Biographical Dictionary of Well-Known British Columbians (1890)
Weiler, John (Victoria), was born August 26th, 1824, at Nassau, Germany, and
educated there. In 1846, when twenty-two years of age, he left his native country and
came to America. He landed at New York and from there went to California in 1850. In
California he was engaged in mining and subsequently in stock ranching. In 1861 he removed
to Victoria, British Columbia, and started the furniture factory business he now owns and
which has continued to increase in dimensions to the present time. He has now the largest
business of the kind in British Columbia. Mr. Weiler is a member of the Masonic and Oddfellows'
Orders. His five sons are engaged with him in the business.
[Dictionary, pp. 319-320].
Biographical Dictionary of Well-Known British Columbians. With a Historical Sketch. By J.B. Kerr (Vancouver, B.C.: Kerr & Begg, 1890).