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  • Gender Female 
    Siblings
     1. Living (ID:I36)
     2. Living (ID:I37)
     3. Living (ID:I38)
     4. Living (ID:I39)

    Parents

    Family ID: F3 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  
    Father Robert Oran Weaver (ID:I34),   b. 6 May 1928, Wagstaff, Ten Mile, Miami, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Dec 1989, Weaver Homestead, East barn, Wagstaff, Ten Mile, Miami, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Virginia Louise Kohlenberg (ID:I35),   b. 2 Nov 1932, Kohlenberg Homestead, 9280 W. 319th Street, Middle Creek, Miami, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Apr 2016, North Point Nursing Home, 908 N Pearl St, Paola, Miami, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 16 Nov 1952  First Presbyterian Church, Paola, Miami, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Reference Number 1607 

    Family

    Family ID: F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart 
    Husband Living (ID:I1785) 
    Children 
      1. Living (ID:I3)
      2. Living (ID:I4)
      3. Living (ID:I5)
  • Histories
    George Nicolay: The German-Born Secretary Who Made Abraham Lincoln Great    		George Nicolay: The German-Born Secretary Who Made Abraham Lincoln Great
    Sharon (née Weaver) Vitter's 4th great uncle George Nicolay played what is essentially today's crucial role of chief of staff to the President of the United States — and that president was Abraham Lincoln. Nicolay later became U. S. consul to France, Marshal of the U. S. Supreme Court, and Lincoln biographer.
    Martin Samuel Weaver: Kansas Homesteader    		Martin Samuel Weaver: Kansas Homesteader
    Sharon (née Weaver) Vitter's paternal great grandfather Martin Weaver, from a family of 18 children, forged the way from Holmes County, Ohio to Miami County, Kansas and established today's Weaver Homestead in suburban Kansas City.
    Relativity Research    		Relativity Research
    The underlying theme of our website is research on relativity — our relatives pulsate outward in our time-space continuum in a series of gravitational waves spanning many generations and relationships! This page gives an overview of several family histories, beginning with Jeff Vitter's Aha! moment, which ultimately led to creation of this website.
    The <em>Aha!</em> Moment That Led to This Website    		The Aha! Moment That Led to This Website
    When Jeff Vitter was growing up in New Orleans, his parents A. L. Vitter Jr. and Audrey (née St. Raymond) Vitter would always tell the family about their trips to France as young children to meet relatives, but they didn't know many particulars beyond their grandparents, especially on my dad's paternal side. Jeff's Aha! moment came when he combined technologies — new and old — to discover how, when, and where the Vitters came to the USA from Europe.
    The Hochstetler Attack: Life on the Frontier    		The Hochstetler Attack: Life on the Frontier
    One of the most well-known anecdotes in Amish and Mennonite history is the story of pacifist Jacob Hochstetler and the tragedy his family underwent at the Northkill Settlement in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
    The Ups and Downs of Mini-Me    		The Ups and Downs of Mini-Me
    Pick someone with one of a dozen popular Amish surnames, and Sharon (née Weaver) Vitter is probably related to that person, sometimes in many ways. Such is the case with 2-foot, 8-inch-tall actor and stuntman Verne Troyer, most well known for his portrayal of "Mini-Me" in the Austin Powers movies.
    The Weaver Way: Zürich → Pennsylvania → Ohio    		The Weaver Way: Zürich → Pennsylvania → Ohio
    This history traces the path of Sharon (née Weaver) Vitter's 4th great grandfather, Swiss immigrant Jacob Weaver Sr., who ventured from the canton of Zürich to Pennsylvania via Rotterdam on the ship Sally in 1767. His sons continued onward in the early 1800s to Ohio. Open questions remain about his ancestors in the old country.
    Vitter Holiday Cards Through the Years    		Vitter Holiday Cards Through the Years
    'Tis the Season to be jolly! Welcome to a tradition starting in 1945 spanning several generations of annual Christmas greeting cards, augmented from time to time with cards for other occasions.
    How the Vitters Got to Clerval    		How the Vitters Got to Clerval
    19 years after Jeff Vitter's Aha! moment, Jean-Pierre Vitter resolves the mystery of where in Europe the Vitter family came from originally and how they got to France in the late 1700s.
    Our Loyal Guardians Rex & Queenie    		Our Loyal Guardians Rex & Queenie
