Marriage

According to the New York State indexes, Ruth A Land married P Wiedenkeller on April 25, 1917 in Hauppague, Cert. # 14650.

Children

1. Paul Theodore
   (called Teddy), 1918
   Marriage: Doris Wiedenkeller/Land
   Children:
   1. Richard Wiedenkeller Birth Date: 17 Jan 1947 Gender: Male Mother's Maiden Name: Land Birth County: San Diego
   2. Theodore Law Wiedenkeller Birth Date: 29 Dec 1947 Gender: Male Mother's Maiden Name: Land Birth County: San Diego
   3. Sidonie Denise Wiedenkeller Birth: 9 Sep 1950 - San Diego, California, Mother's Maiden Name: Land
   4. Dru Dione Wiedenkeller Birth: Craven, North Carolina 1954
   5. Tim Wiedenkeller 1959
   6. Unknown
   Death: SSN: 051-05-1560 Last Residence: 93402 Los Osos, San Luis Obispo, California, United States of America Born: 2 Mar 1918 Died: 5 May 2003 State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951 )
2. Gordon, 1923
   Military: Gordon J Wiedenkeller Birth Year: 1923 Race: White, citizen Nativity State or Country: New York State: New York County or City: Suffolk, Enlistment Date: 8 Feb 1943 Enlistment State: New York Enlistment City: New York City Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Grade: Private Grade Code: Private Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men) Source: Civil Life, Education: 4 years of high school Marital Status: Single, without dependents Height: 72 Weight: 154
   Marriage: Gloria
   Children:
   1. Jay
      Death: JAY G WIEDENKELLER, 18 Jul 1948, 03 Jul 2005 (V), 77096 (Houston, Harris, TX), (none specified), 090-42-2488, New York
   2. Todd
   3. Dayna
   Marriage:
   Children:
   Marriage:
   Children:
   A Funny Story:

   Woman Pays Bill, Dumps 35,848 Pennies

   Huntington, NY

   It made sense to Isabelle Penny but not to architect Gordon Wiedenkeller who worked with his office staff gathering 35,448 of the lady's "namesakes" off the floor.

   Miss Penny, 60, lost a court judgment of $358.48 to Wiedenkeller yesterday despite her contention that she did not owe the architect anything for building plans, because she did not use them.

   Miss Penny paid with seven bags of pennies which were dumped on the floor.

   Friday May 17, 1963 Modesto California Modesto Bee and News Herald

   Death: Gordon J. Wiedenkeller SSN: 075-16-8741 Last Residence: 33865 Ona, Hardee, Florida, United States of America Born: 21 Jun 1923 Died: 21 May 2001 State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951 )
3. Patricia 1925
   Marriage: William Peirce
   Children:
   1. Jan
   2. Terry
   3. Kim
   4. Scott
4. Donald Law
   Marriage: Barbara Elaine Hasbrook in 1958 in Huntington, New York
   Children:
   1. Keith Paul Wiedenkeller, 1959
   2. Leigh Ann Wiedenkeller, 1962
   3. Kurt Devin Wiedenkeller, 1965
   More Information: See July 2006 Email from Leigh Ann Wiedenkeller Morris below
   Death: DONALD WIEDENKELLER, 22 Jun 1933, Jun 1985, (not specified), 66212 (Shawnee Mission, Johnson, KS), 064-26-4440, New York

Draft Registration

Paul F Wiedenkeller, age 23, 420 West 129 St NYC, Oct 6, 1893, native born, citizen, machinist Scheuch, 1st Ave and 47th Street, Broklyn, next of kin, mother and wife, married, mother as dependent, medium build, medioum height, gray eyes, light hair, June 5, 1917.

Death of Paul Wiedenkeller

Paul Wiedenkeller, Birth: 6 Oct 1891, Death: Aug 1973 - Smithtown, Suffolk, New York, United States of America Civil: New York, SSDI

Information from Helen Land

• Ruth was born on March 24, 1894 ("on cemetery stone") in Detroit, Michigan, died November 26, 1960 and was buried in Hauppague Cemetery.
• Paul was born 1891 and died 1973.

