My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
NameEward Ewart Edward Jeß Hendrick Henrick Alfred Staal Staall
Birth Date27 Sep 1881
Birth PlaceFlensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Death Dateabt 1960 Age: 78
OccupationIce man, awning maker; contractor
Misc. Notes
Flensburg, Germany, Birth Index Cards, 1874-1902 on Ancestry Library Edition lists birth name as Edward Jef Alfred Staal.

Birthdate from WWII Draft Registration Card on FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com.

Immigratied 1903 from Bremen, Germany to Baltimore, MD, on the Brandenberg, 26 Jul 1903.

Listed on 1910 USC for Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.

Marriage cert. on FamilySearch.org lists both Edward’s and Louise’s parents’ names. Lists Edward’s occupation as Ice Man.

Family listed on 1920 USC for Medford, Middlesex Co., MA; transcription lists name as Edwart. FamilySearch.org. Lists arrival date as 1883.

Occupation listed as awning maker on Louise’s birth certificate on FamilySearch.org.

Family listed on 1930 USC for Medford, Middlesex Co., MA.
Family listed on 1940 USC for Medford, Middlesex Co., MA.

Naturalized 17 Dec 1945, Massachusetts. Petition on Ancestry.com. Wife’s birth month/year and naturalization date, and names/dates of children are also found here.

Obituary with family info (no death date) provided by Michelle Fiumara-Montgomery.
Spouses
Birth Date3 Jun 1885
Birth PlaceThuringin, Germany
Memoalt date: Jun 1883
Death Date29 Oct 1966 Age: 81
Death PlaceSudbury, Middlesex Co., MA
OccupationDomestic
Misc. Notes
Birth month/year from husband Eward’s naturalization petition on Ancestry.com.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuringia

Louise says she immigrated in 1909 according to 1920 USC for Medford, Middlesex Co., MA, but can’t find her on 1910 USC. In Eward’s naturalization petition, he says she came in through the port of New York in 1907.

Middle name Henriette listed on son Alfred’s birth cert. on FamilySearch.org.

Naturalized 30 Aug 1943 per Eward’s natuarlization petition on Ancestry.com. Confirmed with U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794-1995 on Ancestry.com. Name listed as Louise Caroline Staal, birthdate listed as 3 June 1885. Naturalized at Massachusetts District Court, 30 Aug 1943.

Did she die in 1966 in Framingham, MA? She did die in 1966; she is listed as being from Sudbury but had been in a nursing home a long time.

Obituary with death date and family info provided by Michelle Fiumara-Montgomery.
Marr Date19 Dec 1910
Marr PlaceBoston, Suffolk Co., MA
ChildrenEdwart Ewart Edward Louis Otto (1911-1984)
 Louise (1912-2007)
 Georg George G (1914-2014)
 Mabel (1916-)
 Alfred Fred G (1919-1983)
Last Modified 12 Jan 2019Created 12 Jun 2023 using Reunion for Macintosh
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