Biography of 	WEILBAECHER, Joseph Oswald, M.D., Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller April 1998

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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions,
and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 459.  Edited by
Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.

Weilbaecher, Joseph Oswald, M. D., New Orleans, was born at New Orleans,
La., April 7, 1885; son of Frantz Adam Frederich Albert and Jeanne Louise
Aime (Giroux) Weilbaecher, the former of whom was born at Meintz, Germany,
April 14, 1842, and the latter at New Orleans, La., March 8, 1848.  The
maternal grandfather, Pierre Joseph Giroux, was a lieutenant-colonel in the
Louisiana militia, 1852.  Joseph Oswald attended the College of the
Immaculate Conception (Jesuit), receiving the degree of bachelor of arts
from that institution in June, 1901.  The same year be entered the New
Orleans college of pharmacy, from which he graduated with the degree of Ph.
G., May 3, 1903.  This was followed by immediate entry to the medical
department of Tulane university, where he was given the degree of M. D.,
May 6, 1906.  His active practice began in the city of New Orleans the
latter year, and has continued to the present time.  Dr. Weilbaecher
occupies the position of professor of botany, Materia Medica, and
Pharmacognosy  at the New Orleans college of pharmacy, and is also
professor of botany in the pre-medical department of Loyola university.  He
is a member of the American, the Louisiana State and the Orleans Parish
medical associations, also the Louisiana State Pharmaceutical association,
Orleans Pharmaceutical association, Benevolent Knights of America, Woodmen
of the World, Knights of Columbus, Loyal Order of Moose, and the Societé
Francaise de B. et D. A. M. de la'New Orleans.  The doctor is a member of
the Roman Catholic church.  June 27, 1907, Dr. Weilbaecher was married to
Miss Julia Marie Ange Malarcher, daughter of Jules J. and Helena
(Bourgeois) Malarcher, of Convent, St. James parish, La.  Four children
have been born to them, as follows:  Julia Marie Marguerite (April 22,
1908,),  Joseph Oswald, Jr., (April 22, 1909,),  Clifford Albert Paul (Nov.
20, 1910,) and  Warren Oswald (Dec. 20, 1913.)