Information from Bud Land

• Ruth Land married Peter Weidenkeller's brother, Paul.
• They had four children, Patricia, Theodore, Gordon, and Donald.
• Paul owned a garage in New York City. Later he was a chauffeur for a very wealthy family and after the death of the husband ran the affairs of the widow.
• Ted Weidenkeller joined the marines and trained to fly at a marine base in Tustin, California. There he looked up his cousins David and Doris. Ted and Doris married and had several children, Corky, Dru, Sidoni, and three more that Bud did not name.

Information from Julia Land

• Ruth died in 1960.
• Gordon was an architect and a pilot. He married and was widowed.
• Donald was a baseball pitcher in St. Louis. He died young.
• Paul Theodore Wiedenkeller and Doris Wiedenkeller Land Wiedenkeller had:
  1. Theodore Law Wiedenkeller b. December 29, 1947, San Diego
  2. Sidonie Denise b. September 09, 1950, San Diego
  3. Dru Dione b. April 12, 1954
  4. Timothy James b. April 11, 1959
  5. Tory Glenn b. February 21, 1960

Information from Kymberly Jay Wiedenkeller, January/February 2006

GORDAN WIEDENKELLER AND HIS CHILDREN

Gordon Wiedenkeller was married three times (that I'm aware of.) His first wife, Gloria (still alive,) had three children with Gordon: Jay, Todd, and Dayna. Gordon left Gloria, and remarried. He had three more children with his second wife--I'm not sure of their names, but I THINK they are Susan, Jeep, and Patty. Their mother died, and Gordon remarried. His third wife left him a widow again (not 100% sure on the info about the third wife.) Just before he died (he was in a car accident,) he had re-connected with Gloria.

Todd lives in New Paltz, and Dayna lives in Anaheim. Both married, and each had two children. Todd divorced, and now has a third child. Jay married Linda Byrnes and had two children, (a person who wishes not to be named, MLB August 2008) and Kym (me.) They divorced, and Jay married Andrea (Andie.) To their marriage, she brought two children, Ben and Alison. Ben was killed in 1986. Jay recently died, too. He died of kidney cancer at the age of 56 (he was about two weeks shy of his 57th birthday.) He lived in Prairie Village, KS--not Huston. He did die in Huston, however, because he was being treated at MD Anderson. He was an amazing man, and I miss him terribly.

I married (and later divorced,) and have two children. Alison has a son, and Ben was killed when he was 10.

TED WIEDENKELLER AND DORRIS

Ted, of Ted and Dorris, also died within the past few years. Dorris still lives in Northern, CA.

DONALD WIEDNEKELLER

Donnie had three kids (I think three.) His son, Keith, lives in KS. He and Jay (they were cousins) became pretty close over the last several years. When Jay was diagnosed (two years before he died,) Keith became a huge support for Jay and our family. He is married to Anne, and they adopted two children, Keisha and Travis. Andie (Jay's widow) is still very close with them, and will be forever.

Information from Leigh Ann Wiedenkeller Morris, July 2006

My father Donald was the youngest child of Ruth and Paul Wiedenkeller. He married Barbara Elaine Hasbrook in 1958 in Huntington, New York. They had three children: Keith Paul Wiedenkeller, 1959, Leigh Ann Wiedenkeller, 1962, and Kurt Devin Wiedenkeller, 1965. We were 'nomads' growing up--my father worked extensively in the insurance industry and we relocated many times across the country--New York, California (five times), Ohio, Kansas (three times), Alabama. My dad was extremely talented and shared the Wiedenkeller family love of music--he played the trumpet and the piano, sang beautifully, and was a wonderful athlete.

I believe Keith and his wife and children are already listed on the website. I (Leigh Ann) married Scott Gregory Morris in 1984 and have three children, Ryan Law Morris b. 1986, Evan Cole Morris b. 1994, and Nolan Scott Morris b. 1998.

