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David and Nettie Weiss Family
of Jackson, Tennessee
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Weiss Tennessee Clubhouse video of November, 2017
Weiss-Nov2017

Weiss Tennessee Clubhouse video sing -- November, 2019
Tennessee Weiss sing Thanksgiving 2019

David & Nettie Weiss family tree
Family tree of David and Nettie Weiss of Tennessee

Weiss Public Photo Album on Family Search
https://familysearch.org/photos/albums/27160

Bailey Bigger -- Best Small Town music video (on YouTube)
Best Small Town
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffOp4z0LiJg

2017 Facebook video capture from Weiss Tennessee Clubhouse
Weiss 2017 Facebook video from Tennessee
http://mstecker.com/video/Weiss-Nov2017WC-FBvideocap.mp4

Weiss 2017 Facebook short music video capture from Tennessee
Weiss 2017 Facebook music video from Tennessee
http://mstecker.com/video/WeissTN112017music.mp4
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Facebook video clip of Bailey Bigger, brother Wyly Bigger & cousin Quentin Smith (descendants of David & Nettie Weiss) singing at the
Weiss Clubhouse in Tennessee, 2015:

https://www.facebook.com/dara.bigger/videos/10208001780587204/


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Click on either link below to center on David Weiss (LDQ6-KG3) of Jackson, TN from the Stecker-Albert-Weiss-Lehner family tree on FamilySearch dot org
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/fanchart/LDQ6-KG3
(fan chart view)
or
https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=tree&person=LDQ6-KG3&spouse=LDQ6-LZP&section=pedigree
(landscape view)

Next, Sign-In when prompted
if a family member email Michael at

mastecker@gmail.com
for Username and Password


https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=tree&person=LDQ6-KG3&spouse=LDQ6-LZP&section=pedigree
as of June 2, 2013
This free familysearch.org online family tree requires login after acquiring username & password

Instructional video on FamilySearch's Family Tree
or
Benjamin Weiss, father of David and Solomon Weiss
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possibly Samuel Weiss family in 1910 US Census for NYC (?)
 

Ancestry dot com GEDCOM of Stecker-fromMH652018 made on January 16, 2022
AncestryFTao1162022-Stecker-fromMH652018.ged

as of January 16, 2022

GEDCOM for Stecker-Albert-Weiss-Lehner families generated from Legacy 8 family tree software on January 4, 2019:

GEDCOM Legacy Family Tree for Stecker-Albert-Weiss-Lehner-Rothberg as of January 4, 2019
or
http://mstecker.com/gedcom/SteckerFT-LegacyGED142019.ged

as of January 4, 2019
1,370 individual, 462 families, 1,135 KB
It is a text file with no pictures, that can be imported into any genealogy software to navigate the family tree.

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There also are other siblings of David Weiss of Jackson, Tennessee.
 Brother Solomon Weiss and family of Brooklyn, NY is well documented.
However, there are also less well known and documented brothers Yakov Yitzchak Weiss, Morris Aaron Weiss
Samuel Weiss, Bernard Weiss and sister Rose nee:Weiss Mandel (mother of Milton Mandel)


tentative family tree of 7 Weiss siblings

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Benjamin Weiss and wife (Sarah/Gitel Werner?) of Galicia Austria were the parents of David Weiss of Tennessee
and his siblings from New York, etc



SUMMARY OF WEISS SIBLINGS

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DAVID WEISS
c. 1852-1934
of Tennessee.  He married "Nettie" Bailey and had 8 children.

SALOMON/SOLOMON WEISS
c. 1852-1930
 of Manhattan & later Brooklyn, NY (my -- Michael A. Stecker's Great Grandfather).  He marries (Hannah) Leibe Binder & they had over 10 children

MORRIS "MOSES" AARON WEISS

 1859-1931
of Brooklyn, NY.  He was married to Bertha.  His daughter Esther was married in Solomon Weiss' home in 1912.

ROSE WEISS

She married Chaim Mandel - they are the parents of Milton Mandel and four other boys.

