George Henry Gerber    

GEORGE HENRY GERBER, merchant tailor, Beaver Falls, was born in Baden, Germany, July 6, 1847. He served four years’ apprenticeship at the tailor’s trade in his native town, and in 1866 emigrated to this country, settling in Pittsburgh, where he worked as a journeyman for nineteen months. He then came to New Brighton, where he worked seven years as a journeyman and four years as a cutter. In 1879, he came to Beaver Falls, and was in the employ of Harry Goldsmith for five years. January 1, 1884, he embarked in business for himself, and has now a large and successful trade.

History of Beaver County, including its early settlement; its erection into a separate county; its subsequent growth and development; sketches of its boroughs, villages and townships; portraits of some of its prominent men; biographies of many of its representative citizens; statistics, etc. by J. F. Richard; A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888. More Beaver 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