The Weber Family Genealogy - Ambrosius and Johanna Dorothea (Reiser) Weber

Ambrosius and Johanna Dorothea (Reiser) Weber

Ambrosius sailed first from Hamburg on August 11, 1864, according to the ship manifest Hero and arrived in New York via Liverpool in September 1864. Dorothea and the children sailed a year later from Hamburg on May 13, 1865, according to the ship manifest Teutonia and arrived in New York from Hamburg via Southampton on June 2, 1865. Dorothea was robbed of most of her valuables on the voyage over. However, she still had her German hymn book which she treasured.

In a deed dated April 29, 1867, Ambrosius and Dorothea purchased one hundred sixty acres of land near Rhineland, Montgomery County, Missouri, three miles from the city of Hermann on the north side of the Missouri River. It is said that the German immigrants who settled in this area believed it closely resembled the area from which they migrated from in Germany. Things did not go well. The men supplemented their farm income by working at a lime kiln, which was on the banks of the Missouri River.

In 1869 they decided to sell the farm and move back to St. Louis. Ambrosius and the boys left first, floating downstream from Hermann and landing at the foot of Soulard Street in South St. Louis. An Irish woman directed them to a job breaking rock (10 hours a day) at 15 cents an hour. This was for the New Saint Charles Rock Road. As far as we know, the story has Dorothea and the girls coming to Soulard in 1872; from there, the family moved to “Kerry Patch”.

When Ambrosius died in 1883, Dorothea carried on the business. Otto and Albert helped Dorothea with the business. For almost twenty years, she drove a blind horse to the old Union Market to sell their wares, and she would ride with the drayman on Friday to settle their butcher-shop accounts. Dorothea was someone to be reckoned with. In 1895, Dorothea “retired” from the business and sons Albert and Otto took over.

Name	Birth Year	Marriage Year	Spouse
Ambrosius Weber	1821	about 1849	Johanna Dorothea Reiser
Wanda Weber	1851	1868	William Frederick Mertens
Wanda Weber	1851	1886	Herman Zuroweste
Laura Weber	1852	1873	Frank E Kratky
Olga L Weber	1853	1871	David N Gier
Otto A Weber	1856	1883	Christina Bauch
Otto A Weber	1856	1899	Elizabeth Brockmeyer
Albert O Weber	1857	1883	Frances Hackmann
Charles Frederick Mertens	1869	1890	Emma C Schaper
Emma L Gier	1872	1892	Edward E Engelland
Laura E Gier	1873	1893	Albert H Rahing
Amelia Mertens	about 1874		(Unknown) Wessels
Emma P E Kratky	1874	1890	Charles Robert Wunderlich
Rose H Kratky	1881	1902	William E Maloney
Albert Otto Kratky	1884		Blanche Vowel
Walter Albert Weber	1884	about 1910	Amanda Virginia Sack
Christina Francis Weber	1894	1920	William Spiro Kapranos
Harry Otto Weber, Sr	1900	1926	Alice Charlotte Crusius

Legend:
Subject
Daughter
Son
Spouse

Ambrosius Weber

(b. 1821, d. 1883)

Johanna D. Reiser

(b. 1822, m. Abt 1849, d. 1903)

Wanda Weber

(b. 1851, d. 1927)

William F. Mertens

(b. Abt 1829, m. 1868, d. 1881)

Herman Zuroweste

(b. 1839, m. 1886, d. 1897)

Laura Weber

(b. 1852, d. 1915)

Frank E. Kratky

(b. 1834, m. 1873, d. 1901)

Olga L. Weber

(b. 1853, d. 1935)

David N. Gier

(b. 1848, m. 1871, d. 1926)

Otto A. Weber

(b. 1856, d. 1923)

Christina Bauch

(b. 1862, m. 1883, d. 1895)

Elizabeth Brockmeyer

(b. 1872, m. 1899, d. 1950)

Albert O. Weber

(b. 1857, d. 1940)

Frances Hackmann

(b. 1864, m. 1883, d. 1942)

Legend:
Subject
Daughter
Son
Spouse

Ambrosius Weber (b. 7 Feb 1821, d. 4 Jan 1883)
- Johanna Dorothea Reiser (b. 29 Sep 1822, m. abt 1849, d. 26 Mar 1903)
  - Wanda Weber (b. 7 Apr 1851, d. 23 Dec 1927)
    - William Frederick Mertens (b. abt 1829, m. 1868, d. 9 May 1881)
      - Charles Frederick Mertens (b. 7 Jan 1869, d. 22 Nov 1926)
      - Gustav Mertens (b. abt 1871, d. bef 1900)
      - Lydia Olga Mertens (b. 11 Aug 1872, d. 4 Feb 1959)
      - Amelia Mertens (b. abt 1874, d. 15 Dec 1898)
      - Laura Olga Mertens (b. 10 Jun 1877, d. 1 Jan 1961)
    - Herman Zuroweste (b. 1839, m. 5 Jan 1886, d. 28 Apr 1897)
  - Laura Weber (b. 21 Jul 1852, d. 2 May 1915)
    - Frank E Kratky (b. 23 Mar 1834, m. 20 Apr 1873, d. 23 Sep 1901)
      - Emma P E Kratky (b. 6 Feb 1874, d. 24 Dec 1949)
      - Rose H Kratky (b. 6 May 1881, d. 25 Jan 1968)
      - Albert Otto Kratky (b. 27 Jan 1884, d. 23 Mar 1939)
  - Olga L Weber (b. 3 Nov 1853, d. 1 May 1935)
    - David N Gier (b. 30 Dec 1848, m. 18 Sep 1871, d. 16 Jan 1926)
      - Emma L Gier (b. 1 May 1872, d. 22 Oct 1948)
      - Laura E Gier (b. 16 Dec 1873, d. 24 Apr 1954)
  - Otto A Weber (b. 2 Mar 1856, d. 10 Jun 1923)
    - Christina Bauch (b. Jul 1862, m. 8 Jul 1883, d. 7 Jan 1895)
      - Walter Albert Weber (b. 10 Mar 1884, d. 27 Oct 1963)
      - Albert Otto Weber (b. 12 Apr 1886, d. 22 Apr 1973)
      - Ada Emma Weber (b. 28 Apr 1888, d. 6 Aug 1975)
      - Emma Weber (b. Sep 1890, d. 12 Dec 1893)
      - George A Weber (b. 20 Feb 1893, d. 4 Jan 1894)
      - Christina Francis Weber (b. 18 Dec 1894, d. 27 Jun 1983)
    - Elizabeth Brockmeyer (b. 1 Jun 1872, m. 5 Jul 1899, d. 23 Feb 1950)
      - Harry Otto Weber, Sr (b. 3 Jun 1900, d. 13 Sep 1980)
  - Albert O Weber (b. 18 Aug 1857, d. 11 Jul 1940)
    - Frances Hackmann (b. 23 Nov 1864, m. 27 Dec 1883, d. 20 Mar 1942)