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Margaret <I>Birong</I> Weiss

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Margaret Birong Weiss

Birth
Vojvodina, Serbia
Death
28 Mar 1988 (aged 93)
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.0658931, Longitude: -95.8345944
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Margaret was born in the village of Kathreinfeld, Banat, Austria-Hungary (Ravni Topolovak in Serbian). She was a Donuaswabian (ethnic Germans who settled and guarded the border of the Hapsburg empire). She immigrated in 1910 with her father Peter. He left her in New York city working as a maid for a Jewish family while he returned for her sister Helen. They are the only two know to have settled in the US. She married Frank Weiss in 1921. They had two daughters, Margaret Anna and Elsie Elizabeth.
Catholic Church records for her village indicate she was born in 1894 not 1895
Margaret was born in the village of Kathreinfeld, Banat, Austria-Hungary (Ravni Topolovak in Serbian). She was a Donuaswabian (ethnic Germans who settled and guarded the border of the Hapsburg empire). She immigrated in 1910 with her father Peter. He left her in New York city working as a maid for a Jewish family while he returned for her sister Helen. They are the only two know to have settled in the US. She married Frank Weiss in 1921. They had two daughters, Margaret Anna and Elsie Elizabeth.
Catholic Church records for her village indicate she was born in 1894 not 1895


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  • Created by: Lori Beckett Zukerman Relative Grandchild
  • Added: Feb 16, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125212340/margaret-weiss: accessed ), memorial page for Margaret Birong Weiss (16 Dec 1894–28 Mar 1988), Find a Grave Memorial ID 125212340, citing Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by Lori Beckett Zukerman (contributor 48328852).