Generation IV · Son of Edward Albert Weppner
Raymond John Weppner
16 Oct 1897 – 9 Aug 1953
Facts
- Born
- 16 Oct 1897, Buffalo, New York
- Died
- 9 Aug 1953, Erie, Pennsylvania
- Work
- With the General Electric Company in Cleveland, Ohio (1931)
- Schooling
- St. Louis school; School No. 56; Lafayette High School; Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh (1924)
- Service
- 108th Infantry on the Mexican border (1916); served overseas as a sergeant in the First World War
Their story
Edward and Delia's second son. He went to the Mexican border with the 108th Infantry in 1916 and served overseas as a sergeant during the First World War. Afterward he finished at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh in 1924 and went to work for the General Electric Company in Cleveland. He married Hilda Beyer of Buffalo. Their children were Aleen Virginia, the “Virginia Aileen” of the 1931 history, who died in the 2020s, and Daniel Beyer and Patricia Beyer, both born in Cleveland. He died in Erie, Pennsylvania, on 9 August 1953.
The 1931 history dates his marriage to 1927, but WikiTree has his son Daniel born in 1923.
Their lifetime
- 1897Raymond John Weppner is born in Buffalo, New York.
- 1901The Pan-American Exposition; President McKinley is shot at the Temple of Music. Buffalo
- 1904The German Bank, controlled by the same Boston promoter, fails in December. Buffalo
- 1916Raymond J. Weppner goes to the Mexican border with the 108th Infantry; he later serves overseas as a sergeant.
- 1918The German-American Bank renames itself Liberty Bank. Buffalo
- 1923Daniel Beyer Weppner is born.
- 1937Patricia Beyer Weppner is born.
- 1950Buffalo's population peaks at 580,132. Buffalo
- 1953Raymond John Weppner dies in Erie, Pennsylvania.