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Tychicus Weidner, who was also called "Die- trich" Weidner, and his brother Lazarus settled in Oley township before 1754, and in 1759 "Dehecus" Weidner paid a federal tax of seven- teen pounds in Oley. He died July 9, 1799, and left his estate to his children, namely: Jacob, to whom his father sold a tract of land located in Amity township, in 1788, and two hundred acres in Oley township, a part of the tract of four hundred and four acres, in 1791; John; Jona- than, of whom further; Hannah, born April 10, 1764; Catharine ; Esther ; Susanna ; Mary ; Peter ; Christian, born Feb. 11, 1766; Elizabeth, born Oct. 16, 1767; Samuel, born April 8, 1771; Daniel, born Nov. 15, 1773.
Jonathan Weidner, third son of Tychicus
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Weidner, was born Sept. 14, 1762, died in 1838. He lived on a farm near Pricetown in Ruscomb- manor township. He and his wife, Barbara (Gambler) Weidner, who was of English de- scent, are buried at Pricetown. Children: Ab- raham, born April 7, 1789, of Alsace township, married Catharine Beck and had two daughters: Barbara and Amelia; Jonathan, of whom further ; Barbara, married Charles Rothermel; Hannah, married John Focht.
Jonathan (2) Weidner, son of Jonathan (1) Weidner, was born April 29, 1808, died in 1861, and is buried at Pricetown. He was a farmer, and for more than a quarter of a century was justice of the peace of Ruscombmanor township. He taught school for many years, and was a prominent man in his community. He was a regular member and attendant of the Reformed Church. He married Mary Ann Seidel, daugh- ter of John and Rebecca (Miller) Seidel. She died May 22, 1845, aged twenty-nine years, four months, seventeen days. Children: Augustus, born August 14, 1838, died in 1907 at Pricetown ; Mayberry S., of whom further ; Sarah C., wife of Elias Becker.
Mayberry S. Weidner, son of Jonathan (2) Weidner, was born in Richmond township, Berks county, Pennsylvania, July 21, 1842. He was educated at home, and by making use of his spare time added to his knowledge. He was licensed to teach at the age of sixteen years, by Professor William A. Good, and taught for six years in Ruscombmanor. On Oct. 21, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Ninety-third Regiment, Pennsyl- vania Volunteers, as a private and was discharged on a surgeon's certificate of wounds and disabili- ties Dec. 3, 1862. He was employed as a painter and paperhanger, and in 1863 came to Allentown, where he engaged in the business of contracting and building, continuing until 1888, achieving a large degree of success. During this time he built 367 houses. Since 1889 he has been en- gaged in the real estate business, also insurance, with offices at No. 438 Hamilton street, being one of the established agencies in the city. He is a Republican in politics, and is noted for his Pennsylvania German stump speaking throughout the state, being a noted stump speaker for over thirty years. He organized the Board of Trade and was its secretary for nineteen years. He was instrumental in locating many of the leading industrial enterprises in Allentown, and was known as the father of the city's policy of diversi- fied industries. He is public-spirited, but has al- ways refused public office. He was connected with the Allentown Bank, and was the organizer of the Pennsylvania Building & Loan Associa- tion, serving as its treasurer for twelve years, and
is still a member of its board of directors. He has witnessed the growth of the city from a pop- ulation of 12,000 to 60,000, and in various ways has rendered very valuable services. In June, 1896, he wrote a ninety-two page pamphlet under the auspices of the Board of Trade, entitled "De- scriptive History of the City of Allentown." On July 21, 1913, Allentown gave a reception in honor of Mr. Weidner, and in addition to it being his birthday, it was the fiftieth anniversary of his becoming a resident of Allentown. In the seventies, when the panic struck Allentown, the people alınost starved, the city being dependent entirely on the iron industry. This lesson taught thinking men that it was a wrong policy to rely upon only one industry, and Mr. Weidner was one of the men to establish other lines of trade, thus proving a benefactor to the people of his adopted city.
