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George Washington Wesemann

1876 to 1949

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Son of George Wesemann and Fredericka Bauer. Hatter for the John B. Stetson Company. Married Elizabeth Cosbey, 1901; married Mary Matilda Knoll, 1907

Son of George Wesemann and Fredericka Bauer. Married Mary Matilda Knoll, 1907.

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  • 1876, 1 JanuaryBirth George Washington Wesemann born in Pennsylvania, in the nation’s centennial year
  • 1905, 26 JuneBirth George Willford Wesemann, only child of George Washington Wesemann and Elizabeth Cosbey, born
  • 1907, 10 SeptemberMarriage George Washington Wesemann marries Mary Matilda Knoll at home, 3249 North Howard Street, Philadelphia
  • 1908, 17 DecemberBirth Ruth Esther Wesemann, eldest child of George Washington Wesemann and Mary Matilda Knoll, born at 5715 North 4th Street, Olney, Philadelphia
  • 1910, 30 JulyBirth Ellwood George Wesemann born at 525 Girard Avenue, Philadelphia
  • 1915, 26 MayDeath Ellwood George Wesemann dies at Philadelphia, aged four years and ten months
  • 1918, 12 SeptemberMilitary George Washington Wesemann registers for the First World War draft, a worker at the John B. Stetson Company
  • 1930, 2 MayBirth Ruth Esther Reitter, the first grandchild of George Washington Wesemann and Mary Matilda Knoll, born
  • 1944, 5 NovemberOther “Mr. and Mrs. George Wesemann” received as members of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Tinicum, by letter from Zion Lutheran Church, Philadelphia: most likely George Washington Wesemann and Mary, though the bulletin does not say which George
  • 1949, 12 AprilDeath George Washington Wesemann dies at Philadelphia General Hospital, aged 73
  • 1971Burial An Elwood G. Weisemann buried at North Cedar Hill Cemetery, Frankford: possibly Willie’s son Elwood George Wesemann

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Georg Wilhelm Ehrenfried WesemannGerman records
Georg Wesemann1866 marriage
Geo. Wesemannsignature, 1866
Geo. Wesemay1880 census
George Wiseman1867 birth register
George Wisemann1873 death certificate
George Westman, George WesmanCivil War indexes
“Westman, George”Stryker’s roster
George W.
Geo. W.
George Weseman1940 census index
George Wessermann1940 Nockamixon census

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