Person:Peter Wiessler (3)

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Peter Wiessler
b.2 Mar 1786 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
d.14 Jan 1876 Wayne, Indiana, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1769
  1. Thomas Wiessler1770 -
  2. Elizabeth Wiessler1771 -
  3. Jacob Wiessler1773 - Bef 1776
  4. Henry Wiessler1775 -
  5. Jacob Wiessler1776 -
  6. Abraham (twin) Wiessler1779 -
  7. Christian (twin) Wiessler1779 -
  8. Catherine Wiessler1780 -
  9. Daniel Wiessler1781 -
  10. Rudolph Wiessler1784 -
  11. Peter Wiessler1786 - 1876
  12. Joseph Wiessler1787 -
Spouse and Children
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m. Apr 1810
  1. John WisslerAbt 1812 - 1822
  2. Jacob M Wissler1813 - 1898
  3. Peter WisslerAbt 1814 - 1822
  4. David Wissler1815 - 1898
  5. Rudolph Wissler1817 - 1896
  6. Esther Wissler1819 - Bef 1912
  7. Leah Wissler1821 - Bef 1912
  8. John Martin Whisler1823 - 1909
  9. Martha Wissler1824 - 1911
  10. Peter M Wissler1827 - 1909
  11. Elizabeth Wissler1828 - Aft 1912
  12. Catherine Wissler1831 - 1906
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Peter Wiessler
Alt Name[1] Peter Wissler
Gender Male
Birth[1] 2 Mar 1786 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage Apr 1810 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesFirst Reformed Church
to Fronica "Fanny" Martin
Immigration[1] 10 Sep 1822 Wayne, Indiana, United StatesTo Wayne County, Indiana with brother Rudolf and families, settling on land known in 1912 as the Gen. Meredith farm, near Cambridge City.
Residence[1] Abt 1840 Greens Fork, Wayne, Indiana, United States"Old Wissler Homestead" on east bank of Greensfork, 3 1/2 mi. s of National Road
Census? 1850 Washington, Wayne, Indiana, United States
Census? 1860 Wayne, Indiana, United States
Death[1] 14 Jan 1876 Wayne, Indiana, United Statesage 90 -
Burial[2] Franklin Cemetery, Milton, Wayne, Indiana, United States
Religion[1] Mennonite
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Research Notes

  • Peter is credited with changing the family name from Weissler to Wissler.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Family Recorded, in Fox, Henry Clay. Memoirs of Wayne County and the city of Richmond, Indiana: from the earliest historical times down to the present, including a genealogical and biographical record of representative families in Wayne County. (Madison, Wisconsin: Western Historical Association, 1912)
    Vol 2, p 237.
  2. ↑ Grave Recorded, in Find A Grave.

    [Caution: no headstone photo as of Sep 2014 and no sources provided.]

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