On This Day - January 9

EDWARD CHARLES WILLIAM WISCHMEIER was born January 9, 1886 to Charles Henry (1842-1902) & Johanna Wilhelmina (Ruske) (1850-1910) Wischmeier in Indianapolis, Indiana. Both of his parents were natives of Germany.  The family consisted of two daughters and two sons with Edward being the youngest. Edward, his brother and parents are in Indianapolis in the 1900 census. His father was a flagman. Edward married Louise C. Krentler on June 30, 1909, in Indianapolis.

  In the 1910 census the newly weds are living with Louise's parents and two of her sisters and Edward is a clerk at a bank. This is the Krentler family home as it was in 2007.

  In 1913 Edward and Loise welcome their first child, a daughter and in 1915 a son. When Edward's mother died in 1910 they moved into her home. In 1920 Louise became ill and she died April 12, 1922.

 Edward married a second time to Emma Joanna Rogers. Edward continued to advance in the banking industry.

    In 1941 his son joins the Navy and is stationed in New Orleans, where he marries in 1943. When he leaves the service he make his home in Houston, TX.

 Also in 1941 his daughter marries, and his granddaughter is born in 1943.  Just two years later his daughter dies.

   Edward retires in 1950 after 50 years in the banking industry and becoming the vice president of Indiana National Bank.  In 1961 he died of heart disease and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.  His second wife lived until 1993.

Edward is an in-law - his first wife Louise Krentler is my 1st cousin 3x removed.