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Michael WIESNER

Michael WIESNER

Male 1861 - 1923  (62 years)

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  • Name Michael WIESNER 
    Birth 17 Feb 1861  Elk Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Census 13 Jun 1900  Benzinger Township, Elk, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • 1900 census at Benzinger Township, Elk, PA shows: || Michael, b. Feb 1861, 39, married 14 years, b. PA, parents b. GER/GER, farmer; Catherine, b. Feb 1859, 41; b. PA, parents b. GER/GER; children, all b. PA: Rossie, August 1888, 11; William, Jun 1892, 7; Albert, Mar 1895, 5; Clara, Sep 1897, 2.
    Census 26 Apr 1910  Benzinger Township, Elk, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1910 census at Benzinger Township, Elk, PA shows: || Michael Weisner, 49, married 25 years, b. PA, parents b. GER/GER, farmer; Catherine, 51, 6 children/5 living, b. PA, parents b. GER/GER; children, all b. PA: Rosie, dau, 21, teacher; William 17; Albert 15; Clara 12; Richard, 9.
    Census 11 Jan 1920  Benzinger Township, Elk, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • 1920 Census at Benzinger Twp., Elk, PA shows: || Michael Weisner, 58, b. PA, parents b. GER/GER, farmer; Catherine, 60, b. PA, parents b. GER/GER; William E., 27, b. PA, driller, oil well; Clara M., 22, b. PA, occupation illegible.
    Obituary Elk Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Unknown Newspaper

      Obituary Michael Wiesner

      Following an illness of only one week, Michael Wiesner, one of Benzinger Township's most prominent and popular farmes and active in political circles, died last night at 8:45 o'clock at his home on Ford avenue. His death was caused by pneumonia. Thru misinformation his illness was noted as being due to a stroke in yesterday's paper, but it was pneumonia which caused his death. He contracted a cold about a week ago and developed that dread disease and despite the strenuous efforts on the part of his physician he expired last evening. His death came as a great blow to his many friends and acquaintances for not until yesterday did it become generally known that he was dangerously ill.
      Mr. Wiesner was born here on February 17, 1861 and would have been sixty-three years old on his next birthday. He was the son of George and Margaret Wiesner, the latter still living here. He attended the Township schools when a lad and afterwards assisted on the farm later taking up lumbering as a vocation and business. When the woods became depleted he again turned to farming and was very successful, standing in the formost ranks of Benzinger Township's farmers. He was elected Tax Collector, and served in that capacity up to the time of his death.
      On September 1xth (illegible) he was married to Miss Catherine Hummel, in St. Mary's church, and the coupld took up residence on the Hummel Farm on Alphonse Road, later named Ford avenue.
      To the Wiesner union were born five children, two daughters and three sons. They are Rose (Mrs. F. J. Seth) of Maurus street, and Clara (Mrs. R. W. Blassey of DuBois and William and Albert of town and Fr. Gregory, O.S.B. of St. Bede College, Peru, Illinois. His mother also survives as do four brothers, Feorge, Joseph, Louis and John all of town, and five sisters, Mrs. John Wolf, Mrs Alois Benninger, Mrs. Joseph Haberberger and Mrs. George Burden all of town and Mrs. Joseph Erick of Beechwood.
      Mr. Wiesner was one of those whole souled, hearty, jovial men in whom character has attained its greatest height. He was a good Christian gentleman, broad-minded and altruistic. Indulgent and lovable to his family at all times and withal a man of whom nothing but good can be said.
    Death 27 Nov 1923  Benzinger Township, Elk, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6
    Burial 30 Nov 1923  St. Marys Catholic Cemetery, St. Marys, Elk, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I10585  MM
    Last Modified 22 Aug 2014 

    Father George WIESNER,   b. Jun 1844, Bavaria, GERMANY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jan 1905 (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Anna Margaret KRELLNER,   b. 1 Nov 1839, Bavaria, GERMANY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1931, Brockway, Jefferson, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Family ID F2731  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Katherine HUMMEL,   b. 13 Feb 1859, St. Marys, Elk, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1951, Olean, Cattaraugus, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage Sep 1885  [2, 3, 7
    Children 
     1. Rose WIESNER,   b. 15 Aug 1888, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1923, St. Marys Borough, Elk, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)
     2. William E. WIESNER,   b. Jan 1892, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1936, St. Marys, Elk, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
     3. Albert J. WIESNER,   b. 29 Mar 1895, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1942, St. Marys, Elk, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
     4. Clara WIESNER,   b. 5 Sep 1897, St. Marys, Elk, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1990, Hamburg, Erie, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
     5. Richard WIESNER,   b. Abt 1901, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Aug 1959 (Age 58 years)
    Family ID F2705  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 17 Feb 1861 - Elk Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 13 Jun 1900 - Benzinger Township, Elk, PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 26 Apr 1910 - Benzinger Township, Elk, PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 11 Jan 1920 - Benzinger Township, Elk, PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsObituary - - Elk Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 Nov 1923 - Benzinger Township, Elk, PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 30 Nov 1923 - St. Marys Catholic Cemetery, St. Marys, Elk, PA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1920] 1920 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1920), 1920.

    2. [S1900] 1900 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1900), 1900.

    3. [S291] Blassey, Valerie, Valerie Blassey Correspondence, Michael Wiesner obituary., 291.

    4. [S1930] 1930 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1930), 1930.

    5. [S291] Blassey, Valerie, Valerie Blassey Correspondence, 291.

    6. [S886] Pennsylvania Department of Health, Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1966, (ancestry.com operations, Provo, UT), 886.

    7. [S1910] 1910 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1910), 1910.