george c maurer – Tuscarawas County Stories

One House’s Story: The Maurer Family

The Maurer House on West Ray Street, New Philadelphia, Ohio, 2023. (Source: google.com)

This house’s story is connected to the son of a prominent Tuscarawas County German immigrant who’s work impacted the New Philadelphia school system and countless late 19th and early 20th century New Philadelphia students. The parents of Jacob Maurer (1824-1901) immigrated, along with their six other children, to Tuscarawas County around 1840. The family ofContinue reading “One House’s Story: The Maurer Family”