Conrad Weiser
(1725-1775)
Maria Margaret Battorf
(1729-1772)
Christopher Weiser
(1756-1818)
Barbara
George Weiser
(1785-1857)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Elizabeth Bucher

George Weiser 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 25 Jan 1785, Tulpehocken Twp., Berks, PA 4
  • Marriage (1): Elizabeth Bucher
  • Died: 2 Jul 1857, Sunbury, Northumberland, PA at age 72 4
  • Buried: Sunbury: Lower Cemetery, Northumberland, PA 5

   FamilySearch ID: L9G2-ZK5.

  General Notes:

Note to researchers: there are numerous Weiser families in Northumberland with similar given names, so care must be taken when reviewing facts. We suggest consulting the Weiser Family Association publications which keep the various lines in perspective.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: tanner in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA. 1

2. Census in 1850 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA. 6 George Weiser, 65, farmer, is living with Elizabeth, 62; Elizabeth, 30; Louisa, 26; and Malinda 21. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. His real estate is valued at $10,000.


George married Elizabeth Bucher, daughter of Henry Bucher and Catherine Epley. (Elizabeth Bucher was born on 6 Jan 1787 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA,1 3 7 died on 17 Jan 1871 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA and was buried in Sunbury: Lower Cemetery, Northumberland, PA.)

Sources

1 Floyd, J.L., Genealogical & Biographical Annals of Northumberland County (1911 online at http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/northumberp/floyd.html), Page 734.

2 The Daily Item (Sunbury, PA), March 13, 1923 Edition.

3 Gearhart, Heber G., Heber G. Gearhart Collection (Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.), Bucher families of Pennsylvania and Maryland, call slip FC BU.

4 The Weiser Family : A Genealogy of the Family of John Conrad Weiser, the elder (d. 1746) : prepared on the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of his arrival in America, 1710-1760 (Manheim, Pa.: John Conrad Weiser Family Association, 1960, 905 pgs.), Page 793.

5 Sunbury American, Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, May 25, 1877 Edition.

6 1850 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Northumberland County, Sunbury Boro, Series: M432 Roll: 804 Page: 207.

7 1860 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Northumberland County, Sunbury Boro, Series: M653 Roll: 1149 Page: 616.


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