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George Washington Weidler
Transportation Agent + Merchant
Male
Born
Oct 22, 1837
Hometown
Lancaster, Pennsy...
Died
Sep 19, 1908
Death Place
Portland, Oregon
Religion
Episcopal Church ...
George Washington Weidler was a prominent 19th century transportation agent, investor, and business owner in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. Born in Pennsylvania, he moved as a young man to St. Louis, Missouri, where he began a career in merchandising… Read More
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CHILDHOOD
1837
Birth
George Washington Weidler was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on October 22, 1837, to Isaac C. and Catherine Gaelbach Weidler, U.S. citizens of Swiss-German descent.
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TEENAGE
1855
18 Years Old
In 1855 he was put in charge of a mule-drawn wagon train, hauling goods to a new general store in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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TWENTIES
1861
24 Years Old
In about 1861, Weidler took a job as an agent for a company that ran stagecoaches between Carson City and Virginia City, Nevada.
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1866
29 Years Old
In 1866 Weidler moved to Portland, acting as the local agent for Holladay's steamship company.
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THIRTIES
1871
34 Years Old
He was part owner of the Portland Street Railway (PSR), which Holladay built in 1871.
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FORTIES
1879
42 Years Old
In 1879 Weidler, who was an agent for the Oregon Steamship Company owned by Henry Villard, became a shareholder in the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company (OR&N), formed by Villard after he gained control of the OSN.
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1880
43 Years Old
In 1880 he set up a dynamo in his sawmill and became
1881
44 Years Old
the first person to sell electric lighting in Portland when he ran a primitive transmission line to the nearby Ainsworth Dock in 1881.
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1885
48 Years Old
G. W. Weidler and his wife had seven children, five of whom lived to adulthood. The Weidlers lived in a large house built in 1885 on Northwest 19th Street between Kearney and Lovejoy streets.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1908
71 Years Old
Late in life Weidler joined the Episcopal Church, where his father-in-law was a prominent member and vestryman. Weidler belonged to the Arlington, Portland, and Commercial clubs. He died of a stroke on September 19, 1908, in Portland.
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