Mr. Weidner married, Nov. 12, 1865, Sarah Ann Acker, daughter of Michael and Maria (Leiby) Acker. Children : William A., of whom further ; Charles H., of whom further ; Emma.
PROFESSOR WILLIAM A. WEIDNER, son of Mayberry S. Weidner, was born at Allentown, Lehigh county, Sept. 28, 1865. He was educated in the public schools, leaving while a pupil in the second class of the high school in order to learn the optical business, having charge of the grind- ing of spectacle and eye glass lenses, and in this manner laid the foundation of future success. He then became associated with Drs. C. C. Cock- lin and Russell T. Cocklin, the former now lo- cated at Harrisburg, Pennslvania, being one of the foremost oculists of that city, and the latter a successful practitioner of New York City. Mr. Weidner was placed in charge of an optical estab- lishment located at No. 317 Market street, Har- risburg, where he continued for a period of three years, during which time he was preparing him- self, under a private tutor, and later entered the Chicago Ophthalmic Institute, from which he was graduated in 1889. Since 1893 he has been located in business in Allentown, with finely equipped offices at No. 528 Hamilton street where he follows the profession of scientific optician, enjoying an extensive and highly lucrative prac- tice, which extends throughout the entire eastern part of the state. Professor Weidner is a mem- ber of Barger Lodge, No. 333, Free and Ac- cepted Masons; Allen Chapter, No. 203, Royal Arch Masons; Allen Commandery, No. 20, Knights Templar, all of Allentown; Harrisburg Consistory, and Rajah Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Reading.
Professor Weidner married in 1902, Ida M. C. Leopold, daughter of the late Rev. Aaron Frederick Leopold, and sister of Rev. W. A. Leo-
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pold and Rev. S. T. Leopold, prominent ministers of the Evangelical Church. Professor and Mrs. Weidner have an only daughter, Marion E.
Charles H. Weidner, son of Mayberry S. Weidner, was born in Allentown, Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, in 1867, died Sept. 4, 1911, aged forty-four years, is buried in Greenwood ceme- tery, Allentown. After completing his studies in the schools of Allentown, he learned the trade of painter and paperhanger, and for many years conducted a large and profitable business at No. 517 North Sixth street, Allentown. He married Jennie Wickert, who bore him two sons: Ray William, and Edward.
Ray William Weidner was born in Allentown, Nov. 14, 1889. He was educated in the public schools of his native city, after which he took a course in the Boston Conservatory of Music. He gave his entire attention to that vocation, achieving a large degree of success, and has con- tinued in the same up to the present time ( 1914). He was organist and choir director of Salem Reformed church, Catasauqua, for three years, organist of St. John's Reformed church, Allen- town, and of Calvary Methodist Episcopal church, Allentown, and in addition to this has a large class of pupils in music.
Joseph Weidner, the son of John, was born near Trumbauersville, Bucks county, Nov. 16, 1795, one of six children. He married Eliza- beth Breinig, who was born in Lehigh county, Nov. 26, 1800, and resided in Upper Saucon township, where he was a farmer and held mem- bership in St. Paul's Lutheran church. He had five children : Thomas, who was born Nov. 26, 1823; William P., born May 7, 1825; Francis H., born May 9, 1829; Mary A., born Dec. 23, 1831, and Emma M., born April 9, 1840.
FRANCIS H. WEIDNER was educated in the public schools in the vicinity of his home and in later years became an active ore mine operator. The last ten years of his life he resided in Allen- town, where he was a member of St. John's Lutheran church. In politics he was an ardent Republican. He died at Allentown, Sept. 12, 1863. He married July 20, 1852, Sarah Hoff- man, daughter of John and Sarah (Kaull) Hoff- man. She died at Trexlertown, Dec. 6, 1853. They had one child, Lilia Amanda Weidner, born July 5, 1853, who was educated at the Al- lentown College for Women.
GODFREY WIDMER.
