Notes:

Benjemen Krauz in 1850 census

Benjamin Crauss in 1860 census

Benjamin married Abigail MOYER 17 Jan 1841, Rev. Joseph S. Dubs. Abigail (daughter of Peter MOYER and Margaretha DINKY) was born 16 Dec 1816, North Whitehall, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, USA; was christened 12 Jan 1817, Egypt Reformed Church, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA; died 19 Mar 1895, North Whitehall, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried 21 Mar 1895, Mickleys Church Cemetery - Whitehall, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Housekeeper in 1880
• Obituary: 18 Nov 1911, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA; Newspaper Obituary, The Allentown Democrat (Allentown, Penn.) of Saturday, 18 Nov 1911 Mrs. Mary, wife of Emmanuel Wisser of Crackersport, died suddenly yesterday morning of general debility, aged 69 years. She was the daughter of Benjamin and Abigail Krauss and was born at Laury?s. Besides her husband she leaves the following children: Oliver of Eckert?s, Oscar E. of Walbert?s, Mrs. Ellen Buchman of Kratzer?s, Mrs. Jennie Reinhard of Cetronia, Mrs. Mantana Stephen and Mrs. Anna Stauffer of Crackersport, one brother James Krause of Northampton also survives. The funeral will be held on Tuesday morning at 9.30 o?clock at her late home with further services at the Jordan Church at which Rev. E. Semmel will officiate. Interment will be mad ein the adjoining cemetery. Undertaker Guth has charge of the remains.

Notes:

Emanuel Wisser
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=327b8660-d53a-4786-9d22-a52a8e39ba82&tid=7158548&pid=564

Listed as "Katie Krause" on the death certificate of her son Oliver.

Mary married Emanuel WISSER 20 Dec 1890, Jordan United Church of Christ, Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania. Emanuel (son of Jacob WISSER and Annie DAVIDHEISER) was born 07 May 1843, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA; died 22 Sep 1923, Guthsville, Lehigh, PA; was buried , Jordan United Church of Christ (formerly Jordan Reformed Church), Walberts, South Whitehall Twp., Lehigh County, Pa. [Group Sheet]

Jennie — Edwin REICHARD. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1886, Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, USA; Wisser, Miss Montana C., Housekeeper, house 241 N. 7th (Allentown City Directory 1886-87) (Thanks to Eric Wisser for this info)

Mantana — Lewis STEPHEN. Lewis was born 24 Sep 1865; died 11 Sep 1937; was buried , Jordan United Church of Christ (formerly Jordan Reformed Church), Walberts, South Whitehall Twp., Lehigh County, Pa. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• 1880 Census: Jun 1880, South Whitehall Township, PA; Age 14 in 1880 census. Lived with parents. Went by the name Annie.

Anna married Orwin E. KUHNS 5 Dec 1891 (Christian Church), Jordan United Church of Christ, Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania. Orwin was born 28 Nov 1868; died 1940. [Group Sheet]

Anna — Harvey STAUFFER. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Ellen Rebecca Wisser Buchman
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Ellen married Milton Jacob Joseph BUCHMAN 24 May 1890, Jordan United Church of Christ (formerly Jordan Reformed Church), Walberts, South Whitehall Twp., Lehigh County, Pa. Milton was born 23 Sep 1868, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA; died 23 Jan 1950, Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Death: Arterio Sclerotic cardiovascular Disease / Certificate Number: 72939 Cause of Death
• Occupation: Farmer (see notes for more details)
• Residence: 23 Aug 1940, 1826 Pennsylvania Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA; 50th Wedding Anniversary
• Weiser Families In America Vol 1: 1997, Page 1756; GW36C4

Notes:

Oliver F. Wisser, of South Whitehall township, was born in that township, March 2, 1872. He has followed farming all his life. In 1900 he began farming where he now lives. His farm consists of 115 acres and was formerly known as the
Henninger homestead. In 1912 he purchased the Phaon Hummel farm of 65 acres, located near Crackersport. It is now cultivated by Edwin Wisser. The house upon the tract was built in 1800. That he is a man of prominence in his community is
evident from the fact that he has filled the following offices in his township: School Director, being President of the board for two years; tax collector and road commissioner. He filled the office of

Deacon for six years in the Jordan Lutheran Church.

