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Re: Wechter and Pifher Families of Ohio

eabflyer — 2012-05-16 00:45:08Z

Dear wabnoles:

I believe you are correct. My Grandfather, John, was one of 12 children. My mother's name was Rosemary Amelia Wechter. Where do you fit into the tree?

Elizabeth
eabflyer@gmail.com

Re: Wechter and Pifher Families of Ohio

wabnoles — 2012-05-07 00:26:48Z

Hello Elizabeth

I believe we may be distantly related. Is this John A Wechter the son of Amelia Fisher Wechter?

Re: Wechter and Pifher Families of Ohio

wstockmaster — 2011-11-06 01:34:59Z

I hope someone replied to your post befor now BUT if not you hit the jackpot!!!!I live just about two miles from there home place ware Elsie lives [Louis ] wife.I also know Janice Stump-Kraft. If I can be any help to your search feel free to contact me.

Re: Wechter

petsbirdsnature — 2011-06-16 03:23:52Z

I have a Catherine Wechter b.3/30/1815 d.5/16/1883 i. St Bernard's in NewWA, CrawfordCo, OH who married
Peter Yochum b.2/17/1811 Alsace d. 7/28/1887 New Washington also buried in St Bernard's.

Any link?

I'm in Harlingen TX, petsbirdsnature@yahoo.com, text 956-639-5057

Re: Julia

wabnoles — 2011-06-04 04:37:48Z

Hey cousin I think we may have exchanged communications a long time ago. I am sure you heard of Josephine dying from giving birth to triplets. Your name is Patricia right? I am looking thru what I have on my family tree and see you as a source. I think I remember a story about one of the Wechters dying in Toledo from smoke inhalation or something. I have photos of Josephine's sisters Rosina, Frances and Blondina Remele. My email is wabnoles at yahoo dot com.

Re: Julia

golinks50 — 2011-06-04 02:16:32Z

so you are part of the Sandusky line ? and we all have links back to Zell im Wiesental area Rümmelis. I used to work with Waechters in the San Francisco area but know nothing of their heritage. But have seen variatons on the name in my research. Please email me at joe dot elaine at sbcglobal dot net and let me kow your email address.

Re: Julia

rosey193 — 2011-06-04 01:58:56Z

Then Laurentius Ruemmele and Maria Kunztelmann are my gr,gr,gr,,gr grandparents. Their child is Lorenz Ruemmele. His child is Josepha (Josephine)Ruemmele who married Anton Fischer. Their child is Amelia Fischer who married John Joseph Gerhard Wechter (Waechter). Their child is Frank Wechter who married Clara Pifher. One of their children was Martha Wechter who married Eugene Forster. I am one of their children. In a nut shell.

Re: Julia

golinks50 — 2011-06-03 14:36:12Z

I'll change to email for you and Betty.

Re: Julia

wabnoles — 2011-06-03 03:50:49Z

Email me at wabnoles at yahoo dot com

Re: Julia

bkfrandsen — 2011-06-03 03:33:11Z

Oh, this is getting confusing. The only Rosina I know of is the one who married Joseph in 1875. I have not heard of the others you mention, but that could be because we have not been able to go back that far. Tell me more about Jacob.

Re: Julia

wabnoles — 2011-06-03 03:25:58Z

Well my 3rd great grandmother was Rosina Remele Frey. Her parents' names were Lorenz and Josephine Reuter Ruemmele/Remele. Lorenz had a brother named Josef who married Elisabeth Schnurr and had a family of 11 children. I think we are related... how far back can you trace the family tree? Lorenz and Josef were the sons of Laurentius Ruemmele and Maria Kunztelmann.

Re: Julia

bkfrandsen — 2011-06-03 03:05:02Z

I am thinking that perhaps "your Jacob" could have lived in St. Croix county in Troy township. I know they were related somehow, but even though we might have been told we have forgotten.

