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Byron Wiess[1, 2]

Male 1871 - 1941  (70 years)


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  • Name Byron Wiess 
    Born Oct 31, 1871  Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census Jun 05, 1880  Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Died Nov 12, 1941  Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    • The Port Arthur News, p. 2, June 18, 1942.
      Wills Are Filed
      (Special to The News.)
      BEAUMONT, June 18. -- W.W. Norvell, who died at Beaumont June 7, left a $2500 estate to his widow, Mrs. Apple Gay Norvell.
      Byron Wiess, who died here Nov. 18, left an unestimated estate to his widow.
      Both wills were filed with County Clerk Hill.
    Buried Nov 14, 1941  Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    Person ID I1458  mykindred
    Last Modified Nov 30, 2016 

    Father Marco Polo "Mark" Wiess, CSA,   b. Oct 23, 1842, Wiess Bluff, Jasper county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 01, 1910, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Cleopatra McFarlane,   b. Nov 30, 1844, Coffee county, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 11, 1872, Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years) 
    Married Apr 12, 1866 
    Family ID F550  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mada Slaymaker,   b. Aug 15, 1877, Marietta, Washington county, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 30, 1968, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married Aug 02, 1895  Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Beaumont, pct 1, Jefferson county TX census sheet 7-B
      lines 97-100
      Wiess, Byron, head, 0, F, M, W, 47, M, TX, read&write-yes
      Wiess, Maida, wife, F, W, 38, M, OH, read&write-yes
      Wiess Luetta, dau, F, W, 28, TX
      Wiess, Byron Jr, son, M, W, 7 TX
    Children 
     1. Luetta Wiess,   b. Oct 31, 1896, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 25, 2000, Loveland, Larimer county, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 103 years)
     2. Byron Wiess, Jr.,   b. Mar 04, 1912, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 07, 2003, Oak Harbor, Island county, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
    Family ID F562  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Wiess, Byron
    Wiess, Byron
    Death Certificate

  • Sources 
    1. [S75] From Cotton Bales to Black Gold, p. 58.

    2. [S2129] Pioneer music in Beaumont contained lots of brass horns, http://hans.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/pioneer_music.htm.

    3. [S135] 1880 US federal census, 1880 census, TX, Jefferson, Beaumont, p 11, sd 1, ed 40, HH 74/79.

    4. [S2297] Port Arthur News, The, p. 2, June 18, 1942.

    5. [S561] Death Certificate.