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Soloman Weist

Soloman Weist

Male 1840 - 1913  (73 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Soloman Weist was born in 1840 in Ohio (son of Peter Weist and Margaret Elizabeth Albrecht); died in 1913 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana; was buried in Bethel cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN.

    Notes:

    Married to Nancy Burgess (1841-1883) in 1860.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Peter Weist was born about 1793 in Germany (son of Peter Weist and Catharinae Reenbach); died on 29 Jun 1859 in Indiana, USA.

    Notes:

    In the 1850 census for Nottingham, Wells, Indiana Peter and Margaret are farmers born in Germany. Living with them three of their children, all born in Ohio.

    His son Josiahs death certificate says his father was born in Switzerland.

    Peter married Margaret Elizabeth Albrecht. Margaret was born on 1 Sep 1792 in Germany; died on 2 Mar 1868 in Nottingham, Wells, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Margaret Elizabeth Albrecht was born on 1 Sep 1792 in Germany; died on 2 Mar 1868 in Nottingham, Wells, Indiana, USA.

    Notes:

    Born in Germany according to the 1860 census for Nottingham township, Wells, Indiana. At the time her son Solomon Weist and daughter Mary Ann Heckathorn were living with her, as were Mary Anns children Lydia and Franklin, and a shoemaker named Walter J. Grosh from Maryland.

    Children:
    1. Mary Ann Weist was born on 30 May 1823 in Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania; died on 30 Aug 1900 in Marion Co., OH.
    2. Josiah Weist was born in Dec 1825 in Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania; died on 9 Dec 1900 in Vera Cruz, Wells, Indiana, USA; was buried in Nottingham, Wells, Indiana, USA.
    3. Lydia Albright Weist was born on 28 Sep 1832 in Farifield, Ohio, USA; died on 18 Oct 1895 in Bluffton, Wells, Indiana, USA; was buried in Six Mile cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN.
    4. Sarah A. Weist was born on 20 Jun 1835 in Farifield, Ohio, USA; died on 8 Sep 1903 in Grundy, IL, USA; was buried in Morris, Grundy, Illinois.
    5. 1. Soloman Weist was born in 1840 in Ohio; died in 1913 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana; was buried in Bethel cemetery, Bluffton, Wells, IN.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Peter Weist was born on 11 Nov 1774 in Rohrbach Steinweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany (son of Johann Jakob Wuest and Christina Funk); died in in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

    Peter married Catharinae Reenbach. Catharinae was born about 1780 in Germany; died in in Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Catharinae Reenbach was born about 1780 in Germany; died in in Germany.
    Children:
    1. Daniel Weist was born in 1792 in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; died in 1839 in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.
    2. 2. Peter Weist was born about 1793 in Germany; died on 29 Jun 1859 in Indiana, USA.
    3. Margaretha Weist was born in 1798 in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; and died.
    4. Maria Weist was born about 1800 in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Johann Jakob Wuest was born on 14 Dec 1745 in Rohrbach-Steinweiler, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany; was christened on 16 Dec 1745 in Evangelisch, Rohrbach-Steinweiler, Pfalz, Bavaria (son of Johann Michael Wuest and Maria Johanna Crepel); died on 6 Jun 1822 in Ellmendingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

    Johann married Christina Funk on 19 Jan 1773 in Evangelisch, Ellmendingen, Karlsruhe, Baden. Christina (daughter of Johann Jacob Funk and Margaretha Stephan) was born on 16 Oct 1751 in Ellmendingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany; died on 9 Dec 1835 in Ellmendingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Christina Funk was born on 16 Oct 1751 in Ellmendingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany (daughter of Johann Jacob Funk and Margaretha Stephan); died on 9 Dec 1835 in Ellmendingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.
    Children:
    1. 4. Peter Weist was born on 11 Nov 1774 in Rohrbach Steinweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; died in in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.