    Rex and Queenie — half-ton cast-iron Newfoundland dogs — have stood guard over Vitter-Artigues homes in New Orleans for about 110 years and have a fascinating (and still mysterious) genealogy of their own.
    Exploring Clerval in 2022    		Exploring Clerval in 2022
    Jeff Vitter had been wanting to visit Clerval in the Doubs department of France near northern Switzerland ever since his Aha! Moment 23 years ago described above. He and Sharon Vitter finally got the chance 22 years later during a Fall 2022 trip to France full of wonderful family history visits, photos, and videos.
    Exploring Mimi's Ancestors near the Pyrénées of Southwest France    		Exploring Mimi's Ancestors near the Pyrénées of Southwest France
    Unlike Jeff's dad's side, where we knew very little of his lineage, Jeff's mom had a fair amount of knowledge about her ancestors, who came from around Uzan (pronounced "u-ZHANG" in the local patois) and Anères in extreme southwest France near the Pyrénées mountains. She and her mom, grandmother, aunt, and siblings visited southwest France when she was 13 1/2 years old in 1934, shortly after her great grandmother passed away. With that information as a base — along with more trips to southwest France in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2020s — we were able to greatly expand our genealogy horizons of Mimi's lineage through the same kind of letters described in the prior history that we sent to Jeff's dad's paternal Vitter ancestors. In this history, we show more "inside genealogy baseball" about how connections are discovered, along with plenty photos of visits.
    Videos
    When Jeff & Audrey Vitter Lost Jillian & Scott in the Woods    		When Jeff & Audrey Vitter Lost Jillian & Scott in the Woods
    Some fun interviews with Jillian, Scott, & Audrey Vitter when their dad Jeff was being inaugurated as 17th Chancellor of the University of Mississippi, including a vivid description of their 2004 Father's Day hike in the woods when Jeff & Audrey lost Jillian & Scott. Fortunately all turned out well!
    Investiture of Jeffrey Vitter as 17th Chancellor    		Investiture of Jeffrey Vitter as 17th Chancellor
    The University of Mississippi, November 10, 2016. The time for the main parts of the event are noted in the caption to the video, including the times of all the various speakers.
    Jeff Vitter Speaks Out on Being a Southerner, Duties of a Dean, and More    		Jeff Vitter Speaks Out on Being a Southerner, Duties of a Dean, and More
    This Vitter-Weaver website is built upon a relational database. When you go to the page of someone in our family tree, the page is dynamically created for you on the spot by querying the database to get the most uptodate info about that person. In this 2008 interview of your co-host Jeff Vitter, Jeff talks about his work in the field of databases, being a dean, and growing up in the Deep South. The interview was conducted by ACM SIGMOD, the world's leading database professional organization.
    Videos of First Lady Sharon Vitter    		Videos of First Lady Sharon Vitter
    Sharon Weaver Vitter began as a hospital pharmacist at Stanford University Children's Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital, and gradually transitioned into more academic roles during husband Jeff's career. She played an especially important role as First Lady at the University of Mississippi during 2016–2019. In these video clips, Sharon has some fun with campus activities and shows why people are naturally drawn to her.
    Purdue Oral History Archives interview of Dr. Jeffrey S. Vitter    		Purdue Oral History Archives interview of Dr. Jeffrey S. Vitter
    This interview was conducted by Ms. Katherine Markee on July 29, 2008 as part of the Purdue Oral History Archives when Jeff Vitter was the Frederick L. Hovde Dean of the College of Science at Purdue University.
    It gives insights on the importance of education and the productive interplay of academics and administration.
    Collection of video interviews and articles involving Dr. Jeffrey S. Vitter as 17th Chancellor of the University of Mississippi    		Collection of video interviews and articles involving Dr. Jeffrey S. Vitter as 17th Chancellor of the University of Mississippi
    Conducted 2015–2019
    Articles
    <em>Thursday Night Cookin': Mimi's Recipes for a Happy Home</em>    		Thursday Night Cookin': Mimi's Recipes for a Happy Home
    Judge Wendy Vitter put together a wonderful cook book in honor of Mimi's 78th birthday in 1998, entitled Thursday Night Cookin': Mimi's Recipes for a Happy Home. The cook book consists of the family's favorite recipes of Mimi's, along with several bons mots, family trivia, and memories. The name for the cook book came from the family's tradition of having dinner each Thursday night at the New Orleans home of Mimi & Père.

