Samuel Balsiger and Anna Gossar

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Husband Samuel Balsiger ¹

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           Born: 1777 - Switzerland 1
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Wife Anna Gossar ¹

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           Born: 1783 1
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Children

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1 M Samuel Balsiger ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1818 - Germany 1
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           Died: 1891 - ? Armstrong Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Kellersburg Cemetery, Madison Twp, Armstrong Co, PA

         Spouse: Mary Painter (1825-      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Balsiger

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He, his wife, and their son Samuel, came to America in 1827. They became lost at sea and to save the lives of the rest from starvation they cast lots to see which one would be sacrificed for food, they had each been eliminated down to two-Samuel Balsiger, age nine, and a boy by the name of Cook, and the last lot fell to the Cook boy, but a ship was sighted before the deed was done thus saving the boy's life.

1 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 294.

2 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 776.