In The Beginning

     

     Amy Johnson Crow has a 52 Ancestors Week blog challenge which I have decided to give a try for the second year. Last year I made it until the end of May. Then summer, gardening and vacations took over my life. Here we go again.

     The first prompt for week #1 is In The Beginning.

     In the beginning, I had next to no idea of my ancestors past my living grandparents and one great grandmother. I worked full time, had two children and continued working.  Genealogy was not something I had any interest in and probably couldn't even spell it.   

     Roots on television is my memory of the beginning of my ancestry interest.  My eldest son had to do a Roots project for school, and I believe it was after the 1988 airing of Roots: The Gift.  

     We had an early home edition of a computer and a land line.  My parents were of little assistance in getting me back more than a generation.  I had old photo albums on my Mom's side of the family.  My father supplied a family chart of the Vanguilder's which I later found that the surname was misspelled. 😁

     Back in the late 1980's and early 1990's, there was some information on the Internet.  USGenWeb and RootsWeb are two I remember.  With a lot of trial and error in search engines, I was able to find that my Mom's Mom was born in Columbiana County, Ohio and I was off and running.  

     I'd drop my kids off at school and head to the Cleveland Museum of History where there was a room full of old census microfilm and books.  Columbiana County, Ohio had an active historical group and there were books of marriages and burials.  Hallelujah 

1880 Ohio Census
Columbiana County, Fairfield Township
June 19, 1880

     The memory of the first time I scrolled through the 1880 Columbiana County census and found my grandmother and her family still sends goosebumps up my arms.  

     Family Tree Maker became my program, then Ancestry, Find a Grave, GeneaBloggers and two online newspaper subscriptions one in the UK and one in the states.  Two genealogy websites and a blog later, I am at 2025 and still poking around looking for some new piece of information.  

     Over the decades I have accumulated numerous family items from pottery that made it across the pond in the early 1900's, tin types, cabinet cards and carte d'visites, etc.  

      Flipside is slowly becoming the repository of photos and stories about all this memorabilia as well as biographies of my ancestors.  Even after thirty-five years of research I still have some brick walls.  

     And what makes all this worth it?  Occasionally I receive an email from a distant relation who has located me through my family website or Flipside and we share information.  

 

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Otto Uhle aka Pop Uhle--Part 2--Supervisor at American Bridge Company, Ambridge, Pennsylvania 1904-1944

Otto and Caroline

1909

And the rabbit hole continues

The Relocation to Pennsylvania

     At some date in 1904, the Otto Uhle family relocated to Beaver County, Pennsylvania.  Otto had been hired at the American Bridge Company as a structural engineer.  Ambridge was the company town located down the Ohio River from Pittsburgh.  [Before his marriage, my grandfather lived in Woodlawn, the company town of the Jones Laughlin Steel Company on the opposite side of the Ohio River when he was employed at American Bridge.]  Ambridge exists today; however, the American Bridge Company is no longer located there. Woodlawn was incorporated into the city of Aliquippa.

     

1906 Passport Application

       The passport application gives a wealth of information.  

• The passport was for Otto and his wife
• Born in Durrmenz, Germany on or about March 11, 1863
• Emigrated to US onboard the SS Pereire from Havre on or about November 11, 1882
• Lived in Cleveland, Ohio 24 years from 1882-1904
• Was naturalized in the Common Pleas Court of Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ohio on March 27, 1891
• I am employed as a structural engineer and live in Ambridge, Pennsylvania
• Temporary trip. Planning to go abroad for about two years for the purpose of residing and performing duties of citizenship.     

Signed by Otto Uhle on December 8, 1906

Description of Applicant

• Age--43 years
• Stature--5 feet 8 inches Eng
• Forehead--High
• Eyes--Grey
• Nose--Medium
• Mouth--Medium
• Chin--Round
• Hair--Dark Brown
• Complexion--Dark
• Face--Oval

     Otto asked to have the passport sent to Louis Moesen (? difficult to read), 616 Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  

     The passport document indicates that Otto and Caroline and would have been in Germany from 1907 to sometime in 1909.  

     Did they miss their oldest daughter's wedding in 1908?  Hard to believe.  Perhaps they returned home in time.

