Jacob Wiss Family: Pictures, Biographies and Information

Jacob Wiss Family: Pictures, Biographies and Info

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Family Writings and Other Creative Works
People Pictures
Family Members in Publications
Real Estate
Videos
Church
Court Cases

Family Writings and Other Creative Works
- Gretchen Wiss Sinon:
  - During My Lifetime by Gretchen Wiss Sinon. In slide show and PDF.
  - Gretchen Wiss Sinon Notes written January 20th 1960.
    - Wyss Genealogical Tree
    - Chart of descendants of Christian Wyss
  - Louise Ungrich Notes (as transcribed by Gretchen Wiss Sinon)
- Norman F. Wiss [Sr]
  - Letter to his father thanking for money sent, 1918
- Mildred Sommer Wiss Smith:
  - Pictures. Covering art school, 19 pastel portraits, 6 oil paintings, and 538 scanned slides, which include two Grand Tours of Europe..
- Don Wiss:
People Pictures
- First Generation:
  - Jacob and Maria Kaiser Wiss Pictures (4 pictures)
  - Jacob Wiss, Maria Kaiser Wiss, and Family Pictures 1862-1863.
- Second Generation:
  - Mary Wiss Ungrich Picture, circa late 1880s.
  - Frederick C.J. Wiss
    - Frederick Wiss (4 pictures)
    - Charlotte Lange Wiss (5 pictures)
    - Frederick Wiss in outside group pictures:
  - Louis Wiss Picture, circa early 1880s.
  - Augusta (Gussie) Wiss Sinclair
    - Married Robert Sinclair (Uncle Bob) (1 picture)
- Third Generation:
  - Florence, Robert and Norman Together (2 pictures)
  - Florence Sophie (Wiss) Taylor [in large box in Massachusetts]
  - J. Robert Wiss [to be scanned]
  - Norman F. Wiss [Sr]
    - Norman Wiss (12 pictures)
    - Mildred Sommer Wiss: Younger and Informal (21 pictures)
    - Mildred Sommer Wiss: Professional Photographers in Later Years (14 pictures)
    - Norman and Mildred in Social Activities (12 pictures)
    - The Three Boys of Norman and Mildred Wiss (18 pictures)
    - Norman Wiss in outside group pictures:
      - N.J. Manufacturers Association Group Pictures, circa Late 1940s
- Family Group Pictures (Multiple Generations):
  - Group picture at the Pine Bluff Inn in Point Pleasant, NJ on the Manasquan River. Dated 1908.
  - Charlotte Wiss with children and spouses, circa 1917
  - Wiss, Sommer and Taylor Families in Avon-by-the-Sea 1930
  - Wiss and Taylor Families in Avon-by-the-Sea 1932
  - Charlotte Wiss with grandchildren and spouses, circa 1939
  - Charlotte Wiss and Family, Avon, NJ, 1940
  - 100th Anniversary Stockholders Meeting 1948 (5 pictures)
  - Cathy, Mildred and Lottie Wiss c.1950
- 23 Pictures of Wiss Family Members from 1936-1972. From the Newark Public Library.
- The factory Employees page has many pictures of family members.
- The factory Mementos and Ephemera page also has some pictures of family members.
Family Members in Publications
- Biography of Jacob Wiss, from Biographical and Genealogical History of the City Newark and Essex County, N.J., 1898.
- Biography of Frederick C.J. Wiss, from Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizens: Biographies and Portraits of the Notable Living Men and Women of New Jersey..., 1917-1918.
- Newspaper Feature Articles about Family Members
- Wiss Family Mentions in The Millburn and Short Hills Item, 1935-1945
- Wiss Family Mentions in the Maplewood/South Orange News-Record [to come]
- Engagement and Marriage Announcements
- Obituaries
Real Estate
- Pictures taken by Gretchen Wiss on her 1961 visit to Switzerland.
- Jacob Wiss's Birthplace in Solothurn, Switzerland. Picture taken by N. Frederick Wiss on a trip there.
- Fairmount Cemetery is where the Wiss family bought three outdoor lots and a private room, starting in 1860.
- Primary Homes:
  - J. Wiss Cutler, 26 Bank Street Store and Factory: With Family, circa 1870-1871.
  - Maps showing where Frederick C.J. Wiss lived in Newark, 1881-1926.
  - Maps showing where Louis Wiss lived in Newark, 1881-1926.
  - Wiss Family Residences, including exodus from Newark, NJ in the 1920s. With pictures of their houses.
- Summer Homes:
  - Wiss Summer Houses in Avon-by-the-Sea, NJ, where the family built and summered from the 1910s to 1950s.
  - Wiss Summer Houses in Bay Head/Mantoloking, NJ, where three Wiss families summered long term after World War II.
    - Norman Wiss [Sr]
    - Norman Wiss, Jr.
- 15 acres of woodlands in Short Hills, NJ was purchased in 1956, or shortly thereafter, by Norman F. Wiss, Jr.
Videos
- Dwight School for Girls, 1937-1939, filmed by Ann Wiss
- 43 Wiss, Ward, and Mundell family videos, spanning 1936 through to the 1990s, were uploaded to YouTube by M O'Brien.
- Sledding in Branch Brook Park, Essex County, Newark, NJ, 1928
- Wiss Family Grand Tour 1926: Mediterranean Cruise and Beyond
Church
- Wiss Family Bible Pages
- Jacob and Maria Wiss Marriage Certificate. Dated December 6, 1849.
- Baptismal Certificate for Ludwig [Louis] Wiss
Court Cases
- Martin L. Ungrich against Henry Ungrich Jr and Martin Ungrich 1907. A fight over the estate of Henry Ungrich Sr. It is 958 pages. I have not been able to figure it out.
- Letter from the J Wiss & Sons Board of Directors to Mildred Wiss on the death of her husband.
- US Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit No. 13815. Also on the web at 305 F. 2d 778 - Smith v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue