Gottlieb Weiler

Gottlieb Weiler

Gottlieb 'George' Weiler, 1846-1919

• Father: Balthasar Weiler b. 31 May 1823, d. 5 Nov 1887
• Mother: Anna Walter b. 19 Jun 1822, d. 11 Mar 1862

• Gottlieb Weiler was born on 6 March 1846 in Machtolsheim, Württemberg.
• He was baptized/christened on 6 March 1846 in Machtolsheim, Württemberg. sponsored by Johannes Erb and Walburga Walter, both unmarried, of Machtolsheim.
• He was the son of Balthasar Weiler and Anna Walter.
• He emigrated with Balthasar Weiler and Anna Walter on 18 May 1853 departing London aboard the United States square-rigged sailing vessel American Eagle (899 tons, carrying 520 passengers, master Richard H. Moore). Passage was originally booked aboard the Prince Albert, to depart London on 5 May, but she apparently was delayed returning to London and did not depart for New York until 24 May. Traveling on the same ship were brother Ludwig Weiler and wife.
• He arrived in the US with Balthasar Weiler and Anna Walter on 17 June 1853 at the Port of New York.
• He and Ursula Weiler, Christian Weiler and Matthias Weiler were enumerated in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in the household of Balthasar Weiler and Anna Walter in Niagara, Niagara County, New York; living next to Balthasar's brother Louis, and just a few households from Anna's sisters Lucy Stahle and Barbara "Baumel."
• He began military service on 1 October 1864 as a Private, enlisting in Company G, 187th New York Infantry Regiment, G.A.R., organized at Buffalo, on 13 October 1864.
• He ended military service on 1 July 1865 at Arlington Heights, Arlington County, Virginia, mustered out of the same company he had joined nine months earlier.
• He was known as Charles Weiler after his service in the Civil War.
• Gottlieb Weiler was living in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, following his military service until Fall of 1867, according to his G.A.R. pension application.
• He married Amelia Hyer, daughter of Henry Hyer and Unknown (?), in April 1870 in Lockport, Niagara County, New York.
• Gottlieb Weiler appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, in the household of shoemaker John Meister.
• He was a house carpenter, according to the 1870 census.
• Gottlieb Weiler and Amelia Hyer appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Lockport, Niagara, New York, at Union. Other members of the household included Wilhelmina Louisa Weiler, Charles Henry Weiler and Anna Weiler.
• He was a harness maker, according to the 1880 census.
• Gottlieb Weiler appeared in the US Veterans Schedule of Civil War Union Veterans and Widows of June 1890 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 344 Walnut Street.
• Gottlieb Weiler became a widower at the 11 July 1891 death of his wife Amelia Hyer.
• He married Kate Robinson, daughter of John C. Robinson and Mary (?), on 18 May 1893 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, The Rev. Geo. Whitman officiated..
• Gottlieb Weiler became a widower at the between 1900 and 1910 death of his wife Kate Robinson.
• Gottlieb Weiler and Kate Robinson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 389 Walnut Street Violet was presumably Kate's daughter by her earlier marriage.. Other members of the household included Frederick Weiler, Amelia Weiler and Violet Amy Harlow.
• He was a harness maker, according to the 1900 census.
• The following appeared on 5 February 1903 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: Mrs. Adam Kammerer and daughter, Miss Ada Kammerer, Mrs. B. Weiler and daughter, Miss Emma Weiler, of Ontario Avenue, and Mr. and Mrs. George Weiler of Sixth Street are in Buffalo today attending the funeral of the late Mrs. Charles Weiler.
• He was enumerated in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in the household of Robert Griffin in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 271 Genesee Street.
• He was a harness maker with the city fire department, according to the 1910 census.
• The following appeared on 1 May 1911 in The Niagara Falls Gazette: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Borth, Mr. and Mrs. Schalcraft, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Boehner, Mr. and Mrs. C. Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. George Barnett and Mr. Charles Werler [sic] of Buffalo attended the funeral of Adam Kammerer yesterday afternoon. /P/ J. A. Kammerer of Toronto, Ont., was in town yesterday attending the funeral of his brother, Adam Kammerer.
• At the time of his death Gottlieb Weiler was living in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 391 Hickory Street.
• Gottlieb Weiler died on 14 June 1919 at age 73 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at Deaconess Hospital, 563 Riley Street.
• He was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, in the Grand Army of the Republic section.
• The following appeared on 16 June 1919 in the Buffalo Evening News: Entered into rest in this city, June 14, 1919, Charles Weiler, in his seventy-second year, father of Mrs. Herman Oelheim, Mrs. Ernest Rogers, Mars. Robert Heiler, Charles H., Anna and Fred Weiler. Funeral from the home of his son, Charles H. Weiler, No. 391 Hickock street, Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Friends invited to attend. Deceased was commander of a. J. Myer post No. 239, G.A.R. Niagara Falls and Lockport papers please copy.

• Last Edited: 31 Oct 2009