JACOB "YAAKOV YITZCHAK" WEISS
died circa 1912-1914 in Europe
His children all immigrated to USA:
Leibish, Samuel (Simon?), Rose "Rifka", Solomon, Josef, Morris (later settled in Scranton, PA
-- see circled in red Sadie Weiss Bergold letter).
His living descendants are Lenny and Lois

SAMUEL WEISS
born circa 1864 in Galicia, Austria/Poland
lived in Bronx, NY
Wife: Annie nee:Werner Weiss
Children: Joseph, Hannah, Milton and Rose Gertrude
1905 New York State Census of Samuel Weiss family plus brothers Morris & Bernard
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YSR9-NSX?i=5&cc=1463113
or
My 1905 New York State Census composite of Samuel Weiss family
http://mstecker.com/images/weiss/SamuelWeissFamily-withbrothersBernard&Morris-1905NewYorkCensus-composite.jpg
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1910 US Census for Samuel Weiss family:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRVZ-SGW?i=35&cc=1727033

BERNARD WEISS
circa 1873 - 1931
He was single
Of Brooklyn, NY.  Born in "Austria" (Galicia), circa 1873.  Died January 6, 1931 and buried January 8, 1931 in New Montefiore Cemetery.
His brother Morris Aaron Weiss died later that same year on September 3, 1931. 
His parents as was listed for Morris Aaron were Benjamin Weiss and Sarah Werner
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WVB-BXQ


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Documentation for Weiss Family tree
(assessment as of August 17, 2018)
Documentation:
Belva Weiss Rhodes note   1962 letter from Sadie Weiss Bergold   Salomon Weiss December 1889 immigration - composite ship manifest  
Leibe Weiss & children 1891 immigration - ship manifest   Solomon Weiss 1900 US Census  
Salomon Weiss family composite image of 1900 US Census   Solomon Weiss death certificate   death certificate of David Weiss   1910 US Census of David Weiss family of TN   Samuel Weiss Family in 1910 US Census   1905 New York State Census of Samuel Weiss family plus brothers Morris & Bernard   Bernard Weiss1931 NYC death data
Morris Aaron Weiss 1931 death certificate   Milton Mandel marriage certificate   Simon Weiss 1899 shipnanifest  
Simon Weiss 1899 ship card   Samuel-Simon Weiss 1907 Declaration of Intention   Samuel&ClaraWeissFamily-in1930USCensus-SC  
Samuel&ClaraFamily-in1930USCensus-FS   Galicia Page

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David a
nd "Nettie" Weiss family of Tennessee


Back Row from left to right: mother & wife Marie Antoinette "Nettie" (nee: Bailey) Weiss and nephew David Weiss of NY (Solomon Weiss' son)
Front Row from left to right: daughter
Maxine Ola, husband & father David Weiss of Jackson, TN and daughter Evelyn
photo circa 1930 in New York
 

David and "Nettie" Weiss family tree
(with data as of 1-31-2014)


Please click mouse twice over family tree above for an enlargement

 

David Weiss
(Husband of "Nettie", father of 8)


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Husband of Marie "Nettie" Bailey, father of 8, brother of Solomon Weiss, maternal great grand uncle of Michael A. Stecker
According to the 1934 Tennessee death certificate of David Weiss, I believe David Weiss father's name was Benjamin Weiss &
his mother's name was Hannah Warner.
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Furthermore, according to a Belva Weiss Rhodes note (link 1 or 2) there were four Weiss brothers:
David of Tennessee, Solomon of Brooklyn, NY, Samuel and Benjamin
 (Belva was the daughter of David Weiss of Jackson, Tennessee)
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Photo of two Weiss brothers -- David (center left) & Samuel (center right) circa 1930

possibly Samuel Weiss family in 1910 US Census for NYC (?)

Possible towns of origin of Weiss family:
1. Turzansk, Galicia (see Galicia maps), see Turzansk-GG Chene Leibe Weiss & children September, 1891 ship manifest (?)-1, 2
Turzańsk [ˈtuʐaɲsk] (Ukrainian: Туринське, Turyns’ke) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Komańcza, within Sanok County, in the
Subcarpathian Voivodeship(province) of south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately 4 miles
east of
Komańcza and 13 miles south of Sanok, and 47 miles south of the regional capital Rzeszów.

2. Komańcza -- from Simon Weiss ship manifest 1, 2, 2a
3. Sanok County. Town of Sanok, Galicia (north of Turzansk, Komancza, Szczawne), Sanok County.  See Sanok County.
4. Szczawne, Galicia,  Szczawne, Poland today,   Salomon Weiss ship manifest of 1889 at 1 or 2

David Weiss of Jackson,Tennessee (1, 2, 3) was the brother of Solomon Weiss and brother-in-law of Leibe Hannah Binder Weiss of Brooklyn, NY
great grand Uncle (mother's father side) of Michael A. Stecker, M.D.

born circa 1852 in "Austria" (probably Galicia)
David married Marie Antoinette "Nettie" Bailey of Tennessee on
18 Jun 1898 (?) in Gibson County
eight children
died 21 July 1934 in Jackson, TN
buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Jackson, TN
David Weiss on
FindAGrave
occupation: cooperage (barrel maker)
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US Census for David & Nettie Weiss family of Jackson, TN
1910 US Census, 1920 US Census & 1930US Census


Marie Antoinette "Nettie" Bailey Weiss (called Nettie)
(Wife of David Weiss, mother of 8)


photo pages 1, 2
Marie Antoinette (Nettie) Bailey
born
10 Dec 1878 in Jackson,Tennessee
married David Weiss of "Austria"
eight children
died 16 July 1964 in Jackson, TN
buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Jackson, TN
Marie A, "Nettie" Weiss on
FindAGrave

David & Nettie Weiss family:
1910 US Census, 1920 US Census & 1930US Census

Children of David and Nettie Weiss:
Ben Morris Weiss, born 22Apr1899, died 22Nov1968 in Dallas, TX,
buried: Grove Hill Cemetery, wife: Verna Reese, 1dau, 3 sons,
Ben Weiss family in 1940 US Census
Belva Weiss. 1901-1991
Talmage Weiss, 1903-1966
Evelyn Weiss, 1906-1966
Maxie Ola "Maxine"/Maria Weiss, 1909-2002
Lillian Weiss, born circa 1911
(Thomas) Quentin Weiss, 1913-2005
David Weiss, Jr. 1922-2010



David and (Marie A.) Nettie Weiss had eight children:

1. Ben Morris Weiss
born 22Apr1899 in Humbolt, TN, occupation: paper company salesman, died 22Nov1968 in Dallas, TX, buried in Grove Hill Memorial Park, FindAGrave.
wife: Verna Reese, born
27 June 1902 Mineola, TX, died 7 May 1990 Dallas,TX, buried in Grove Hill Memorial Park, FindAGrave.
Ben Weiss family in 1940 US Census

Ben Morris Weiss on Find A Grave
Ben Morris Weiss & Verna Reese had 4 Children:
JoAnn Weiss,
born
27 Jul 1927, single, occupation bookkeeper, died 01 Mar 1955 at age 27 in Dallas, TX, FindAGrave.
Don M. Weiss

Don Weiss was born 25Jul1929 in Memphis Hall Co.Texas, died
August 31, 2016 in Joliet, Illinois.
Married Charlyne Le Allen.
Don's children were: Son John B. Weiss born 3Aug1953, Daughter Donnale Marion Weiss born 28Jul1955 in Dallas, TX, Son Stephen Neil Weiss born 29Mar1957 in Dallas, TX, daughter Linda Louise Weiss born 30May1959 in Dallas, TX, daughter Paula Kathleen Weiss born 29Dec1960 in Dallas, TX, daughter Joni Margaret Weiss born 17May1963 in Dallas, TX
Ben Warren Weiss
Ben W. Weiss was born (birth certificate) 7Sep1931 in Dallas, TX, died
28 March 2006 in Dallas, TX; married Elizabeth Ann Hall (b. 2Nov1932 in Denton, TX), married in1955
Ben Warren Weiss was married to Elizabeth Ann Hall, their children were:
Daughter
Annette E. Weiss born 25July1956 in US Naval Base in Wisconsin & married Robert J. McCarty, Jr.,
son David Warren Weiss born 16Mar1958 in Dallas,TX,
son Clifton Walker Weiss born and died in Nov, 1960 in Dallas, TX,
daughter Adrienne Lynn Weiss born 25Apr1962 in Dallas,TX,
daughter Nancy Allison Weiss born 3 May 1963 in Dallas,TX,
daughter Amy Alaine Weiss born 27Jul1971 in Dallas,TX,
daughter Mary Ellen Weiss born 23Jul1973 in Dallas,TX
James Alan Weiss
James A. Weiss was born  (birth certificate),
15Jan1935 in Dallas,TX, married Barbara Lynn Heath, son Michael Alan Weiss born 4Oct1956 in Dallas,TX, son Mark Christopher Weiss born 15Sep1959 in Dallas,TX, son Patrick Nolen Weiss born 2Apr1965 in Dallas,TX, son William Casey Weiss born 18Oct1967 in Dallas,TX

2. Belva Weiss
photo pages 12-Belva's tree
Belva was born April 8, 1901 in Humbolt, TN, died 1991 in Memphis, TN, buried in Ridgecrest Cemetery, Jackson, TN, FindAGrave
Belva's husband:
Dewey Arthur Rhodes was born 13 Aug 1899 in Water Valley, Missippi, married Belva Weiss on 25Dec1919 in Madison County, TN,
died October, 1986 in Jackson, TN, FindAGrave
Belva & Dewey's son:
Dewey A. Rhodes, Jr., b. 29November1921 in Memphis, TN, died 15Jan2006
Son Dewey A. Rhodes, Jr. married & divorced
Margery McDonald. Dewey JR. later married Irma Ruth Curl
sons of Dewey A. Rhodes, Jr. and
Margery McDonald:
David Alan Rhodes born in in Tulsa, OK on 24Feb1944, married Donna Jean Wolfe, b. 2May1945
David Alan Rhodes and wife Donna have a daughter Dara Leigh (nee: Rhodes) Bigger (one son Wyly & one daughter Bailey) and son David Rhodes Jr. (2 daughters)
Stewart McDonald (Don) Rhodes, b. 9Mar1949 in Memphis, TN, d. Feb 1994
daughter of Dewey A. Rhodes, Jr. and Irma Ruth Curl:
Melanie Rhodes, b. 28Apr1961, married James Rogers, 2 daughters

3. William Talmadge Weiss
born 1 Feb 1903 in Gibson Wells, TN, Died 8 Oct 1966 in Houston, TX, death certificate
His first wife was Ruth Newman, married 16 Dec 1925 in Madison County, TN, their daughter:
Ruth Marie Weiss.
His second wife: Mary E. of Alabama
His third wife: Faye Vaughn of Arkansas
daughter Ruth Marie Weiss McDonough
Ruth Marie (only child of W. Talmadge Weiss): b. 24 Apr1927, d. Sept., 2012,
Buried in Manlius Village Cemetery, Manlius, NY.
Ruth Marie's husband was: David T. McDonough.
She is survived by a daughter, Mary Sharon (McDonough) McMahon and her husband Michael of Bruceton Mills, WV; two sons, David T. McDonough, Jr. and his wife Carol (Wertz) McDonough of Havre DeGrace, MD, and Phillip N. McDonough and his wife Maria Luzarraga-McDonough of Phoenix, AZ; and four grandchildren, Hugh Benjamin O’Neill, Jessica O’Neill Ealick, Alexandra Victoria (McDonough) Parker and Jennifer Kathryn McDonough.

source

4
. Evelyn Weiss
   
aka "Edie"
photo pages 1, 2
born circa 1907 in Humboldt, TN, ? married on 24Dec1927 to Glaydon Lifsey in Madison County, TN
1940 US Census of Glaydon Lifsey, wife Evelyn Weiss & sons of Madison County, TN (ED no. 57-29)
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-27881-14387-4?cc=2000219&wc=M9QX-5C9:n880985566
Children of Glaydon Lifsey & Evelyn Weiss Lifsey
Ben J. Lifsey,Sr.,DVM  b. circa 1930, Ben's son: Ben J. Lifsey,Jr., DVM, 2 daughters, has garndchildren
George Glaydon Lifsey, Jr., b. circa 1933,  his wife: Bettye Williams, his only son:
George Glaydon, III, called Don
George Glaydon, III married Avanda and have three children

