Henrich Solomon Weiser

Brief Life History of Henrich Solomon

When Henrich Solomon Weiser was born on 14 February 1786, in Womelsdorf, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jabetz Weiser, was 32 and his mother, Marie Elizabeth Wenger, was 31. He married Elizabeth Shaeffer on 4 June 1807, in Stouchsburg, Marion Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 29 March 1860, in Mercersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Womelsdorf, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henrich Solomon Weiser
1786–from 1858 to 1924
Elizabeth Shaeffer
1791–1878
Marriage: 4 June 1807
John Jacob Schaffer Weiser
1808–1883
Eliza Weiser
1809–1897
Elizabeth Weiser
1810–1890
John Weiser
1812–1870
Jabetz Weiser
1814–1903
Samuel R Weiser
1816–1869
Daniel S. Weiser
1819–1878
George Weiser
1821–1870
Rebecca T. Weiser
1821–1885
Catherine Weiser
1824–
Jabetz Henry Weiser
1827–1895
Catharine M Weiser
1830–1924
Reuben Weiser
1833–1870

Sources (15)

  • Soloman Weiser, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Henrich Salomon Weiser, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • Solomon Weiser, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"

World Events (7)

1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

1787 · Second State to Ratify U.S. Constitution

On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution.

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

German:

nickname meaning ‘wise man’, from an agent derivative of Middle High German wīsen ‘to teach’.

variant of Weisser . Compare Wiser .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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