Louis Weichmann

[Susan Higginbotham]

(02-06-2015 07:26 PM)Pamela Wrote:  Hi Susan and Betty, in the 1900 census Weichmann said his marital status was "D" for divorced and I believe he died two years later. The D is kind of scrambled and hard to make out. I don't know who wrote it--maybe the census taker. I haven't found divorce documents but that doesn't mean they don't exist. In the 1920 census Anna listed herself as widowed. Are you a widow if your x dies? Or am I misreading Louis's census? She was significantly older than Louis and came from a prosperous family, relatively speaking.

I'm frustrated right now because I can't find (and apparently didn't save) the 1870 census report for Annie Weichmann. I did take notes and she lived at 1610 (or 1620) Cherry St with her father Samuel who was an ice dealer, sister Maria, two or three years younger, single and a teacher. There were two much younger girls in the house, Carrie and Lillian. The real estate value was $25,000 and personal money was $3000. That was the year she married Louis.

In a city 1879 directory, Louis and Annie J Weichmann are listed at the address 1620 Cherry St. In the 1880 census Louis was a boarder on North 43r St Philadelphia and Annie J Weichmann was living at 1620 Cherry St with her father (no occupation so I presume retired) and sister Maria (unmarried) and she is listed as head of the house. Louis's parents had already moved to Indiana. In 1883 Louis was still in Philadelphia, in another boarding house on 4007 Powelton Ave and still a customs clerk.

The 1870 census I found has her living with Louis (along with her father and her sister):