18 Aug 2023                   
                Wife: Marie Mayer    
                Born: ABT 1873             in Germany  
              Census: 1911                 in London   (see note 1)
              Father:
              Mother:
             Husband: Charles Wiessner     
             Married: ABT 1893               1
                Born: ABT 1872             in Germany  
              Census: 1911                 in London   (see note 2)
          Occupation: 1911                 Confectioner  
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Iris Kathleen Wiessner      
       Also known as: Kathleen Iris Wiessner 1
                Born: 28 May 1910          in London  2,3 (see note 3)
              Census: 1911                 in London   (see note 4)
             Resided: 1944                 at 71 Shelford Road, Trumpington  4
                Died: 1999                 in Wiltshire  5 (see note 5)
             Husband: Donald Marshall Porteus  b. 28 Nov 1907  d. 1996  
             Married: 1940                 in Bristol  2 (see note 6)
           M Child 2: Charles Frank Horace Wiessner      
                Born: 29 Dec 1912          in London  2,6 (see note 7)
          Occupation: 1939                 Medical Practitioner  6
                Died: 11 Dec 1943          in South Africa  7 (see note 8)
                Wife: Josephine Ethel Cumberledge  b. 26 Nov 1912  
             Married: 1939                 in London  5 (see note 9)

Sources:
(1) 1911 census. 
(2) FreeBMD website. 
(3) GRO index. 
(4) Baptism records of children. 
(5) Index on ancestry.co.uk. 
(6) 1939 Register. 
(7) Roll of Honour website. 


Event Notes
Note (1) Age 37, born Saxony, with husband Charles Wiessner and 5 children.  Married
17 years
Note (2) Age 38, born Wurttenberg.  Confectioner, with wife Maria and 5
children
Note (3) Sep 1910 Greenwich 1d 984   mothers surname Mayer
Note (4) Kathleen Iris Wiessner: age 10 months, born Greenwich, with family
Note (5) Sep 1999 Salisbury   born 28 May 1910
Note (6) Dec 1940 Bristol 6a 252
Note (7) Mar 1913 Greenwich 1d 2007   mothers surname Mayer
Note (8) Flight Lieutenant 63594 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died on
Saturday, 11th December 1943. Age 30. Son of Charles and Marie Wiessner; husband
of Josephine Ethel Wiessner, of Trumpington, Cambridgeshire. M.A., M.B.
(Cantab). Buried in BLOEMFONTEIN (HAMILTON) WAR CEMETERY, Free State, South
Africa. Grave European Block. Grave 12
Note (9) Mar 1939 Greenwich 1d 982

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