Re: Julia

bkfrandsen — 2011-06-03 02:35:41Z

Oh, I have been trying to figure out who Joseph was and why he married Rosina Scheible (Polk County Press 4/10/1875 and then disappeared. I did see in Ancestry.com that he went to Minnesota. So, you must have found that information. Now, where did Jacob go, when did he come from Germany?
I would love to get connected. Do you have information you could send. Let me know the cost. I have been "absent from the search" for awhile and am eager to get started again, plus I have others who are very interested. That helps. Who was the other brother in Taylors Falls. You can email me at bkfrandsen@dishup.us if you like and I can send you address. Thanks, Betty Frandsen

Re: Julia

golinks50 — 2011-06-03 02:06:24Z

I've read this thread and have information on the Rümeli/Ruemelle/Rumely/Remley family going back to Baden from church records and a visit in 2007. Photos from Zell im Wiesental, Atzenbach and Blauen.
My GGgrandfather was Johan's brother Jacob. Another brother was living with my Ggrandmother in 1880 census in Taylors Falls.
Would like to get us all connected.

Re: Julia

bkfrandsen — 2011-06-02 10:50:07Z

How are you connected to them?

Re: Julia

wabnoles — 2011-05-30 18:50:52Z

You should check the church records of Well im Ziesental... that is where many of the Remele/Remleys from the area came from.

Re: Julia

bkfrandsen — 2011-05-30 17:46:04Z

These names popped up on the Polk County Press April 10,1875, Mr Joseph Remley and Miss Rosina Scheible of the town of Farmington were married. I could not figure out who they were. My husband's great grandfather is Johann Remley (spelled a variety of ways even on his naturalization papers) and grandmother Maria Magdalena, but it appears she may have gone by Lena. They came to Ohio in the 1850's, at least Johann did, and then migrated to Wisconsin. They were married there in 1856. (Farmington twp. Polk County) Apparently a lot of the Remley's came to Ohio first. One of Mary Magdalena's sisters came to New York first though.

Re: Julia

wabnoles — 2010-08-27 05:07:25Z

My Remele/Remley/Ruemmele family originally came from Zell im Weisental, Baden, Germany before settling near Norwalk and Sandusky, Ohio. Lorenz Remele came here with his family, and at least one brother, Josef, had his family here too. They spelled their names Ruemmele while Lorenz and his son spelled their names Remele. The Ruemmeles were involved in the newspaper business in Sandusky and one of the oldest Rudolph was a florist in Sandusky. The only son of Josef Anton Ruemmele to live outside Ohio was Josef Anton, Jr., who was residing in Indiana in the 1880 census with a wife Louisa and two daughters Mary and Wilhelmina.

Not sure about the Turkish connection... I did not even know I was related to the Remele/Ruemmele/Remley family until I started doing genealogy. Rosina Remele Frey, sister of Josefa and daughter of Lorenz, was my 3rd great grandmother.

Re: Julia

familyresearcher1980 — 2010-08-27 04:51:36Z

Another thing that was mentioned to me was that 14 generations back or so there was a Remley who was Turkish. For the longest time, it was thought to be a myth, but a relative went to Turkey and actually found the headstone of a Remley buried in the 1600s. Who knows?

Re: Julia

familyresearcher1980 — 2010-08-27 04:48:54Z

Also, Johan Reummele married a Caroline Hurst who was also born in Baden-Baden and is buried at the same place as he.

Her mother was French and escaped to Baden during the French Revolution, so I guess both Johan and Caroline would have been born in the late 1700s? My math is bad, but I am trying to use SOME logic as to when the French Revolution would have taken place and when their son, Frank was born.

Re: Julia

familyresearcher1980 — 2010-08-27 04:45:05Z

This is the VERY LITTLE information that was written in a family bible:

Johan Reummele
(born in Baden-Baden, Germany) no date listed
(buried in Farmington Cemetary--outside of Asceola, WI)

From what my uncle told me he had committed suicide because he had lung cancer. I know nothing about his parents.

He had a son named Frank Jacob Remley who was born in Polk Co., WI in 1861 and was buried at Bone Lake Cemetary outside of Luck, WI in 1927. I have pictures of his headstone. One of his daughters was my grandmother.

Re: Julia

wabnoles — 2010-08-27 04:23:54Z

No Josefa had just one surviving brother who lived past infancy and his name was Joseph. That does not rule out that he be a cousin however. Josefa's father Lorenz had a brother who also came to this country. What do you know about when/where this Johan was born?