     Twenty-one year old Lena Alana Uhle married twenty-six year old William C. (Christ) Ley on September 22, 1908.  The minister officiating was a Lutheran pastor, Ivan Dietrick.  William C. Ley was the son of William C. Ley and Mary Carr.  At the time of the wedding, William was employed as a grocer.  Lena's address is listed as Economy, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

Otto and Caroline were definitely back home for their son's wedding on July 5, 1909.

Photo on Otto and Karoline's Find A Grave Website

Otto and Karoline Uhle

     I was thrilled to find a listing for Otto and Caroline (Karoline) on Find A Grave.  The big plus was the above photo of the family taken at son, David John Uhle's, wedding.  

David and Davina Uhle

     Davina Watson Fyfe, age  twenty-one was the daughter of David Watson Fyfe and Helen Goodwin.  Davina's mother's full name was Margaret M. Goodwin Fyfe and died three years before the wedding.  

     David listed his employment as a structural engineer.  Perhaps he was also employed at American Bridge Company like his father.  This is a very grand wedding for 1909.  David also lists Economy, Beaver County, Pennsylvania as his home.  

Unfortunately, I cannot identify Otto and Caroline's three other children in the wedding photograph.  An interesting aside, Another Uhle married into the Fyfe family.  Henry Walter Uhle, son of Otto and Caroline married Davina's sister, Thelma Fyfe.  

Economy and Ambridge, Pennsylvania Clarification

     I would like to clarify the Economy vs Ambridge, Beaver County, Pennsylvania locales.  I grew up in Pittsburgh and until doing this blog never knew the history of these places.  

     Economy was located on the west side of the Ohio River and was a communal religious community run by the Harmony Society.  The Society disbanded and not only was riverfront land in Economy sold to The American Bridge Company, but also the majority of the land.  Court battles were fought over this sale; however in the end American Bridge owned the property, built a factory and renamed the area Ambridge.  A small section kept the name of Economy, now Old Economy Village.  By 1904, American Bridge Company was posting advertisements for employment.  From Economy to Ambridge: The Marvel City, written by Jeffrey Snedden gives a very comprehensive historical look at this purchase and name change.

     In the wedding documents of two adult children of Otto and Caroline Uhle, the home address is listed as Economy, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.  It is possible that the Uhle's relocated in what was then called Economy in 1904 when Otto was hired at American Bridge.  The adult children stayed in that house when Otto and Caroline went to Germany.  The towns name was changed to Ambridge by the 1910 Census Report.

1910 Pennsylvania Census
Ambridge Borough, Beaver County
April 22 & 23, 1910

Residence on Church Street

Otto Uhle, Head, male, age 46, married once, 25 years, born in Germany, both parents born in Germany, immigrated in 1881, naturalized citizen, civil engineer for a Bridge works office, 0 days off in 1909 and in 1910, reads and writes in English, rents a house.

Caroline Uhle, Wife, woman, age 50, married once, 25 years, 4 children, born in Germany, both parents born in Germany, immigrated in 1883, speaks, reads and writes in English, does not work out of the home.

Henry W. Uhle, Son, male, single, age 20, born in Ohio, both parents born in Germany, works on his own as a stenographer at a bank, worked all of 1909, out of work 4 months in 1910, speaks, reads and writes in English.

 

Fanny Uhle, Daughter, woman, age 17, single, born in Ohio, both parents born in Germany, not employed, not in school, speaks, reads and writes in English.

David Uhle, Head, male, age 25, married once, 0 years, born in Ohio, both parents born in Germany, speaks, reads and writes in English, civil engineer for a Bridge works office, 0 days off in 1909 and in 1910.

Davine Uhle, Wife, woman, age 22, married once, 0 years, 0 children, born in West Virginia, both parents born in Scotland, speaks, reads and writes in English, not employed outside the home.

     Unfortunately, the address of the house on Church Street is not given.  The Sanborn Fire Insurance has assisted me in the past with other blogs and they came to my rescue again.  In 1905 they mapped out Economy and Ambridge, Pennsylvania.  Church Street is located within the Economy boundaries.  The majority of houses are built within Economy with many street in Ambridge are empty.