(From the HISTORY OF LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA)

Wedding Anniversary - 50 years

Mr. and Mrs. Oliver F. Wisser
Newspaper dated August 23, 1940

The golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver F. Wisser is being observed today at their home, 1826 Pennsylvania Street, Allentown, the couple having been married Aug 23, 1890, in the parsonage of the Fogelsville Reformed congregation by Rev. Edwin J. Fogel.
Mr. Wisser was born at Walberts, a son of the late Emanuel and Mary Krause Wisser. He was reared in South Whitehall Township, and attended the public school at Crackersport.
Mrs. Wisser who before her marriage was Amanda Hammel, daughter of the late James and Elizabeth, Gangewere Hammel, was born near Crackersport. She too attended the Crackersport school.
Mrs. Wisser has been a lifelong member of Jordan Reformed congregation at Walberts. Mr. Wisser in the early years was a member of Jordan Lutheran at Walberts, but has since become a member of Jordan Reformed.
Immediately after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Wisser, moved to a farm on the Wennersville-Cetronia road not far from Crackersport and resided there until about 14 years ago,w hen they sold their farm to the late Gen. H. C. Trexler and came to the city to spend their remaining days.
They are the parents of seven children, Edwin, of Crackersport; Sevilla, wife of James Seidel of Troxells Crossing; Robert, of near Seipstown; Ma?,w ife of Floyd Merkle of Hamburg, James of Detroit, Mich. George, of Allentown, and Beulah, wife of Charles Weidner, of Weidner?s hotel near Wescosville. There are also grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Beulah, the youngest of the couple?s children, was born on her mother?s birthday anniversary.
The couple had planned to celebrate the golden wedding anniversary with a reunion of their 40 offspring but the serious illness of their daughter, Mary, who is in a Reading hospital, has precluded this.

Submitted by Sue Jones

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Oliver married Amanda Louisa HAMMEL 23 Aug 1890, Jordan, Lehigh, PA. Amanda (daughter of James HAMMEL and Lucy GANGEWERE) was born 6 Jan 1872, Crackersport, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA; died 10 May 1941, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried 14 May 1941, Jordan United Church of Christ Cemetery, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Teacher (see notes for more information)
• Obituary: May 1935, Walberts, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; Oscar E. Wisser Newspaper dated ? The death early yesterday morning of Oscar E. Wisser, 58, a farmer at Walberts, was attributed to suicide by Deputy Coroner Dr. H. E. Guth, of Siegersville. Wisser while on his way to work in the fields yesterday morning stopped at the barn and hung himself with a hitching strap which was fastened to an extending beam just outside the barn. Born in South Whitehall township, a son of Emanuel and Mary, nee Krauss, Wisser, December 25, 1876, deceased resided there for a number of years. For the past twenty-nine years, he had been a resident of Walbert?s. Mr. Wisser was a teacher in the South Whitehall schools for eighteen years. Deciding to discontinue school work he went into the coal business at Walberts and operated successfully for some time. During the past several years he has done nothing but farming. He was a member of the Allen Lodge, I. O. O. F., Allentown. Surviving are his wife, Maria S. (Hunsicker) Wisser; four children, Sadie and Elmer, at home, Morris of Guth?s Station, and Herbert, Catasauqua; three sisters, Mrs. Milton Buchman, Kratzer, Mrs. Havey Stauffer, Troxell?s Crossing, and Mrs. E. J. Reichert, Cetronia; one brother, Oliver Wisser, this city. Rev. John L. Guth, pastor of Jordan Reformed Church will officiate at the funeral services of which due notice will be given. Brief services for the relatives will be held from his late home on Saturday at 2 p.m., daylight saving time, followed by public services in Jordan Reformed Church, Walberts, and interment in the adjoining cemetery. Viewing Friday from 7 to 9. Submitted by Sue Jones http://www.pa-roots.org/data/read.php?504,432692,432692#msg-432692

