Joseph Ambrose Weishaar (1921 - 1992)

Born 7 Jun 1921 in Fairfield, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 22 Apr 1992 at age 70 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States

Biography

Joseph Ambrose Weishaar was born June 7, 1921 in Fairfield, Adams, Pennsylvania. He died April 22, 1992 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland at age 71.

Son of Charles Michael Weishaar (1894–1973) and Annie Rebecca Cool (1886–1978).

1930 United States Census, Liberty Township, Adams, Pennsylvania: Charles Weishaar is head of household, a farmer on a general farm age 35, with wife Annie Weishaar age 43, and children Eva age 12, Wilbur age 10, Joseph age 9, Mary age 7, and Lorraine age 5.

1940 United States Census, Liberty Township, Adams, Pennsylvania: Charles M. Weishaar is head of household, a farmer age 45, with wife Annie R. Weishaar age 53, and children Wilbur, a laborer in a furniture factory age 20, Joseph age 19, Mary age 17, and Lorraine age 15. Also in the home is Annie's mother, Mary I. Cool age 75.

Joseph Ambrose Weishaar married Dixie Lee Myers.

Children:

• Joseph Charles Weishaar Jr.
• Kimberly Ann Weishaar
• Richard Allen Weishaar (-1965).

Obituary

Joseph was a member of St. Peters Catholic Church in Libertytown, MD. He was a veteran of WW II serving as a communication specialist in the U.S. Air Force. After retiring from the air force, he served as a Civil Service Communications Specialist at Fort Detrick, MD, until his retirement there. He was a member of VFW Post 15 Gettysburg.

Sources

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GMZP-5ZP
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRC6-X64?cc=1810731&wc=QZF7-QRN%3A649490601%2C648806402%2C648844301%2C1589282324 : 8 December 2015), Pennsylvania > Adams > Liberty > ED 22 > image 13 of 14; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9MT-J7ZD?cc=2000219&wc=QZX5-HM9%3A790227701%2C790103502%2C790340701%2C790340702 : accessed 15 July 2021), Pennsylvania > Adams > Liberty Township, Fountain Dale > 1-28 Liberty Township, Fountain Dale (part) > image 2 of 19; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVX-RMDM : 8 August 2020), Joseph Ambrose Weishaar, ; Burial, Hamiltonban Township, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Saint Mary's and Saint Rita's Catholic Cemetery; citing record ID 16426964, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.