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Sylvester Gesekey

Sylvester's father was Peter Gesekey and his mother was Hester Ann Ritenour (Haggerty, Gesekey). His maternal grandparents were Peter Ritenour and Susannah Grimm (Ritenour). He had a brother and a sister, named William and Florence. He had three half-brothers and two half-sisters, named Frank, Gilbert, Charles, Annie and Elizabeth.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Peter Gesekey
  
  Sylvester Gesekey
  
  George Reitenauer
  - b.~ 1750 d.< 1784 in Frederick County, Maryland, USA
  
  Adam Ritenour Sr.
  - b.14 Feb 1776 in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA d.1858 in Springfield township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Jacob Schneider
  - b.01 Jun 1725 in Grunwetterspach, duchy of Wuerttemberg Germany d.27 Sep 1778 in Frederick County, Maryland, USA
  
  Maria Elizabeth Snyder (Reitenauer, Gallentine)
  - b.11 Jun 1760 d.01 Oct 1836 in Salt Lick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Maria Magdalena Bissinger (Schneider)^*
  - b.15 Mar 1731 in Ensweingen Wuertemberg, Germany d.13 Feb 1810
  
  Peter Ritenour
  - b.19 Mar 1830 in Salt Lick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA d.30 Mar 1906 in Salt Lick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Christopher Sleesman
  
  George Sleasman Sr.
  - b. in New Jersey, USA d.1812
  
  Catherine Ars (Sleesman)
  
  Hannah Sleasman (Ritenour)
  - b.1781 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
  
  Demaris Miller (Sleasman)
  
  Hester Ann Ritenour (Haggerty, Gesekey)
  
  Paul Grimm
  
  Susannah Grimm (Ritenour)
  - b.05 Jul 1834 in Salt Lick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA d.05 Nov 1912 in Salt Lick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Pegg Shupe (Grimm)
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)