Notes:

Teacher in South Whitehall township, was born in that district Dec 25, 1876. He received his education in the public schools and the Millersville S. N. S. He began teaching in 1897; the greater part of his teaching was done in South Witehall.
In 1907 he succeeded his father in the coal business at Walberts, where he has since resided. He ownes the farm and house which was formerly owened by his father. He is a member of the Jordan Lutheran congregation which he served as deacon.
He is a member of Allen Lodge No. 71, I.O.O.F.,and Guthsville Camp 378, P.O.S. of A., which he served as chaplain. (from the HISTORY OF LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA - 1914)

Listed as "Teacher" on marriage License in 1902



Oscar E. Wisser
Newspaper dated ?

The death early yesterday morning of Oscar E. Wisser, 58, a farmer at Walberts, was attributed to suicide by Deputy Coroner Dr. H. E. Guth, of Siegersville. Wisser while on his way to work in the fields yesterday morning stopped at the barn and hung himself with a hitching strap which was fastened to an extending beam just outside the barn.
Born in South Whitehall township, a son of Emanuel and Mary, nee Krauss, Wisser, December 25, 1876, deceased resided there for a number of years. For the past twenty-nine years, he had been a resident of Walbert?s.
Mr. Wisser was a teacher in the South Whitehall schools for eighteen years. Deciding to discontinue school work he went into the coal business at Walberts and operated successfully for some time. During the past several years he has done nothing but farming. He was a member of the Allen Lodge, I. O. O. F., Allentown.
Surviving are his wife, Maria S. (Hunsicker) Wisser; four children, Sadie and Elmer, at home, Morris of Guth?s Station, and Herbert, Catasauqua; three sisters, Mrs. Milton Buchman, Kratzer, Mrs. Havey Stauffer, Troxell?s Crossing, and Mrs. E. J. Reichert, Cetronia; one brother, Oliver Wisser, this city.
Rev. John L. Guth, pastor of Jordan Reformed Church will officiate at the funeral services of which due notice will be given.
Brief services for the relatives will be held from his late home on Saturday at 2 p.m., daylight saving time, followed by public services in Jordan Reformed Church, Walberts, and interment in the adjoining cemetery. Viewing Friday from 7 to 9.

Submitted by Sue Jones

http://www.pa-roots.org/data/read.php?504,432692,432692#msg-432692

Oscar married Maria Selenda HUNSICKER 24 May 1902, Fogelsville, Lehigh, Pennsylvania. Maria (daughter of Lewis Daniel HUNSICKER and Salanda E. TROXELL) was born 18 Apr 1879, Lehigh Co., PA; was christened 17 Nov 1894, Jordan Reformed Church; died Dec 1935, Walberts, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; was buried , Jordan Reformed Church. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Add more info from his obit

Warren — Dorthy P. WALBERT. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Stella Buchman Wieand
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Preston & Stella Wieand
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=922df794-d796-4128-9791-717d4cd3bf2a&tid=7158548&pid=349

Notes:

Oliver Henry Buchman
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Other Events:

• Weiser Families In America Vol 1: 1997, Page 1757; GW36C47

Beulah — Charlie WEIDNER. Charlie was born 1909; died 1988; was buried , Jordan United Church of Christ (formerly Jordan Reformed Church), Walberts, South Whitehall Twp., Lehigh County, Pa. [Group Sheet]

Mary — Flloyd Milton MERKEL. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Social Security Number: 1973, Pennsylvania, USA; 169-50-7042 Last Residence 33613 Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, USA
• Residence: 2000, 33613 Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, USA; Last Residence 33613 Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, USA

Notes:

