 43 [or 38 check] Climax Street in Beltzhoover. She had worked in the Riech Dairy before marriage. They lived in the Beltzhoover neighorhood of Pittsburgh, and then in about 1924, they moved to 1505 Park Avenue in Dormont to live with and care for Esther's mother, Emma Elizabeth (Rech) Michel. They attended the Christ Lutheran Church in Beltzhoover and Bethany Lutheran Church in Dormont. John and Esther lived in their Dormont home until their deaths.
      Witness Role: Bride: [I3141] Esther Minnie MICHEL
      Witness Role: Groom: [I1985] John Frederick GIGAX
    Family ID F339  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Living 
    Children 
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    Family ID F927  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2022 

  • Reference  Carl Jón Denbow. "Grace Naomi Gigax". Hillbillies & Vikings. https://jonandjohn.org/getperson.php?personID=I1981&tree=tree1 (accessed April 28, 2025).

  • Sources 
    1. [S9] Russell Arndts, Research conducted by Russel Arndts on the Gigax Family.


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