Re: Julia

familyresearcher1980 — 2010-08-27 04:04:56Z

I am a descendent of a Remley (spelled Ruemelle, Rumnli, etc). I was wondering if Josepha Remele had a brother named Johan?

Re: Wechter and Pifher Families of Ohio

eabflyer — 2009-11-09 00:58:05Z

Noah:

I may have some information that may help. My Mother was Rosemary Wechter Binsack. Her father was John Anthony (I think someone said it was Andrew)Wechter. He was one of the 12 children noted. He was Married to Dorothy Hipp. Please let me know what information I can possibly provide to you.

Elizabeth Binsack

Re: Wechter and Pifher Families of Ohio

retiredchase1 — 2009-08-17 01:03:22Z

Gerald Wechter---my wife is related to both the Wechter and Hepp families.
Please contact me at: retiredchase@yahoo.com

Charles Chase

Johann Georg Wactor (Wechter)

kkevans594 — 2009-08-12 02:58:32Z

Looking for info on Johann Georg Wactor (Wechter) b. 1725 Baden, Germany m. Mary Magdalena Ott d. 6/1750 Amelia Township, SC had a son named Abraham

Thanks, Kevin

Re: Wechter and Pifher Families of Ohio

xohioone — 2009-01-18 05:02:52Z

Hi,
Ran into this site. I am a grandson of Frank Joseph Wechter and Clara Pifher of Norwalk Ohio. My father is Frank Victor Wechter and my mother is Barbara Jean Wechter of Norwalk, Ohio. My father is the only surviving child of Frank and Clara.
Thank you
Gerald F Wechter

Re: Cohen Surname

leonfcohen39 — 2009-01-12 23:14:49Z

I am guessing that this is just coincidence but my mother's maiden name was wechter, and she married a cohen, his mother's name was sultana arrived at ellis island 1922 with my father. I do not really know much about my mother's family, the wechter side. Supposely her family came from a village in russia, had two brothers hymie (spelling) and lou. several sisters including one named bessis but I don't know what her married name was. (She live in florida and died there in the 60s) Like I said just coincidence with the closeness of the names, including my father's name which was isidore (not isadore) my mother's name was fanny wechter (fay)

Leon Cohen

Wechter

Buffalo6 — 2008-07-08 19:47:05Z

Searching for anyone who has info on the Wechter family from the New Washington area. Originally moves from Rochester NY. My grandmother was Arvilla and her father was Jacob. I have some info and pictures but would love to get more and share what I have.Please contact me.

Re: Julia

Buffalo6 — 2008-07-08 19:35:32Z

Trying to find info on Wechters. Would love to share what I have. Contact me.

Re: Ohio Wechters

Buffalo6 — 2008-07-08 19:29:00Z

My grandmother was Arvilla Wechter and I am interested in any info you have on the Wechter side family tree. I have pictures and lots of people but only go back as far as George 1806-1884 and his wife Frances born in 1795.

Re: Ohio Wechters

Buffalo6 — 2008-07-08 19:25:04Z

I am researching the Wechters from New Washington and am interested in what info you have. My grandmother was Arvilla, whose father was Jacob, Jacob's father was George, George's father was George also.

Re: GGGrandmother Betsey Wechty

janemartin1941 — 2006-12-20 03:04:42Z

John Burris--- mothers name was Nancy Nichols father was Daniel Burris --
John's death certif. doesn't asy where the parents were born.
He was born may 3 1841 died may 9 1917, Buried Ashland cem. St. Joseph.. (Ashland has the Civil War Vets.)
Johns wife Anna was the Wechty.. Betsey is listed as Mother in Law... age 64 where born not listed.
Hope this helps..
Jane Martin
Jamesport, Mo (Amish country)

Re: Cpl. Barry Wechter-WWII

2006-01-09 10:23:53Z

Could it be my brother -in-law Barry Wechter?
I will ask him tomorrow and I will know more.

As far as I know he was a gunner in airplanes flying out of England.

