Fannie Wyser

1884 - 1971  (86 years)

• Name	Fannie Wyser
  	On birth certificate first name is spelled Fanny
  Nickname	Faye
  Birth	29 Sep 1884	Glebe, N.S.W., Australia
  Gender	Female
  Emigration	Abt 1895  [1]
  	Immigration to the United States, per the 1920 United States Census. Naturalised in 1910.
  Immigration	1 Jul 1895	San Francisco, California   [2]
  	Arrived San Francisco from Honolulu (Fanny Wyser, of Honolulu).
  Residence	1907	Alameda, California   [3]
  	1907 City Directory shows Fannie Wyser, a clerk at Hale Brothers, residing at 2901 Johnson Avenue, Alameda, California 94501
  	Address: 2901 Johnson Avenue Alameda, California 94501 United States
  Residence	18 Sep 1918	Oakland, California
  	Address from James Wilkinson's World War II draft card. Registration Location: Alameda County, California; Roll: 1531223; Draft Board: 7.
  	Address: 1621 41st Avenue Oakland, California United States
  Death	28 Mar 1971	Oakland, California
  Burial	Oakland, California   [4]
  Person ID	I178	Walsh - Wilson Family Tree | Craig
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2026

  
  

  Father	Bruno Albert Wiser,   b. 6 Nov 1841, Solothurn, Switzerland d. 7 Dec 1895, San Francisco, California (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Elisa Schoenhals,   b. 20 Mar 1841, Simmersbach, Germany d. 19 Jul 1910, 573 Jones Street, Oakland, California (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	3 Feb 1869	Montevideo, Uruguay
  Marriage Witnesses	03 Feb 1869	Montevideo, Uruguay
  	Louis Freyo and Leo Fugginer
  Minister	03 Feb 1869	Montevideo, Uruguay
  	Pastor Hopper
  Documents » Slide Show		Bruno Wyser's Obituary - December 8 1895
  		Marriage of Bruno Wyser and Elise Schönhals - German Evangelical Church [Lutheran] - Montevideo, Uruguay First name/family name of groom: Bruno Wyser, Solothurn, Switzerland Occupation and address of father of the groom: Armoury Manager; Solothurn, Switzerland Age of groom: 27 years First name/family name of bride: Elise Schönhals, Simmersbach, Grand Duchy of Hessen [Germany] Name, address and occupation of father of the bride: Johannes Schönhals, Pastor, Simmersbach Age of bride: 25 years Date of ceremony: 3 Feb 1869 Name of pastor who performed the marriage ceremony: Pastor Hopper Witnesses: Louis Freyo and Leo Fugginer German-English translation by Ingeborg Gowans.
  		Arrival of the Wyser Family in Adelaide, South Australia - 23 Jan 1877 This passenger manifest, from the collection of State Records of South Australia, shows the arrival in Adeliade on 23 Jan 1877 of: Bruno Wyser (age 35), Elisa (age 32), Ida (9), Marie [?] (4), Emilie (3), Adolph (2), and Otto (3/4). According to the Palmer List of Merchant Vessels: "The British ship EDITH BYRNE (Official No. 16216) was built by the Canada Works, Birkenhead, in 1856 (first registered, Liverpool 9 June 1857). 729.44 tons register; 165.4 x 30.2 x 19.7 ft (length x beam x depth of hold); 2 decks. "In March 1865, the EDITH BYRNE was purchased from Byrne, of Liverpool, for £8,250 by the Hamburg shipowner, Robert Miles Sloman, who renamed her HERSCHEL, after an earlier vessel that he had sold in Indonesia in 1859. Measurements (Hamburg): 333 Commerzlasten /787 tons; 50,3 x 9,1 x 5,79 meters (length x beam x depth of hold)." The master from 1875-1878 was J. J. Kammann. The vessel's voyages in the 1870's: 1871/73 - Brisbane/intermediate ports/Amsterdam/Cuxhaven 1873/74 - Queensland/intermediate ports/Cardiff 1874/75 - Brisbane/intermediate ports/Greenock 1875/76 - Wellington/Peru 1876/78 - Adelaide/intermediate ports/Huanillos 1878/80 - Queensland/intermediate ports/Corinto, Nicaragua According to the South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society, Inc. fact sheet, this voyage of the Herschel originated in Hamburg. Sequence 77/6 -- see http://www.saghs.org.au/ships/shipsH.htm On On 1 June 1891 the HERSCHEL was sold to Hartvigsen, of Arendal, Norway. There is no record of her final fate. Please see: http://www.geocities.com/mppraetorius/com-ed.htm#edithbyrne1856 GRG35/48 – Assisted Passage – Consignment/Sub-series 1, Unit 22; Volume 22 1877 – Adolph Wyser through Elsie Wyser. FROM THE MANIFEST ITSELF (re-read Oct 2026): Bruno Wyser 35 (married), Elise 32, Ida 9, Marie 4, Emilie 3, Adolph 2 and Otto under 1 (3/4). Summary of the voyage: 218 adults, children 1-12 and 16 infants embarked, 305 souls in all; 4 births and 5 deaths of children on the voyage; 304 landed alive. The immigration agent's certificate is dated 29 Jan 1877. DATES: embarked Hamburg 26 Sep 1876; anchored Port Adelaide 12 Jan 1877; immigrants landed 23 Jan 1877. The voyage, the passengers' petition against Captain Kammann (Bruno Wyser was the eighth signatory) and the commission of enquiry are told in "Rich Man, Poor Man" (media 1377).
  		Birth record for Bertha Fanny Wyser (15 Mar 1880) and Bruno Wyser (11 Apr 1882) Birth records published by the South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society, 1997, page 3377. Bertha Fanny Wyser = book 234, page 456; Bruno Wyser = book 278, page 217.
  Histories		S.S. Arawa - Built for Shaw, Saville & Albion in 1884 An 11,570-ton emigrant steamer of Shaw, Savill & Albion. Her career from the Dumbarton yard in 1884 to her torpedoing off Cyrenaica in 1915, with a photograph of the ship.
  Family ID	F11	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Nicholas Jurgensen,   b. 23 Dec 1887, Hawaii d. 24 Apr 1959, Alameida County, California (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	Jul 1910	Marin County, California   [5]
  Family ID	F72	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2008

