Johannes Weishaar (1796 - bef. 1860)

Born 13 Dec 1796 in Schoenenbourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France

Ancestors

Husband of Eva Barbara Scheidt — married 16 Nov 1820 in Schoenenbourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France

Descendants

Died before 1860 before age 63 in Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Johannes was born in 1796.^[1] He passed away in or before 1860, when the Census shows his wife living with their son John M.

He married Eva Barbara Scheidt in Schoenenbourg, Alsace in 1820.^[2]

Johannes with his wife and six children arrived in New York from Le Havre on 10 June 1844.^[3] Seven of their original thirteen children were then surviving. Their oldest, a daughter Barbara, had arrived a year earlier.^[4] They made their way to Illinois, south of Chicago, arriving there in early July, via the Erie Canal and railroad.^[5][6]

Along with Johannes's family aboard the Iowa were several other Schoenenbourg families, including Johannes's brother Peter, plus two families of Scheidts, one of Blattners, one of Einhorns. They became founding settlers of a number of Cook and Will County communities including today's Chicago Heights and Joliet.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth record, Year 5, #8 (23 Frimaire); Schoenenbourg Bas-Rhin, Registres pariossiaux et documents d'état civil, Bas-Rhin Archives.
2. ↑ Decennial Table, 1813-1822, marriages #50; Schoenenbourg Bas-Rhin, Registres pariossiaux et documents d'état civil, Bas-Rhin Archives.
3. ↑ Manifest of the ship Iowa, arriving New York, 10 June 1844, Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897, NARA. Ancestry Record nypl #1022866408.
4. ↑ Manifest of the ship Sully, arriving New York, 16 May 1843, Ancestry.com.
5. ↑ George H. Woodruff, et al., History of Will County, Illinois (Chicago: W. Le Baron, Jr. & Co., 1878), p. 718.
6. ↑ Obituary of Ignatz Weishaar, son of Peter, Joliet Republican, 5 Nov. 1909; posted by Adler-Wilcox family Tree.

• 1836 France Census, Schoenenbourg, Wissembourg, BR, Bas-Rhin Archives
• 1850 United States Census, Bloom, Cook, IL, Roll: M432:103, Page: 19, John Wysan, 56; wife Barbara, 45, with son John, 12, three other children. Ancestry Record 8054 #16125663