Carl David Maria Weber

, c. 1875 Karl David Weber was born on February 18, 1814, in Steinwenden, Palatinate, Kingdom of Bavaria (now Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany). He was the son of Henriette (née Geul) and Carl Gottfried Weber. He came from a Reformed family of pastors. He spent his childhood and youth in Homburg. == Migration ==

Weber immigrated in 1836 to the United States with his cousin . In the winter of 1836, Weber was in New Orleans, Louisiana but little details are known about that time period. After spending time in Republic of Texas (now Texas), he came overland from Missouri to California with the Bartleson–Bidwell Party in 1841, arriving to Alta California when it was Mexico-controlled. Shortly after his arrival, he began calling himself Charles, and later adopted the name Don Carlos Maria Weber. == California ==

In 1842, Weber settled in the Pueblo of San José (now San Jose, California) and started a business partnership and department store with an English-born Mexican citizen, William “Guillermo” Gulnac (1801–1851). They had two sons, Charles Martin Weber (1851–1912) and Thomas Jefferson Weber (1855–1892), and a daughter, Julia Helen Weber (1853–1935). The Weber family settled in the Weber Point Home at 221 North Center Street in Stockton. His brother Adolph Weber (1825–1906) migrated to California in 1853, and settled in San Francisco. Adoph worked as a chemist at the California State Mint and later founded Humboldt Savings and Loan in 1869. == Death ==

Weber died on May 4, 1881, in Stockton, California. He was buried at San Joaquin Catholic Cemetery in Stockton. His grandson Charles M. Weber III (1893–1987) served in the California State Assembly for the 11th district for multiple terms. == References ==