Forst, George Washington

Birth Name Forst, George Washington
Nick Name Wash
Gramps ID I1822
Gender male
Age at Death 74 years, 4 months, 27 days

Events

Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Birth 1856-05-14 Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
1a
Census 1860 Warren Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
2a
Census 1870 Warren Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
3a
Census 1900 Roanoke, Jackson Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
4a
Census 1910 Chester Twp, Wabash Cty, Indiana, USA  
5a
Census 1920 Chester Twp, Wabash Cty, Indiana, USA  
6a
Census 1930 North Manchester, Chester Twp, Wabash Cty, Indiana, USA  
7a
Death 1930-10-10 Roanoke, Jackson Twp, Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
1a
Burial   Oaklawn Cemetery, North Manchester, Chester Twp, Wabash Cty, Indiana, USA  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Forst, Conrad [I1802]1815-10-311873-05-15
Mother Forst, Sarah Jane [I0865]1827-11-251901-01-09
    Sister     Forst, Louisa [I1816] 1847-11-26 1910-05-21
    Sister     Forst, Amanda [I6351] 1848
    Sister     Forst, Mary Ann [I1824] 1849-02-20 1861-02-16
    Brother     Forst, Emanuel [I6352] 1850
    Sister     Forst, Mary Mariah [I1821] 1854 1934
         Forst, George Washington [I1822] 1856-05-14 1930-10-10
    Sister     Forst, Emmaline Mary [I1817] 1858-08-14 1943-05-28
    Brother     Forst, Alfred [I1819] 1861-02-12 1933-08-19
    Sister     Forst, Sarah Jane [I1818] 1864 1922-04-05
    Brother     Forst, Emmett [I1820] 1867

Families

    Family of Forst, George Washington and Shultz, Sarah Catharine [F0532]
Married Wife Shultz, Sarah Catharine [I1823] ( * 1864-01-18 + 1948-12-14 )
   
Event Date Place Description
Sources Notes
Marriage 1887-01-20 Huntington Cty, Indiana, USA  
8a 1a 9a
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Forst, Mable Carrie [I6353]1887-09-171973-12-25
Forst, Goldie Mearl [I6354]1890-08-301989-10-14
Forst, Earl Marion [I6355]1893-03-291947
Forst, Zora Leota [I6356]1898-01-251985-03-08
Forst, Lawrence Maynard [I6357]1900-07-251946
Forst, Glenn Melvin Sr. [I6358]1902-08-041974
Forst, Jesse E. [I6359]1905-08-011977-03-03
Forst, Donald Hubert [I6360]1908-07-291966

Narrative

[Obituary for G.W. Forst, from the Huntington Herald, 13 Oct 1930; copy from the files of Jane Anne Thomas.]

Funeral services for G.W. Forst, seventy-four years old, who died Friday night at 7:10 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ephriam Thomas of Roanoke, were held Monday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the First Brethren church at North Manchester with the Rev. J. Raymond Schutz in charge. Burial was at Oaklawn cemetery.

Mr. Forst died of anemia. He and his wife who resided on North Third street in North Manchester, went to the daughter's home eleven weeks ago after Mrs. Forst suffered an injury to her hand.

The body was returned to the home at North Manchester Sunday evening.

Mr. Forst was born March 14, 1856 to Conrad and Sarah Forst in Huntington county. His marriage to Catherine Shultz took place in Huntington county, January 20, 1887.

Surviving are the widow and children, Mrs. Ephriam Thomas of Roanoke, Mrs. Charles Howenstine of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Donald Frantz of Pierceton, Lawrence Forst of Mishawaka, Dessie Forst of Mishawaka, and Donald Forst of Fort Wayne.

Mr. Forst was a member of the First Brethren church.

[Editing note: son Jesse is misnamed Dessie in this obituary.]

Narrative

Note: the grandchildren of George Washington Forst and Sarah Catherine Shultz

George's obituary does not mention his surviving grandchildren at all, but the obituary for his wife Sarah states that twenty-one survive her at her death in December 1948. I can account for the following:

- Paul Albert Thomas, son of Mabel Carrie (Forst) Thomas
- Thelma Ivann Howenstine, daughter of Goldie Mearl (Forst) Howenstine
- Charles Henry Howenstine Jr., son of Goldie Mearl (Forst) Howenstine
- Garnet E. Forst, daughter of Earl Marion Forst
- Harold Eugene Frantz, son of Zora Leota (Forst) Frantz
- Arden Robert Frantz, son of Zora Leota (Forst) Frantz
- Richard Dale Frantz, son of Zora Leota (Forst) Frantz
- Phyllis Irene Frantz, daughter of Zora Leota (Forst) Frantz
- Galen L. Frantz, son of Zora Leota (Forst) Frantz
- Donnabelle Forst, daughter of Lawrence Maynard Forst
- Robert Lee Forst, son of Lawrence Maynard Forst
- Patricia Ann Forst, daughter of Lawrence Maynard Forst
- Lawrence M. Forst, son of Lawrence Maynard Forst
- Dorotha Iona Forst, daughter of Glenn Melvin Forst Sr.
- Glenn Melvin Forst Jr., son of Glenn Melvin Forst Sr.
- James Edward Forst, son of Jesse E. Forst
- Jackson Everett Forst, son of Jesse E. Forst
- George Robert Forst, son of Jesse E. Forst

...bringing my total of known surviving grandchildren to eighteen. Not counted toward the obituary's total are Betty Jane Frantz, who died in 1924 at eight days of age, and Catherine Forst (daughter of Lawrence Maynard Forst), for whom the last record I have found is the 1940 US Census listing for her father's household (when she was fifteen year old). Additionally, I have not found any information on children potentially born to George and Sarah's youngest son, Donald Hubert Forst, though Donald and his wife Helen were married for over twenty-five years prior to her death in 1961. If we assume that the aforementioned Catherine Forst had survived until at least her grandmother's death in 1948, that would bring the total to nineteen, leaving only two grandchildren unaccounted for.