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Fannie Wyser and Barbara F. Richardson According to Cathy Key, "Barbara was born in March 1924 so that's the year the photo was most likely taken. Everyone called Fannie by Faye. Fannie was born in Sydney, Australia on 29 September 1884. She married Jack N. Jurgensen. I haven't been able to find the date but I think it was in Hawaii. She had no children but she raised a great nephew and niece. She died March 28 1971 in Oakland, Alameda Co, California. She was very loving, and always went out of her way to be there for everyone in the family."
  		Fannie (Faye) Wyser in the 1940's
  		Emilia (Lily) Wilkinson, Fannie (Faye) Wyser Jurgensen, and Others
  		Emilia (Lily) Wilkinson, Fannie (Faye) Wyser Jurgensen, and Others
  		Boat Day - Honolulu, Hawaii - Lily Wyser Wilkinson Departure Circa 1939 or 1940
  		Fannie (Faye) Wyser and Others

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Ship's Manifest for S.S. Australia - Honolulu to San Francisco - Departing June 14, 1895 The manifest shows Bruno Weyser (age 55 yrs 6 mos), a Swiss farmer who had last been in San Francisco in 1892), his wife Elisa (age 49 yrs 7 mos), daughters Marie (age 18 yrs 9 mos, possibly crossed out), Fanny (age 9 yrs 11 mos), and Lena (age 7 yrs 10 mos). The ship left on June 14, 1895, and arrived on July 1, 1895.
  		Ship's Manifest - Steamer Monowai - Sailing 1 April 1897 Lily Wilkinson (age 23) and her sister Fanny Wyser (age 11) sailing from Honolulu to San Francisco (and on to Los Angeles) to "see my mother." Last in the United States 1891.
  		William Wilson (Otto Wiser) Obituary Member of Eastbay Machinist Union Local 1304, C.I.O.
  		Fanny Wyser Birth Certificate - Glebe, New South Wales
  		John and Fannie Jurgensen - 1920 United States Census
  		James William Wilkinson - World War I Draft Card Confirms date of birth as 12 Dec 1897 (20 at the time of draft registration, 18 Sep 1918). No occupation at the time, living with aunt Mrs. Fannie Jurgensen at 1621 41st Avenue, Oakland, California. Registration Location: Alameda County, California; Roll: 1531223; Draft Board: 7.
  		Obituary for Mary C. Burns from the 23 March 1961 issue of the Oakland Tribune, page 51
  		Passenger Manifest of S.S. Arawa - Depart San Francisco 12 Jan 1895, Arrive Honolulu 19 Jan 1895 - Bruno Wyser and Family, from Switzerland, "seeking employment" Sheet 2 of the passenger manifest, for steerage passengers, shows Bruno Wyser, age 53, a tanner from Switzerland, arriving in Honolulu "seeking employment." With Bruno are wife Eliza (48) and children Mary (23), Lily (22), Bruno (10), Fanny (8), and Lena (6). [We believe Lena is Amy Winifred, daughter of Ida Alice Wyser.] Manifest courtesy of the Hawaii State Archives, Honolulu.
  		Passenger Manifest of R.M.S. Moana - Departed San Francisco, California on 1 Dec 1898, arrived Honolulu, Hawaii on 8 Dec 1898 - Fanny Wyser The manifest shows Miss Fanny Wyser, age 14, born in Sydney, Australia, last resident in San Francisco, California, arriving in Honolulu, Hawaii "joining sister." Passenger manifest courtesy of the Hawaii State Archives.
