Joseph was baptized February 4, 1846 at Katholisch, Calle Meschede, Westfalen, Preussen. He came to the United States from Prussia on the ship Hermann which departed from Bremen. He arrived in New York on November 16, 1868 at the age of 17. He was naturalized on October 19, 1880. By 1890 he was listed in the St. Louis Directory as having a grocery business with his brother-in-law Frank Overberg located at 3201 Meramec in St. Louis. Joseph was blind in the latter part of his life. The 1910 Mo census lists him as blind. Albert (Leo's dad) read to him every day. He died of a cerebral hemorrage.
More About Joseph Franz Vielhaber: Burial: June 26, 1915, SS. Peter & Paul Cemetery, Joseph Vielhaber plot, St.Louis,Mo.
More About Joseph Franz Vielhaber and Mary Overberg: Marriage: September 25, 1874, St. Peter and Paul's Church, St. Louis, Mo..
Children of Joseph Franz Vielhaber and Mary Overberg are:
+Mary Adelaide Vielhaber, b. March 04, 1880, St. Louis, Mo, d. November 1971, St. Louis, Mo.
+Frank Vielhaber, b. July 05, 1881, St. Louis, Mo, d. December 03, 1946, St. Louis, Mo.
William Vielhaber, b. 1886, St. Louis, Mo, d. June 28, 1886, St. Louis, Mo.
+Robert George Vielhaber, b. December 17, 1885, St. Louis, Mo, d. February 21, 1959, St. Louis, Mo.
+Mary Theresa Vielhaber, b. February 15, 1888, St. Louis, Mo, d. April 12, 1976, St. Louis, Mo.
+Albert J. Vielhaber, b. January 08, 1890, St. Louis, Mo, d. October 06, 1951, Akron, Ohio.
Mary Clara Vielhaber, b. August 05, 1893, St. Louis, Mo, d. August 14, 1893, St. Louis, Mo.
Joseph Franz Vielhaber (b. February 03, 1846, d. June 24, 1915)
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