Lottie (Christy) Weitzel (1873 - 1918)

Born 14 Feb 1873 in Indiana, United States

Wife of Barnabus Joseph Weitzel — married 4 May 1903 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Died 30 Jan 1918 at age 44 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Kathy Webster [send private message]

Biography

Lottie was born in 1873. She was the daughter of Samuel Christy. Reportedly born in Harrison Ohio, she married Barney Weitzel, also from Harrison. The couple were married in the rectory of a church in Chicago Illinois in 1903. They lived in Chicago, where Barney worked on the elevated railroad. She died in 1918, and was returned home to Harrison to be laid to rest.

Research Puzzles

• Where were Lottie Christy or Samuel Christy in Harrison Ohio in 1880? Have searched Ancestry.com, Family Search, HCGS databases.
• Did Lottie and Barney run away together? How did they end up in Chicago, and why didn't they get married in Harrison?
• The family history from Mary Louise (Scharold) Kuehne (1915-1993) states that Barney never married. But he did and his wife is buried in the family plot at the Catholic Cemetery.

Sources

• "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7DS-866 : 25 January 2023), Barnabas J. Weitzel and Lottie Christy, 1903.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKCR-RZ7 : accessed 26 May 2023), Lottie Weitzel in household of Barnabas Weitzel, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 698, sheet , family , NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll ; FHL microfilm .
• "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MW-ZH7M : 8 March 2018), Lottie Weitzel, 30 Jan 1918; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference 2909, record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,309,069.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50595253/lottie-weitzel: accessed 26 May 2023), memorial page for Lottie Christy Weitzel (1873–30 Jan 1918), Find A Grave: Memorial #50595253, citing Saint John the Baptist Cemetery, Harrison, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Kathy W (contributor 47140810).
• Burial: "Cincinnati Roman Catholic Parish Burials"
  Archive: Archdiocese of Cincinnati
  FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 26 May 2023)
  Lottie Weitzel burial (died on 30 Jan 1918 at age 44) on 4 Feb 1918 in St John the Baptist, Harrison, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States.
• Monumental Inscription. Saint John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery, Harrison Township, Ohio. 1918 (b. 1873) Weitzel, Lottie, wife of BJ Weitzel. Photographed by: Kathy Webster: taken 14 May 2023.