1905 Sanborn Insurance Map
Ambridge and Economy, Pennsylvania

Sanborn Insurance Map
Ambridge, Pennsylvania
French Point 
4 houses on Church Street

1905 Sanborn Insurance Map

Section 9
 Economy, Pennsylvania

Center of Economy

Church Street runs through the middle

1905 Sanborn Insurance Map
Economy, Pennsylvania
Section 8
8 houses on Church Street
Nothing built on Church Street beyond.

     I found two Pittsburgh newspaper articles that mentioned Otto Uhle in 1910.

The Pittsburgh Post Gazette
August 19, 1910

     This article announces the Labor Day meeting of the German-American Alliance of Bever County, Pennsylvania.  Maenerchors (German social clubs, the earliest were singing societies) will entertain.  Otto Uhle is the secretary of the arrangement committee of the alliance, Economy. Pennsylvania.  This article gives some history of Economy.  

The Pittsburgh Press
August 28, 1910

     A second article regarding the Labor Day German-American Alliance celebration in Economy, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.  Otto Uhle is mentioned.

The Pittsburgh Press
May 26, 1912

The Pittsburgh Daily Post

December 29, 1912

The Pittsburgh Press
December 29, 1912

      Otto is valued member of the Harmonic Maennerchor having been elected  as a delegate to attended the German-American state convention and to the board of control.

  

Harmonie Mannenchor
Ambridge, Pennsylvania
August 4, 1912

     I imagine Otto Uhle is in this photograph.  One of the men with a moustache.  I was thrilled to find this photo on the Internet, Indiana Memories Hosted Digital Collections.  

The Allentown Leader
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Monday, July 6, 1914

     Twenty-four year old Henry Walter Uhle, son of Otto Uhle and Caroline Stieglitz Uhle married eighteen year old Thelma A. Fyfe, daughter of David Fyfe and Helen Goodwin, on July 5, 1914 at Bethlehem, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.   

     Thelma's parents were both deceased by the time of the marriage.  Henry's brother, David John Uhle was living in Lehigh County and it is possible that Henry met Thelma at his brother's home.  Thelma was the younger sister of David's wife, Davina.  

335 Forest Avenue
Ben Avon, Pennsylvania

     Address given in the 1914 marriage license of Henry W. Uhle and Thelma A. Fyfe.  Otto and Caroline Uhle and their son, Henry Walter Uhle lived at 335 Forest Avenue, Ben Avon, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.  The house was built in 1908.

1916 Pittsburgh City Directory

     In 1916, the two Uhle families list Corona Street in the Brighton Heights area of Pittsburgh.   Henry is working as an agent for Prudential Insurance Company at 3844 Corona Street, a building that no longer exists.  It is unknown if Henry was also living in the building.  A house exists today at the 3448 Corona Street address; however realtor records list 1932 as the date it was built.  The actual house that Otto and Caroline lived in does not exist on Corona.

     About 1917, twenty-four year old Fannie E. Uhle, daughter of Otto and Caroline Ule, married twenty-four year old John Ellsworth Blickenstaff, son of Nehemiah Rooklyn Blickenstaff and Ida Louise Shuff.  I have not located a marriage document for them.  I have estimated the year of their marriage from the 1920 Pennsylvania census.  That year the Blickenstaff family was sharing a home at 2225 Perrysville Avenue in Pittsburgh with Henry and Thelma Uhle.  Both men were clerks for an insurance company.  

1920 Pennsylvania Census
City of Pittsburgh
January 13, 1920

Residence 3448 Corona Street

Otto Uhle.  Head, owns home with a mortgage, male, white, age 56, married, immigrated 1881, naturalized 1891, can read and write, born in Württemberg, language German, mother and father both born in Württemberg and speak German, can speak English, Employed as a draftsman with a bridge company.

Caroline Uhle.  Wife, female, white, age 59, married, immigrated 1884, naturalized 1891, born in Württemberg, language German, mother and father both born in Württemberg and speak German, can speak English, not employed.

     I mentioned earlier that the current house located at 3448 Corona Street must not be the same house the Uhle's lived in.  The current house is listed as having been built in 1932.

     The story of "Pop" Otto Uhle has finally caught up to his association with my grandfather.  My Pop Pop was corresponding with his supervisor at the American Bridge Company during his service in World War I with the Canadian Expeditionary Force.  The surviving letter mentions that my grandfather and Pop Uhle sent several letters to each other.  

