Esther Messing

Brief Life History of Esther

When Esther Messing was born on 29 June 1886, her father, Walter R. Messing, was 26 and her mother, Agnes Schlehuber, was 26. She married Gilbert Wesley Weyant on 8 July 1908. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Dickinson, Kansas, United States in 1895 and Durham Park Township, Marion, Kansas, United States in 1900. She died on 9 April 1939, in Abilene, Dickinson, Kansas, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Abilene, Dickinson, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Gilbert Wesley Weyant
1879–1943
Esther Messing
1886–1939
Marriage: 8 July 1908
Rudolph Wesley Weyant
1910–1986
Agnes Weyant
1912–2013
Harriett Ester Weyant
1917–2002
Evelyn Ruth Weyant
1922–1997

Sources (11)

  • Esther Messing in household of Samuel Eisele, "Kansas State Census, 1895"
  • Esther Messing, "Kansas, Marriages, 1811-1911"
  • Esther Messing Weyant, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1890 · Woman's Suffrage

An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.

1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

Name Meaning

German: metonymic occupational name for a brazier, from Middle High German messinc ‘brass’ (see Messinger 2).

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

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