Godfrey Widmer, president and general man- ager of the Widmer Silk Company, a son of Samuel and Lena (Kramer) Widmer, was born in Basle, Switzerland, Aug. 3, 1865. He was educated in the public and high schools of his
native place and came alone to America at the age of 16 years. His first employment in the new country was in a piano factory at a salary of $3.00 a week. He soon found his way to Turn- erville, Conn., where he secured employment in the silk mill of P. W. Turners and remained here three years. Later he went to Paterson, N. J., where he was identified with the manufactur- ing of silk for 25 years, learning the manufac- turing of silk in all its departments, being in the employ of the following companies: Dougherty & Wadsworth, one year; Charles Needing & Co., seven years; Frank & Dugan, three years ; and the Columbia Ribbon Company, one year .. He then engaged in business for himself under the firm title, The Progressive Silk Company, which he conducted ten years, after which he came to Allentown. where he organized the Wid- mer Silk Company, of which Godfrey Widmer is the president and general manager; George Van De Mater, of New York, vice-president ; and Harry Newhart, a native of Allentown, as- sistant superintendent. The company was incor- porated under the laws of New York and has a paid-up capital of $15,000. The company is lo- cated at Fourteenth and Liberty streets, Allen- town, and the New York office at 156 Fifth Avenue. The dimensions of the mill is 100 x 45, in which they have 60 looms and employ 40 hands. In 1913 this company did a business of $150,000. The success of this company is due to a large extent to its aggressive president and general superintendent. Mr. Widmer was mar- ried in 1890 to Caroline Wohmer. They have no children.
WEIL FAMILY.
The immigrant ancestor of this family, we are told, came from France about the close of the eighteenth century, and settled in Bucks county, Pennsylvania. He owned his own home; was married, and had a son, Jacob, whose wife's given name was Sarah. They had the following chil- dren: Adeline, married to Edward Romich ; James Jacob, born Feb. 17, 1830, died Feb. 16, 1881, aged 51 years, less one day. He married Mary Laubach, born Dec. 8, 1826, died on Christ- mas Day, 1900, in her 75th year. They are bur- ied at Trexlertown, Lehigh county. Their chil- dren follow: Adeline, James, Franklin, Syl- vester, Leanda, Tevillia.
Sylvester Weil, son of James Jacob, was born in Lehigh county, and spent his youth in working at the ore mines in Macungie. After his mar- riage to Sarah Dietrich, daughter of Henry and Judith (Kutz) Dietrich, a farmer, who lived near New Smithville, Pa., he removed to Mahanoy City, Pa., and there was a stationary engineer in
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the coal mines until his death about 1907. He is buried at Trexlertown, Pa. He was a ward as- sessor in Mahanoy City for twenty years. His widow after his death, moved to Kutztown, and in 1911, to Reading. They had ten children, namely: Clara, Harry, Stella, Roy, Clinton, Elmer, Claudius, Elva, Marion and Franklin. Of these Stella, Roy and Clinton died young.
WEILER FAMILY.
According to tradition, the first Weiler (name unknown) resided in Longswamp township, Berks county, and sold Bibles. The federal census of 1790 mentions John Weiler, who had two sons under 16 and one daughter. He, likely, was the father of John Andreas, and if so, had been a distiller by trade. John Weiler resided in Longswamp township, where he conducted a hotel on the family homestead. He is said to have died at the age of thirty. He had been married to Maria Haas, the issue being: (1) Nathan, m. Ist to Maria Fogel; 2d to Mrs. Mary Ziegler ; (2) James; (3) Charles, m. to Revina Shank- weiler, of Longswamp; (4) William, m. to Re- becca Yerger, of Longswamp; (5) Peter, m. to Sarah Keck, of Macungie; (6) Eliza, m. to Daniel Weida, of Longswamp; (7) Sophia, m. to Richard Wertz, of Longswamp; (8) Mary, m. to Peter Hendricks, of Orefield; (9) Lucetta, who died single.
