Herman Rudolph Grotthouse⚭ Margaret Maria Hastens (m. 1861), Mary Gephart
childrenHenry Herman Grotthouse · William Henry Grotthouse · Edward Grotthouse · Charles Grotthouse
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What the record says
Emigrated from Germany, arriving in America at age sixteen.
Only survivor of his immigrant family (parents and two brothers died 1854-1858 in Pittsburg).
Learned the cooper's trade in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he ran a cooperage until June 1868, then moved his family to Berlin, Holmes County, Ohio, continuing the cooper's trade.
Married first (1861, Pittsburg) Margaret Maria Hastens.
Married second Mary Gephart.
Lutheran.
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