Frederick Weiss, who was born circa 1826 in Mecklenburg, Germany married Ferdinande Lehman, who was born circa 1827 in Hanover, Germany. The wedding took place in Germany and is estimated to have been about 1852.
The first record of the Weiss family in England is the 1861 United Kingdom census report. They were residing at 3 John Street within the Ecclesiastical District of Christ Church. Two children are listed; Adolph W. age 8 years and 6 months and his sister, Ferdinand age 18 months. Frederick was employed as a dock laborer and from the birth places of the children, the Weiss� immigrated to England sometime between 1859-1861.
Frederick Weiss was deceased by the 1871 United Kingdom census. When his daughter, Ferdinande, married Christian Olesen in 1874, she listed her father�s occupation as a banker. To date I do not know the exact date of Frederick�s death or where he is buried, however, according to genealogy experts in Hartlepool, all deaths in the Stranton and West Hartlepool area before 1912 were buried in North Cemetery.
Following her husband�s death, Ferdinande remained in West Hartlepool and lived on Victoria Terrace at the east end of Church Street. Her two children, Adolph and Ferdinande were both at home. Adolph was an apprentice to an outfitter and Ferdinande was a dressmaker. The widow Weiss ran a boarding house. Three Scandinavian men were boarders�one was Christian Olesen, who later married young Ferdinande.
In 1881, Ferdinande at age 54, had moved to 10 Lower Reed Street, remaining in Stranton, not too far from the previous year�s flats. Both of her children have married and left home, but she is still running a lodging house. There is no record of Ferdinande Weiss on the 1891 United Kingdom census. She has either died or remarried. There is a record of a Ferdinande Weiss marrying at St. James Church between 1870-1893. It is a document that I will have to obtain.
Children of Christian Olesen and Ferdinande Weiss:
FERDINANDE WEISS, born November 14, 1855 in Hamburg, Germany, died February 15, 1942 in Monaca, Pennsylvania married CHRISTIAN OLESEN on August 3, 1874 in West Hartlepool, England at Christ Church.
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A special thank you to Heather of Middlesbrough, England who has researched the Weiss roots through UK census reports and to members of the Cleveland Family History Society, Hartlepool, England who have transcribed the records from various Hartlepool churchs.
Updated: March, 2003
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