James Weiler, son of John, was born in Long- swamp township, Berks county, Aug. 29, 1816. When a youth, he lost his father and was raised in the family of Reuben Trexler. Later he be- gan a general store in 1836 near Lehigh church. He was one of the first school directors of Lower Macungie township, a member of the Reformed Church, which he served in various capacities. His wife was Sarah A. (b. Sept. 15, 1821; d. March 4, 1895), a daughter of Benj. and Lydia ( Helffrich) Smith, the issue being ( 1) Cassalina, wife of James Breinig, deceased; (2) Calvin, (3) Austin, deceased, m. Ist to Emma Schmoyer, deceased; 2d to Laura Bittenbender ; (4) Laura, deceased, m. to Wm. Bittenbender, deceased ; (5) Ellen, wife of George Walbert, of Allen- town. Mr. Weiler died Feb. 19, 1907.
Calvin F. H. Weiler, son of James, was born in Lower Macungie township, Nov. 29, 1848. Graduated from People's Business College, Reading. Went into the iron ore mining and contracting business. Moved to Allentown in 1896 and became salesman for Johnson & Swartz. The following year he returned to the country, conducting a general store till 1907, when he re- turned to Allentown. He was a Republican and a member of the Reformed Church, which he served in various capacities. He was married to
Caroline (b. Nov. 13, 1848; d. Dec. 25, 1897), daughter of Charles and Anna (Dankel) Shafer, the issue being (1) William, deceased ; (2) Her- bert; (3) Rhoda, wife of Geo. H. Slenker, of Allentown. Mr. Weiler was killed by an engine, Dec. 3, 1909.
HERBERT J. WEILER, son of Calvin, was born in Lower Macungie township, June 17, 1880. Attended Keystone State Normal, Kutztown, 1895-'96. Clerked for W. R. Lawfer & Co. for 5 years, the Globe Store for 6 years; then on March 4, 1907, began the coal and wood busi- ness and since 1912 is also engaged in concrete contracting business. He is a Republican, a mem- ber of Barger Lodge, F. & A. M., K. of F., and of the Reformed Church, which he serves as elder. He married, Dec. 26, 1901, Elsie D., daughter of Alfred and Clara (Boehm) Keck, their daughter being, Caroline E., born June 24, 1905. He resides at 525 Cleveland street, Allen- town.
William Weiler, the father of Dr. D. D. Fritch's wife, Sarah, was born in 1820 in Long- swamp township on the homestead in Weilers- ville. He learned the trade of tailor and followed it several years; then learned the trade of carpen- ter and carried on business as a building contrac- tor for a number of years; then directed his at- tention to store business at Weilersville for twen- ty years. He lived in retirement for some time and died January 10, 1904. He was married to Rebec- ca Yerger, daughter of Abraham, of the Swamp, in Montgomery county, who was born in 1825 and died in 1886. They had nine children: John (m. Mantana Kercher ), Jane (m. Edward Rose), Margaret and Amanda (who died in infancy), Sarah (above), Jonas (m. Lillie Bieber), Annie (m. Amos Weiss), Angeline (who died 17 years old) and Mary (who died 6 years old).
WEITKNECHT FAMILY.
George A. Weitknecht, son of Charles and Catharine Weitknecht, was born in Baden, Ger- many, March 23, 1817. He came to the United States when a mere boy, and lived for a time on a farm near Easton, Pa., and from there he settled in Lehigh township, Northampton county, on his own farm, and there he died. He was a Lutheran member of Zion's church, which he served officially, and a Democrat in pol- itics. His wife, Julia, bore him two sons: George W., and Charles H.
George Washington Weitknecht was born Feb. 22, 1844, in Lehigh township. He was reared upon the farm and attended the common schools until he was eighteen years old, then learned the trade of stone mason, which he fol- lowed until he was made construction foreman,
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during the building of the Lehigh Portland Ce- ment Mills, which position he has continued to serve to the present. Himself and family are Lutheran members of Zion's (Stone) church, at Kreidersville, and he has served it as deacon, elder and trustee.
He married Anna S. Bachman, daughter of Charles and Christiana (Fenstermacher ) Bach- man. Their children are: Annie (m. P. C. Biery ) ; Thomas F .; William H .; Sarah A. (m. Charles S. Miller) ; and Harrison E.
