Gerber, Otto H.

Male 1862 - 1926  (63 years)


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  • Name Gerber, Otto H. 
    Born 22 Feb 1862  St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    • A variety of sources report a date of birth ranging from 1862 to 1866.
    Gender Male 
    Membership General N. C. Lyon Council No. 21  [7
    Membership Junior O. U. A. M.  [7
    Census 1870  St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • Otto was identified as age 6, born in Missouri.
    Census 1880  St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    • He was identified as a 16 year old blacksmith, born in Missouri.
    Census 1900  St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    • In the census enumeration, Otto is identified as a 34 year old engineer, born February 1866 in Missouri, and married for 13 years. The household at 2836 Broadway also included his wife, four daughters ages 3-12 years, and a nine month old niece.
           Residing in the same building was the family of Otto's brother, George L. Gerber. Two houses down, on the same side do the street, Otto's mother, Franziska Gerber, lived with her son, Frederick Gerber.
    Died 18 Feb 1926  St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 11
    • According to his obituary, Otto resided at 3628A Wyoming Street, St. Louis, Missouri at the time of his death at age 62 on a Thursday at 9:15 p.m.
    Buried 22 Feb 1926  St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 12
    • The funeral was at Schumacher Funeral Home (3013 Meramec) at 2:00 p.m. Otto is buried in the New St. Marcus Cemetery.
    Person ID I533  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 31 Jul 2008 

    Father Gerber, George Jacob,   b. 1 Jun 1830, Grand Duchy of Baden Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1881, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Mother Müller, Franziska,   b. 25 Jul 1831, Grand Duchy of Baden Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1924, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Married 1858  Grand Duchy of Baden Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14, 15, 16
    Family ID F180  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Müller, Franziska,   b. 10 Apr 1864, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1926, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage License 21 Feb 1888  St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17, 18
    Married 22 Feb 1888  St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [19, 20, 21, 22
    Children 
     1. Gerber, Rose,   b. May 1888,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +2. Gerber, Emma,   b. Nov 1890, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +3. Gerber, Frieda,   b. Feb 1893,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Gerber, Pauline F.,   b. Feb 1897, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1926  (Age ~ 28 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F186  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 Feb 1862 - St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Link to Google MapsMarriage License - 21 Feb 1888 - St. Louis, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 22 Feb 1888 - St. Louis, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1900 - St. Louis, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 18 Feb 1926 - St. Louis, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 22 Feb 1926 - St. Louis, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S22] Obituary.
      Otto H. Gerber; born about 1864. A photocopy from an undated and unidentified [St. Louis?] newspaper.

    2. [S45] Howard J. Seesler, Genealogical research.
      Otto H. Gerber; born about 1864. Information forwarded to Elizabeth M. Gerber in 1996, who shared it with J. Mark Fiegenbaum in 2002.

    3. [S97] Elizabeth Marie Gerber, Genealogical research.
      Otto H. Gerber; born 1864. The year (1866?) is also suggested. Otto was born in St. Louis, Missouri.

    4. [S25] Marriage license.
      Application No. 26535 at St. Louis, Missouri on 21 February 1888. For Otto H. Gerber of 2824 S. Broadway, age 24 (which gives a birth year of 1864) and Franziska Müller of 2824 S. Broadway, age 21. Photocopy provided to J. Mark Fiegenbaum by Elizabeth M. Gerber.

    5. [S22] Obituary.
      For Franceska Gerber. From an undated and unidentified [St. Louis?] newspaper clipping in the possession of the Gerber family of St. Louis, Missouri.
           "GERBER - Entered into rest Sunday, Aug. 31, 1924, Franceska Gerber...beloved mother of...Otto H. ...Gerber...."
           The complete text of the obituary may be found in the notes for Franceska's death.

    6. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). November 2006.
      Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #6474. For Otto N. Gerber. Born 22 February 1862 at St. Louis, Missouri. Father: George Gerbert [sic]; born in Germany. Mother (maiden name): Frances Mueller; born in Germany. Personal information provided by E. Rorr???, of City Hospital.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    7. [S22] Obituary.
      Otto H. Gerber. A photocopy from an undated and unidentified [St. Louis?] newspaper.

