In addition to my Ferdinand and Casper Wiese of Darke Co. OH, I also have a Mary Louise WEISS (1850-1892). She was b in OH, m. 1868 in Shelby Co. OH and died in 1892, Huntington Co. IN. She married Simon Altenbach. I believe both these families were German Catholics, but from where I'm not sure. Al ---------- > From: Alice Kern <akern@nauticom.net> > To: WISE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: WEISS, SULLIVAN, CARL, TATU - Ohio > Date: Monday, February 23, 1998 5:43 AM > > At 05:53 AM 2/23/98 EST, you wrote: > >Hi. > > > >I have been doing research on the WEISS/WEIS family. My line immigrated from > >Gamshurst, Baden, Germany in 1830. They were Roman Catholic and settled in > >Mercer County. > > > >If your line is German Catholic, we may have some connection. The name was > >WEISS until they came to America. It appears that is when they dropped the > >second 's'. Let me know if this fits your known facts. I will be glad to > >share if we have a connection. > > > >Penny (Weis) Weaver > > > > > Hi Penny! > > I have a WEISE that is Roman Catholic/German. I have not been able to find > out where in Germany they are from. They are Matthias WEISE born about > 1837. I believe they settled in Minersville, Pa. (central PA.) His wife > was Angeline HARRIS who also claims to be born in Germany, again I don't > know where. I'm not even sure when they married. Sorry, it's not much > information but it's all I have. You are the first person to post to this > list that even remotely might connect! At least, thanks for the tip on > somewhere to look in Germany. > > > Alice Kern > akern@nauticom.net > KERN / GLISSON / FLEMING / HANRAHAN / WEBB / DOWDALL / LEWIS > GOSS / WEISE / REDKAY/ SCHMICK / BIRD