THOMAS F. WEITKNECHT, merchant at Lau- rys, director of the Cementon National Bank and school director of North Whitehall town- ship, Lehigh county, was born Aug. 5, 1873, in Lehigh township, Northampton county. After his education in the common schools, at the age of 17 years, he became a clerk in the general store at Beersville and later at Kreidersville. In March, 1897, he engaged in the mercantile. busi- ness at Laurys, in North Whitehall township, and there he has carried on a general store up to the present.
Himself and family are Lutheran members of Zion's church, and he is one of its trustees. Socially he holds membership in the following lodges: Chapman Lodge No. 637, F. and A. M .; Siegfried Chapter R. A. Masons; Allen Com- mandery, No. 20, at Allentown ; Rajah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., at Reading. He is a mem- ber of the Cemetery Association at Kreidersville.
He was married in 1897, to Lillie R. Reich- ard, daughter of Philip and Mary (Kress) Reichard. Their children are: Foster R., and Retta M.
ANDREW M. WEINGARTNER.
Andrew M. Weingartner, of West Bethle- hem, Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, was born in Fünf-Kirchen, Austria Hungary, Nov. 15, 1872, a son of Karl and Maria ( Hendl) Weingartner, and grandson, on the maternal side, of Johann Hendl, director Conservatory of Music, of Arad, a member of the family of Hendl, the great com- poser. Karl Weingartner was a manufacturer of agricultural machinery of Arad, Austria Hun- gary, where he was a prominent resident.
Andrew M. Weingartner received his pre- liminary education in the schools of Arad, and Buda Pesth, Austria Hungary, and later was a student in the Military School of Music, which he attended for a number of years. Upon attain- ing his majority he emigrated to the United States and pursued a course in music under the com- petent instruction of Henry Schradieck, in New York City. Upon the completion of his studies, he removed to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he has gained a reputation as a talented musician,
being a fine performer on the violin, and serving in the capacity of teacher of the same. He is also an instructor in music at the Moravian Seminary and the leader of the Bethlehem Steel Company's band, and also the Lehigh Valley Symphony Or- chestra. He is well known and highly respected in his adopted city, and his fame as a musician is not confined to Bethlehem alone, but has spread over a large territory adjoining.
Mr. Weingartner married, Nov. 17, 1896, Gertrude Elizabeth Ungerer, daughter of J. R. and Gertrude (Schoenen) Ungerer, of Bethle- hem, Pa. Children: Hermine and Andrea.
WEINSHEIMER FAMILY.
Henry Weinsheimer, the progenitor of this family, was born at Waldshilbersheim, near Kreuznach, Germany, Oct. 10, 1814, son of Frederick and Philippina (Bretz) Weinsheimer.
In his youth he served as an apprentice at the baker's trade, under the direction of his uncle, John Englebert, at Bacharach, Germany, his term of service continuing from 1830 to Jan. 31, 1833. He then worked in different towns at the trade until 1836, when he served two years in the German army.
He embarked at Havre, France, on a vessel whose destination was New York, reaching there in July, 1838. He at once came to Allentown, where he resided during the remainder of his lifetime. He became largely interested in various mercantile and industrial operations in his adopted city.
On July 1, 1863, he joined Company D, 4Ist Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, at which time his two sons, J. Frederick and Alfred S .; were then serving in the army. Was a Repub- lican in politics and one of the organizers of St. John's Lutheran church, in which he was an elder for many years, and superintendent of the Sunday school for 25 years.
He was devoted to his family and for 53 years he and his wife lived in happy wedlock. In Septem- ber, 1893, they celebrated their golden anniver- sary. She died in 1896, and he died Dec. II, 1898. Both are buried in Fairview cemetery.
He married, Sept. 12, 1843, Miss Rebecca Saeger, youngest daughter of Jacob and Mar- garet (Mickley) Saeger. Their children were: Jacob Frederick, Alfred S., William Henry, Os- car B., Margaret A., Evelyn C., Clara L., and Edward Charles Weinsheimer.
