Michael WIESNER

1861 - 1923  (62 years)

• Birth	17 Feb 1861	Elk Co., PA   [1]
  Census	13 Jun 1900	Benzinger Township, Elk, PA   [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
  	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   [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   [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   [4, 5, 6]
  Burial	30 Nov 1923	St. Marys Catholic Cemetery, St. Marys, Elk, PA   [6]
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  Father	George WIESNER,   b. Jun 1844, Bavaria, GERMANY d. 5 Jan 1905 (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Anna Margaret KRELLNER,   b. 1 Nov 1839, Bavaria, GERMANY d. 28 Apr 1931, Brockway, Jefferson, PA (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F2731	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Feb 1861 - Elk Co., PA Census - 13 Jun 1900 - Benzinger Township, Elk, PA Census - 26 Apr 1910 - Benzinger Township, Elk, PA Census - 11 Jan 1920 - Benzinger Township, Elk, PA Obituary - - Elk Co., PA Death - 27 Nov 1923 - Benzinger Township, Elk, PA Burial - 30 Nov 1923 - St. Marys Catholic Cemetery, St. Marys, Elk, PA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1920] 1920 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1920), 1920. [S1900] 1900 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1900), 1900. [S291] Blassey, Valerie, Valerie Blassey Correspondence, Michael Wiesner obituary., 291. [S1930] 1930 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1930), 1930. [S291] Blassey, Valerie, Valerie Blassey Correspondence, 291. [S886] Pennsylvania Department of Health, Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1966, (ancestry.com operations, Provo, UT), 886. [S1910] 1910 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1910), 1910.