Gorges - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Gorg

jenngorg — 20 Apr 2007 4:12:56 GMT

I am fervently searching for anyone who may have information on the surname Gorg. It is of German origin and is written with an umlaut over the o. I cannot find any scrap of background on this. Perhaps it was spelled differently in its origins?

Gorges Matthias from Masburg Kreis Cochem Germany

Ursula Buchholz — 13 Oct 2006 10:38:49 GMT

Hallo,
I am searching for Matthias Gorges and his family (wife Anna Gertrud Koster and children Katharina, Elizabeth and Josef). They left Germany in 1867 to Wisconsin. Lizzy Gorges is mentioned in the 1880 census in Brothertown, Fond-du-Lac county. Nothing is known about the rest of the family and nothing else is known about Lizzy. Does anybody connect to this family?
Ursula Buchholz

the story of a family through eleven centuries

davidgordge53 — 30 Sep 2006 9:47:55 GMT

i now have the book HISTORY OF THE FAMILY GORGES it contains a detailed family tree from 1066 to 1938 if you want more info my @ is marcgordge@aol.com
david-gordge@msn.com
this book is only useful to gorges family tree as far as i can see so i dont think us gordge's are related in any way to gorges

Gorges - New York

LARRY_GORGES — 27 May 2006 4:15:39 GMT

I'm seeking any information about Gorges immigrants who settled in the town of Caton, Stueben County, N.Y. In abt. 1871 Mathias and Barbara Gorges immigrated from Hermeskeil, Germany to Scranton, Pa. where they resided for two years before moving to the above location. They raised five children on a 150 acre farm there : John, b.1858; Anton, b.1855; Marie b.?; Helena, b. 1862; and Nicholas,b.1863. All of the above children were born in Hermeskeil. I'm particularly interested in Anton who stayed at home and worked the farm with his parents and after they died. Anton and Magdalena Bentz, his wife, raised seven children: Barbara Teresa, b.1886 d.?; Amelia Mary, b.1887 d.1968; Anton John,b.1889 d.1963; Maria Katharina, b.1891 d.?; Leo Joseph (my grandfather), b.1893 d.1956, Twins Mathias and Mathilda, b. 1897 d. 1969 and 1927 resp. All but three of these offspring left the area. The three remaining in the area were : Maria Katharina married and lived in Elmira, Leo worked a farm in Lindley, and Mathilda lived in Corning, I believe. Anton John made his career in the Army. Magdalena, mother of the above, was born in Dackenheim, Germany. Following the death of Anton John, her husband, in abt. 1916 she relocated to Williamsport, Pa. where she worked in the rectory of the St. Boniface Church. Her nephew, Rev. Bernard T. Borr was rector at this church.
Any info, no matter how seemingly insignifacant, would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Larry D. Gorges

Gorges

ruthbeck1146 — 15 Mar 2004 5:43:40 GMT

I am looking for information on Anna Gorges. She was my mothers mother and died approximately 1906..Her parents immigrated from Prussia.

GORGE/GEORGE, Paul

Senora10642 — 27 May 2005 2:46:12 GMT

Anyone know anything about a Paul (Paullo) George/Gorge, b. 1849 (Russia/Germany?), d. 1919 in Maryland. No record anywhere of his immigration. He married Annie Henrietta Schumacher. They had several children, including my great grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Gorge.

Hannah Gorges 1625?

eafeigon — 29 Jul 2001 12:13:51 GMT

I have an ancestress named Hannah Gorges who married Haenry Smith in 1638 in Stamford, CT. She was supposedly born in 1625- but this would make her a very young bride. Who were her parents? I think her father may have been Henry Gorges, a relative of Ferdinando Gorges, but I can't find a reference. Thanks.

GORGES

nfinnegan — 13 Jul 2004 12:53:15 GMT

I am tracking GORGES in New York City from about 1847 through the 1920s.
First names include Mary, Helen, Henry, August, William;
August Borges was a butcher in Manhattan @ 1880 and then raised his family with wife Lena in Queens, New York.

Mary Gorges married Joseph Jordan (butcher) in late 1860s in NYC. Joseph Jordan is my relative.

Thanks for any help you can give.
Nellie

Gorges from Fell, near Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Anisah1969 — 30 Aug 2006 10:06:19 GMT

I found some christening records from my ancestors at the Morman's site (www.familysearch.org), and found out where they came from in Germany:

Josefus GORGES, Sex: M
Event(s): Christening: 13 May 1849, Sankt Martinus Katholisch, Fell, Rheinland, Preussen
Parents: Father: Johannis GORGES, Mother: Annae Mariae SCHOENHOFEN
Batch number: Dates Source Call No. Type
C983692 1785-1869 0463564 Film

and his wife:

Margaretha DITGEN Sex: F
Event(s): Christening: 30 Dec 1851, Sankt Martinus Katholisch, Fell, Rheinland, Preussen
Parents: Father: Nicolai DITGEN, Mother: Sophiae MUELLER
Batch number: Dates Source Call No. Type
C983692 1785-1869 0463564 Film

Is anyone else researching Gorges in this area?