CENTENARIAN ENJOYS LIFE -- ESPECIALLY PRO WRESTLING
[Z2 Edition]
Morning Call - Allentown, Pa.
Author: MARIE LATHROP, The Morning Call
Date: Jul 29, 1993
Start Page: N.02
Section: NEIGHBORS
Text Word Count: 768
Document Text
Sevilla Seidel reached up and yanked at the shirt of a girl who was blocking her view at a wrestling match in Tampa, Fla. "Sit down," Sevilla screamed.
Her children don't get it, but Sevilla does. Professional wrestling is her passion. She glues herself in front of the television and cheers the good guys and boos the bad.
Through the years, Dusty Rhoads was her favorite. "But he doesn't wrestle much anymore. I guess age sidelined him," she says.
But age hasn't sidelined Seidel, who turned 100 on July 6. She's still glued to the television Monday nights to watch the action of the World Wrestling Federation.
And, she's planning to go to another live wrestling match someday.
In honor of her 100th birthday, the Borough of Emmaus issued a proclamation declaring July 6, 1993, as Sevilla L. Seidel Day. Family and friends gathered at her home to celebrate. Her "baby sister," Beulah Weidner, 84, presented her with a $100 bill and others gave her gifts and cards.
Seidel's soft voice still holds a hint of the Pennsylvania Dutch she spoke at home with her parents and family. "I learned English in a one-room schoolhouse in Crackersport where I was born." Although she speaks English with her children and grandchildren, she says she often yearns for conversation with a Dutch-speaking friend.
She remembers how she and her husband James looked forward to reading Pumpernickel Bill Troxell's Pennsylvania German column in The Morning Call. "We had many a laugh and good discussion over it," she says.
Sevilla Wisser was the second of seven children born to the late Oliver and Amanda (Hamel) Wisser. Her dad owned and farmed the land now occupied by Springhouse Farms in South Whitehall Township. Only the small farmhouse and one barn remain standing among the homes in the development.
A farm child, she learned how to cook, clean, use the horse-drawn hay rake and do most other farm chores. "I used to harrow until I got so tired I could hang my tongue out," she says. She remembers walking about three miles to school and how she carried her shoes when it rained so they wouldn't get muddy.
Her favorite job was baking. She used to enter her chocolate cake in competitions at the Allentown Fair and win prizes. Her son, Ernest, remembers how she hid the cakes from the kids so she could present a whole cake to the judges.
Sewing was another love. After a three-year apprenticeship to a dressmaker, she spent the next 70 years and millions of stitches making clothes for area women.
She always says her farm chores, school work and apprenticeship kept her so busy she didn't have time to think about boyfriends. However, James Seidel, a school friend, courted her with a horse and buggy until she said "yes." They were married Sept. 5, 1914, shortly after Sevilla's 21st birthday.
Cooking, cleaning, sewing and raising six children kept her busy, but she found time to cook on school days at the former South Whitehall High School. Those were the days when hucksters and butchers came to the school and she could pick and choose what she would cook for the more than 200 boys and girls.
In those early days, vacations were rare. "But, every year in September, James watched the kids and I went off to the Fair. Working in Agricultural Hall at the Allentown Fair was my vacation. I got to see many of the same people year after year and we would exchange family news. They were like old friends."
After James died in 1976, Sevilla moved in with her son Ernest and wife Emma. She moved in without her sewing machine. To keep her hands busy, she took up crewel work. Her expertise and attention to fine detail is evident in the dozen or so pictures decorating the walls of the home in Emmaus. Emma Seidel likes them all but is most proud of one that won a prize in a contest at Framing Palace, Wescosville.
The Seidel's raised six children: Henry of Jacksonville, Fla.; Ernest; James of South Whitehall Township, and three daughters: Arlene Schreiber, South Whitehall Township; Miriam Fluker, Tampa, Fla., and Olive Wood, Jacksonville.

Sevilla — James SEIDEL. James died 1976. [Group Sheet]

Edwin — Sallie HUNSICKER. [Group Sheet]

Edwin — Katie Priscilla STRAUSS. Katie was born 19 Nov 1894; died 15 Mar 1938; was buried , Jordan United Church of Christ (formerly Jordan Reformed Church), Walberts, South Whitehall Twp., Lehigh County, Pa. [Group Sheet]

Edwin — Lelah M. TROXELL. Lelah was born 19 May 1883; died 9 Feb 1924; was buried , Jordan United Church of Christ (formerly Jordan Reformed Church), Walberts, South Whitehall Twp., Lehigh County, Pa. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Farmer-LeHIgh Cnty, Owner/Op Newside General Store
• Social Security Number: 179-18-7800

Notes:

Robert Wisser lived in Macungle, PA in 1981 (James Wisser obit) Robert and James (brothers) married sisters.