Pedigree

  1. Forst, Conrad [I1802]
    1. Forst, Sarah Jane [I0865]
      1. Forst, Louisa [I1816]
      2. Forst, Amanda [I6351]
      3. Forst, Mary Ann [I1824]
      4. Forst, Emanuel [I6352]
      5. Forst, Mary Mariah [I1821]
      6. Forst, George Washington
        1. Shultz, Sarah Catharine [I1823]
          1. Forst, Mable Carrie [I6353]
          2. Forst, Goldie Mearl [I6354]
          3. Forst, Earl Marion [I6355]
          4. Forst, Zora Leota [I6356]
          5. Forst, Lawrence Maynard [I6357]
          6. Forst, Glenn Melvin Sr. [I6358]
          7. Forst, Jesse E. [I6359]
          8. Forst, Donald Hubert [I6360]
      7. Forst, Emmaline Mary [I1817]
      8. Forst, Alfred [I1819]
      9. Forst, Sarah Jane [I1818]
      10. Forst, Emmett [I1820]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Huntington Herald (Indiana) [S0014]
      • Date: 1930-10-13
      • Confidence: High
  2. US Census of 1860 [S0044]
      • Date: 1860-06-11
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FV-VQF : 30 December 2015), Conrad Forst, 1860.

        Event Date 1860
        Event Place Warren Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        Conrad Forst M 46 Penn
        Sarah Forst F 33 Penn
        David Forst M 21 Penn
        Louisa Forst F 14 Ohio
        Amanda Forst F 13 Ohio
        Mary Forst F 11 Indiana
        Emanuel Forst M 9 Indiana
        Maria Forst F 7 Indiana
        Washington Forst M 4 Indiana
        Emeline Forst F 1 Indiana

  3. US Census of 1870 [S0020]
      • Date: 1870-07-25
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXXB-L6Z : 17 October 2014), Geo Washington Forst in household of Conrad Forst, Indiana, United States; citing p. 22, family 159, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,824.

        Event Year 1870
        Event Place Warren, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        Conrad Forst M 53 Pennsylvania
        Sarah Forst F 45 Ohio
        David C Forst M 30 Pennsylvania
        Louisa Forst F 23 Ohio
        Amanda Forst F 22 Ohio
        Emanuel Forst M 18 Indiana
        Maria Forst F 16 Indiana
        Geo Washington Forst M 14 Indiana
        Emaline Forst F 12 Indiana
        Alfred Forst M 10 Indiana
        Sarah J Forst F 6 Indiana
        Emmonds Forst M 3 Indiana

  4. US Census of 1900 [S0039]
      • Date: 1900-06-12
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM1R-KND : accessed 25 March 2017), George W Forst, Jackson Township Roanoke town, Huntington, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 82, sheet 9B, family 218, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,378.

        Event Year 1900
        Event Place Jackson Township Roanoke town, Huntington, Indiana, United States
        George W Forst Head M 44 Indiana
        Sarah C Forst Wife F 36 Indiana
        Mabel C Forst Daughter F 13 Indiana
        Goldie M Forst Daughter F 10 Indiana
        Earl M Forst Son M 7 Indiana
        Zora L Forst Daughter F 2 Indiana

  5. US Census of 1910 [S0040]
      • Date: 1910-05-20
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKRW-P7N : accessed 25 March 2017), G W Forst, Chester, Wabash, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 141, sheet 14A, family 353, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 386; FHL microfilm 1,374,399.

        Event Date 1910
        Event Place Chester, Wabash, Indiana, United States
        G W Forst Head M 53 Indiana
        Catherine Forst Wife F 46 Indiana
        Golda Forst Daughter F 19 Indiana
        Earl Forst Son M 17 Indiana
        Zora Forst Daughter F 12 Indiana
        Lauerence Forst Son M 9 Indiana
        Glenn Forst Son M 7 Indiana
        Jessie Forst Son M 4 Indiana
        Donald Forst Son M 0 Indiana

  6. US Census of 1920 [S0041]
      • Date: 1920-01-14
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFHQ-1RH : accessed 25 March 2017), George Forst, Chester, Wabash, Indiana, United States; citing ED 179, sheet 4A, line 19, family 77, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 472; FHL microfilm 1,820,472.

        Event Date 1920
        Event Place Chester, Wabash, Indiana, United States
        George Forst Head M 63 Indiana
        Sarah Forst Wife F 55 Indiana
        Glenn Forst Son M 17 Indiana
        Jessie Forst Son M 14 Indiana
        Donald Forst Son M 11 Indiana

  7. US Census of 1930 [S0042]
      • Date: 1930-04-05
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X417-DX6 : accessed 25 March 2017), G W Forst, North Manchester, Wabash, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 5B, line 76, family 158, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 636; FHL microfilm 2,340,371.

        Event Date 1930
        Event Place North Manchester, Wabash, Indiana, United States
        G W Forst Head M 74 Indiana
        Catherine Forst Wife F 66 Indiana

  8. Indiana, Marriages, 1811-2007 [S0302]
      • Date: 1887-04-05
      • Confidence: High
      • Citation:

        "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXJ3-XLY : 21 January 2016), George W Forst and Sarah Catharine Shultz, 20 Feb 1887; citing Huntington, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 2,295,491.

  9. Huntington Herald-Press (Indiana) [S0007]
      • Date: 1948-12-15
      • Confidence: High