George Adam Weber

M, #14, b. 13 December 1848, d. 29 March 1923
Father*John Harrison "Henry" Weber b. 4 Jan 1826, d. 27 Feb 1891
Mother*Caroline Catharine Hoke b. 3 Jan 1828, d. 6 Jul 1892
ChartsPedigree of Michael Frederick Haggerty
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Source George Adam Weber was Source Birth date from death certificate. 
Source* He was Source Gedcom from Nathan Sweet Jr. 
Residence He lived; 1923 at death resided 1649 San Pasqual Pasadena CA. 
Story* Nathan Sweet Jr wrote:
     I have two recollections of my Grandfather Weber. One was a time that I was running down a path in their garden and as I came around a corner there he was and I remember being in sort of awe and probably frightened some. Another time was while eating lunch at his dining room table and that he had a straw that he used to drink his coffee with (Mother told me some years later that he had a bad tremble and could not hold a spoon steady enough to keep the coffee in the spoon).
     He was an inventor and did very well although he was cleaned-out twice by partners. Grandmother Weber told me that while recovering from a nervous breakdown following the second time of loosing everything, he was down by the railroad tracks and as a train went by he noticed that every time a car's wheel crossed the joint where two rails met the ends of the rails bent down. He looked closer and saw that the tops of the rails at the joint were flared-out from the pounding each train wheel gave the tops of the rail as it passed over the joint.
     At that time rails were held together by two heavy pieces of iron strap placed on eachside of the rail and bolted through the rail. While this held the rails together it gave no support to the top part of the rail. He designed two pieces of metal that fitted up under the top part of the rail and while holding the rails together end to end where stronger and pushed up under the top part and there by kept rail from bending down each time a car wheel went over the joint.
     He went into the business of manufactoring the joints (known of as the Weber Rail Joint). He was able to sell the Santa Fe Railroad Co. on replaing all their old railjoints with his. While I was stationed at the Naval Base in San Diego during the Korean War I found some of the rail joints in use on the lighter rails on the sidings marked with his company's name.
     He went on and improved on his original patent and also developed an insulated joint that made it possible to activate the caution wigwags at inersections. Mother said that at the time of his death he had plans on his drawing board for a puncture proof automobile tire. You can imagine what a boon that would have been for the automobile traveler of the early 1920's when a flat tire was the rule for most trips in a car.
 
Note* He He was a merchant per daughter Muriel's birth certificate. 
Source He was Source Have death certificate (Evd 42) which says he's a retired RR supply man. 
Source He was Source Info re b,d,m dates from Muriel Weber Sweet's DAR application. 
Residence* He lived; 1888 when daughter Muriel born they lived on Noroton Hill in Stamford CT. 
Marriage* He married Annie Hoyt, daughter of William Hoyt and Mary Susanne Mooney. 
Birth*13 December 1848 George Adam Weber was born on 13 December 1848 at Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois. 
Death*29 March 1923 He died on 29 March 1923 at Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., California, at age 74. 
Burial* He was buried at Cremated at Forest Lawn. 

Family

Annie Hoyt b. 17 Jan 1851, d. 27 Apr 1945
Marriage* He married Annie Hoyt, daughter of William Hoyt and Mary Susanne Mooney. 
Children
Last Edited18 Sep 1999