Louis August Gerber
Louis August Gerber as a young man.
Louis was inducted into the U.S. Army on 24 November 1917 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. He trained at Camp Meigs, Washington, DC and from December 1917 until his discharge was assigned to Mechanical Repair Shop 301. He served overseas from 4 January 1917 to 11 June 1919.
In May 1918, a St. Louis, Missouri newspaper published photos of Louis and his brother, Eugene Adoph Gerber, and a very short account of their activities in the Army:
"Sergt. Eugene A. Gerber of 1616 Potomac street sent a letter home in which he says he expects to leave for France at almost any hour. He is with the 8th Coast Company, Signal Corps, England. His brother, Louis A. Gerber, has been with the Headquarters Detachment in France for some time. In his letter he stated that he had formed a band of which he is a bugler."
The article seems to imply that Eugene was the bugler, but family photographs and lore indicate the Louis was the musical brother.
Louis was an officer of the Naphtali Lodge No. 25, A. F. & A. M., St. Louis, Missouri. He was Junior Deacon in 1927; Junior Warden in 1928 and Worshipful Master in 1930.
Louis August Gerber's family
- Father: George Louis Gerber (1859-1924)
- Mother: Charlotte Elisabetha (Etling) Gerber (1859-1933)
- Brother: George August Gerber (1886-1886)
- Sister: Selma Anna Gerber (1887-1967)
- Self: Eugene Adolph Gerber (1889-1972)
- Self: Louis August Gerber (1892-1958)
- Sister: Frances Emilia Gerber (1894-1944)
Charlotte Caroline Christine Brockmeyer's family
- Father: Carl August Brockmeyer (1861-1948)
- Mother: Magdelena (Thoma) Brockmeyer (1867-1949)
- Self: Charlotte Caroline Christine Brockmeyer (1891-1981)
- Sister: Minnie Brockmeyer ( ? - ? )
- Sister: Mathilda H. Brockmeyer (1905-1983)
- Brother: John Brockmeyer ( ? - ? )
- Brother: William Brockmeyer ( ? - ? )
- Brother: Carl A. Brockmeyer (1903-1990)
Louis August Gerber and Charlotte Caroline Christine Brockmeyer were married 3 July 1920 in Trinity Lutheran Church at St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Their children:
- Charlotte Mathilda Gerber
- Louis Alvin Gerber (1923-2006)
- Wilbert George Gerber (1926-1990)
- Dorothy May Gerber (1927-1989)
- Charles Eugene Gerber (1932-2000)
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- Charlotte Caroline Christine (Brockmeyer) Gerber
- Charlotte Elisabetha (Etling) Gerber
- Eugene Adolph Gerber
- Eugene Adolph & Anna Charlotte (Springmeyer) Gerber
- George Louis Gerber
- George Louis & Charlotte Elisabetha (Etling) Gerber Family
- Louis August & Charlotte Caroline Christine (Brockmeyer) Gerber - children
- Selma Anna Gerber
- Selma Anna Gerber & Eugene Adolph Gerber
- Gerber Brothers, Contractors & Builders; St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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