Re: Wechter and Pifher Families of Ohio

grafn17 — 2005-06-18 04:09:01Z

Hi Andrew,

Pat Butler actually contacted me a few months ago and we have been exchanging information, so anything that you have she has probably already sent my way. Would you by any chance know where George L. Wechter fits into the family? He was married to Celesta Frances Pifher, who was actually a niece of Clara Cecilia (Pifher) Wechter, who was Frank's wife. I am related to the Pifhers and thus both of these Wechter lines. If you have any info on the family of George that Pat Butler would not have had, I would definitely be willing to exchange info on my side for anything on them.

Thanks for your response,
Noah Graf

Re: Wechter and Pifher Families of Ohio

2005-06-18 02:56:13Z

Hey Noah,

I am related to Frank Joseph Wechter. He is the son of Joseph and Amelia (Fisher) Wechter. Joseph and Amelia had 12 children: Josephine, John Andrew, Elizabeth, Mary, Frank, Rosenia, William, Amelia, Charles, Patronilla, Linus and Gertrude. I am in contact with a descendent of Frank and Clara named Patricia Butler. Have info to share on the Fishers and will of course provide info she sent me if her email is no longer in use.

--Andrew

Re: Ohio Wechters

NoahGRAF19 — 2005-06-10 06:21:33Z

Hi Pat,
That's excellent. Would you be willing to share what you have? I can e-mail you my mail address since you don't have everything on computer. I would be more than happy to send you research that I have done in exchange. Just tell me the sorts of things you are looking for and I can send them in an e-mail attachment. I would really be very excited to see what work you have done. My e-mail is graf_n17@hotmail.com

Please send me something if you're interested in exchanging.

Many Thanks,
Noah Graf

Re: Ohio Wechters

2005-02-26 23:26:21Z

Yes, Frank Wechter, my grandfather, married Clara Pifher. They had 12 children--Joseph, Anthony, Bernice, Alfred, Delores, Florence, Edna, Art, Martha and Frank, plus 2 who died shortly after birth-Herman and one I cant think of his name. M.C. that you mention is probably Martha Celestina-my Mom. Only Martha, Delores and Frank are still living. My grandparents had a farm over by Norwalk. One of my cousins lives there now.I have a full notebook on the Wecters and one on the Pifhers. My geneology info is not on computer--all in notebooks.

Wechter and Pifher Families of Ohio

grafn17 — 2005-01-28 06:16:05Z

I'm searching for the families of two Wechters who married two Pifhers. Frank Joseph Wechter, 1882-1968, married Clara Cecilia Pifher, 1883-1973. They had at least two children, Albert J. and M.C. and lived in the Norwalk, Ohio area. I know nothing more of their descendants.

Clara's niece Celesta Frances Pifher, 1901-1987, married George L. Wechter, 1900-1985. I do not know how George is related to Frank, though it is likely he too is a nephew. Celesta and George had 12 children: Catherine, Janice, George L Jr. (died WWII), Margaret, Beatrice G., Jerome, Norman W., Helen, Joan, Louis, Ann May, and Alfred S. (died young)

If anyone has any info on descendants, please please respond. I would be glad to share the info I have (mostly on the Pifhers).

Thanks,
Noah Graf

Re: Ohio Wechters

grafn17 — 2005-01-28 06:02:14Z

Was your Frank Wechter married to a Clara Pifher? I have them in the Norwalk, Ohio area with at least two children, Albert J. and M.C. Are these your relatives? Please contact me if they are. I would be related through the Pifher side and am more than happy to share what I have on her family.

Thanks,
Noah Graf

Re: Julia

2004-06-30 22:02:17Z

Yes! Yes! My grandfather, Frank Wechter is the son of Joseph and Amelia Wechter. Amelias mother is the Josepha Remele (spelled may different ways) you mention. I did not know she had a twin. Josepha is buried in Norwalk Ohio in a small cemetery behind a shrine on Main street. She is buried with her triplets -I have their names at home--all died at birth and she did too. I have some pictures and lots of info at home. Can you email me.

