Helen Wisner Muller, Albumen Carte de Visite, Circa 1861
"W. J. Moulton, Photographer, 116 & 118 Water St., El Mira, N.Y." To see detail shot where you can see her delightful smile, replete with teeth:
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Helen M. Wisner (1838-1920) was the daughter of Chemung County, New York, Judge John Wheeler Wisner (1801-1852), of which much can be read here: www.joycetice.com/books/1879b283.htm, and Mary Ann Butler (1812-1870). The couple had married in 1835. Helen was the Judge's second child, having an elder half-sister Frances E., and a younger sister, Eliza (b. 1845), as well as a younger brother, Gabriel (1847-1889). The Wisners were descendants of Henry Wisner, and general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Helen's grandson, Lawrence Muller Hunter, would go on to apply for membership in the Sons of the American Revolution in 1927, citing his pedigree back to Henry.
(As an interesting aside, Frances Wisner married Henry Loftie in 1861, who is renown as a maker of fishing lures. You can read about him here: www.oldfishinglure.com/henryloftielures.htm.)
Helen married the lawyer William Thomas Lawrence Muller (19 Jan 1841-5 Jan 1891) on 8 December, 1858, in Elmira, New York. He was the son of Adrian Herman Muller (1792-1886) and Catharine Schermerhorn Abeel (1799-1894).
Helen and William had two daughters, Ida Mary (1865-1946), and Kate (b. 1869).
Muller went on to become a judge and a commissioner on the New York Court of Claims and, his obituary notes, "was a close personal friend of the governor, and was his ally and advisor." The obituary states that he died of a blood clot traveling to his brain. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn. One must assume that Helen is also buried there. She appears to have outlived him, but is not mentioned in his obituary. She also does not appear with the family on the 1880 census, and I cannot as yet locate the family on later censuses. Also unknown is for whom Helen is wearing deepest mourning in this image. It would have to be a very close relative.
Helen Wisner Muller, Albumen Carte de Visite, Circa 1861
"W. J. Moulton, Photographer, 116 & 118 Water St., El Mira, N.Y." To see detail shot where you can see her delightful smile, replete with teeth:
www.flickr.com/photos/60861613@N00/6380091443/in/photostream
Helen M. Wisner (1838-1920) was the daughter of Chemung County, New York, Judge John Wheeler Wisner (1801-1852), of which much can be read here: www.joycetice.com/books/1879b283.htm, and Mary Ann Butler (1812-1870). The couple had married in 1835. Helen was the Judge's second child, having an elder half-sister Frances E., and a younger sister, Eliza (b. 1845), as well as a younger brother, Gabriel (1847-1889). The Wisners were descendants of Henry Wisner, and general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Helen's grandson, Lawrence Muller Hunter, would go on to apply for membership in the Sons of the American Revolution in 1927, citing his pedigree back to Henry.
(As an interesting aside, Frances Wisner married Henry Loftie in 1861, who is renown as a maker of fishing lures. You can read about him here: www.oldfishinglure.com/henryloftielures.htm.)
Helen married the lawyer William Thomas Lawrence Muller (19 Jan 1841-5 Jan 1891) on 8 December, 1858, in Elmira, New York. He was the son of Adrian Herman Muller (1792-1886) and Catharine Schermerhorn Abeel (1799-1894).
Helen and William had two daughters, Ida Mary (1865-1946), and Kate (b. 1869).
Muller went on to become a judge and a commissioner on the New York Court of Claims and, his obituary notes, "was a close personal friend of the governor, and was his ally and advisor." The obituary states that he died of a blood clot traveling to his brain. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn. One must assume that Helen is also buried there. She appears to have outlived him, but is not mentioned in his obituary. She also does not appear with the family on the 1880 census, and I cannot as yet locate the family on later censuses. Also unknown is for whom Helen is wearing deepest mourning in this image. It would have to be a very close relative.