Tag: Wegley

John Wesley Wegley

June 29, 1858 – December 15, 1927 John Wesley Wegley was born on June 29, 1858, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and passed away on December 15, 1927, in Shade, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, at the age of 69. His death certificate confirms that he succumbed to a cerebral hemorrhage caused by high blood pressure—a stroke. The document […]

Jonathan George Wegley

Jonathan George Wegley was born on September 3, 1836, in Somerset Pennsylvania. He died on March 1, 1892, in Lockington, Shelby County, Ohio. We know this date of death from his gravestone. Jonathan George Wegley is my 2nd great grand uncle Jonathan George Wegley married Sarah Circle in Mercer County, Ohio on November 21, 1857, when […]

Joseph William Wegley

October 14, 1802 – June 1880 Joseph William Wegley was born on October 14, 1802, in Brothersvalley, Pennsylvania, and passed away in June of 1880 in McKean, Pennsylvania. He holds a unique place in family history as the first recorded use of the “Wegley” spelling of the family name, making him the patriarch of this […]

Johan Frederik Weigley

Johan Frederick Weigley was best known as Fred Weigley or Johan Fridrich Wegerlein. He was born on May 22, 1773, in Brothersvalley, Somerset, Pennsylvania and he died in 1836 also in Brothers Valley, Somerset county, Pennsylvania, when he was around 63 years old. Fred’s parents were Philip Wagerline and Anna Dorothea Krafft, aka Fronica. His mother was born […]

Philip Weigley

Philip Weigley (aka Philip Wagerline aka Philip Wegerline aka Philipp Waegerlein) is my 5th great grandfather. He is not to be confused with Georg Philipp Waegerlein from Germany who is married to Anna Katharina who had a daughter named Anna Katharine Waegerlein – Hoeppel (born in 1818).  Georg Philipp Waegerlein is a different person. What makes tracing the […]

Valentin Weigel

The name Weigel has a long and complicated history. According to some sources it dates back to medieval times and belong to a prominent family that played a large part in shaping European history. First let’s start with what we know. We know, thanks to our research into Zacharias there are several ways to spell […]

Johann Paul Wegerlin

The first Wegley to come to the US, at least in my line is Johann Paul Wegerlin.  He is my 6th great grandfather and was born on May 10, 1699, in Lampertheim, Bergstrasse, Hessen, Germany. When I first started this website, I was sure I knew everything I could about him. but in time I […]

Zacharias Wegerle

Life as we know it, for my family at least all leads back to a man by the name of Zacharias Wegerle aka Zacharia Weigel or Zacharias Wegerlin.  He is my 8th great grandfather and he was born in or around 1638 in Lampertheim, Bergstrasse, Hessen, Germany which turns out means he was born in the […]