Louise Henrietta (Mankowsky) Wietholder (1881 - 1954)

Born 21 Sep 1881 in Dortmund, Westphalen, Germany

Ancestors

Wife of John Fred Wietholder — married 1908 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 2 Oct 1954 at age 73 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Louisa was the daughter of Rudolf Mankowsky and Henrietta Steiger. She was born 21 Sep 1881 in Dortmund, Westphalen, Germany, and was baptized on 20 Nov 1881.^[1] She emigrated on the Westernland to the Port of New York on 5 Sep 1900. ^[2]. The manifest shows that she was traveling with her brother-in-law, Jacob Goempel to the Pittsburgh area.

In 1908, she married John Wietholder in Allegheny County. ^[3] In 1910, they were living on Spinneweber street in Baldwin Township. ^[4]

In 1910, their son, John Rudolph was born^[5]. Her husband passed in 1925, and Louisa spent the rest of her life with her son as her companion.^[6][7]

She passed in 1954, and is buried in Birmingham Cemetery.^[8]

Obituary

Wietholder of 366 Horning St. Carrick on Saturday Oct 2 1954 Louisa wife of the late John F. Wietholder mother of John R. Wietholder one sister Amanda Davis, of Cleveland Ohio. Friends received at the Funeral Home of John D. Schaub Sons, 425 Brownsville Rd. Mt. Oliver. Services on Tuesday 2 p.m. ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4Y3-KHG : accessed 18 May 2016), Louise Henriette Mankowski, 20 Nov 1881; citing ; FHL microfilm 563,167.
2. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXD1-8PK : accessed 18 May 2016), Louise Mankowski, 05 Sep 1900; citing departure port Antwerp, arrival port NY, ship name Westernland, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ PA Marriage License Index for Allegheny County: #g-14637; Vol 76, pg 773. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BJ-8CQ2?i=316&cat=248617
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGD3-ZQH : accessed 30 May 2019), John Wheatholder, Baldwin, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 18A, family 370, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1292; FHL microfilm 1,375,305.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6BX-VYN : accessed 30 May 2019), Louise Wolheiter in household of John Wolheiter, Carrick, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 56, sheet 1A, line 12, family 2, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1510; FHL microfilm 1,821,510.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCC5-8GS : accessed 30 May 2019), Louisa E Weitholder, Pittsburgh (Districts 251-488), Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 363, sheet 28A, line 27, family 322, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1988; FHL microfilm 2,341,722.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQZH-YTL : 15 March 2018), Louisa E Wietholders, Ward 29, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh City, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 69-831, sheet 5B, line 63, family 102, 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, roll 3676.
8. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44797994
9. ↑ the Pittsburgh Press - Oct 4, 1954, pg 24.