Ruth Louise Gigax

1915 -

• Name	Ruth Louise Gigax  [1]
  Birth	21 Jan 1915	Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Marriage Bride	16 Oct 1934	Wellsburg, Brooke, West Virginia, USA   [2, 3]
  	Witness Role: Principal: [F1086] ...of (parents not known) Witness Role: Groom: [I5128] Gordon Donald HURLBERT Witness Role: Bride: [I1991] Ruth Louise GIGAX
  Name	Ruth Louise Hurlbert  [1]
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Jacob Gygax,   c. 18 Jan 1789, Bleienbach, Launek, Bern, Switzerland d. 26 Mar 1868, Bleienbach, Launek, Bern, Switzerland  (Age ~ 79 years)  (2 x Great Grandfather)  Sophia Kaufman  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID	I1991	Hillbillies & Vikings
  Last Modified	31 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	John Frederick Gigax,   b. 10 Sep 1885, Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, USA d. 16 Sep 1970, Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny, Pennsyvania, USA (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Esther Minnie Michel,   b. 14 Apr 1891, USA d. 11 Jul 1969, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	10 Jul 1914	43 Climax St., Beltzhoover, Allegheny, Pennsylvania   [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	Gordon Donald Hurlbert,   b. 8 Dec 1913, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1 Aug 1976, Bemidji, Beltrami, Minnesota, USA (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	16 Oct 1934	Wellsburg, Brooke, West Virginia, USA   [2, 3]
  	Witness Role: Groom: [I5128] Gordon Donald HURLBERT Witness Role: Bride: [I1991] Ruth Louise GIGAX
  Children	+ 1. Living
  Family ID	F1086	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2025

  
  

• Reference

  Carl Jón Denbow. "Ruth Louise Gigax". Hillbillies & Vikings. https://jonandjohn.org/getperson.php?personID=I1991&tree=tree1 (accessed April 28, 2025).