Jacob Weishaar (1899 - 1905)

Born 1899 in Ukraine

Died Aug 1905 at about age 6 in Adams County, Washington

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Jacob Weishaar died young.

Jacob Weishaar was born in 1899 in Ukraine.

Jacob died in Aug 1905 in Adams County, Washington aged ~6. He is buried in Weishaar Cemetery, Moody, Washington.

Weishaar Cemetery (single grave). "Located SE ¼ Sec 22 Twp 20 Range 31. Single grave on north side of county road. Child of early settler named Weishaar, who fell into a cistern and drowned. Grave unmarked." (Tombstone Inscriptions; Lind Area Burials in Fields, page 66 by Georgia Hays.)

"The 6-year old son of Carl Weishaar, living southwest of town, was drowned by falling into a cistern last Thursday. The cover had been left off, and the little fellow, unnoticed by his parents, ventured too near the opening and fell in. He was dead when taken out of the water." (From the Odessa Record: Aug 11, 1905 in 8-11-2005) ["Last Thursday" would have been Aug 3rd. TAB]

Arrival 18 Apr 1901 Port of New York, Departure Bremen 6 Apr 1901, Vessel SS Barbarossa: Karl Weishaar, age 34, farmer, able to read and write, nationality Russian, Last Residence: Hoffningsthal, final destination: Ritzville, Wash, going to join brother in law in Odessa, Wash; Magdalena age 27; Elizabetha age 9; Andreas age 7; Johannes 4 ¾; Emilia age 3; Jakob 16 mos. [Given Jacob's age at arrival, he would have been born about Dec 1899.

Sources

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 November 2018), memorial page for Jacob Weishaar (1899–Aug 1905), Find A Grave: Memorial #64413271, citing Weishaar Cemetery, Moody, Adams County, Washington, USA ; Maintained by Theresa Berg (contributor 47163360) .