Emma wagner giesy biography
Emma Giesy was one of Oregon's strong pioneer women, ahead of her time in independence and productivity.!
She is a gifted speaker, and author of (among other things) fifteen historical novels.
Emma Anna (Wagner) Giesy (1833 - 1916)
EmmaAnnaGiesy formerly Wagner
Born in Phillipsburg, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of Christian Giesy— married about 1852 in Bethel, Shelby, Missouri, United States
Wife of Hans Jacob Giesy— married about 1860 (to 1891) in Missouri, United States
Descendants Mother of Andrew Jackson Giesy, Catherina E.
(Giesy) Ehlen, Christian Giesy Jr. and Ida (Giesy) Becke
Died at age 83in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States
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Biography
Daughter of David and Catherine Wagner.
After the death of her husband, Christ, Emma married her second husband, Hans Jacob "Jack" Giesy, but he was abusive and she left him. They were finally divorced in 1891.
1860 Census: Fort Willapa, Pacific Co., WA Territory, Page 64, House 45, Family 35.
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