Re: Julia

2004-06-30 04:51:48Z

Hey,

I was wondering if your Frank Wechter happens to be the son of Joseph and Amelia (Fisher) Wechter? Amelia's mother Josephine (Remele) died giving birth to triplets and Amelia is a double first cousin of the father of the famous Fisher Brothers of Fisher Body fame. My ggggrandmother Rosina was the twin sister of Josephine. Have photos and info to share.

--Andrew

Re: Jonathan B. Wechter (Lancaster County, PA - around Nov 1865)

SALTSHAKER — 2003-12-17 13:49:54Z

John B.Weachter,1870 Census,Manheim Township,Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,was a storekeeper. With him was his son, Arthur. I have much on the Wechter/Weachter families. Nothing is mentioned about your Buch family.

Helene Wechter

SallyBrown264 — 2003-10-24 00:34:44Z

Seeking information about Helene Wechter (1870? to ?) and her family. Helene Wechter was my great gandmother. She wa born around 187 in New York State (I think). She married Louis Ernst. They had at least one child: Christina. They lived in New York City

Helene Wechter - Springer

SallyBrown264 — 2003-10-24 00:34:44Z

Looking for information about Helene Wechter, my great grandmother. She was married twice. First to Louis Ernst(my great grandfather< then to some one named Springer. She had three daughters: Christine, by her first marriage: Annie and Aora by her second marriage. She originally loived in upper Manhattan. cora died after she was married in an automobile accident.

Re: Percy Wechter

2003-04-19 16:49:45Z

I am granddaughter of Frank William Wechter, brother of Percy Wechter. I would love to hear from you.

Percy Wechter

2003-03-02 02:25:06Z

My widowed aunt, Theodosia Elizabeth Tedder McMullen, married Percy R. Wechter in 1948. They lived in Perry, Taylor County, Florida, but he came from South Florida and had a sister in Tampa named Hattie. Percy was born 2 February 1899 and died September 18, 1982. In his younger years, before moving to Taylor County, he followed construction work and was a operator of a barge mounted dragline in the construction of the Lake Okeechobee canals. In the 1930s, after the canal project had been completed, he moved to Taylor County where he engaged in f arming in the Shady Grove area. Percy served in the U. S. Army during World War II. In 1948, he married Theodosia Elizabeth Tedder, widow of Russell E. McMullen. They lived about two miles north of Perry on Highway 221. Although handicapped by a lack of formal education, he had g ood mechanical and construction skills and was endowed with a sense of business acumen. Dosia, who was some ten years his senior, died on July 31, 1973. Perhaps depressed over the loneliness in his life and the illneseses that accompany old age, Percy took his own life on September 18, 1982. He is buried next to Dosia in the Pleasant Grove cemetery in the northern part of Taylor County, Florida.
I am writing a biography of Percy and Theodosia for the Taylor County Historical Society and would like to have more information on his ancestors.

Russell Tedder
5019 Timber Creek Circle
N. Little Rock, AR 72116-6432
Ph. 501-771-9040

Re: Jonathan B. Wechter (Lancaster County, PA - around Nov 1865)

etbuch — 2003-02-23 02:40:57Z

I am looking for descendants of Jonathan B. Wechter, who lived in Lancaster Co., Penn. in Nov. 1865. My gggrandfather, Elias Ephriam Buch, supposedly went to Jonathan's home when he was discharged from the army. I am hoping that a Wechter descendant might have family papers that might mention my gggrandfather's name in them. If you can provide any further info, please do.

Thanks,
Tommy Buch

GGGrandmother

templar1200 — 2003-02-10 20:07:32Z

I am looking for information on Betsy Wechty. The 1880 census for St. Joseph, MO. has her listed as Betsy Wechty born 1816. Son John Burries/Burris born Indiana 1843,Johns wife was Annie Weakley.I dont know if the census people spelled her name right. Thank you very much for reading this. Jerry Hale Hwjbuffalo@aol.com

Re: Jonathan B. Wechter (Lancaster County, PA - around Nov 1865)

tommybuch — 2003-01-24 04:31:34Z

Jonathan,

I found a John B. Wechter in the 1870 census on page 494.
He is located in Manheim Twp., Lancaster Co., PA.

Does this person ring any bell with you?

Thanks,
Tommy Buch