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Below is a family biography included in the Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania published in 1904 by T. S. Benham & Company and The Lewis Publishing Company; Elwood Roberts, Editor. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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CHARLES O. F. TREICHLER, of East Greenville, is the son of Joseph M. and Matilda (Gery) Treichler. He was born June 17, 1864, at Palm.
Joseph M. Treichler (father) was a hotel keeper and merchant at Emaus. He is a Republican in politics, and has served as postmaster at Emaus, and also at Palm. He is a member of the New Goshenhoppen Reformed church at East Greenville. Mr. Treichler was married in 1855 to Matilda Gery. The couple had eight children: Charles, subject of this sketch; Rose R. and Phoebe H.; Sarah Jane, died in 1861; Catharine, born in 1858; Laura O., born in 1861; one still born; John S. (deceased). Mrs. Joseph Treichler was the daughter of John W. and Kate (Glauser) Gery. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Gery: Mrs. Frank Steinman, who has two children, John and George; Mrs. Samuel Keppler, who has one daughter Hannah; Charles G.; George G., and Matilda (Mrs. Treichler) and Mrs. John Christman, both deceased. John W. Gery was a Republican in politics, and a member of the Reformed church. He was a farmer by occupation. He died in September, 1878, she in February, 1884. They resided in Palm where he died and afterwards she made her home in East Greenville with her daughter, Mrs. Keppler, where she died.
Charles O. F. Treichler attended school until he was fifteen years of age. He then went to Norristown and learned the trade of a printer, working as a compositor on the Norristown “Herald” for a number of years. He was married March 25, 1897, to Mary A., daughter of William H. and Sarah Sallade. They have two children: William S. and Pauline S. Mr. Treichler is a Republican in politics. He is a member of the New Goshenhoppen church at East Greenville. He started a printing office in East Greenville in 1890, in connection with his brother John S. They established the Perkiomen “Ledger,” one of the most flourishing of the country newspapers in the county. His brother John S. was a partner in the enterprise until the time of his death in 1900, since which time the surviving brother has conducted the business very successfully.
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