Listed on 1920 Census just after Oliver Wisser Family

Robert — Annie Alice SMITH. Annie (daughter of William F. SMITH and Kate Barbara ARNOLD) was born Dec 1898, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Member of the Masons: Was a member of the Masons and has the Masonic symbol on his grave.
• Occupation: Carpenter
• Social Security Number: 197-07-7724
• Personal Web Page: http://wisserfamily.com/wisserjamesjacob.html
• Residence: 1935, Berwick, Luzerne, Pennsylvania
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, 29056 Hennepin, Garden City, Wayne, Michigan, United States; Age: 39Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 10 Jul 1956, 706 West Grand Blvd, Corona, California, USA; Address taken from envelope of letter mailed on July 10, 1956
• Weiser Families In America Vol 1: 1997, Page 1756; GW36C45

Notes:

Lived in Noxen, PA last 6 years. Homesteaded in Barstow in the late 50's, lived there during 60's&early 70's Moved to Garden City in 1938.

Robert E. Wisser and James married sisters.

Met Iva Cornell while working as a farmhand on the Letlighter Farm. After Iva (Cornell) died he married sister-in -law Elsie (Kocher) Cornell.

Can Not Find James Wisser in 1930 (Gary Wisser Jul 2015)

James married Bertha Tevilla SMITH 22 Apr 1919. Bertha (daughter of William F. SMITH and Kate Barbara ARNOLD) was born May 1895, Weisenberg Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, USA; died 20 Aug 1943, Greenwhich Township; was buried Aug 1943, Weisenberg Cemetery. [Group Sheet]

James married Iva Margaret CORNELL Abt 1935. Iva (daughter of Peter CORNELL and Bertha May VOGELSANG) was born 9 Jun 1906, Pennsylvania; died 09 Sep 1974, San Bernardino, CA; was buried , Bellevue Cemetary Mausoleum, Ontario, CA. [Group Sheet]

James — Elsie KOCHER. Elsie was born 1909, Pennsylvania, USA; died 1 Apr 1992, Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• More Info: More Info
• More Info: More Info
• Occupation: Layout Mach,Hohr Aircraft
• Social Security Number: 171-05-1938
• Obituary: 5 Dec 1993, The Morning Call; George W. Wisser December 05, 1993|The Morning Call George W. Wisser, 87, of Macungie, died Saturday in Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Township. He was the husband of Flora S. (Hiestand) Wisser. They were married 61 years in February. He was a layout machinist for Hohr Aircraft in California for 20 years, retiring in 1970. Born in Crackersport, he was a son of the late Oliver and Amanda (Hammel) Wisser. He was a member of Upper Milford Mennonite Church, Zionsville. Survivors: Wife; daughters, Mrs. Janice Saad, with whom he resided, and Mary Jane, wife of Andrew Wightman of Guadalupe, Calif.; sisters, Sevilla Siedel of Emmaus and Beulah Weidner of Allentown; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday in the church. Call 10-11 a.m. Wednesday in church. Arrangements, Horace W. Schantz Funeral Home, Emmaus.
• Weiser Families In America Vol 1: 1997, Page 1757; GW36C46

Notes:

George Wisser lived in Fredrick, PA in 1981 (James Wisser obit)

--Invalid Dates

Birth: APPROX1906

George married Flora S. HEISTED 27 Feb 1932, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. Flora (daughter of William HEISTED and Mary GEISSINGER) was born 23 Nov 1907, Zionsville, PA; died 07 Apr 1999, Leigh Valley Hosp, Salisbury Township PA. [Group Sheet]

Sadie — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Morris — Violet M. KECK. Violet was born 1905; died 1998. [Group Sheet]