Person:John Houser (14)

Watchers
John Houser
b.1 Mar 1792 Bavaria
d.17 Feb 1865 Meadville PA
  1. Barbara Houser
  2. Katherine Houser
  3. George W. Houser1841 - 1905
  • HJohn Houser1792 - 1865
  • WUnknown - Aft 1821
  1. Elisabeth Hauser1814 - 1877
  2. Susanne Hauser1817 -
  3. John Houser1821 - 1887
  4. Heinrich Hauser1824 - 1825
Facts and Events
Name John Houser
Immigrant Name Johannes Christian Hauser
Gender Male
Birth? 1 Mar 1792 Bavaria
Marriage to Barbara Andre
Marriage to Unknown
Marriage to Anna Maria Latschar
Emigration? 1835 from Bavaria Germany
Medical? Blind later in life: at time of death.
Death? 17 Feb 1865 Meadville PA

First lived in NYC after arriving in the US, then to Cincinnati OH, then settled in Vernon Township Crawford Co. His property was close to the Van Horne property. He was a weaver in PA. He went blind, and his wife needed to work as a cleaning woman to support the family. Soldier in the Mexican war according to memoirs of Otto - likely was his son (Otto's half brother, John Houser Jr)

In Germany he was listed in per Burgerbuch der Verbandsgemeinde Hochspeyer 1650-1850 as being a Lienenweber (linen weaver) like his father before him in Fischbach.

References
  1.   Per Burgerbuch der Verbandsgemeinde Hochspeyer 1650-1850
    185.