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Title Weeder, Louis
Alternate title Weeber, Louis
Date b. ca. 1823
Description Louis Weeder, born in Germany ca. 1823, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia ca. 1855-1890s. Philadelphia city directories first list Weeder as a lithographer in 1855 with the residential address of Morris Street above Fourth Street. By the late 1850s, Weeder relocated his residence to the 1700 block of Cuba Street (South Philadelphia) where he also predominantly lived during the 1860s and early 1870s. In 1867 he worked as an artist at the establishment of Jacob Haehnlen (125 South Third Street). Weeder, or possibly his son Louis, Jr., was in the trade until at least 1896, with a residence in North Philadelphia at 2334 Montgomery Avenue. He may also have worked as an instrument maker in the early 1870s and have resided at the Hayes Mechanic's home in 1891.
By 1860, Weeder was married to Anna (b. ca. 1820) and had three children, including Louis, Jr. (b. ca. 1848), who possibly was the instrument maker and the lithographer at 1531 South Eighth Street in 1891 and Montgomery Avenue in 1896. The family resided in South Philadelphia (Ward 1) at 1738 Cuba Street.
Is part of Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
References See Haehnlen, Jacob.
Call number Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
Bibliographic citation Census 1860
Philadelphia Business and City Directories, 1855-1896 (intermittently)