1850 Census - African Americans in Dauphin County

G Surnames

Gaiter, John
location: Harrisburg, East Ward
visitation (house/family): 11/11
description (age/sex/color): 35/M/M
occupation: (none listed) possibly hotel employees
value of real estate owned:
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Enumerated at Wells Coverly's hotel. This was the Union Hotel, located on the southeast corner of Market Square and Blackberry Alley.
census page: 75A
other members in household: All African Americans enumerated at this hotel: Joshua Mills, John Gaiter, Mark Gaiter, Rachel Cox, Hannah Kelley, Betsey Thompson, Sarah Atlee, Adeline Dromiry and Teresa Smith.
Mark Gaiter
description (age/sex/color): 26/M/M
occupation: (none listed) possibly hotel employees
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Enumerated at Wells Coverly's hotel. This was the Union Hotel, located on the southeast corner of Market Square and Blackberry Alley.
Galbraith, George
location: Harrisburg, East Ward
visitation (house/family): 174/184
description (age/sex/color): 45/M/M
occupation: M. Minister [A.M.E. Minister]
value of real estate owned:
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: One unidentified child in this family is indicated as having "attended school within the year." George Galbraith lived next door to Edward Bennet, and three doors away from David Stevens, two other local A.M.E. preachers.
census page: 87B
other members in household:
- Elizabeth Galbraith
  description: 44/F/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
- Lucretia Galbraith
  description: 17/F/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
- Priscilla Galbraith
  description: 13/F/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
- George Galbraith
  description: 1/M/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
Gallaway, James
description: 38/M/B
occupation: Waiter
value of real estate owned: 1000
place of birth: Maryland
notes: In houshold of Kelly, George (see listing)
Villa do
description: 42/F/M
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
Gantz, Edward R.
location: Harrisburg, South Ward
visitation (house/family): 34/38
description (age/sex/color): 27/M/B
occupation: Laborer
value of real estate owned:
place of birth: Penna.
notes:
census page: 2B
other members in household:
- Julian do
  description: 26/F/B
  place of birth: Virginia
  notes: "cannot read and write"
- Lavinia Gantz
  description: 5/F/B
  place of birth: Penna.
  notes:
- Maria Williams
  description: 37/F/M
  place of birth: Virginia
  notes:
- Elizabeth Stanton
  description: 1/F/B
  place of birth: Penna
  notes:
- Jane Green
  description: 62/F/M
  place of birth: Penna
  notes: "cannot read and write"
- Elizabeth Bennett
  description: 17/F/M
  place of birth: Penna
  notes:
Gerrel, Amelia
location: Harrisburg, North Ward
visitation (house/family): 183/228
description (age/sex/color): 60/F/M
occupation: (none listed)
value of real estate owned:
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: "Cannot read and write."
census page: 66A
other members in household:
- John Gerrel
  description: 32/M/M
  occupation: Laborer
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
- Marks Gerrel
  description: 21/M/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: "Cannot read and write."
- Mary Gerrel
  description: 27/F/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: "Cannot read and write."
- Alexander Gerrel
  description: 16/M/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: "Cannot read and write."
- Sarah Gerrel
  description: 6/F/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
Gibb, David
description: 23/M/B
occupation: Waiter
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: In household of Stevenson, Henry. (see listing)
Sophia do
description: 21/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: See David Gibb, above.
Gibson, Hanna
location: Harrisburg, West Ward (432/481)
description (age/sex/color): 19/F/B
occupation: (none listed)
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: In the household of Henry Omit, hotel keeper. Another African American in the same household is Rosett Thompson.
census page: 32B
Gibson, Hannah
description: (no age given)/F/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Living in household of Commany, Lucy (see listing)
Gibson, James
description: 36/M/B
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Living with the Ayres, Thomas family (see listing).
Gibson, Lucy
location: Harrisburg, East Ward (35/35)
description (age/sex/color): 40/F/B
occupation: (none listed) possibly a house servant
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Enumerated in the household of Jacob Ziegler.
census page: 77A
Gilbert, Margaret
location: Harrisburg, East Ward
visitation (house/family): 179/193
description (age/sex/color): 50/F/B
occupation: (none listed)
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: One of four families living in the Josiah Brown dwelling (see listing)
census page: 88A
other members in household:
- Sarah E. Gilbert
  description: 13/F/B
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
- Mary Ann Gilbert
  description: 26/F/B
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
- Elizabeth Gilbert
  description: 7/F/B
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
- Nancy J. Gilbert
  description: 5/F/B
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
- William H. Gilbert
  description: 4/M/B
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
Graham, Jefferson
location: Harrisburg, East Ward
visitation (house/family): 217/242
description (age/sex/color): 39/M/B
occupation: Waiter
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Family living in the dwelling of Robison, Charles (see listing).
census page: 90B
other members in household:
- Elizabeth Graham
  description: 24/F/B
