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John
Henry Weyer (1806–1862)
Birth February 1806 near Cologne
Death 22 Oct 1862 in Galveston, Texas, USA
1820
Age: 14
Arrival
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
At 14 he leaves home in Germany to find work as a dyer in Scotland.
1837
23 Sep
Age: 31
Arrival
New York, New York
Henry Weyer's occupation listed on passenger manifest on the ship "Pennsylvania" as cotton dyer.
1839
21 Dec
Age: 33
Arrival
Galveston County, Texas
Conditional land grand certificate for 320 acres in Galveston County issued by the Republic of Texas; title confirmed in 1846 by State of Texas.
1846
28 Oct
Age: 40
Marriage to Sophie Magdalena Engel
Galveston, Galveston Texas, USA
Marriage license to John Henry Weyer and Sophia Madalene Weyer, Galveston County Marriage Index, Book A, page 79
1862
22 Oct
Age: 56
Death
Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
Death of "Weyers, Henry J" in Funeral Records, St Joseph's Catholic Church,
Galveston, Texas
Sophie Magdalena Engel
(daughter of Johann Martin Engel, Württemberg, and brother of the Rev. August Engel, founder of Luckenbach, Texas)
children
Henry Weyer
1847 – 1900 (drowned in Sept 8 storm with wife and most of his
children.
Sophia Winfried Weyer
1849 – 1900 (drowned in Sept 8 storm with several daughters.)
Adolph Weyer
Infos from: Donald Moffitt, a great-great-grandson of John Henry Weyer
Williamsburg, Virginia
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