George Washington Wesemann

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.

Direct line

• 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

Where George appears in the story

• Leaving Legally German Origins › The World They Came From
• The Thran Mill German Origins › The German Mills
• Jacob Friedrich Bauer, Christina Magdalena Rau and Their Children at Vaihingen German Origins › Bauer Family
• Willie and Anna Hippel In America › George and Fredericka's Family, 1860 to 1907
• Sophia and Edwin Detwiler In America › George and Fredericka's Family, 1860 to 1907
• George Washington Wesemann, 1876 to 1949 In America › George Washington Wesemann's Family, 1876 to 2004
• Ruth, Ellwood and Naomi In America › George Washington Wesemann's Family, 1876 to 2004
• The Bauers in Philadelphia, 1854 to 1923 In America › Bauer Family
• To Philadelphia, and Jacob Weiss (Jacob Wise) In America › Knoll and Weiss Families
• John and Carolina Knoll in Philadelphia In America › Knoll and Weiss Families
• Charles and Caroline's Children and Their Families In America › Knoll and Weiss Families
• Later Lives In America › Branchide Family

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