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- Florenz Bernard Weisz1856 - 1929
Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
Florenz Bernard Weisz |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
30 Apr 1856 |
Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio |
| Occupation[6] |
Bet 1883 and 1892 |
Coal business in Columbus |
| Marriage |
18 May 1887 |
Holy Cross Church, Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohioto Mary Elizabeth Krumm |
| Occupation? |
Aft 1892 |
Owner of Powell Run Coal Company |
| Residence[7][8][11] |
21 Apr 1910 |
476 East Rich Street, Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio |
| Education[5] |
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Holy Cross School, Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio |
| Death[2][9] |
9 Jan 1929 |
728 Linwood Avenue, Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio |
| Burial[3] |
9 Jan 1929 |
Mount Calvary Catholic cemetery, Mound and Mount Calvary Rds., Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio |
| Other[4][10] |
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Columbus, Franklin Co., OhioBio-hist |
| Reference Number |
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23231 |
References
- ↑ Carolyn Krumm Naas. Krumm family history book. (self published, Dayton, Ohio, 1995).
- ↑ Death Registration, Record Type: microfilmed certificates
Volume Number: 5970 Certificate Number: 3723.
- ↑ Death Registration, Record Type: microfilmed certificates.
- ↑ History of Franklin County, OH
volume two.
- ↑ History of Franklin County, OH.
- ↑ Opha Moore. Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio History, Vol. 2. (Historical Publishing Company, Topeka ; Indianapolis, 1930).
- ↑ United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T624)
ED#98; visit 128; sheet 6A; ancestry image 11.
- ↑ Franklin County, Ohio Auditor, Url: www.franklincountyauditor.com.
- ↑ at 6:15 pm from influenzal pneumonia (2 days) with contributing influenza(4 days). Informant on certificate too hard to read
- ↑ "Florenz B. Weisz, who figures prominently in the commercial circles ofColumbus, as sole owner and proprietor of the Powell Run Coal Company,of which he was the incorporator, was born in this city, April 30, 1856.He entered business life when amere lad and while he did not have theadvantages of a higher education he possessed those qualities industry,patience and perseverance--which are of far more worth than the learningof the schools, and which stood him well in the battle of life andenabld him to pursue his way successfully and finally attain to hispresent influential station in the business world. Mr. Weisz is a son ofFlorentine and Mary (Zettler) Weisz, the mother's family being amongearly settlers of Columbus. His father was born near Strasburg, Germany,October 25, 1822, and coming to America in 1830, settled in Starkcounty, Ohio. Here he plied his trade as a blacksmith and carriagemakerfor seventeen years, at the expiration of which time, in 1847, he cameto Columbus, where he engged in the same business which he followeduntil he retired from active life, but was not able to enjoy the fruitsof his labors long before death called him on June 18, 1901. He was wellknown throughout the city as a skilled mechanic, being one of the mostneat and particular men at his trade, and for his excellent qualities ofcharacter was widely known throughout the city. Upon attaining therequired age Florenz B. Weisz was enrolled as a pupil at Holy Crossschool, and after completing his studies there he secured employmentwith the Zettler Flour Milling Company, for which he worked two years,and then became conected with Zettler & Ryan, who were in the grocerybusiness. With this firm he remained but a brief period, when he enteredthe employ of H. Mineif & Company, hardware merchants, with which firmhe continued until he was seventeen years of age, and then waapprenticed to a blacksmith, with whom he learned the trade andsubsequently followed that occupation for many years as a journeyman. In1883 he left the forge, which had been the means of enabling him toamass considerable money, and established himself in the coal business,in which he remained alone until 1892 when he organized a stock firmunder the name of the Powell Run Coal Company. Three years later hebought up the entire amount of stock and has since been sole owner andproprietor. His business is in a most prosperous condition and from yearto year has witnessed steady growth, until at preent the volume of tradeis about as much as Mr. Weisz can conveniently handle.
On June 18, 1887, he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Krumm, adaughter of Henry and Mary (Yearling) Krumm, representatives of an oldfamily of Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Weisz have become the parents of fivechildren, three of whom survive, namel: Florence Marie, Bernard Henryand Louis J.
Among the fraternal organizations with which Mr. Weisz is affiliated arethe Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Columbus.He is also a member of the Holy Cross Catholic church. He is a man ofexceptional business ability and it has been by hard work and patiencethat he has succeeded in establishing himself in the lucrative businessof which he is now proprietor, and in this position he is numbered amongthe prominent factors which constitute the commercial worth of the city
- ↑ own their home free of mortgage. Mary lists that she is the mother offive children with three living. The have these three living at home:Florence, Bernard and Louis. This home is used as an office building in2004 with renovation it's value is now $298, 000. No details availableas to number of rooms because of the business
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