  		Passenger Manifest - S.S. Mariposa - Departed San Francisco, California on 30 Apr 1896, arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii 7 May 1896. Passengers Elisa [Schoenhals] Wyser and Nanny [Fanny] Wyser Passenger manifest shows Elisa Wyser, age 48, born in Germany, and her daughter Nanny [actually Fanny] Wyser, age 11, born in Australia, arriving in Honolulu, Hawaii "to visit son" of Elisa, and brother of Fanny. The arrival, on 7 May 1896, was only four days before the birth (on 11 May 1896) of Albert Wilkinson, the son of Emilia [Lily] Wyser Wilkinson. Courtesy of the Hawaii State Archives.
  		Passenger Manifest - S.S. Australia - Departing San Francisco, California on 15 Jun 1897, arrival Honolulu, Hawaii 22 Jun 1897 - Mrs. J. W. Wilkinson [Emilia Wyser] and her 1-year-old son Albert Wilkinson, accompanied by Fanny [Fannie] Wyser The passenger manifest shows Mrs. J. W. Wilkinson, age 23, born in Switzerland, travelling with her son Albert Wilkinson, age 1 born in Hawaiian Islands, and sister Fanny [Fannie] Wyser, age 11, born in Australia. The purpose of the trip is "home." Courtesy of the Hawaii State Archives.
  		James Edward Burns [misspelled Burke] and Family - 1910 United States Census The 1910 census shows James E Burns (age 42, born in New Jersey, married 17 years) living with his family at 573 Jones Street, Oakland, California. He was a machinist with Union Iron Works. Living with him: his wife Mary C., age 35; daughter Florence, age 13; daughter Eugenia [Virginia?] age 3, and son Gilbert, age 1 1/2. Also living in the household is Annie Wyser, sister-in-law, age 24 [possibly Fannie Wyser, b 1884], a cashier at a dry goods store. Located, despite spelling mistake on surname, by Cathy Key.

  
  

  Histories

  Kealaolu Family Album, 1940-1945 (film) Restored 8mm colour home movies of Kahala, Honolulu and Maui, 1940-1945, narrated by Albert and Helen Wilkinson in the early 1960s, with a guide to everyone in them. The 23-minute film is stored on this server (histories/kealaolu-film/), not on YouTube. Full-quality master: family Dropbox and Craig Walsh archive drive, folder Kealaolu Family Album.

  
  

• Sources

  [S49] 1920 United States Federal Census, Oakland City, Precinct 225, Brooklyn Township, Sheet 6660. [S5004] Ancestry.com, 1 Jul 1895, California, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959 (Reliability: 2). Fanny Wyser, of Honolulu, born about 1886, arrived San Francisco from Honolulu 1 Jul 1895. [S4940] Nancy S. Peterson, California Genealogical Society, 1907. Research by Nancy Peterson [S5004] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Reliability: 2). Fanny Jurgensen, born 29 Sep 1884 Glebe, died 28 Mar 1971 Berkeley [TNG: Oakland]; buried Oakland. [S4940] Nancy S. Peterson, California Genealogical Society, 07 Jul 1910 (Reliability: 3). Marriage license taken out in Marin County as reported in the Mill Valley Independent issue of 7 Jul 1910. Both were reported to be "of Oakland."