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This collection of photographs features some members of the Guth family. The Guth family is from Neusimmonswald, Province of Baden, Germany. Two sons of Anton Guth and Theresia Rosch departed Germany for the United States. The brothers Frances Xavier and Leopold Guth arrived about 1850. They settled in Clarion, Clarion County, Pennsylvania. Both brothers had learned the jewelry and watchmaking trade in Germany and became successful business owners.

The Guth family is connected through the maternal side of the family starting with my grandmother Mary Eugina McDonald wife of Arthur Murosky. Mary Eugina McDonald was the daughter of Loraine Anthony McDonald and Frances Philomena Selker, Frances Philomena Selker was the daughter of Joseph William Selker and Frances Philomena Guth, Frances Philomena Guth was the daughter of Leopold Guth and Theresa Loll, Leopold Guth is the son of Anton Guth and Theresia Rosch, Anton is believed to the be the son Anton Guth and Katharina Wehrle.

At this time there are nine generations of Guth’s that descend from Anton Guth and Katharina Wehrle. They have over 643 known descendants.