Unfortunately, my father passed away after battling post-surgical complications following quadruple bypass surgery in 1985, age 52--sadly, he never got to see any of his grandchildren. He also had a blood/clotting disorder that I believe has also been detected in his sister's Patricia's family (see below). I understand only the males in the family are possible carriers of this gene.

My brother Kurt has two boys, Logan and Lee, but I am unsure of their exact birth years.

Keith and Anne live in Prairie Village, Kansas. Scott and I live in Lenexa, Kansas--both of these towns are suburbs of Kansas City. Kurt lives in Wichita, Kansas. Keith is an executive with AMC Theaters; Anne works extensively with disabled children at the high school level. I am a freelance writer by night/nurse educator and manager for a non-profit special needs child and adult daycare by day; my husband has been an IT professional/MAC expert for Hallmark Cards for almost 20 years. Kurt is a sales professional and ex-Wichita State fullback.

My mother's (Barbara Elaine Hasbrook, b. 1939) family history goes back also many years to both New Paltz, New York (on her paternal/Hasbrook side) and to Ruit, Germany (south of Stuttgart) on her mother's/Schneider side. I have visited Germany and my relatives on that side many times (they now reside in Dettenhausen, Germany) and they have also traveled here numerous times. My grandmother, Anna Sophia Christiane Schneider, traveled to the US as a young woman (age @ 19) to bring back a sister who had gotten herself engaged (non-approved by the family); the sister went back and my grandmother stayed. She was a nanny for wealthy New York families and learned English by reading children's books! My mother currently resides in Corpus Christi, Texas with her second husband Eldon Jansen. My maternal grandfather was Alfred Howard Hasbrook (deceased); he was a flight instructor and was instrumental in the development of seat belts in automobiles following his work in airplane safety. His second wife Virginia Hasbrook currently resides in Prescott, Arizona.* My grandparents also had a son, Jay Hasbrook, my mother's brother, who tragically died in a glider accident in Pheonix, Arizona approx. 1975--he has a daughter, Nicole, that lived on the East Coast I believe.

Patricia, daughter of Ruth and Paul Wiedenkeller, married William Peirce and had four children: daughter Jan, daughter Terry, daughter Kim and son Scott. Terry still resides in New York; Jan and Kim reside in Ava, Missouri. Scott, I believe, lives in Chicago (not sure).

Leigh Ann Wiedenkeller Morris, July 16, 2006

*Virginia Hasbrook, wife of Howard Hasbrook In Prescott Arizona passed away on January 4, 2008. Amy Engebretson, January 7, 2008. See below for more on the Hasbrooks.

Information from Connie Walsh, June 2008

I am not a family member, but thought you might be interested in my contact with the family.

I believe it was about 1976 or 77, and my then - boyfriend and I got jobs as caretakers for Gordon W. and his wife. I believe her name was Patricia; not sure, it's been a long time. Anyway, they had recently purchased a beautiful estate in Jaffrey, NH. It was a horse farm, as the wife was into show horses, Morgan's I think.

We lived in a small caretaker's cottage across the driveway from the main house. The house was a gorgeous Georgian style mansion, at the base of the largest mountain in the area, Mt. Monadnock. The house has since been made into a country inn, Grand View Inn, which has a website where you can view the property.

I recall that Gordon was a semi-retired architect, and he kept an office in one of the barns. They had three children, we never saw much of them, they went away to school, and were all teenagers.

We did not live there for too long; we were young and had to move on with our lives. A few years later, (1980?) I read in the Keene Sentinel that Mrs. W and one of her daughters were in a car accident on the bypass in Keene, NH and she was tragically killed. I believe the daughter was ok. It must have been some time after that when Gordon sold the farm.

Grand View Inn

In 2006 Cris Marks wrote.

I believe I grew up in a house designed by Gordon Wiedenkeller on River Road in Nissequogue.

My parents bought it in 1963-4 for $ 39,000.00 and we lived there until 1980.