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
Gray, John
location: Harrisburg, North Ward
visitation (house/family): 56/57
description (age/sex/color): 45/M/B
occupation: Laborer
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
census page: 52A
other members in household:
- Fanny Gray
  description: 32/F/B
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
- Ellser Gray
  description: 9/F/B
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
- William Gray
  description: 6/M/B
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
- Anna Gray
  description: 1/F/B
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
other households in dwelling:
1. Maria Prine
  visitation (house/family): 56/58
  description: 40/F/B
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
  - Edward Prine
    description: 10/M/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
  - Ellen Prine
    description: 8/F/B
    place of birth: Pennsylvania
    notes:
Greely, Aaron
location: Harrisburg, East Ward
visitation (house/family): 29/29
description (age/sex/color): 39/M/M
occupation: Laborer
value of real estate owned:
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
census page: 77A
other members in household:
- Matilda Greely
  description: 47/F/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
- Agnes Dawson
  description: 90/F/B
  place of birth: Connecticut
  notes:
Green, Charles
location: Harrisburg, North Ward
visitation (house/family): 207/264
description (age/sex/color): 24/M/B
occupation: Laborer
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: "Cannot read and write." Living in dwelling of Childs, John (see listing)
census page: 68a
other members in household:
- Neanie Green
  description: 20/F/B
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: "Cannot read and write."
- Peter Yellots
  description: 87/M/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
Green, Jane
description: 62/F/M
place of birth: Penna
notes: "cannot read and write;" In household of Gantz, Edward, R. (see listing)
Green, Julia
location: Harrisburg, East Ward (116/116)
description (age/sex/color): 20/F/B
occupation: (none listed)
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Enumerated at Daniel Herr's hotel
census page: 83A-83B
List of all African Americans in this hotel: George Malony, Samuel Bennet, Ann E. Bennet, George Hamilton, Jacob Bennett, John Smith, Peter Adley, Augustus Coates, Phebe Belt, Mary Carter, Ann Foot, Eliza Forrest, Margaret James, Julia Green, Harriet Belt, Charles Bradford and John Fyatt.
Green, Julia
location: Harrisburg, East Ward (252/282)
description (age/sex/color): 20/F/B
occupation: (none listed) possibly a household servant.
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: Enumerated in the household of David A. Eyster, merchant.
census page: 94A
Green, Sarah
location: Harrisburg, East Ward (115/115)
description (age/sex/color): 30/F/B
occupation: (none listed)
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: In hotel of Benjamin G. Peters.
census page: 82B-83A
Greenly, James
location: Harrisburg, South Ward
visitation (house/family): 112/120
description (age/sex/color): 46/M/M
occupation: Oysterman
value of real estate owned:
place of birth: Penna.
notes: The names of Matilda and James Greenly appear on the monument to the African American Dead of the Civil War, in Harrisburg's Lincoln Cemetery.
census page: 7B
other members in household:
- Matilda do
  description: 42/F/M
  place of birth: Penna.
  notes:
- Emily do
  description: 10/F/M
  place of birth: Penna.
  notes:
- Cecillia
  description: 8/F/M
  place of birth: Penna.
  notes:
- James do
  description: 5/M/M
  place of birth: Penna.
  notes: Mustered into the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry at Readville, Massachusetts, March 4, 1864.
- Ann B. do
  description: 2/F/M
  place of birth: Penna.
  notes:
Greenly, Samuel
location: Harrisburg, North Ward
visitation (house/family): 90/97
description (age/sex/color): 41/M/M
occupation: Waiter
value of real estate owned:
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes:
census page: 55A
other members in household:
- Mary Greenly
  description: 27/F/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
- Thomas Greenly
  description: 3/M/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
- Thomas Greenly Senr
  description: 71/M/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
- Martha Brown
  description: 28/F/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
- Susan Greenly
  description: 29/F/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
- Sarah Burd
  description: 34/F/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
- William Miller
  description: 21/M/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
- James Miller
  description: 19/M/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
Griffith, Ann
location: Harrisburg, West Ward (284/314)
description (age/sex/color): 25/F/B
occupation: (none listed) probable household or farm servant
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: In the household of industrialist Jacob Haldeman, farmer. Griffith is listed with two other African Americans, Nancy Molson and Jacob Stratton.
census page: 20B
Griffith, Thomas
location: Harrisburg, North Ward
visitation (house/family): 249/322
description (age/sex/color): 60/M/M
occupation: (none listed)
value of real estate owned:
place of birth: Pennsylvania
notes: "Cannot read and write."
census page:
other members in household:
- Elizabeth Griffith
  description: 55/F/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes: "Cannot read and write."
- William Griffith
  description: 20/M/M
  occupation: Boatman
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:
- Elizabeth Griffith
  description: 15/F/M
  place of birth: Pennsylvania
  notes:

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