Magdalena "Lena" Dreisinger

1873 - Yes, date unknown

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  Magdalena Dreisinger

  
  

• Name	Magdalena "Lena" Dreisinger
  Born	1873	St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Lena Dreisinger
  Name	Magdalena "Lena" Weckelman
  Residence	1891	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1896	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Residence	1905	Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States   [3]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-113273
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried	Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA
  Person ID	I113273	Generations
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	John Dreisinger,   b. 13 May 1839, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 May 1916, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Christine Braeuchle,   b. 3 May 1838, , Wuerttemberg, Germany ,   d. 1916, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States  (Age 77 years)
  Married	12 May 1867	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F24919	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	August Weckelman,   b. 1869, , Germany ,   d. 1905, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States  (Age 36 years)
  Married	7 Jan 1890	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Frederick William Weckelman,   b. 23 Oct 1890, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Nettie Weckelman,   b. 1891, , USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. August Weckelman,   b. 1897, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2024
  Family ID	F40480	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  One's third and fourth cousins have the same ancestors and I've learned that they can be"goldmines" for pictures, documents and family stories. In my great-grandfather, ChrisDreisinger's family, I "found" his brother William's descendants when one replied to a letter Ihad written to a bunch of Dreisingers listed on the internet. We shared pictures, names, addresses,dates, lots of stories and now, he is putting together a picture history of the family. All I knew about Chris' sister, Magdalena (Lena) was that she married August Weckelmann andmoved to Rochester. Because Lena's descendants wouldn't be close relatives, finding themwasn't a priority, but priorities become blurred when there are empty spaces on genealogy charts.Funeral home records of Lena's mother Christina (Braeuchle) Dreisinger, who lived in Elmira,showed that Christina died at 566 Hayward Avenue in Rochester NY and was brought back toElmira for burial. She must have been visiting with her daughter. My letters to Rochester funeralhomes and neighbours brought no replies, and I stopped looking \endash for a while. Some time later I wrote letters to internet addresses of Weckelmanns in and around Rochesterthey netted two replies. However, after a few conversations I realized these were dead ends.(Readers might wonder why I didn't try other avenues, but writing letters can be done from homeat any hour, and that's what I had time for \endash and I like writing letters.) Several months passed. An email came from a Gerry Weckelman, who said he was researchinghis family, and had a letter his uncle had got from me. Jackpot! Over the next year, we suppliedeach other with pictures, obituaries, addresses, dates, names. It was great! In David McKnight's Waterloo County Wills I found August's siblings listed with his mother's will. Gerry wasecstatic. Now, he could make more connections. Gerry's queries to the Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester gave almost "everything Iwanted to know" about Lena and August's family. What a sad story: the oldest son's death at 29was "suicide by shooting" (he was married, but no children as far as we know); the second son'sdeath at 19 was "suicide, carbolic acid"; the third son died of "pulmonary tuberculosis" at 25;daughter Nettie, died in her 70s. City directory records indicate that Lena was widowed ca1909,but we've yet to find a record of August's death. Is that the end of the story? Except for August's death data, I had found out much more than Iexpected. But no, there's a bit more. My husband, Charlie, and I spent a day with Gerry and hiswife, Linda. We drove to several addresses where Lena and Nettie had lived. One still existed:566 Hayward Avenue. Several hours were spent exploring Mount Hope Cemetery, a beautifulfascinating old burial ground (see the web site www.fomh.org). One small, flat, lying loose-on-the-ground stone was the only Weckelmann marker: "Our Will / Asleep in Jesus / F. W. W."[son, Frederick William Weckelmann]. The rest of the family was buried side by side somedistance away and had no grave stone. "So," I thought, " this branch of the family fades intooblivion." After a few months of consideration, I decided to have a marker placed. It reads,simply, "Weckelmann Family." Weckelman Family -- by Marion Roes (The Waterloo Kin newsletter, Waterloo Region Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society 2003, Vol. 3 No. 4)

  
  

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  [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 1 Page 44. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 12171 (1890), Wickleman-Dreisinger. August Wickleman, occ. dyer of Berlin, Birth Place: Germany Age: 20 Estimated birth year: abt 1870 Father Name: William Wickleman Mother Name: Christina Wickleman Spouse Name: Magdalena Dreisinger residence Elmira, Spouse's Age: 18 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872 Spouse Birth Place: St Jacobs Ont Spouse Father Name: John Dreisinger Spouse Mother Name: Christina Dreisinger Marriage Date: 7 Jan 1890 Marriage Place: Waterloo, Elmira [S1088] Census - New York - 1905, District 3 Pg 49. August Wickelman 35 b. Germany button dyer Magdelaine 31 b. Canada William 14 b. German Canad Nettie 13 b. US August 11 b. G. Canada [S2057] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1891, Pg. 3. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Johannes Dreisinger (widower) b. Woolwich Township res: Woolwich Township Age: 28 born abt 1839 father: Friederich Dreisinger mother: Magdalina Brinkert married Christine Brauchle Age:: 21 born abt 1846 b. Wurtemberg Spouse res: Woolwich married 12 May 1867 county: Waterloo [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 16 May 1867. 12 May 1867 By Rev. Kaessmann, Johannes Dreifinger was married to Christine Braeuchele, both of Woolwich.

  
  

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  Born - 1873 - St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 7 Jan 1890 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1896 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1905 - Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States Buried - - Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth