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Albert Widmer[1]

Male 1862 - 1910  (~ 48 years)


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  • Name Albert Widmer 
    Birth CIRCA 1862  Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • The San Francisco Call obituary indicates Albert Widmer was born in Switzerland. He was 48 years old when he died on 15 Nov 1910, so he would have been born circa 1862.
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 20 May 1887 
    Occupation shown on 20 May 1887 marriage certificate is "waiter." 
    Residence 1889  Sydney, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Occupation in 1889 Sands Directory: Fruiterer and refreshment rooms. Surname spelled Widmar. 
    Address:
    132 Elizabeth Street
    Sydney, NSW
    Australia 
    Occupation 1894  San Francisco, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Occupation shown as "bartender" in 1894 San Francisco directory. 
    Occupation 1898  San Francisco, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Occupation shown as "liquors, 29 Turk" in 1898 Crocker-Langley Directory for San Francisco, page 1735. Residence shown as 677 1/2 Mission. 
    Address:
    29 Turk
    San Francisco, California 94102
    United States 
    Residence 1898  San Francisco, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Address:
    677 1/2 Mission Street
    San Francisco, California 94105
    United States 
    Death 15 Nov 1910  Sacramento, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Notes 
    • Nancy S. Peterson at the California Genealogical Society researched the San Francisco City Directories for Albert Widmer from 1894 - 1901:

      1894 - Bartender - res 677 1/2 Mission Street
      1895 - (Dittli & Widmer) - res 502 Bryant
      1896 - (Dittli & Widmer) - res 502 Bryant
      1897 - Bartender - res 677 1/2 Mission Street
      1898 - Liquor store at 29 Turk - res 677 1/2 Mission Street
      1899 - Liquor store at 29 Turk - res 677 1/2 Mission Street
      1900 - Liquor store at 29 Turk - res 9 Olive Avenue
      1901 - Gone
    Person ID I160  Walsh - Wilson Family Tree
    Last Modified 24 Aug 2008 

    Father Bonafentura Widmer 
    Mother Babett Frischer 
    Record ID Number MH:F74 
    Family ID F73  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ida Alice Wyser,   b. 30 Oct 1867, Montevideo, Uruguay Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Feb 1941, On Board S.S. Mariposa at Sea, Between Samoa and Suva, Fiji Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 20 May 1887  Glebe, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • Married in District Registrar's Office, Glebe
    Record ID Number MH:F71 
    Documents
    Marriage Certificate - Ida Wyser and Albert Widmer
    Marriage Certificate - Ida Wyser and Albert Widmer
    20 May 1887 in Glebe, New South Wales, Australia
    Family ID F70  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Oct 2008 

  • Documents
    Obituary of Albert Widmer from The San Francisco Call
    Obituary of Albert Widmer from The San Francisco Call
    Albert Widmer, a native of Switzerland, died in Sacramento, California on 15 Nov 1910, age 48 years.
    Albert Widmer's listing in the 1898 Crocker-Langley San Francisco City Directory
    Albert Widmer's listing in the 1898 Crocker-Langley San Francisco City Directory
    Employment shown as "liquors" at 29 Turk Street, residence at 677 1/2 Mission Street, San Francisco

  • Sources 
    1. [S4940] Nancy S. Peterson, California Genealogical Society, 05 Aug 2008 (Reliability: 3).
      Research by Nancy S. Peterson

    2. [S4960] Sands Directories: Sydney and NSW Australia, 1889, Page 880.

    3. [S4940] Nancy S. Peterson, California Genealogical Society (Reliability: 3).
      According to Nancy Peterson, Albert Widmer appears in the San Francisco directory from 1894 - 1900 (as a bartender), and then disappears.

    4. [S4941] Crocker-Langley City Directory, 1898, 1898 Directory - Page 1735 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S2] San Francisco Call Newspaper, 19 Nov 1910, 19 Nov 1910 - Page 5 (Reliability: 3).
      Obituary from the San Francisco Call indicates, "WIDMER - In Sacramento, Cal., November 15, 1910. Albert Widmer, a native of Switzerland, aged 48 years."
      Obtained by the California Genealogical Society from www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn85066387/1910-11-19/ed-1/seq-5

    6. [S4900] New South Wales Registry of BDM, Registration 1887/002587 (Reliability: 3).