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George & Margaret met at [[Emmaus Bible College|Emmaus University]] in 1962, and were married in Alameda Co., CA in 1964. Margaret was saved in 1956 under the ministry of Billy Graham at his Cow Palace crusade, and started attending Fairhaven Bible Chapel in [[California]].
George Weitemeyer is at least the third George in his family. His father, George Louis Weitemeyer, was employed in Chicago as a printer in 1950. His maternal grandparents were Thomas Carrick (b. 1888 Dumbarton, Scot. - d. 1942 Chicago, IL) & Elizabeth Duff Miller Bitcon Carrick (b. 1891 Dumbarton, Scot. - d. 1989 Grand Rapids, [[Michigan|MI]]). Regarding "Duff Miller", there was a silversmith called "Duff & Miller" on 50 Ropework Ln. in Glasgow, Scotland in the late 1880's.
In 1950, Margaret's father, John Aston (1907-1974) was employed in Oakland in a sheet metal shop. John's father, John Thomas Aston (b. 1878 Indianapolis, [[Indiana|IN]] - d. 1945 Livermore, Alameda, CA), was employed in the same industry in 1910 in East Saint Louis, Illinois, and previously as a butcher. John Sr.'s father was William Aston (b. 1842 Newland, Gloucestershire, [[England]]).
Margaret's maternal grandfather, Charles Edward Lewis (b. 1866 Atchison, KS - d. 1925) was a retired carpenter and painter who did business in Kansas City. Charles' father, Charles Sr. (b. 1839 NYC, NY; m. 1863 KC, KS; d. 1873 Helena, AR) served in the Civil War with the 2nd Regt. of the Kansas infantry, and was also a painter. Margaret's grandmother Rosa A. Black Lewis (b. 1871 Hannibal, MO) met her grandfather in Wichita in 1887 where they were married. Rosa's father was Alexander S. Black (b. 1828 Middletown, Dauphin, PA - d. 1891 Wyandotte Co., KS) who was a painter in Kansas City railroad shops in 1880, and may have there was one by his same name who served as an 2nd Lt. artist in the Civil War.
* George Thomas Weitemeyer '''1961-1964''', son of George Louis Weitemeyer, Jr. (b. 1913 Chicago, IL - d. 1987 Nashville, Davidson, [[Tennessee|TN]]) & Elizabeth Bitcon Carrick Weitemeyer (b. 1916 Dumbarton, [[Scotland]] - d. 2005 Antioch, Davidson, TN).
* Margaret Ann Aston Weitemeyer '''1962-1963''' (b. 1940 Oakland, Alameda, CA; m. 1964 Alameda Co., CA; d. 2022 Folsom, CA), daughter of John Wesley Aston (b. 1907 East St. Louis, [[Illinois|IL]] - d. 1974 San Leandro, Alameda, CA) & Melba Dorothy Lewis Aston (b. 1912 Delaware Twp., Wyandotte, Kansas City metro, [[Kansas|KS]] - d. 1968 Alameda, CA).