When Mary Eby Heiser Wissler was born on 2 February 1815, in Elizabeth Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Jacob Groff Wissler, was 38 and her mother, Anna Bricker Eby, was 37. She married Levi Erb in 1836, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States in 1870. She died on 30 October 1872, in Columbia Furnace, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Columbia Furnace, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States.
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German: variant of Wechsler .
German: habitational name for someone from Weisel near Friedberg, formerly called Wissele.
Swiss German: Alemannic variant of Weissler , an occupational name for a white-washer, painter.
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