Other Events and Attributes:

• Cause of Death: Heart attack
• Occupation: Loom fixer
• Occupation: Weaver, woolen mill
• 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.
• Research Notes: Age listed as 46 in 1950 census entry (should be 56).
• Immigration: 1909
• Census: 1910, Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 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

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.

Census:
9 Howe Street

Residence:
13 Howe Street

Residence:
437 Prospect

Residence:
437 Prospect

Census:
31 Milk Street

Census:
70 Sargent Street

Residence:
70 Sargent Street

Residence:
70 Sargent Street

Census:
70 Sargent Street

Herman married Alwina Obst on 20 Jul 1912 in Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. Alwina (daughter of Adolph Obst and Annie Sauerman) was born on 29 Sep 1889 in Germany; died in Jan 1968. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Harry
• Cause of Death: Natural causes
• Occupation: Salesman (Thermal Dynamics)
• Medical Notes: Death certificate lists cause of death as “natural causes.” No autopsy was ordered, nor had there been recent medical care. According to Stephanie Schoelzel, he died of a heart attack.
• Census: 1920, Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Census: 1930, Methuen, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Oct 1940, Fulton, Oswego County, New York, USA
• Residence: Nov 1959, Lebanon, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA

Notes:

Living with his grandparents, Adolph and Anna Obst, at the time of the 1920 census.

Birth:
437 Prospect

Census:
27 Milk Street

Census:
31 Milk Street

Died:
Woods near Quint town

Herman married Louise Anderson Hall before 1953. Louise (daughter of William Asbury Hall and Mary Anderson Cushing) was born on 28 Feb 1915 in Kittery, York County, Maine, USA; died on 28 Feb 1994 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

S.A. married F.S. Rutherford [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]