"The 6-year old son of Carl Weishaar, living southwest of town, was drowned by falling into a cistern last Thursday. The cover had been left off, and the little fellow, unnoticed by his parents, ventured too near the opening and fell in. He was dead when taken out of the water." (From the Odessa Record: Aug 11, 1905 in 8-11-2005) ["Last Thursday" would have been Aug 3rd. TAB]
Arrival 18 Apr 1901 Port of New York, Departure Bremen 6 Apr 1901, Vessel SS Barbarossa: Karl Weishaar, age 34, farmer, able to read and write, nationality Russian, Last Residence: Hoffningsthal, final destination: Ritzville, Wash, going to join brother in law in Odessa, Wash; Magdalena age 27; Elizabetha age 9; Andreas age 7; Johannes 4 ¾; Emilia age 3; Jakob 16 mos. [Given Jacob's age at arrival, he would have been born about Dec 1899. TAB]
"The 6-year old son of Carl Weishaar, living southwest of town, was drowned by falling into a cistern last Thursday. The cover had been left off, and the little fellow, unnoticed by his parents, ventured too near the opening and fell in. He was dead when taken out of the water." (From the Odessa Record: Aug 11, 1905 in 8-11-2005) ["Last Thursday" would have been Aug 3rd. TAB]
Arrival 18 Apr 1901 Port of New York, Departure Bremen 6 Apr 1901, Vessel SS Barbarossa: Karl Weishaar, age 34, farmer, able to read and write, nationality Russian, Last Residence: Hoffningsthal, final destination: Ritzville, Wash, going to join brother in law in Odessa, Wash; Magdalena age 27; Elizabetha age 9; Andreas age 7; Johannes 4 ¾; Emilia age 3; Jakob 16 mos. [Given Jacob's age at arrival, he would have been born about Dec 1899. TAB]
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