Frieda Wiedenkeller and sons

Birth of Frieda Wiedenkeller

Circa 1856 in Switzerland

Marriage of Frieda Wiedenkeller

Unknown

Children

1. Geza circa 1874
2. Karl circa 1882, Austria
3. Erwin Martin, a twin to Karl
4. Hans circa 1884 Austria
5. Paul circa1892 Austria
6. Peter Vienna Austria June 15, 1894

In Islip (can't read address):

• Wiedenkeller, Frieda E, head, age 54, widow, mother of 4, 4 still living, born Swiss., no occupation
• Karl, son age 28, born Austria, stenographer state hospital
• Hans, son age 26, born Austria, labourer farm
• Paul, son age 18, born Austria, labourer odd jobs
• Peter, son age 16, born Austria, apprentice carpenter

In Central Islip, Erwin Wiedenkeller is lised by Ancestry.com in the Central Islip Hospital but the page is quite faded and I cannot find his name on the page that comes up. I do not know if he was an inmate or an employee.

The Wiedenkellers in the 1920 Census

Paul and Ruth were not listed.

In Islip on Wheeler Road:

• Weidenkeller, Freida, head, age 63, widow, immigrated 1900, Alien, no occupation
• Charles, son age 38, Na. stenographer, NY State Hosp
• Hans, son age 36, Na., No occupation
All born Switzerland, all immigrated in 1900

In Babylon on (can't read)

• Wiedenkeller, Irvine, head age 37 Na. 1915, born Vienna, parents born Swiss crossed out German entered, Machinists, shop
• Helen, wife, age 40, Pa, parents Irish
• Helen daughter 4 4/12
• Christopher son age 9 months

Note: The Wiedenkellers in Islip and Babyon were not listed in the 1930 census.

Death of Chris Wiedenkeller: Chris Wiedenkeller Birth: 30 Mar 1919 Death: 19 Nov 2004 - Babylon, Suffolk, New York, United States of America Civil: New York

Death of Helen Wiedenkelle, Babylon: Helen Wiedenkeller Birth: 1 Aug 1926 Death: 20 Jul 1995 - Babylon, Suffolk, New York, United States of America Civil: New York

The Wiedenkellers in the 1930 Census

On Juniper Avenue in Smithtown Branch

• Paul, head own $5,000, age 38 married at 25, born Vienna, Austria, parents born Switzerland, chauffeur
• Ruth wife, age 36 married at 23, born Michigan
• Theodore, son age 12
• Gordon, age 6
• Patricia age 5

Children all born in NY

Ellis Island

1. Hans Wiedenkeller on the Grosser Kurfurst, from Bremer, Germany, arriving 18 November 1903 male, age 20, single, clerk from Switzerland, German, last residence St Gallen, paid own passage, going to his mother, Mrs. Freida Wiedenkeller, 575 E 149th Street, NY

2. Geza Wiedenkeller, on La Gascogne from La Havre, France arriving port of New York March 5, 1906 Male age 32, electrician nationality Germany, last residence Budapest, destination to New York passage paid by self, going to mother Mrs. Frieda Wiedenkeller, 358 2nd Ave. New York

   Note: Geza Wiedenkeller was listed and then crossed out on the manifest of the Slavonia leaving from Trieste and arriving in New York October 9, 1905. He was listed age 32 labourer, Wein (Vienna) going to mother, Freida Wiendekeller, same address with notation corner of 13 Street. He missed the boat.

3. Peter Otto Wiedenkeller, on the Advance from Christobal, Canal Zone, Panama, arriving September 27, 1916, age 22, born Vienna Austria June 15, 1894, naturalized Circuit Court Riverhead Long Island Mar 4, 1913 address in US, Fort Jay New York

4. Peter Otto Wiedenkeller, on the Advance from Christobal, Canal Zone, Panama, arriving August 26, 1918, age 25, US Army under orders, 1913, naturalized Sulfolk Co. Court, Riverhead, L.I., June 5, 1913, address in US, Fort Jay New York

PATRICIA WIEDENKELLER, 07 Nov 1924, Mar 1980, (not specified) 018-38-4406, Massachusetts

