Joseph Anton Heuisler (1792 - 1862)

Born 24 Jun 1792 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Died 24 Feb 1862 at age 69 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Biography

Joseph Anton Heuisler was born on 24 Jun 1792 to Maximillian Heuisler and Mary White.^[1] On 26 May 1806 he married Mary Parker in Baltimore, Maryland^[2] Upon his father's death in 1816 he inherited his business and maintained it as a "respected seed & nursery business throughout much of the 19th century."^[3]

From Early American Gardens Blog

"The next European seedsman & nursery owner to appear in Maryland records was Maximillian Heuisler, in immigrant from Munich, Bavaria. While Heuisler settled permanently in Baltimore, he often made day trips to neighboring towns, such as Annapolis, to meet local gardening enthusiasts & to hawk his wares. He was a regular seed supplies to William Faris.

Heuisler personally delivered both plants & seeds to his mid-Atlantic customers. His wife never knew whether her husband would return from these trips with cash, new plants, or baskets of food: Heuisler traded for new seeds & plants to expand his varieties & stock, he sold for cash, & he accepted produce in trade.

Plant dealer Heuisler’s first advertisement as a commercial seed vendor appeared in 1791. Aggressive in advertising his wares, he was always looking for new ways to attract potential customers. He paid to have his advertising notice in the February 1795 issue of a Baltimore newspaper illustrated with a woodcut of potted plants. His nursery situated on 40 acres about 1 ¼ miles north of Baltimore on the Philadelphia Road, was depicted on an 1801 map of the town. He regularly advertised an extensive assortment of trees & shrubberies, both useful & ornamental, for mid-Atlantic “plantation,” orchard, kitchen, & flower gardens, plus fresh garden seeds of every description.

Heuisler was thought by one contemporary to be the best professional gardener in Baltimore at the end of the 18th century. In 1803, Heuisler sold his Philadelphia Road nursery & established one closer to his Annapolis market, on the Portland-Ferry-Branch, near the southwest corner of Baltimore. Maximillian Heuisler died in 1816, but his son, Joseph A. Heuisler, carried on his father’s determination to build & maintain a well-respected seed & nursery business throughout much of the 19th century."^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Sarudy, Barbara Wells, Gardens and Gardening in the Chesapeake. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press; 1st Edition edition (April 23, 1998). on Early American Gardens Blog: Garden History - Seed Dealers and Nursery Owners from the Mid-Atlantic to the Upper South: Dealers in Baltimore, Maryland, publihsed online, 26 Aug 2010
2. ↑ "Maryland Marriages, 1666-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NG-Z5D : 12 December 2014), Joseph Heiusler and Mary Parker, 26 May 1806; citing Baltimore, Maryland, reference p 59 No. 48; FHL microfilm 13,693.
3. ↑ Sarudy, Barbara Wells, Gardens and Gardening in the Chesapeake. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press; 1st Edition edition (April 23, 1998). on Early American Gardens Blog: Garden History - Seed Dealers and Nursery Owners from the Mid-Atlantic to the Upper South: Dealers in Baltimore, Maryland, publihsed online, 26 Aug 2010
4. ↑ Source: Early American Gardens Blog: Garden History - Seed Dealers and Nursery Owners from the Mid-Atlantic to the Upper South: Dealers in Baltimore, Maryland, publihsed online, 26 Aug 2010, [1]

• Sarudy, Barbara Wells, Gardens and Gardening in the Chesapeake. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press; 1st Edition edition (April 23, 1998). on Early American Gardens Blog: Garden History - Seed Dealers and Nursery Owners from the Mid-Atlantic to the Upper South: Dealers in Baltimore, Maryland, publihsed online, 26 Aug 2010

• Source: S-600730078 Repository: #R-1094704476 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=83286993&pid=300
• Repository: R-1094704476 Ancestry.com

• "Maryland Marriages, 1666-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NG-Z5D : 12 December 2014), Joseph Heiusler and Mary Parker, 26 May 1806; citing Baltimore, Maryland, reference p 59 No. 48; FHL microfilm 13,693.