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Louise Hiller

The Daughter of Kristine Frieske and Daniel Hiller

Information about Kristine Frieske and Daniel Hiller

Louise Hiller was born on March 19, 1860, the child of Kristine Frieske and Daniel Hiller. She married Michael Weber on October 14, 1876 in the Shitomir Parish of Volhynia, Russia. Louise and Michael had ten children, seven girls and three boys. Louise passed away on January 2, 1918 in Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan. Michael Weber lived the last thirty years of his life with his son Dan and wife Olga, passing away in 1950 at the age of 96.

The Children of Louise Hiller and Michael Weber

Emilie Weber born 23 September 2,1877 in Shitomir.
Otillie Weber born January 24, 1879 at Tregabetsa.
Julianna Weber born on October 10, 1880.
Leokadia Weber born in 1883.
Florentina Weber born in 1888.
Ludwig (Louis) Weber born in 1889 and passed away in 1955. He married Emilie Krieger about 1917.
Rudolph (Roy) Weber born in 1892. He married Emma Dreger.
Wilhelmina Weber born in 1895.
Daniel Weber born on August 6, 1897 and died on June 14, 1969. Daniel married Olga Heebner on February 10, 1920.
Ida Weber born in 1900.

Louise Hiller and Michael Weber

Extracted from "Yellow Grass Our Prairie Community" (1980), Page 587-588.
Written by Eileen (Weber)Gish.

Following political upheaval in Europe from the mid 18^th century to the 1880's, the Weber families of German-Russian background fled to England. Offers of land and freedom in America looked attractive and some family members settled in Minnesota and Oregon. The family of Michael Weber boarded a cattle boat in England in 1893 and set out for Halifax, Canada. The seas were high and men were washed overboard unless chained to the deck. Lou Weber, only four years old, was chained next to his father while Roy at one year of age, was with his mother and sisters in the hold with the cattle.

The Michael Weber family travelled to Winnipeg by train and it is believed as far as Beausejour, Manitoba before travelling by oxcart to Lemberg in the North West Terretories. The first winter they camped on a hillside and later followed the trail from Lemberg to Yellow Grass. Louise was born in 1860 and died in 1918, twenty five years after her arrival in Canada.