Joseph Weiler

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Weiler was born on 17 November 1836, in West Nantmeal Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jacob Weiler, was 28 and his mother, Anna Maria Malin, was 34. He married Mary Adelia Chaffin on 26 October 1861, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 4 August 1885, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Weiler
1836–1885
Mary Adelia Chaffin
1843–1921
Marriage: 26 October 1861
Joseph Louis Weiler
1862–1932
Charles S Morris
Ernest Lambourne
Heber S Cutler
Mary Amelia Weiler
1864–1955
Anna Maria Weiler
1868–1869
Sarah Elizabeth Weiler
1870–1874
Edith Laura Weiler
1872–1897
Jacob Malin Weiler
1874–1921
Gerda Belle Weiler
1876–1966
Lydia Adelia Weiler
1878–1963
Darwin Leo Weiler
1881–1885

Sources (70)

  • Joseph Weilar in household of Jacob Weilar, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Joseph Weiler, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • Joseph Weiler in entry for Jacob M Weiler, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868

Name Meaning

German and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): habitational name from any of several places so named in southern Germany.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Weil .

German: topographic name from Middle High German wīler ‘hamlet, farmstead, small village’. Compare Wyler .

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

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