    8. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm M593, roll 810, page 34. Access through HeritageQuest July 2004.
      Jacob Gerber household, 1870 U.S. census, St. Louis County, Missouri, population schedule, City of St. Louis, ward 1, sub-division 3, page 68, enumerated on 17 June 1870, dwelling 481, family 586, lines 16-23. The household consisted of: Jacob Gerber (age 40; male; carpenter; born in Baden); Franciska Gerber (age 39; female; keeping house; born in Baden); George Gerber (age 10; male; at school; born in Missouri); Otto Gerber (age 6; male; born in Missouri); Adolph Gerber (age 3; male; born in Missouri); Gustave E. Gerber (age 11/12; male; born in July in Missouri); Victoria Mueller (age 13; female; born in Missouri); Ferdinand Mueller (age 12; male; born in Missouri).

    9. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm T9, roll 729, page 573c. Access through HeritageQuest July 2004.
      Georg [sic] J. Gerber household, 1880 U.S. census, St. Louis County, Missouri, population schedule, City of St. Louis, Supervisor's District No. 1, Enumeration District No. 159, page 15, enumerated on 12 November 1880, 2822 Carondelt [sic] Avenue, dwelling 88, family 161, lines 23-29. The household consisted of: Georg J. Gerber (male; age 51; married; retail grocer; born in Germany; Francica Gerber (female, age 50; wife; married; keeping house; born in Germany; Louis Gerber (male; age 20; son; single; millwright; born in Missouri; Otto Gerber (male; age 16; son; single; blacksmith; born in Missouri; Adolph Gerber (male; age 14; son; single; at school; born in Missouri; Frederich Gerber (male; age 9; son; single; at school; born in Missouri; Rudolf Mats. Gerber (male; age 5; single; born in Missouri).

    10. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 892, page 90A. Access through HeritageQuest July 2004.
      Household of Otto Gerber, 1900 U. S. Census, population schedule, City of St. Louis, Ward 9, Supervisor's District 11, Enumeration District 131, census sheet 7A, 2836 Broadway, dwelling 77, family 134, lines 14-20.
           Otto Gerber (head of household; male; born February 1866; age 34; married, for 13 years; born in Missouri; enginneer [sic]); Franciska Gerber (wife; female; born April 1867; age 3[3?]; married, for 13 years; mother of 4 children, 4 still living; born in Germany; immigrated 1883; in USA 17 years); Osa Gerber (daughter; female; born May 1888; age 12; single; born in Missouri); Emma Gerber (daughter; female; born November 1890; age 9; single; born in Missouri); Freda Gerber (daughter; female; born February 1893; age 7; single; born in Missouri); Pauline Gerber (daughter; female; born February 1987; age 3; single; born in Missouri); Bertha Ke[i?]pler (niece; female; born Aug 1899; 9 months old; single; born in Missouri).
           Residing in the same building was the George L. and Charlotte Gerber family. Two houses down, on the same side of the street at 2830 Broadway, was the household of Franziska Gerber and her son, Frederick Gerber.

    11. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). November 2006.
      Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #6474. For Otto N. Gerber. Born 22 February 1862 at St. Louis, Missouri. Father: George Gerbert [sic]; born in Germany. Mother (maiden name): Frances Mueller; born in Germany. Died 9:15 p.m. on 18 February 1926 at City Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 63 years, 11 months, 27 days. His normal residence was [2 or 3]628a Wyoming, Ward 2. He had been a resident of the city for 63 years. His occupation not decipherable. He was married at the time of death; the name of the spouse was not recorded. Principal cause of death was "Chronic Myocarditis." A contributory cause was "Senility." Burial was to be 22 February 1926 in New St. Marcus. The undertaker was Wm. Schumacher, of 3013 Meramec. Personal information provided by E. Rorr???, of City Hospital. Medical data provided by Geo. Steck[er?], M.D., of City Hospital, who signed the certificate on 19 February 1926. Filed with the local registrar on 20 February 1926.

