A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
NameJohann Herman “John” Gier 
OccupationCarpenter/Contractor134
Alias/AKA/John/
FatherChristian Geyr (Gier) (1818-1879)
MotherGertrude Ostlender (1826-1922)
Spouses
Birth22 Jun 1867, Utica, Livingston Co, Missouri136
Death10 Aug 1919, Chillicothe, Livingston Co, Missouri136 Age: 52
Burial11 Aug 1919, Saint Columban Catholic Cemetery, Chilicothe, Livingston Co, Missouri136
FatherJoseph Flavian “Frank” Bonderer (1827-1900)
MotherCatherine Barbara Seitter (1841-1912)
ChildrenEdward
Wilhelmina Bertha (1897-1980)
Gertrude C (1888-)
Christian Flavian (1890-1970)
Mary Mayme (1895-1978)
Bertha W (1897-)
Lawrence Joseph (1899-1991)
Joseph Arthur (1902-1982)
J Frank (1904-1982)
Clarence A (1906-)
Helen Louise (1911-1993)
Notes for Johann Herman “John” Gier
Jean Marie Gier’s information has birthplace: Aix-La-Chapella, Germany128
John Herman (Johann Herman) Gier was born in Schmithoff, Germany March 18, 1862. He moved to Chillicothe from Germany in December of 1881 with Aloys, Emil and their mother. John remained in Chillicothe and did contracting work of all kinds. 111
Jean Gier-Knight
I found that Engelbert arrived in New York 23 Aug 1878 via the ship Baltic. I found where Aloys, Emil, John and their mother Gertrud arrived in New York 14 Dec 1881 via the ship Pieter de Coninck. John L Gier says that Lambert his wife and infant daughter and Henry arrived in the USA May 1879.
From “Founding Fathers” biographies on St Columban Church website http://www.stcolumbanonline.org/history-families.htm
John Gier was born near Cologne in Aixla-Chapella, a German locality that furnished the best artists in woodwork. His father, Christian, was a skilled woodworker and, upon his death in 1871, his widow, Gertrude, moved John and his five brothers to the United States. The sons built an altar factory in Chillicothe located at 9th and Trenton Streets and specialized in the manufacture of church altars and church furniture. Some of their work can be seen at St. Columban's Church. The altars on either side of the main altar are believed to have been made in the Gier factory, and the inscription on the north altar says in German, "Gerschere der Familie Gier" - donation of the Gier family. When the price of hand carving became prohibitive, the Giers closed their factory and moved to other parts of the country.
John Herman (Johann Herman) Gier was born in Schmithoff, Germany March 18, 1862. He moved to Chillicothe from Germany in December of 1881 with Aloys, Emil and their mother. John remained in Chillicothe and did contracting work of all kinds. 111
Jean Gier-Knight
I found that Engelbert arrived in New York 23 Aug 1878 via the ship Baltic. I found where Aloys, Emil, John and their mother Gertrud arrived in New York 14 Dec 1881 via the ship Pieter de Coninck. John L Gier says that Lambert his wife and infant daughter and Henry arrived in the USA May 1879.
From “Founding Fathers” biographies on St Columban Church website http://www.stcolumbanonline.org/history-families.htm
John Gier was born near Cologne in Aixla-Chapella, a German locality that furnished the best artists in woodwork. His father, Christian, was a skilled woodworker and, upon his death in 1871, his widow, Gertrude, moved John and his five brothers to the United States. The sons built an altar factory in Chillicothe located at 9th and Trenton Streets and specialized in the manufacture of church altars and church furniture. Some of their work can be seen at St. Columban's Church. The altars on either side of the main altar are believed to have been made in the Gier factory, and the inscription on the north altar says in German, "Gerschere der Familie Gier" - donation of the Gier family. When the price of hand carving became prohibitive, the Giers closed their factory and moved to other parts of the country.