5. Maxie Ola "Maxine" Weiss
aka "Mac"
photo pages 1, 2
born 19 Nov 1908 in Humbolt, TN, died 30 Aug 2002 in Memphis, TN,
married on 20Dec 1929 to Rayburn Hunter Freeman (b. 1899 Madison County, TN, d. 4 Feb 1964).
1940 US Census of Rayburn H. Freeman and wife Maxine family of Jackson, TN
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-27881-14485-3?cc=2000219&wc=M9QX-RHS:1031408607

Last Residence: 38138 Germantown, Shelby, Tennessee
Maxine Ola Weiss Freeman on FindAGrave
Maxine's husband Raymond Hunter Freeman on FindAGrave
Lillian Adrienne Freeman
(Only Child of Rayburn Freeman & Maxie Ola Weiss)
Lillian Adrienne Freeman (daughter), b. 31 May 1932, d. 19 Dec 2009
married Charles Phillips Cheatham, Sr., M.D. (b. 31 Jan 1932, d. 13 Oct 2010)
on 25 Apr 1954 in Madison County, TN,
Lillian Adrienne Freeman & Charles P. Cheatham had 5 children:
1. Charles Phillips Cheatham, Jr. (1956 -1975)

2. Ben Hunter Cheatham (2 sons)
 
3. Adrienne Leigh Cheatham, husband Steven Kyle Cromwell Jr (1 daughter, one son)
4. Charles "Chuck" Fieldings Cheatham, wife Michelle Dennis, one son & one daughter
5. Lauren Claire Cheatham, husband Robert Edward Culpepper Jr., three cildren

 6. Lillian Weiss
photo pages 1, 2
born 6 March 1911 in Humbolt, TN, died: Nov, 2002 in Memphis, TN, married to Harry A. Sargent
no children

7. Thomas Quentin Weiss
  aka "Teke"
born 25Apr1913, in Crockett Mills,TN, died 4Feb2004 in Hernando, MS
wife: Coralie Jane Shaffer, b.16May1913 in Chicago, IL, d. 4May2006 in Memphis,TN,
daughter: Betty Lynne Weiss, b.19Sep1937 in Jackson, Mississippi
Betty's first husband was Thomas Thane Smith, Jr.(living) and a second husband Ira Stoker (d. 2016)
Betty Lynne has a son Randolph Steele Smith (wife:
Caryn Smith, sons Quentin & Evan) and daughter Leanne Smith

1940 US Census, lines 77-79:  https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-27780-10926-44?cc=2000219&wc=M9QX-GTS:n575745920

8. David Weiss (II)
born 22October1922 in Jackson, TN, died 13April2010 in Garland, Arkansas
wife Jo Anne (Anna Jo) Tanner
born in Flint, Michigan on Dec 4, 1926  She vacillated between calling herself Jo, Jo Ann and Anna Jo.  David and Anna Jo Tanner married in Roswell, NM on December 14, 1945
daughter Leslie
 Leslie (married name Leslie West), grandson from Leslie is
Michael D. West of Hot Springs, AR
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1940 US Census in Jackson, TN for David & David Weiss & R.H. Freeman with wife Maxine, daughter Adreine
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-27881-14485-3?cc=2000219&wc=M9QX-RHS:1031408607
Social Security Deatrh Index for David Weiss
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VSWL-94Z
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David Weiss 2010 obituary

http://www.hotspringsfh.com/index.php/obituaries/details/207

Name: David Weiss
Date of Death: 13April2010
Location of Service: Hot Springs Funeral Home - Hot Springs

David Weiss, 88, of Hot Springs died on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at his home.  He was born on October 22, 1921 in Jackson, TN to the late David and Nettie Bailey Weiss. He was a member of First Baptist Church and was a WWII veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He was the owner of the Weiss Poultry and Egg Company n Little Rock. He was predeceased by his parents, one daughter, Leslie West and all his brothers and sisters.  Survivors include his wife, Joanne Weiss of Hot Springs and one grandson, Michael D. West of Hot Springs.  There will be no services. Arrangements are with Hot Springs Funeral Home.

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