Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: William John HARSH
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 9 Sep 1854 in Fredonia, Mercer Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 24 Dec 1931 in Fredonia, Pennsylvania d
  • Burial: Millbank Cemetery, Fredonia, Mercer Co, Pennsylvania u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Johannes (John) HARSH Birth: 11 Feb 1810 in Washington Co, Pennsylvania Death: 28 Nov 1892 in Fredonia, Mercer Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Mary Elizabeth ORR Birth: 8 Apr 1832 in Fairview Township, Pennsylvania Death: 12 Sep 1925 in Fairview Twp, Mercer Co, Pennsylvania

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Edna Elsie HARSH Birth: May 1893 in Fredonia, Pennsylvania Death: Methodist Home, Meadville, Pennsylvania
  2. Florence B HARSH Birth: 25 Jan 1892 in Fredonia, Pennsylvania Death: 25 Jun 1893 in Fredonia, Pennsylvania
  3. Harry Martin HARSH Birth: Jul 1895 in Fredonia, Pennsylvania Death: 24 Aug 1931 in Fredonia, Pennsylvania

Bibliography
  1. Census 1860, Pennsylvania, Mercer Co, Fairview, p08. M653-1139. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/005171139 image 123. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: 1860 PA Mercer Fairview 08].
  2. Census 1870, Pennsylvania, Mercer Co, Fairview, p01. M593-1373. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/ 004278806 image 108. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: 1870 PA Mercer Fairview 01].
  3. Census 1900, Pennsylvania, Mercer Co, ED133(Fairview Twp Fredonia), p02. T623-1440. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/004115133 image 218. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: 1900 PA Mercer ED133 02].
  4. Census 1910, Pennsylvania, Mercer Co, Fairview Twp, ED145, p12. T624-1374. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/004449311 image 676. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: 1910 PA Mercer Fairview ED145 12].
  5. Brown, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Brown, Funk, & Co, 1888. SUTRO F157.M5H6. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/245812. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Brown MercerCoPA p[0-9]*].
  6. Stewart, Charlotte, James and Betsy Orr, private email 2/11/2013. Author address: char at stewart dot net. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Charlotte Stewart 2/11/2013].
  7. Gilkey, George Leland, The Gilkeys: A History of the Early American Gilkeys and their descendants. Merrill, WI: 1950. G3908. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/110992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: GilkeyGL GILKEY p[0-9]*].
  8. Harsh, Robert C, and Clara Hickox Harsh, The HARSH Family Genealogy 1740-1987, 3010 Derby Rd, Columbus, OH 43221; LDS Film#1421801#3. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/559090. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HarshRC HARSH p[0-9-]*].
  9. Denning, Lucille, Descendents of John Harsh, mid 1970's Information from this source tagged as [Ref: JohnHARSH Family].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: HarshRC HARSH p205, HarshRC HARSH p214]
Sep 1854 [Ref: 1900 PA Mercer ED133 02]
age 15 in 1870 [Ref: 1870 PA Mercer Fairview 01]
age 56 in 1910 [Ref: 1910 PA Mercer Fairview ED145 12]
age 6 in 1860 [Ref: 1860 PA Mercer Fairview 08],
place:
[Ref: Brown MercerCoPA p998, HarshRC HARSH p205, HarshRC HARSH p214]
Pennsylvania [Ref: 1860 PA Mercer Fairview 08, 1870 PA Mercer Fairview 01, 1900 PA Mercer ED133 02, 1910 PA Mercer Fairview ED145 12],
parents:
[Ref: Brown MercerCoPA p998, GilkeyGL GILKEY p281, HarshRC HARSH p205, HarshRC HARSH p214, JohnHARSH Family]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
4 Sep 1854 [Ref: GilkeyGL GILKEY p281]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: GilkeyGL GILKEY p281, HarshRC HARSH p214],
place:
[Ref: HarshRC HARSH p214]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Charlotte Stewart 2/11/2013]
Fredonia, Pennsylvania [Ref: HarshRC HARSH p214]
Sources with Information about marriage to Alice A MARTIN
date:
[Ref: GilkeyGL GILKEY p281, HarshRC HARSH p214]
22 years in 1900 [Ref: 1900 PA Mercer ED133 02]
31 years in 1910 [Ref: 1910 PA Mercer Fairview ED145 12],
names:
William HARSH & Alice ___ [Ref: 1900 PA Mercer ED133 02, JohnHARSH Family],
child:
[Ref: 1900 PA Mercer ED133 02, GilkeyGL GILKEY p305, HarshRC HARSH p214]
Research Notes:
1900: Farmer, living in Fairview, Mercer Co, PA [Ref: 1900 PA Mercer ED133 02]

1910: living on New Road to Fredonia, Fairview Twp, Mercer Co, PA [Ref: 1910 PA Mercer Fairview ED145 12]

1910: occupation: farmer [Ref: 1910 PA Mercer Fairview ED145 12]



Pedigree of William John HARSH
                            /-----Hans Heinrich HIRSCH
                   /-----Simon HIRSCH
                  |         \-----Juliana Veronica (HIRSCH)
          /-----Philip HARSH
         |        |         /-----Daniel LAWAR
         |         \-----Anna Maria LAWAR
 /-----Johannes (John) HARSH
|        |                  /-----William STRICKER
|        |         /-----Lawrence STRICKER
|         \-----Christina STRICKER
|                 |         /-----Peter WOLF
|                  \-----Barbara WOLFF
|                           \-----Hannah (WOLF)
William John HARSH
|                           /-----James ORR
|                  /-----William ORR
|                 |         \-----Elizabeth (ORR)
|         /-----William ORR
|        |         \-----Mary ORICK
 \-----Mary Elizabeth ORR
         |                           /-----Benjamin RIED
         |                  /-----William RIED
         |         /-----William REED
         |        |         \-----Polly O'DONNELL
          \-----Elizabeth REED
                  |         /-----Robert GILKEY
                   \-----Jane GILKEY



Descendants of William John HARSH
1. William John HARSH m. Alice A MARTIN
m. Alice A MARTIN

2nd generation

4. Harry Martin HARSH m1. Alice REIGLE m2. Elva STEWART
m. Alice REIGLE
m. Elva STEWART

3rd generation

8. Albert Chester HARSH m. Myrtle FAIR
m. Myrtle FAIR