Elizabeth Marie Wiedenmann
b. March 1864, d. 4 August 1946
- Father: Frederick Wiedenmann b. 1828, d. 23 November 1909
- Mother: Barbara Erech b. 1827, d. 1907
- Elizabeth Marie Wiedenmann was born in March 1864 in Niagara County, New York.
- Frederick Wiedenmann and Barbara Erech appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1875 in Niagara, Niagara County, New York. Other members of the household included Elizabeth Marie Wiedenmann, Fredericka Wiedenmann, Charles August Wiedenmann, Mary Wiedenmann, Barbara Wiedenmann and Emma A. Wiedenmann. Also in the household was one male servant.
- She married Charles F. Meister.
- The following appeared on 13 April 1895 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: The death of Charles Wiedenmann, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Wiedenmann, occurred at 3:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the family home on Grove Avenue after an illness of four months. The deceased was born on Main street 39 years ago. Until four years ago he was in the meat business with his father. He was a prominent member of the city fire department, having served in the Bellevue Hose company and was a member of the Excelsior H. & L. company at the time of his death. Under the old village government he was chief of the Suspension Bridge fire department for several years. A father and mother, five sisters, Mrs. Louis Buhl and Mrs. Charles Meister of Buffalo; Mrs. John Pietsch, Mrs. Christopher Fink, and Miss Emma Wiedemann of this city survive him.
The funeral will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the house. rev. J. H. Asbeck will officiate. - The following appeared on 31 May 1913 in The Niagara Falls Gazette: Mrs. Mary Tully Pfetsch, mother of Deputy City Clerk Fred J. Pfetsch, died yesterday morning at her home, No. 462 Fourth street. Besides the city official Mrs. Tully is survived by two other sons, George and John and a daughtert Mrs. Lewis Watson. Three sisters, Mrs. C. F. Meister and Mrs. Lewis H. Buehl of Buffalo and Mrs Henry Seippel of this city. Funeral will take place from the family home at three o'clock Sunday afternoon, burial to be in Oakwood cemetery.
- Elizabeth Marie Wiedenmann became a widow at the 25 February 1936 death of her husband Charles F. Meister.
- The following appeared on 26 February 1936 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: [Died] In this city, February 25, 1936, Charles F. Meister, beloved husband of Elizabeth M. (nee Wiedenmann); father of Dr. Edward F. Meister. Funeral from the family residence, 156 Crescent Avenue, Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Funeral at convenience of family. Deceased was a member of Harmonie Lodge No. 699, F. & A. M.
- Elizabeth Marie Wiedenmann died on 4 August 1946 at age 82 in Buffalo, Erie County, New Yortk.
- She was interred at Buffalo Cemetery, Pine Hill, Erie County, New York.
- The following appeared on 6 August 1946 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: Elizabeth Wiedenmann Meister, 83, of 56 Parker Ave., mother of Dr. Edward F. Meister, prominent Buffalo obstetrician, will be buried in the Buffalo Cemetery, Pine Hill, after funeral services at the Steck, Lockwood & Clark Funeral Home, 2775 Main St. The Rev. Gilbert Lovell, minister of the Central Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Mrs. Meister died Sunday.
Mrs. Meister, who was born in Niagara Falls, was the wife of Charles F. Meister, who died in 1936.
Mrs. Meister's father, the late Frederick Wiedenmann, was president of Niagara Falls when it was a village. He also had been chief of the volunteer fire department. Mrs. Meister also is survived by a sister, Mrs. Fredericka Buehl.
- Last Edited: 12 Nov 2014