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Johnson Hindin Genealogy
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 1873 - 1955
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| Born |
4 Apr 1873 |
South Side, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
25 Feb 1955 |
| Person ID |
I792 |
Johnson Hindin Tree |
| Last Modified |
4 Aug 2013 |
| Father |
Ernst (Ernest) ROHRKASTE, b. 28 Mar 1823, Hanover Province, Germany , d. 3 May 1904, Mt. Washington, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
| Mother |
Sophia Dorothea STOLTE, b. 31 Jan 1825, Wendthagen, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany , d. 13 Jun 1915, Mt. Washington, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
| Married |
27 Jul 1850 |
Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
| Family ID |
F265 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
Pearl Spray Larimer |
| Married |
15 Nov 1905 |
Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
| Children |
| | 1. Herman L. ROHRKASTE, b. 3 Jul 1909, Pennsylvania , d. 4 Jun 1962, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio |
| | 2. Susan ROHRKASTE, b. 26 Jun 1911, Pennsylvania , d. Sep 1970, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania |
| | 3. James H. ROHRKASTE, b. Abt 1914, Pennsylvania |
| | 4. Karl H. ROHRKASTE, b. 10 Jun 1915, Pennsylvania , d. 22 Jul 1976, Pennsylvania |
| | 5. Virginia P. ROHRKASTE, b. Abt 1919, Pennsylvania , d. 2000, Pennsylvania |
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| Family ID |
F272 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
- According to Jordan, John W., "A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People," v. III, Lewis Publishing Company (1908), Christian was born in the family's homestead in the 25th ward of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He first attended German schools and then for six years attended the Morris public school. He finished his education in the public schools after a second course in the German schools. At the age of fourteen, he became a clerk in his father's store. He continued to work for his father and then his brother until 1905, when he bought out his brother Herman. In 1908 he as the proprietor of the business. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and the I.O.O.F. He was a Republican and a strict Lutheran.
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