HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG0717.AM: Edward Weisenreder, 1835-1917
Volume: 1867-1877
Aspinwall, Nemaha County, Nebraska: Businessman
Size: One volume
BACKGROUND NOTE
Edward Weisenreder was born in 1835 at Baden, Germany. At the age of 20 he migrated to America and settled in Aspinwall, Nebraska, in 1863. Weisenreder entered into partnership in a mercantile business with Joseph Watton and was Postmaster at Aspinwall from 1866 to 1872. He was married on January 16, 1866, to Wilhelmina Rothenburger and they were to have three children, Adelia, Minnie and Frank. He is buried at Saint Joseph Cemetery at Broken Bow, Custer County, Nebraska.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
This collection consists of one folder of manuscript material arranged in one series: 1) Account Book, 1867-1877. This material relates to the mercantile business of Edward Weisenreder at Aspinwall, Nebraska, including recorded sales, store purchases and accounts receivable.
INVENTORY
Box 1
Folder
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- Account book, 1867-1877
Subject headings:
Aspinwall (Nebraska)
Business & finance
Germans in Nebraska
Mercantile facilities
Merchants — Nebraska
Nemaha County (Nebraska) — History
Weisenreder, Edward, 1835-1917
DAB/DJR/ab 05-18-1967
Revised TMM 03-14-2016
