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Girardin and Workizer Families
A paragraph on Christian Workizer can be found in the Quarterly article The Invasion of Tredyffrin by Franklin Burns.
Descendants of Jacob Girardin
Generation 1
1.

Jacob Girardin-1. He died on Feb 09, 1773[1].

Atelia ?.

Jacob Girardin and Atelia ? married. They had the following children:
2. i.

Margaret Girardin was born in 1750[2]. She died on Feb 04, 1805[2].

Generation 2
2.

Margaret Girardin-2 (Jacob-1) was born in 1750[2]. She died on Feb 04, 1805[2].

Christian Workiser. He died in 1786 in Intestate[2].

Christian Workizer made a Reparation Claim regarding his losses during the British occupation of Tredyffrin in 1777.

Christian Workiser and Margaret Girardin married. They had the following children:
3. i.

John Workiser. He married Mary Turner in 1800[3]. He died on Jun 29, 1838[1, 3].

ii.

Mary Workiser.

iii.

Elizabeth Workiser.

iv.

Priscilla Workiser.

v.

Jacob S. Workiser.

vi.

Margaret Workiser.

Generation 3
3.

John Workiser-3 (Margaret-2, Jacob-1). He died on Jun 29, 1838[1, 3].

Mary Turner was born in 1781[3]. She died in 1811[3].

John Workiser and Mary Turner were married in 1800[3]. They had the following children:
i.

John Shiradin Workiser.

Sarah Rooke.

John Workiser and Sarah Rooke married. They had the following children:
i.

John Shiradin Workiser.

ii.

Tamson Amelia Workiser.

Sources
1

The Workizer Family by J.O.K. Roberts.
2

Howellville by Sue Andrews, TEHS Quarterly vol. 39, #3 (July 2002).
3

Franklin Burns - History of Berwyn & the Great Valley.
Report created on August 25, 2012