Jacob Heiser Wissler^{[1, 2]}

1841 - 1915  (74 years)

• Name	Jacob Heiser Wissler
  Born	22 May 1841	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23585683
  Residence	1865	, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Occupation	1880	Madison, Madison, Virginia, United States   [4]
  	train master
  Invention	1908	Lyndhurst, Augusta, Virginia, United States
  	rail repair device
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  Eby ID Number	00030-2337.1
  Died	25 May 1915	Lyndhurst, Augusta, Virginia, United States   [5]
  Buried	Columbia Furnace Union Church Cemetery, Columbia Furnace, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States   [5]
  Person ID	I2192	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Eby Wissler,   b. 31 Oct 1810, Clay Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 20 Mar 1870, , Shenandoah Co., Virginia  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Hannah Tyson Heyser,   b. 1818, , Montgomery Co., New York ,   d. 15 Feb 1888, , Shenandoah Co., Virginia  (Age 70 years)
  Married	22 Dec 1835	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F2679	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary A. Devitt,   b. 1 Feb 1844, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Aug 1914, Lyndhurst, Augusta, Virginia, United States  (Age 70 years)
  Married	27 Sep 1865	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Children	1. William Wissler,   b. 18 Aug 1866,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Arthur Wissler,   b. 8 Oct 1871,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Edwin Wissler,   b. 22 Sep 1873,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Gertrude Wissler,   b. 16 Aug 1875,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Bertha Wissler,   b. 9 Jan 1878,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F705	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 530. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 671. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Jacob Wissler, 24, res. Virginia, b. Waterloo, son of John & Hannah, married 27 Sept 1865 Mary Devitt, 22, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, daughter of Barnabas & Magdalene [S1639] Census - U.S. Census Population Schedule, 1880 10th Census, Madison, Shenandoah, Virginia; Roll: 1390; Page: 427B; Enumeration District: 086. Jacob Whissler39 b. Canada Train? Master Mary Whissler33 William Whissler13 b. Virginia Arthur Whissler8 Gertrud Whissler4 Edward Whissler6 Bertha Whissler2 [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, C., America, N., County, S., Furnace, C., & Cemetery, C. (1841). Jacob Wissler (1841-1915) - Find A Grave Memorial. Findagrave.com. Retrieved 31 August 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23585683.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 22 May 1841 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1865 - , Virginia, USA Married - 27 Sep 1865 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - train master - 1880 - Madison, Madison, Virginia, United States Invention - rail repair device - 1908 - Lyndhurst, Augusta, Virginia, United States Died - 25 May 1915 - Lyndhurst, Augusta, Virginia, United States Buried - - Columbia Furnace Union Church Cemetery, Columbia Furnace, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States  = Link to Google Earth