Charles Balser    

CHARLES BALSER, meat market, Corry, was born November 25, 1848, in Damstadt, Germany, where he received his education. He emigrated to America in 1863, and learned his trade with John Lecuer, in Dunkirk, N.Y. Our subject was united in marriage March 26, 1878, with Maria Fuller, born March 22, 1859, in Buffalo, N.Y. They are the parents of three children, viz.: Charles, born January 11, 1879; Frank, February 3, 1880, and Katie, March 3, 1883. Mr. Balser came to Corry in 1870, where he butchered for Spence Myers seven years, and for himself six.

History of Erie County, Pa Containing a History of the County: Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.: Portraits of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; etc., etc. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884.  More Erie County History Books   Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.