Ursula Weiler

b. 4 July 1855, d. 24 June 1924

Ursula 'Lucy' Weiler Kammerer, 1855-1924
Ursula 'Lucy' Weiler Kammerer, 1855-1924
  • Ursula Weiler was born on 4 July 1855 in Niagara, Niagara County, New York.
  • She was known as Lucy.
  • Balthasar Weiler and Anna Walter appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Niagara, New York, living next to Balthasar's brother Louis, and just a few households from Anna's sisters Lucy Stahle and Barbara "Baumel.". Other members of the household included Ursula Weiler, Gottlieb Weiler, Christian Weiler and Matthias Balthasar Weiler.
  • Lucy Weiler, age 14, has not been found in the 1870 census, probably overlooked in another household as live-in household help.
  • Balthasar Weiler and Margaretha Sippel appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1875 in Niagara, New York. Other members of the household included Ursula Weiler, Christian Weiler, Matthias Balthasar Weiler, Elisabetha A. Weiler, Heinrich Valentin Weiler and Johann Georg Weiler.
  • She married Adam Kammerer, son of Johannes Kämmerer and Anna Elisabetha Dexheimer, on 28 November 1876 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York.
  • Adam Kammerer and Ursula Weiler appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Suspension Bridge, Niagara County, New York. Other members of the household included Elizabeth Susanna Margaret Kammerer and Ada Anna Kammerer.
  • Adam Kammerer and Ursula Weiler appeared in the New York state census of 16 February 1892 in Niagara, New York. Other members of the household included Ada Anna Kammerer, Elizabeth Susanna Margaret Kammerer, John Balthasar Kammerer, Lucille Christine Kammerer and Helen Georgine Kammerer.
  • Adam Kammerer and Ursula Weiler appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Niagara, Niagara County, New York, at 1366 Ontario Avenue. Other members of the household included Ada Anna Kammerer, John Balthasar Kammerer, Lucille Christine Kammerer, Helen Georgine Kammerer, Marie Katherine Kammerer and Carl Adam Kammerer.
  • Adam and Lucy Kammerer and their family were photographed during 1902 in their front yard at 1366 Ontario Avenue.
  • The following appeared on 5 February 1903 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: Mrs. Adam Kammerer and daughter, Miss Ada Kammerer, Mrs. B. Weiler and daughter, Miss Emma Weiler, of Ontario Avenue, and Mr. and Mrs. George Weiler of Sixth Street are in Buffalo today attending the funeral of the late Mrs. Charles Weiler.
  • Adam and Lucy Kammerer and their family posed for a photographic portrait during May 1903, of which two versions survive.
  • Adam Kammerer and Ursula Weiler appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1905 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 1266 Ontario Avenue. Other members of the household included Ada Anna Kammerer, John Balthasar Kammerer, Lucille Christine Kammerer, Helen Georgine Kammerer, Marie Katherine Kammerer and Carl Adam Kammerer.
  • She was a sponsor at the baptism/christening of Charles Adam Benjamin Ford on 27 September 1908 at Zion Lutheran Church in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York.
  • Adam Kammerer and Ursula Weiler appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 1366 Ontario Avenue. Other members of the household included Lucille Christine Kammerer, Helen Georgine Kammerer, Marie Katherine Kammerer and Carl Adam Kammerer.
  • Ursula Weiler became a widow at the 27 April 1911 death of her husband Adam Kammerer.
  • The following appeared on 21 October 1911 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: On Ontario avenue, east of Lockport street, Mrs. Adam Kammerer is building a handsome brick residence and is probably the pioneer of up to date construction in that section. It will only be a matter of a short time before Lockport street will be ordered paved and that will be one of the chief gateways into the new industrial section section at the north end of the city. By degrees many of the old residents in the 12th and 13th wards are migrating to new fields, leaving their former domiciles to the foreign element many of whom are employed in the big factories which have sprung up like Jack's beanstalk north of the New York Central tracks.
  • Lucy Weiler Kammerer was photographed about 1912 with daughters Helen and Marie, Addie and Charles Gaise, and Elsa Vorwerk.
    Lucy Weiler Kammerer with daughters Helen and Marie, Addy and Charles Gaise, and Elsa Vorwerk, about 1912
  • The following appeared on 19 September 1913 in The Niagara Falls Gazette: Mrs. Adam Kammerer and son Carl of Ontario avenue are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Kammerer of Albany, N. Y.
