Family/Spouse: George W. LINDENBERG. George was born on 19 Nov 1907; died on 10 Jan 1939; was buried in East Street Cemetery, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Adam Mackay Ganson (1862- ?), who emigrated from Scotland in 1862, was credited with being the George A, Fuller Company’s Superintendent of Construction for the Flatiron Building...in the parlance of the industry.."He built it". He and his wife, Maria Bull Ganson (daughter of the famous surgeon and scientist, George Joseph Bull) lived on Hamilton Avenue in New Rochelle. Adam is also said to have built the "Realty", "Pennsylvania Terminal", the "Trinity", and the "Trinity Annex Buildings", all for the George A. Fuller Company. The George A. Fuller Co. was considered to be the pioneer of the modern steel skeleton building. — David C. Garcelon April 17, 2009

Adam married Maria Beatrice BULL on 8 Sep 1906 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Maria (daughter of Dr. George Joseph BULL and Sarah Jeanette WESSON) was born on 23 Feb 1872 in New York; died on 15 Jan 1968 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Maria Beatrice, born February 23, 1872; was educated by a private tutor in Springfield, Massachusetts ; she married Adam Mc-Kay Ganson, of New York, who was born in Scotland ; he built the Flatiron, the Realty, the Pennsylvania Terminal, the Trinity, and the Trinity Annex buildings ; four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Ganson : Florence Jeannette, Charles McKay, Euphemia Sinclair, and David Ganson. The family now reside in Petersham, Massachusetts. (source: Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, biographical--genealogical; Volume 12)

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Dr. George Joseph Bull was born in 1848 and later devoted years of study to become an eye surgeon in Paris in 1886. He wrote The Visual Effects of Refractive Error (48 pages) and also the book Lunettes and Lorgnettes in 1870. George was on the staff of the Sorbonne Ophthalmology Laboratory along with Landholt and others under the direction of Dr. Emile Javal (1839-1907), from the French Academy of Medicine. Some optical equipment was even named after George including the Bull Cross and the Bull Ophthalmometer. He was considered the most famous ophthalmologist of his time in Europe and treated eye problems and prescribed glasses for the royalty of Europe and also the Pope. While in England he was even offered knighthood which he declined. George was married twice; his first wife (they divorced in 1883) was Sarah Jeannette Wesson, daughter of Daniel Baird Wesson (of the Smith & Wesson firearms company formed in 1852). The Wesson Revolver had been invented by Daniel Wesson. Some of their descendants still live in Massachusetts, in the Springfield area and some around Boston. His brother Edward’s wife’s teacher’s sister married George Bull in Paris, as his second wife in 1898. She also had taught in a school for the blind and devoted much time to the young artists of Paris. George died at the age of 63 in 1911.

George married Sarah Jeanette WESSON on 4 May 1870 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Daniel Baird WESSON and Cynthia Maria HAWES) was born on 21 May 1848 in Hartford, Connecticut; died on 8 Oct 1927 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Cynthia Maria HAWES on 26 May 1847. Cynthia was born on 11 Aug 1825 in Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 18 Jul 1906 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]