Anisah :)

Gorges family history

genaraban — 10 Sep 2003 5:35:55 GMT

FYI...I am researching the Gordge family name. Yet I have come across a book that some of you might be interested in.

Title:The Story of a Family through eleven centuries, History of the Family of Gorges

Author: Raymond Gorges

It was available from Rare Books in Boston. Their phone number is 617-522-2100. Back in 2002 it cost me about $50
Their web site is: http://www.rarebook.com
Email is: mail@rarebook.com

From what I have been told the information in this book somehow connects to my Gordge line. So far we are still looking.

Enjoy

Eliz. GORGES JOCHUM, grandmother

Bernard Jochum — 28 Dec 1999 5:32:20 GMT

Looking for information on Eliz. Gorges who married my grandfather Joseph Jochum She was born in 1847 and died in 1892. They had a child Mathias born Chicago 7 Aug., 1873. Baptismal sponsors for Mathias were Mathias Olk and Eliz. Jochum. Any info greatly appreciated.

Gorges

Terry Gorges — 31 Oct 2000 3:02:57 GMT

My Grandparents were from Germany. There are a lot of Gorges that live here in Andale Kansas. Don't have much more info. than that

Check this site for church records in Germany

Anisah1969 — 30 Aug 2006 10:06:19 GMT

I found christening records on the Morman's site www.familysearch.org for my ancestors. I had been stuck and had no idea where they came from in Germany. They seem to have a lot of records.

Hope this helps someone!

Anisah :)

Joseph Gorges, Prussia to Kansas

Anisah1969 — 30 Aug 2006 10:06:19 GMT

Looking for siblings, parents, any kind of family of my ancestor, Joseph Gorges, and his wife Margaret Helena Ditgen. Joseph was born May 21, 1849 in Prussia, Germany, and died September 07, 1917. He lived near Andale, Sedgewick County, Kansas, for many years. He married Margaret in 1876 in Germany. Margaret was born 1851 in Germany, and died in 1887, in Rice or Reno County, Kansas. Joseph also married Sophia Augsburger about 1888; Louisa Abry/Asry in 1908; and Margaret Kitzner, about 1914.

Joseph and Margaret's children:

Kate Gorges, born 1879-1880. Married Unknown Hodson.

Margaret Gorges, born 1880, died 1934. Married Pearl Oscar Evans.

Nickolas Gorges, born 1878,1879.

JOHN GORGES, my gg grandfather. Born March 22, 1883 in Rice or Reno County, Kansas. Died March 13, 1933 in Hutchinson, Kansas. He married MARY ANNA OSENBAUGH 1901 in Dade County, Missouri. Their children:

Goldie May Gorges, born May 31, 1911 in Kansas. Married Morris Leigh Ball April 1933 in Sedgewick County, Kansas.

Joe Gorges.

Elmer Gorges.

Wilbur Gorges.

Gladys Gorges.

ESTHER ELIZABETH GORGES, born August 08, 1924 in Newton, Kansas, died July 15, 1975 in Hutchinson, kansas. She married WILLIAM DALE INGRIM 1939 in Denver, Colorado.

Anyone researching Gorges in Kansas or have any info that could help me trace Joseph Gorges please email me.

Thank you.

Irene Gorges

xmaself — 1 Feb 2002 2:43:40 GMT

Howdy everyone, I'm looking for an Irene Gorges, whom we thought was a Spaniard. BUT after reading your messages, we might have been looking up the wrong tree. This is all I have on her. She had a daughter named "Anna" that was born about 1855 in Rhea Co., Tennessee. Her husbands last name might have been something like (Corlew, Corlieu, Corleiu, etc) Thanks

Pittsburgh, PA Cleveland, OH Gorges branches

raltuc — 25 Jun 2001 9:01:47 GMT

Mathias, John and Mary came to the U.S. from Alcace Lorraine, France and settled in the Pittsburgh and Cleveland areas about 1900.
Mathias John and Mary's parents were Gorges and Dupree. Mathias' DOB is about 1873.

John married Bertha (unknown maiden name) and Mary married Frederick Seiler; both in the Cleveland area.

Mathias married Laura (last name in question - brought up by a family named Hastings, in Bridgeville, PA; near Pittsburgh).

I am a Grandson of Laura Gorges and can provide information about my Mothers branch of the tree.

Can anyone help me fill in the rest of the Family Tree? I'm especially interested in the parentage of Laura Hastings Gorges.

Laura had a Sister, Bell, who married William Spear; also in the Pittsburgh area.