  • The following appeared on 30 June 1916 in The Buffalo Morning Express: The marriage of Miss Gertrude Barnett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Barnett, and Joseph F. Lepine was solemnized at 7 o'clock last evening in the Presbyterian church of the Covenant, the Rev. John D. Campbell officiating. The church was decorated with palms, evergreens, pink peonies and marguerites. Ropes of Smilax were caught from the chandeliers. The pews for the house guests were marked with pink peonies and marguerites. Carl Kammerer of Niagara Falls, cousin of the bride, played a programme of organ music as the guests were assembling, ending in the Lohengrin bridal chorus as the bridal party entered, led by the ushers, Myron B. Bloy of Detroit, Mich., and William Lewis. The ushers were followed by the maid of honor, Miss Myrtle Hutchinson, and the two bridesmaids, Miss Helen Kammerer of Niagara Falls and Miss Ruth Barnett, sister of the bride. The bride entered with her father and was met at the altar by the bridegroom and his best man, George J. Barnett. She wore a gown of pussywillow taffeta with lace and pearl trimmings. Her veil was fastened with orange blossoms and she carried a shower bouquet of bride roses and lilies of the valley. The maid of honor, wore green-flowered voile trimmed with green satin bands and carried an arm bouquet of Ophelia roses. Miss Kammerer wore pink-flowered voile trimmed with pink satin bands and carried an arm bouquet of pink Killarney roses. A reception to 100 guests at the home of  Mr. and Mrs. Barnett in Waverly street followed the ceremony. Palms, pink and white peonies and roses adorned the rooms. The bride's table was laid for fourteen and was centered with pink roses. The other guests were seated at small tables which were centered with pink candelabra. The guests included Mr. and Mrs. John Guenther of Welland, Ont., Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Barnett, Miss Nettie Platt of Alden, J. A. Kammerer of Toronto, Ont., Mrs. and Mrs. M. H. Mayle, Miss Helen Mayle, Mr. and Mrs. Louis K. Eimer, Paul Eimer, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Ford, Mrs. Adam Kammerer, Miss Marie Kammerer, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ford, Miss Louise Ford, Charles Ford, Jr., Miss Norma Hoffman, Miss Alice Young, Mr. and Mrs. George Benning, Miss Elsa Vorwerck of Niagara Falls, Mr. and Mrs. George F. Loehr of Lancaster, Miss Gladys Williams of Toronto., Ont., Mr. and Mrs. M. Bloy of Detroit, Mich., Miss Winifred Hewetson and Miss Vera Hewetson of Brampton, Ont., Miss Alma Hart of Scranton, Pa.  Mr. and Mrs. Lepine will spend their honeymoon in the Catskill mountains and will be at home after August 1st in Buffalo. 
  • Ada and Charlie Woolcock were photographed about 1918 with son Billy and Ada's mother Lucy Weiler Kammerer.
  • Carl Kammerer in uniform was photographed with the Kammerer and Vorwerk families.
  • Ursula Weiler appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 1638 Ontario Avenue. Other members of the household included Helen Georgine Kammerer, Marie Katherine Kammerer and Carl Adam Kammerer.
  • A reunion of the Kammerer family was held in 1923 Kammerer family at the home of Helen Kammerer Hoffman, on the occasion of sister Phoebe Kammerer's Frank's visit from her home in Devil's Lake, North Dakota.
  • The Kammerer sisters and their sister-in-law Lucy Weiler Kammerer, posed for a photograph during the 1923 Kammerer family reunion.
  • Ursula Weiler died on 24 June 1924 at age 68 in Niagara Falls, New York, at 1638 Ontario Avenue at her residence. . Hier death was officially witnessed by Carl Adam Kammerer.
  • She was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York.
  • The following appeared on 25 June 1924 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: [Died] In this city, Tuesday, June 24th, Mrs. Lucy Kammerer, widow of the late Adam Kammerer, age 68 years. She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Chas. J. Woolcock, Mrs. Elizabeth Vorwerk, Mrs. C. Fred Hartwig, Mrs. Geo. Shipston, Mrs. Otto J. Jacoby, two sons, John B. and Carl A. Kammerer, ten grandchildren, also two sisters, Mrs. D. V. Hurley, Mrs. J. A. Cole, and one brother, Geo. J. Weiler. Funeral services will be held from the family residence, 1638 Ontario avenue, Friday afternoon at 2:00 and from the Zion Lutheran church at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. Herman Brezing officiating. Burial Oakwood Cemetery. 
  • The following appeared on 25 June 1924 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: The death of Mrs. Lucy Kammerer which occurred last evening at her home, No. 1638 Ontario avenue, the community loses one of its well known and highly esteemed residents. Mrs. Kammerer was a life long resident of this city where she was born July 4, 1855. The daughter of Balthaser and Anna Weiler, early settlers. She was united in marriage in 1875 to Adam Kammerer whose death occurred in 1911. She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Charles J. Woolcock, Mrs. Elizabeth Vorwerk, Mrs. C. Fred Hartwig, Mrs. George Shipston, Mrs. Otto J. Jacoby and two sons, John B. and Carl A. Kammerer and ten grand children, also two sisters Mrs. D. V. Hulery and Mrs. Jacole and one brother George J. Weiler. Mrs. Kammerer was a life long and active member of Zion Lutheran church, where the funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon. Rev. Herman Brezing officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.
  • Last Edited: 26 Jan 2017

Family: Adam Kammerer b. 21 September 1849, d. 27 April 1911