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Generation IV · Married Elmer Kraus Weppner

Mary Louise Herger

22 Nov 1893 – Oct 1977

Facts

Born
22 Nov 1893, Buffalo, New York
Died
Oct 1977, Buffalo, New York

Their story

Daughter of Charles G. Herger (1867–1933), who was born in Buffalo to an immigrant from Württemberg, and Frances G. Cornell (1872–1955). She married Elmer Kraus Weppner in 1920. Her brothers were Charles Cornell Herger (1895–1962), listed as a physician in the 1934 city directory, Howard Cornell Herger (1898–1981) and Paul C. Herger (1906–1968). Cornell and Herger both came back as middle names in later generations.

Their lifetime

  1. 1893Elmer Kraus Weppner and Mary Louise Herger are born.
  2. 1896The Ellicott Square Building opens, the largest office building in the world at the time. Buffalo
  3. 1901The Pan-American Exposition; President McKinley is shot at the Temple of Music. Buffalo
  4. 1904The German Bank, controlled by the same Boston promoter, fails in December. Buffalo
  5. 1914Elmer K. Weppner graduates from Cornell University; two years later he completes the University of Buffalo's law course.
  6. 1918The German-American Bank renames itself Liberty Bank. Buffalo
  7. 1920Elmer Kraus Weppner marries Mary Louise Herger.
  8. 1923Edward Charles Weppner is born in Buffalo on 31 July.
  9. 1924Mary Louise Weppner is born.
  10. 1926Anne Theresa Weppner Fitzsimmons is born.
  11. 1929David Francis Weppner is born on 25 August.
  12. 1933Benjamin H. Weppner, the youngest of five, is born.
  13. 1950Buffalo's population peaks at 580,132. Buffalo
  14. 1959The St. Lawrence Seaway opens and shipping begins to bypass Buffalo. Buffalo
  15. 1961Elmer Kraus Weppner dies.
  16. 1977Mary Louise (Herger) Weppner dies.