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Gottlieb Wesner

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Gottlieb Wesner

Birth
Munich, Stadtkreis München, Bavaria, Germany
Death
5 Apr 1917 (aged 91)
Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Tyrone, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Marriages:
1st: to unknown
2nd: to Adeline who died 03 Feb 1891

Age: 91
Occupation: Millwright, stone mason, and farmer

Came to the US when he was sixteen years old.
Local fame for shooting a lion which was part of the 1893 Walter Main circus, when it wrecked and animals got loose. "He was probably the only man who ever shot a lion in the woods of Pennsylvania"

He is survived by the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Mary Morrisey and Christopher Wesner, of Barnesboro; Mrs. William Stonebraker, of Blue Ball; George and Edward Wesner, of Tyrone; Mrs. John Bluste, of Harrisburg, and Charles Wesner, of Huntingdon. He leaves thirty tow grandchildren and a number of great grandchildren.
Marriages:
1st: to unknown
2nd: to Adeline who died 03 Feb 1891

Age: 91
Occupation: Millwright, stone mason, and farmer

Came to the US when he was sixteen years old.
Local fame for shooting a lion which was part of the 1893 Walter Main circus, when it wrecked and animals got loose. "He was probably the only man who ever shot a lion in the woods of Pennsylvania"

He is survived by the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Mary Morrisey and Christopher Wesner, of Barnesboro; Mrs. William Stonebraker, of Blue Ball; George and Edward Wesner, of Tyrone; Mrs. John Bluste, of Harrisburg, and Charles Wesner, of Huntingdon. He leaves thirty tow grandchildren and a number of great grandchildren.


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