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  • Name: Charles Elmer HARSH
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 7 May 1868 in Fredonia, Mercer Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 17 Dec 1956 in Fredonia, Mercer Co, Pennsylvania d
  • Burial: Millbank Cemetery, Fairview Twp, 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. Gladys Eliza HARSH Birth: 1 Jan 1892 in Pennsylvania
  2. Marion Lee HARSH Birth: 1 Mar 1894 in Pennsylvania
  3. Muriel Irene HARSH Birth: 12 Jun 1896 in Pennsylvania
  4. Marjorie Belle HARSH Birth: 5 Sep 1899 in Pennsylvania
  5. Charles Kenneth HARSH Birth: 28 Feb 1905
  6. James Kermit HARSH Birth: 8 Aug 1911

Bibliography
  1. 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].
  2. Census 1880, Pennsylvania, Mercer Co, Fredonia, ED206, p28. T9-1154. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/005162273 image 763. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: 1880 PA Mercer Fredonia ED206 28].
  3. Census 1900, Pennsylvania, Mercer Co, ED133(Fairview Twp Fredonia), p19. T623-1440. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/004115133 image 236. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: 1900 PA Mercer ED133 19].
  4. 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]*].
  5. DeSantis, Loretta Barker and Sally Glaser Dufford, Mercer County Pennsylvania Cemetery Inscriptions. Sharon, PA: authors, 1982. FHL 974.895 V3d Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DeSantis MercerCem v[0-9]p[0-9]*].
  6. 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]*].
  7. 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-]*].
  8. 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: GilkeyGL GILKEY p282, HarshRC HARSH p205]
1868 [Ref: DeSantis MercerCem v8p166]
May 1868 [Ref: 1900 PA Mercer ED133 19]
age 12 in 1880 [Ref: 1880 PA Mercer Fredonia ED206 28]
age 2 in 1870 [Ref: 1870 PA Mercer Fairview 01],
place:
[Ref: Brown MercerCoPA p998, HarshRC HARSH p205]
Pennsylvania [Ref: 1870 PA Mercer Fairview 01, 1880 PA Mercer Fredonia ED206 28, 1900 PA Mercer ED133 19],
parents:
[Ref: Brown MercerCoPA p998, GilkeyGL GILKEY p282, HarshRC HARSH p205]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: HarshRC HARSH p215]
1956 [Ref: DeSantis MercerCem v8p166],
place:
[Ref: HarshRC HARSH p215]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: DeSantis MercerCem v8p166]
Fredonia, Pennsylvania [Ref: HarshRC HARSH p215]
Sources with Information about marriage to Minnie Lee HARDY
date:
[Ref: GilkeyGL GILKEY p282, HarshRC HARSH p215]
12 years in 1900 [Ref: 1900 PA Mercer ED133 19],
names:
[Ref: DeSantis MercerCem v8p166, JohnHARSH Family]
Charles HARSH & Minnie ___ [Ref: 1900 PA Mercer ED133 19],
child:
[Ref: 1900 PA Mercer ED133 19, GilkeyGL GILKEY p305, GilkeyGL GILKEY p306]
Research Notes:
1900: living in Fairview Twp, Mercer Co, PA. day laborer [Ref: 1900 PA Mercer ED133 19]

two sons, four daughters, first son Kenneth [Ref: JohnHARSH Family]



Pedigree of Charles Elmer 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)
Charles Elmer 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 Charles Elmer HARSH
1. Charles Elmer HARSH m. Minnie Lee HARDY
m. Minnie Lee HARDY

2nd generation

6. Charles Kenneth HARSH m. Gloria Joyce GAISER
m. Gloria Joyce GAISER