Otto Herman WEISS^[1]

1887 - 1975  (88 years)

• Name	Otto Herman WEISS
  Birth	3 May 1887	Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	5 Jun 1917	Portsmouth City, VA   [2]
  	Otto's World War I draft registration card, dated 5 June 1917, notes that he was employed as a machinist by the U.S. Government at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia.
  Occupation	1921 - 1965	Newport News City, VA   [4]
  	Newport News school system
  Death	14 Sep 1975	Hampton City, VA   [3, 4]
  	Otto died on 14 September 1975 at his Claremont Avenue home in Hampton, Virginia. He was 88 years old at the time of his death.
  funeral	16 Sep 1975	Yorktown, York Co, VA   [4]
  	His funeral service was conducted by Rev. W. E. Tudor at 11:00am on 16 September 1975 at Grace Episcopal Church in Yorktown, Virginia.
  Burial	16 Sep 1975	Newport News City, VA   [4]
  	Interment followed at Peninsula Memorial Park in Newport News, Virginia.
  Person ID	I7108	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Carl Hermann WEISS,   b. 2 Jun 1860, Greiz, Thuringia, Prussia d. 29 Feb 1924, Rocky Point, Pender Co, NC (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Leonora Caroline FEREBEE,   b. 13 Mar 1862, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA d. 21 Feb 1947, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	18 Mar 1885	Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA   [5]
  	The couple was married later that same day by Ransdell W. Cridlin, a Baptist minister.
  Family ID	F142	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Julia Anne HOLLADAY,   b. 3 Apr 1887, Panola, Clarendon Co, SC d. 1 Jan 1980, Hampton City, VA (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	8 Jan 1914	Panola, Clarendon Co, SC   [6]
  Children	1. Anne Elizabeth WEISS,   b. 13 Jan 1915, Clarendon Co, SC d. May 1961, Norwood, Norfolk Co, MA (Age 46 years)   2. Leonora Caroline WEISS,   b. 8 Nov 1916   d. 10 Mar 1996 (Age 79 years)   3. Susanne Holladay WEISS,   b. 13 Apr 1920, Portsmouth City, VA d. 24 Jun 1998, Yorktown, York Co, VA (Age 78 years)   4. Otto Herman WEISS, Jr.,   b. 4 Feb 1923, Newport News City, VA d. 7 Jul 2008, Sewickley, Allegheny Co, PA (Age 85 years)   5. Charles Herman WEISS,   b. 29 Jan 1926, Kecoughtan, Elizabeth City Co, VA d. 4 Jun 2007 (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F800	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos

  Otto H. Weiss. WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Record. Ancestry.com. R.F.D. #2, Portsmouth, VA

  
  

• Sources

  [S2905] Weiss, "Leonora Caroline Ferebee Weiss family data". [S242] Otto H. Weiss. WWI draft registration card. [S874] Otto Weiss. SSN 228-20-9416. SSDI. . [S3030] Otto Herman Weiss obituary, Daily Press, (Newport News, VA) 15 September 1975. [S3832] Charles H. Weiss - Lolie C. Ferebee, Norfolk Co, VA marriage license & minister’s return no. 23.309 (1885). [S236] Weiss, "Carl Herman Weiss - Leonora Caroline Ferebee family data".