Descendants of Samuel E. Ginther
Generation No. 1
1. SAMUEL E.1 GINTHER was born November 12, 1893 in Indiana, and died December 09, 1943 in
San Diego, CA. He married EDITH PAULINE BARKER December 04, 1925, daughter
of TOM BARKER and ANNIE SPENCER. She was born
February 07, 1894 in Pittsburgh Penn.on Spencer Ave. Ward 21, and died February
08, 1963 in San Diego, CA.
Notes for SAMUEL E. GINTHER:
More About SAMUEL E. GINTHER:
Burial: Ft.Rosecrans,
SD
Notes for EDITH PAULINE BARKER:
After Edith found out about the descretions of
her first husband, Edward Roth, her step-sister, Isabelle Wilson came from
California to get Edith and the girls and take them back on the train. They
told Edward that they were just going on a vacation and would return. She came
to San Diego and never returned. She got a divorce in 1924 from him.When they
arrived in San Diego the family had to split up. Wilberta went to live with
Aunt Harriet in Los Angeles, Beatrice with Aunt Beatrice on El Cajon Blvd. near
College Ave. and Dee stayed with her mother at Aunt Marie's on Granada
Ave. Edith married Samuel E. Ginther
after meeting him at the Boarding house that she and her daughter Dee lived and
worked at. It was run by their Aunt Marie, Edith's cousin. Edith also worked at
a grocery store in Hillcrest. They were married tilll his death in 1943. He
committed suicide.He was alcoholic. He was a mechanic and a fisherman by trade
and had alot of financial losses. From what is told, he lost several boats at
sea. Edith was always a quiet person. She attended church at different times
and at different churches all her life. Because she usually had to walk to
church or get a ride, she wasn't fussy about where she went. She told her
daughters that as a young person she had gone down the "sawdust
trail" at a meeting with Billy Sunday, a camptown preacher. This was the
term meaning she went forward to receive Christ into her heart and life. Edith
had heart troubles at the end of her life. She died in the San Diego County Hospital,
in the Hillcrest area.
More About EDITH PAULINE BARKER:
Burial: Ft.Rosecrans,
SD
Child of SAMUEL GINTHER and EDITH BARKER is:
i. VIVIAN2 GINTHER, b. 1928;
d. 1999.