Herman Schoelzel^[1]

1893 - 1964  (70 years)

• Name	Herman Schoelzel
  Birth	20 Jul 1893	Oberlangenbielau, Reichenbach, Schlesien, Prussia   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1909  [1, 6, 9]
  Census	1910	Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA   [9]
  	9 Howe Street
  Residence	Jul 1912	Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA   [8]
  	13 Howe Street
  Residence	Sep 1912	Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA   [7]
  	437 Prospect
  Residence	Jun 1917	Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  	437 Prospect
  Census	1930	Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA   [6]
  	31 Milk Street
  Residence	1935	Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA   [4]
  Census	1940	Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA   [4]
  	70 Sargent Street
  Residence	Oct 1940	Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA   [11]
  	70 Sargent Street
  Residence	Apr 1942	Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA   [3, 12]
  	70 Sargent Street
  Census	1950	Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA   [10]
  	70 Sargent Street
  Cause of Death	Heart attack  [1]
  Occupation	Loom fixer  [1, 4, 6, 10]
  Occupation	Weaver, woolen mill  [9]
  Medical Notes	At least two of his fingers and a thumb had the tips missing (caught in machinery). Lost most of his hearing from the noise of the looms. Had his first heart attack when he was 47; had 3 more before the last one was fatal at age 73.  [1]
  Research Notes	Age listed as 46 in 1950 census entry (should be 56).  [10]
  Death	Feb 1964  [1, 5]
  Person ID	I12365	Mohr-Whalen
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2022

  
  

  Father	Herman Schoelzel
  Mother	Emilie Riedel
  Family ID	F8417	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alwina Obst           b. 29 Sep 1889, Germany           d. Jan 1968 (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	20 Jul 1912	Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA   [6, 8, 13]
  Notes	Marriage was registered in both Lawrence and Methuen. [8, 13]
  Children	+ 1. Herman Walter Schoelzel, Jr.           b. 11 Sep 1912, Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA           d. 8 Nov 1959, Orford, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA (Age 47 years)
  Family ID	F8414	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Feb 2017

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 20 Jul 1893 - Oberlangenbielau, Reichenbach, Schlesien, Prussia Census - 1910 - Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Residence - Jul 1912 - Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 20 Jul 1912 - Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Residence - Sep 1912 - Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Residence - Jun 1917 - Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Census - 1930 - Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Residence - 1935 - Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Census - 1940 - Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Residence - Oct 1940 - Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Residence - Apr 1942 - Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Census - 1950 - Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Came to the US with his cousin Alfred Hildebrandt when they were both 17 (circa 1910). Alfred’s aunt and her family, including Alfred’s cousin William, were already here. Came from Oberlangenbielau, Silesia, which was a woolen town, to work in the woolen industry in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Attractive, small-framed and lean, but nicely proportioned and muscular with black hair and blue eyes. Dapper and handsome to his dying day. Always cultured and elegently civilized in his demeanor, nly had wine on special occasions; smoked a pipe and cigars, was quite a dancer, was good hearted and romantic and took loving care of his wife through 50 years of marriage. At the time of the 1910 census, Herman was living with the family of his aunt and uncle, William and Anna Hildebrand. [1, 9]

  
  

• Sources

  [S4496] Stephanie A. Schoelzel, Schoelzel. [S4512] Ancestry.com (National Archives & Records Administration), WWI Draft Registration Card of Herman Schoelzel. [S4513] Ancestry.com (National Archives & Records Administration), WWII Draft Registration Card of Herman Schoelzel. [S4499] 1940 US Census - Household of Herman Schoelzel. [S6] U.S., Social Security Death Index. [S4498] 1930 US Census - Household of Herman Schoelzel. [S4510] Birth Register Entry for Herman W. Schoelzel. [S4517] Marriage Registration of Herman Schoelzel and Alwine Obst. [S4545] 1910 US Census - Household of William Hildebrand[t]. [S7932] 1950 US Census - Household of Alwine Schoelzel. [S6652] Ancestry.com (National Archives & Records Administration), WWII Draft Registration Card of Herman W. Schoelzel. [S6653] Ancestry.com (National Archives & Records Administration), WWII Draft Registration Card of Richard Gustave Schoelzel. [S4518] Marriage Registration of Herman Schoelzel and Alwine Obst.