    When the Vitter kids were younger, a similar tradition existed at Mimi's parents' home at 3539 Napoleon, where Mémère and Pépère would host everyone to Wednesday night dinner, often roast chicken. Jeff liked to make little chicken sandwiches with the chicken, biscuits, and gravy, and Pépère would often make his patented goulash with all the dishes on the table mixed together. We hope you enjoy the recipes and reminiscences as well!
    Genealogy Charts
    Ancestors of Jeffrey S. Vitter    		Ancestors of Jeffrey S. Vitter
    Jeff Vitter is co-host of this website vitter.org, and this chart traces his ancestors, generation by generation.
    Ancestors of Sharon Louise (née Weaver) Vitter    		Ancestors of Sharon Louise (née Weaver) Vitter
    Sharon (née Weaver) Vitter is co-host of this website vitter.org, and this chart traces her ancestors, generation by generation.
    Descendants of Jacob Weaver Sr. (1748–1820), immigrant to America, and Magdalena Oberholtzer (1748–1791)    		Descendants of Jacob Weaver Sr. (1748–1820), immigrant to America, and Magdalena Oberholtzer (1748–1791)
    Jacob Weaver Sr. was a native of Zurich, Switzerland and immigrated to Pennsylvania via Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1767. He is the 4th great grandfather of Sharon Weaver Vitter, co-host of this website.
    Descendants of Jakobi Kauffman (born 1455) and Augusta Sophia (born 1455)    		Descendants of Jakobi Kauffman (born 1455) and Augusta Sophia (born 1455)
    Jakobi Kauffman is a 14th great grandfather of Sharon Weaver Vitter, co-host of this website vitter.org. The Kauffman clan includes the influential Mennonite teacher Täufer Isaac Kauffman (1653–1741) and his son Isaac Jr. (1685–late 1700s). Isaac Jr. immigrated with his family to Pennsylvania via Rotterdam on the ship Virtuous Grace in 1737.

  • Source Citations

    1. [S307] Family Database of Vitter-Weaver Family, Jeffrey & Sharon Vitter, (Name: Self; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Date: Since 1996;), Martin Samuel Weaver: Kansas Homesteader.
      Sharon (née Weaver) Vitter's paternal great grandfather Martin Weaver, from a family of 18 children, forged the way from Holmes County, Ohio to Miami County, Kansas and established today's Weaver Homestead in suburban Kansas City.
      https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/MartinSamuelWeaver.php

    2. [S512] Nicolay: A Preliminary Outline of the Descendants of John Jacob Nicolay, Kay Frances Sellers, with annotations by Sharon Weaver Vitter, (Name: Self-published; Location: Topeka, Kansas, USA; Date: 1984 (the copyright is 1984, but there are some updates in the following few years);), 21-page set of family tree diagrams of the Nicolay family in Kansas, traced back to Bernard Nicolai/Nicolay (circa 1650–1705) in Germany. Some individuals can be searched for in the pdf file, but unfortunately not all since most of the file is written by hand and not all of it is recognized by optical character recognition. The individuals are labeled by their genealogical ordering (via the Henry or d'Aboville systems), which his the ordering used in the 166-page compilation by Kay F. Sellers, entitled "Nicolay: A Preliminary Study of the Descendants of John Jacob Nicolay," 1987. There are also newspaper clippings about members of the family in the 267-page compilation by Kay F. Sellers, entitled "Nicolay Newspaper Clippings: Weddings Obituaries, Miscellaneous." See attached pdf for the entire manuscript.
      At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.


    3. [S1771] Nicolay: A Preliminary Study of the Descendants of John Jacob Nicolay, Kay Frances Sellers, with annotations by Sharon Weaver Vitter, (Name: Self-published; Location: Topeka, Kansas, USA; Date: 1987;), 146-page compilation (plus 20-page index) of the Nicolay family in Kansas, traced back to Bernard Nicolai/Nicolay (circa 1650–1705) in Germany. Individuals can be searched for in the pdf file. The individuals are labeled by their genealogical ordering (via the Henry or d'Aboville systems). An earlier 21-page list of family tree diagrams was published by Kay F. Sellers, entitled "Nicolay: A Preliminary Outline of the Descendants of John Jacob Nicolay," 1987. There are also newspaper clippings about members of the family in the 267-page compilation by Kay F. Sellers, entitled "Nicolay Newspaper Clippings: Weddings Obituaries, Miscellaneous," which is an appendix to this document. The page numbers in the index refer to the numbers printed on each page. Page numbers 128 and larger can be found in the appendix, "Nicolay Newspaper Clippings: Weddings Obituaries, Miscellaneous," 1987. See attached pdf for the entire manuscript.
      At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
      At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.


    4. [S915] Death Notices and Obituaries, Miami County Republican; Publication Place: Paola, Kansas, USA; URL: http://www.republic-online.com/obituaries/article_12e58bbe-71d0-5bef-a7db-1962c60173ea.html.
      https://www.republic-online.com/obituaries/article_12e58bbe-71d0-5bef-a7db-1962c60173ea.html

 

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