Jacob Frederick Weinsheimer married Agnes Hausman, and reared a large family. Alfred S. Weinsheimer married Alice Beitel, and is secre- tary of the Pullman Palace Car Company, at Chicago; William Henry Weinsheimer married Miss Margaret Balliet, daughter of Stephen and
a. M. Ningarhier
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Elizabeth (Huntzinger ) Balliet. They have children : Blanche B., and Frances E. He is president of the Southdown Knitting Company, of Allentown. Oscar B. Weinsheimer married Sallie Heimbach and had a son, Edgar ; Margaret A. married Samuel Cortright, residing in Phila- delphia ; Evelyn C .; Clara L., married Edward H. Reninger, attorney-at-law and secretary and treasurer of the Lehigh Valley Trust and Safe Deposit Company, of Allentown.
WEISEL FAMILY.
The Weisels of Warrington, Bucks county, are members of a large German family, and de- scendants of Michael Weisel, who emigrated from Alsace, then part of France, but now be- longing to Germany, and settled in Bucks county about 1740. He brought with him three sons, Michael, Jacob and Frederick, who were sold as Redemptioners. About 1750, Michael, the oldest son, married Mary Trach and bought land in Bedminister on the old Bethlehem road, near Hagersville, which his grandson, Samuel, now owns.
Michael Weisel, the second son, had four sons and three daughters: Henry, John, Michael, George, Anna, Maria, and Susan. Henry mar- ried Eva Shellenberger, and settled on the home- stead, in Bedminister, and his children and chil- dren's children intermarried with the Fulmers, Harpels, Detweilers, Leidys, Flucks, Lauxes, Sollidays and Seips, and settled principally in the townships of Bedminster, Hilltown and Rockhill, from whom have sprung numerous de- scendants. Nearly all the Weisels in Bucks county are descendants of Michael-the late Henry Weisel, Warrington, having been a great- grandson.
Jacob, the second son of Michael the elder, married about 1755, and they had five sons: George, Jacob, Peter, John, and Joseph ; all of whom settled in Rockhill, Richland and Milford townships. George, Jacob, Peter and John aft- erward migrated to Bedford county Pa. Joseph had three sons who married and settled in Mil- ford township.
What became of Frederick, the third son of the ancestor, is not known.
Michael Weisel, Jr., and his son, Henry, served as soldiers in the Revolutionary War. The Weisels of New Britain and Plumstead are of this family. The family of Henry Warring- ton, has in its possession a stove plate bearing date 1674.
Henry Weisel lived near Soudertown, in Mont- gomery county. He was a farmer, died about 1843, and was buried at Tohicken Church, above Hagersville. His wife was a Seipel. Their
children were: Mary (married Samuel Berndt), Sarah (married Henry Cressman), Noah (mar- ried Mary Althouse), Henry (married Sabilla Laubach), Elizabeth (married Reuben Moll), and Catharine (married Aaron Dimmick).
Henry Weisel, son of Henry, was born in Montgomery county, June 17, 1830. At the age of twelve years, his parents died and for some time afterward he lived in the family of Isaac Wambold, Esq., of North Wales. He learned the saddler trade and in 1851 began work- ing as a journeyman at Hellertown with Henry Desh. There he was later engaged in this busi- ness until 1876, when he began working for his son, William, and continued to do so until he moved to Allentown and there he made leather driving-whips, which were known as "black- snakes." In September, 1904, he made his home with his son, George, at Rittersville and there he died December 3, 1904, in the 75th year of his age. He is buried at Hellertown. His aged widow continues to make her home with their son, George, who tenderly cares for her. He was a notary public for some years; also a tax collector. He was an Evangelical in religious belief and served his Church faithfully and well as class leader, exhorter and trustee. He mar- ried Sabilla Laubach, who was born March 3, 1831. Their children were: William H. (of Allentown), James (of Birmingham, Alabama), George L. and Edward (of Hellertown).
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