Weilbaecher, Joseph Oswald, M.D.

Submitted by Mike Miller

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.)

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.