    12. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). November 2006.
      Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #6474. For Otto N. Gerber. Died 9:15 p.m. on 18 February 1926 at City Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 63 years, 11 months, 27 days. Burial was to be 22 February 1926 in New St. Marcus. The undertaker was Wm. Schumacher, of 3013 Meramec. Personal information provided by E. Rorr???, of City Hospital.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    13. [S45] Howard J. Seesler, Genealogical research.
      "About 1858, apparently as he was about to set out for the United States, he was married to Franceska Mueller, 27 year old daughter of Michael and Margaret (Muckaborn) Mueller, also of Baden. Franceska was born on July 25, 1831. Some of her Mueller relatives apparently immigrated at the same time as the newlyweds, and also settled in St. Louis....In all, Franceska and George - often familiarly called "Jake" - had six sons. Those, in addition to George L. Gerber [born October 20, 1859], were Otto H. Gerber, born in 1864; Philip Adolph Gerber, born in 1867; Gustav B. Gerber, born in July, 1869 (St. Louis Census 1870:Ward 3:34 [#386]:16-23); Frederick William Gerber, born in 1871, and Rudolph M. Gerber, who was born in 1875 (St. Louis Census 1880:ED 159:15 [#161]:23-29 [2nd])." From page 39 of a genealogical report prepared (by Robert E. Parkin?) for Howard J. Seesler.

    14. [S98] Rudolph Vogt Gerber, Genealogical research.
      In an autobiographical sketch written on Christmas 1978, Rudolph recalls that his grandfather, George Jacob Gerber, married Fancesca Mueller in 1838. This date appears to be a typographical error. Francesca (or Franceska) died in 1924 at the age of 93 (an age at death which Rudolph also mentions in his memoir). These dates would give her a birth year of 1831. It seems unlikely that she would have married in 1838 at the age of 7.

    15. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). July 2006.
      Missouri State Board of Health certificate #25163. For Franceska Gerber. At the time of death, she was the widow of George Jacob Gerber; and a housewife. For more details from the death certificate, see the notes for Franceska's death.

    16. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). July 2006.
      Missouri State Board of Health certificate #36520. For George L. Gerber. Born 20 October 1859 in St. Louis. Father: Geo J. Gerber, born in Germany. Mother's maiden name: Franciska Mueller, born in Germany. For more details from the death certificate, see the notes for George's death.

    17. [S25] Marriage license.
      Application No. 26535 for license to marry issued at St. Louis, Missouri on 21 February 1888. For Otto H. Gerber of 2824 S. Broadway, age 24 and Franziska Müller of 2824 S. Broadway, age 21. Photocopy provided to J. Mark Fiegenbaum by Elizabeth M. Gerber.

    18. [S25] Marriage license.
      Marriage licence issued at St. Louis, Missouri on 21 February 1888. For Otto H. Gerber of St. Louis, Missouri and Franziska Mueller of St. Louis, Missouri. Photocopy provided to J. Mark Fiegenbaum by Elizabeth M. Gerber.

    19. [S43] Arline A. (Krumm) Gerber, Genealogical research.
      Otto H. Gerber and Frances Mueller; married 21 February 1888.

    20. [S45] Howard J. Seesler, Genealogical research.
      Otto H. Gerber; married 21 February 1888. Information forwarded to Elizabeth M. Gerber in 1996, who shared it with J. Mark Fiegenbaum in 2002.

    21. [S97] Elizabeth Marie Gerber, Genealogical research.
      Otto H. Gerber and Francesca Mueller [his first cousin]; married 22 February 1888 in St. Louis, Missouri by Justice of the Peace Zimmerman.

    22. [S25] Marriage license.
      Marriage licence issued at St. Louis, Missouri on 21 February 1888. For Otto H. Gerber of St. Louis, Missouri and Franziska Mueller of St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Zimmermann, Justice of the Peace, united in marriage the above named couple on 22 February 1888. Photocopy provided to J. Mark Fiegenbaum by Elizabeth M. Gerber.