Mary (Adams) Weber (1831 - 1913)

Born 30 Jan 1831 in Hirten, Mayen, Rhineland, Prussia

Ancestors

Wife of Johann Peter Weber — married 20 Nov 1848 in St Joseph Catholic Church, Wilmette, Cook County, Illinois

Descendants

Died 16 Feb 1913 at age 82 in Johnsburg, Mower County, Minnesota

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Biography

Maria (Adams) Weber migrated from Germany to United States of America.

Mary (Adams) Weber was born on 30 Jan 1831 in Hirten, Mayen, Rhineland, Prussia, German Empire, daughter of Nicolaus Adams (1799 - 1879) and Susanna (Gaeb) Adams (1810 - 1843).

Her siblings were:

1. Castor Adams (1832 - 1916)
2. Mathias Adams (1834 - 1908)
3. Margaretha (Adams) Schaefer (1837 - 1915)
4. Peter Adams (1839 - 1920)

Mary Adams immigrated with her parents and siblings, from Prussia (Germany), and arrived at Port of New York on 2 August 1841 aboard the ship Albany. They traveled from New York to Chicago by rail, then by wagon/oxen to Johnsburg, along with the families of Jacob Schnmitt and Nicholas Frett. These three families were the first settlers of Johnsburg, McHenry County, Illinois.

Mary (17) married Johann Peter Weber (33) (1815 - 1894) on 20 Nov 1848 in St Joseph Catholic Church, Wilmette, Cook County, Illinois. Witnesses: Stephan Bantes & Nicolas Adams

Their children were:

1. Caspar Weber (1852 - 1884)
2. Nicholas Weber (1854 - 1928)
3. Mathias Weber (1856 - 1943)
4. Elizabeth (Weber) Schneider (1861 - 1902)
5. Mary (Weber) Sabel (1864 - 1948)
6. Mary Ann (Weber) Mullenbach (1866 - 1942).

Mary died on 16 Feb 1913 in Johnsburg, Mower County, Minnesota aged 82.

From the Adams Review, 1913:

"Again we are called upon to record the passing of an aged pioneer mother. This time it is Mrs. Mary Weber of Johnsburg who has answered the call and passed over to the great beyond. Mrs. Weber was born in Hirten, Germany, January 30, 1831, and died at the home of her son-in-law, John Mullenbach, in Johnsburg, Minnesota, Sunday, February 16, 1913. She ran the course of her life in 82 years and 17 days. She came to America with her parents in 1842 [1841], when but a girl of 11 years, and settled in Johnsburg, Illinois. Here it was that she met John Weber and was united in marriage with him in 1848. With him she came to Minnesota, settling near Johnsburg in 1857, and this has been her home since. What can be said of all pioneer mothers can be truthfully said of her. She was a faithful wife, a loving mother and a true friend and neighbor. Every pioneer left here has but the highest praise for her. She leaves to mourn her loss two brothers, Peter Adams of Little Falls, Minnesota, Casper Adams of McHenry, Illinois, also one sister, Mrs. Shaffer, of McHenry, Illinois, two sons Nick Weber of Johnsburg and Matthias Weber of McHenry, Illinois, and two daughters, Mrs. Mary Sabel of Adams and Mrs. Anna Mullenbach of Johnsburg. Besides these she leaves 36 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren. Vain is the attempt to measure the loss of a mother to her children; as they gathered around her bedside, her boys and her girls, always boys and girls to her, though now grown to mature years with boys and girls of their own, as the death dew gathered on her brow, they watched with tearful eyes the life so long interwoven with theirs pass out to eternity. Each death is a link that binds us to the beyond, so we should live and do that which when our time comes we will be found a good link in the endless chain of the plan of Nature."

Sources

Find A Grave: Memorial #124118225 Mary Weber

St Kastor Catholic Church Records, Weiler

St Kastor Parish, Weiler, Kreis Mayen, Germany; Author: Teryl Miller (Compiler) Summary: Catholic Church records from Latter Day Saints microfilms of the original records of the St. Kastor Catholic Church, Weiler, Kreis Mayen, Germany. Includes brief history of church, baptism, marriage, confirmation, death and immigration records from 1682-1870 https://www.worldcat.org/title/St.-Kastor-parish-Weiler-Kreis-Mayen-Germany/oclc/1041112457

St John the Baptist Catholic Church records, Johnsburg, McHenry County, Illinois

St Joseph Catholic Church, Wilmette, Cook County, Illinois

Booklet: The Immigrant Founders, Members and Associates of Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church, Johnsburg (Est Aug 1841), McHenry County, Illinois is at the Johnsburg Public Library available to view upon request, phone ahead

Find A Grave: Memorial #124118225 Mary Weber