World War I Draft Registration 1917

• Paul F Wiedenkeller in New York, New York, see above

• Hans Wiedenkeller in Suffolk, New York, Central Islip, age 34, born January 25, 1884, US citizen, bookkeeper, State of New York, Central Islip State Hospital, mother Frieda E Wiedenkeller, hieght, medium, build, medium, gray eyes brown hair, September 12, 1918

• Charles Wiedenkeller in Suffolk, New York, can't read address, age 36, June 20th, 1882, alien, can't read most of it, mother Frieda Weidenkeller, tall, large build, blue eyes, --- hair, September 12, 1918

• Erwin Martin Wiedenkeller in Suffolk, New York, -- Sterling Rd, Amityville, Suffolk, age 36, June 20, 1882, naturalized citizen, machinist, Metropolitan Engineering, 1215 C---- Ave, Brooklyn, NY, next of kin, Helen Wiedenkeller, height, medium, build, mediu, brown eyes, black hair September 12, 1918

The Hasbrooks

Email from Harry Lehmann, June 2008

I happened upon your website by utter accident, as I was looking for data on an old and dear friend, Virginia Hasbrook, with whom I've failed miserably to keep in touch. So many years have passed that I could not help but wonder as to her condition and existence, so I put in a Google search, and there was your genealogy mention of her. I have not developed an interest in the long depth of my family histories, but I appreciate that the work has give you the Grace of comfort after the tragic loss of remarkable Tobias, all as told on your site.

I have practiced law for almost 32 years, and it would be fair to say that a goodly share of the top aviation lawyers are aware of my work, at least my cases, if not my name. My field, for a long time, was in accident reconstruction. I left that work, tired after decades from the sorrow of it, though I have one major case in hand now, taken for its moral worth. But, during those years, I sought out Howard Hasbrook, and as I am a pilot and as he regarded me as a serious student of both aviation and accident reconstruction, we became very close, and perhaps it would not be unfair to say that he regarded me as though I were a favored nephew, or a perhaps a bit closer. As is uncommon amongst men, Howard would close a call saying, "I love you," and despite the rituals against such words between men, I would say the same to him. He was very aware both of his mortality, and the preciousness of existence. He was an old fashioned American, a man of the West, and my roots are similar, and we shared a lot in terms of social and political view.

For your interest, Howard had been, prior to our meeting, the Chief Aeromedical Scientist at the Mike Mulroney Aeromedical Center of the FAA, which is their main center for assessment of accident causation and other medical issues, in Oklahoma City, even though Howard never obtained even a four year college degree. He had that title, and earned it, and deserved it, and was likely the best aircraft accident reconstructionist in the United States, and yet his training had come from practical experience, working as the aide to Hugh De Camp, at Cornell, at the very founding of scientific accident reconstruction, from the late forties forward.

I stayed with them in Prescott a few times, and Howard and I had case work together, and it was a situation where we cared a lot about each other, but were in touch more by phone, in the later years. Virginia has helped many dozens of underprivileged kids, with the small ranch in Prescott, bringing them out there for a day with horses and the life of the West, in the old fashioned sense of it. I am ashamed now, even to call, it has been so very long, but I will, I hope to learn a bit first. My own life has had its complexities, and joys, and great demands, and for a while there some terrible strains, and though I've promised myself, and called several times several years ago, it has been one of those situations in life where intentions have not been equaled by actions, and I have fallen out of touch with Virginia.

Howard died, I guess it is now about 12 years ago, and my wife and I met them in Prescott in the early or mid nineties, and that was the last I saw of them in person, and then after that it was by phone, despite out closeness. But I just wanted to take a moment to communicate this history to you, admirable people, both of them. The more you knew either one, the more you respected them. I still have somewhere, he gave it to me, Howard Hasbrooks personal IFR hood; his IFR days were over, and if you knew aviation well, and knew IFR training well, and knew Howard's stature, then you could understand why such an ordinary thing could seem precious.

Harry Lehmann
Novato, California

Ruth's sister, Mary Land, married Paul's brother, Peter, for more information on Mary Land and Peter Wiedenkeller go to Mary Land