Children of August Weissgerber
Clara Davis, née Weissgerber
Born: Dec. 1885 in IL
Mother: Nancy Weissgerber, née Miller
Father: August Weissgerber
Had Black curly hair and blue eyes, was the plumpest of the sisters
Married: Robert Nicholas Davis (1879-1947) (Ava, IL)
Children: Ruby Korando
Died: May 26, 1941 in Ava, IL
Buried: with Husband at Bower Cemetery near Ava, IL
Census: 1900
Harriet “Hattie” Reeves, née Weissgerber
Born: Dec. 8, 1887 in Ava or Winehill, IL
Mother: Nancy Weissgerber, née Miller
Father: August Weissgerber
Married: Edward Karl Reeves, Sr. ca. 1910-1915?
Children: Edward, Mabel Murchinson and Wallace
Moved to Monroe, LA ca. 1920 (see Obit and 1920 census from Marion, LA)
Lived in Marion, LA in 1916
Died: Sep. 4, 1973 in Monroe, LA
Buried: Mulhearn Memorial Cemetery, Monroe, LA
Census: 1900, 1920 LA
Obit: from Ava, IL Newspaper
Sophia Kessel, née Weissgerber
Born: Nov. 1, 1889 in IL
Mother: Nancy Weissgerber, née Miller
Father: August Weissgerber
Married: George D. Kessel, April 15, 1914
Children: Lester (1915), Helen K Gale (1918, obit), Elda Kessel (1921/22)
Buried at Bower Cemetery
Census: 1900
Josephine Bower, née Weissgerber
Born: Nov. 30, 1891
Mother: Nancy Weissgerber, née Miller
Father: August Weissgerber
Married: Charles (or Cassander) Bower (1894-1963) March 1919 (d. Belleville, St. Clair, IL)
Children: (3 sons, 3 daughters)
Died: Dec. 7, 1979 (d. Belleville, St. Clair, IL)
Obit: Belleville News Democrat, 1979 (not in my possession)
Census: 1900
John Albert Weissgerber
Born: Dec. 6, 1893
Mother: Nancy Weissgerber, née Miller
Father: August Weissgerber
Never married
lived in Ava, IL most of his life
Died: May 1, 1961
Probably had diabetes according to Fern Brown
Buried at Bower Cemetery
Census: 1900, 1920
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Sources
1900 Census
Illinois, Jackson cty
Kincaid Twp
1920 Census
Illinois, Jackson cty
Kinkaid twp, Enumeration District 57
1920 Census
Louisiana
Union, 2-WD
Series: T625
Roll: 632
Born: Dec. 1885 in IL
Mother: Nancy Weissgerber, née Miller
Father: August Weissgerber
Had Black curly hair and blue eyes, was the plumpest of the sisters
Married: Robert Nicholas Davis (1879-1947) (Ava, IL)
Children: Ruby Korando
Died: May 26, 1941 in Ava, IL
Buried: with Husband at Bower Cemetery near Ava, IL
Census: 1900
Harriet “Hattie” Reeves, née Weissgerber
Born: Dec. 8, 1887 in Ava or Winehill, IL
Mother: Nancy Weissgerber, née Miller
Father: August Weissgerber
Married: Edward Karl Reeves, Sr. ca. 1910-1915?
Children: Edward, Mabel Murchinson and Wallace
Moved to Monroe, LA ca. 1920 (see Obit and 1920 census from Marion, LA)
Lived in Marion, LA in 1916
Died: Sep. 4, 1973 in Monroe, LA
Buried: Mulhearn Memorial Cemetery, Monroe, LA
Census: 1900, 1920 LA
Obit: from Ava, IL Newspaper
Sophia Kessel, née Weissgerber
Born: Nov. 1, 1889 in IL
Mother: Nancy Weissgerber, née Miller
Father: August Weissgerber
Married: George D. Kessel, April 15, 1914
Children: Lester (1915), Helen K Gale (1918, obit), Elda Kessel (1921/22)
Buried at Bower Cemetery
Census: 1900
Josephine Bower, née Weissgerber
Born: Nov. 30, 1891
Mother: Nancy Weissgerber, née Miller
Father: August Weissgerber
Married: Charles (or Cassander) Bower (1894-1963) March 1919 (d. Belleville, St. Clair, IL)
Children: (3 sons, 3 daughters)
Died: Dec. 7, 1979 (d. Belleville, St. Clair, IL)
Obit: Belleville News Democrat, 1979 (not in my possession)
Census: 1900
John Albert Weissgerber
Born: Dec. 6, 1893
Mother: Nancy Weissgerber, née Miller
Father: August Weissgerber
Never married
lived in Ava, IL most of his life
Died: May 1, 1961
Probably had diabetes according to Fern Brown
Buried at Bower Cemetery
Census: 1900, 1920
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Sources
1900 Census
Illinois, Jackson cty
Kincaid Twp
1920 Census
Illinois, Jackson cty
Kinkaid twp, Enumeration District 57
1920 Census
Louisiana
Union, 2-WD
Series: T625
Roll: 632
posted by Matt at 6:57 PM
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F. F. Weissgerber, wife and children
F. F. Weissgerber (Friedrich, Ferdinand)
born February 21, 1815 - died Sept, 8 1886
Born in Meuselwitz in the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg, Died somewhere in Illinois (perhaps buried in Wine Hill)
Married Caroline Sophia W
According to census she is from Hannover, born abt 1833-34 - died 1880 in IL
children: Henry, August, Louis, Caroline, Earnest, William, Emma, Bertha, Fredrick, and Franklin (10 in all)
*Henry, born abt Oct 15, 1854; died March 15, 1865 died from sickness in Muscatine, Iowa. obit
*August, born ap 21, 1857; died feb 11, 1943. obit
* Louis, born abt feb 22, 1859; died ap 14, 1929 lived and married in Golden IL, to Katherine
Peil, may 26, 1889 then moved to Keosauqua, IA in 1907 children: 1 son, 2 daughters. obit
Children were Fred, Lily and Caroline. Fred married Esther and had one son. They eventually moved to Long Beach, CA. Lily married Lynne Doze and had one son Joe Doze. They lived in Humeston, IA. Caroline married Duckworth, who died of diabetes; they had a son Louis who married Myrtle. Caroline then married Hugh Barnett who was killed; they had 2 daughters Myra Katherine and Norma Jean.
(Caroline eventually married Alex Smith.)
Myra married Ed Jebousek who she met in Keosaqua. They had 2 daughters. Carol Beth married James Robert Bolt and had sons Scott and Joel. Nyla Lynn married Larry Mayer and had 2 children, Amy and Andrew.
I am Nyla. Please write back to jebousek@charter.net
We are eager to learn more about the family. Thank you for your posting.
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