     The fact that my grandfather thought so much of his supervisor to correspond with him gives insight into Otto Uhle's character.  A giving man who fostered friendships with his colleagues, even younger ones.  Otto probably was a man who helped his team members grow and succeed.  

     In early April, 1925, the Uhle's made a voyage to Germany to visit relatives.  The passport application gives great personal information and also a photograph of them both.  

1925 Passport Photo

The Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Sunday, March 29, 1925

The SS Stuttgart
United States to Germany

SS Columbus Germany to United States

Passenger List
Bremen to New York
Departed Bremen July 30, 1925
Arrived in New York August 7, 1925

     Some time following the trip to Germany, Otto and Caroline moved into their son, Henry's home at 3452 Corona Street.  This house would have been a house or two away from their previous residence at 3448 Corona Street.  

1929 Pittsburgh City Directory

1930 Pittsburgh, Allegheny County Census
April 2, 1930

3452 Corona Street

Uhle, Henry W. head, owns the house, worth $10,000. has a radio, male, white, age 40, married, was 24 years old when married, can read and write, born in Ohio, both parents born in Germany, can speak English, employed as a life insurance agent, is not a veteran.

Uhle, Thelma, wife, female, white, age 34, married was 18 when married, can read and write, born in West Virginia, both parents born in Scotland, can speak in English, no employment outside the home.

Uhle, Henry W. Jr., son, male, white, age 11, single, attended school, can read and write, born in Pennsylvania, father born in Ohio, mother born in West Virginia, can speak in English.

Uhle, Betty Jane, daughter, daughter, female, age 8, single, attended school, cannot read or write, born in Pennsylvania, father born in Ohio, mother born in West Virginia, speak in English left blank.

Uhle, Otto, father, male, white, age 67, married, married at age 21, can read and write, born in Germany, both parents born in Germany, language spoken in the home before coming to the US was German, immigrated in 1890, naturalized citizen, can speak in English, not employed.

Uhle, Caroline, mother, female, white, age 70, married, married at age 24, can read and write, born in Germany, both parents born in Germany, language spoken in the home before coming to the US was German, immigrated in 1895, naturalized citizen, can speak in English, not employed.

     There is a house today located at 3452 Corona Street; however, I do not believe it is the house the Uhle's lived in.  

 

186 Grove Avenue
Ross Township
Evergreen Heights, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

     Sometime between the 1930 census and 1935, Henry Uhle purchased this lovely home.  His parents, Otto and Caroline Uhle, also moved with Henry and his family.  

1940 Pennsylvania Census
Evergreen Heights, Ross Township, Allegheny County
April 15, 1940

186 Grove Avenue

Home owned, worth $11,000.00

Henry W. Uhle, Head, male, white, 50 years old, married, 4 years of high school, born in Ohio, same house in 1935, employed as an insurance salesman with an insurance company, annual salary $5,000.00.

Thelma A. Uhle, Wife, female, white, 44 years old, married, 4 years of high school, born in West Virginia, same house in 1935.

Betty J. Uhle, Daughter, female, white, 18 years old, single, attending high school 11th grade, born in Pennsylvania, same house in 1935.

Otto Uhle, Father, male, white, 77 yeas old, married, 8 years of school, born in Germany, Naturalized citizen, same house in 1935.

Caroline Uhle, Mother, female, white, 80 years old, married, 8 years of school, born in Germany, Naturalized citizen, same house in 1935.  

The Pittsburgh Press
Wednesday, October 8, 1941
page 10

     Otto Uhle was among twelve other members of the Engineering Employees Association of the Ambridge plant of the American Bridge Company.  I wonder if my grandfather was in attendance?

The Pittsburgh Press
Sunday, February 14, 1943
page 27

     The death certificate information was given by Otto Uhle and he spelled her name with a "K"--Karoline.  She died at age eighty-four, on February 12, 1943 at her daughter's, Lena Alana Uhle Ley,                    home in Ben Avon, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.  Her birthdate is listed as October 26, 1856 and her birthplace, Germany.  Her father, Heinrich Stieglitz and her mother, Christiane Loon.  She was buried in Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Monday, April 3, 1944
page 20

     Otto Uhle, age eighty-one, died on April 1, 1944 at his daughter's, Lena Alana Uhle Ley, home in Ben Avon, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.  Birthday given is March 11, 1863.  Father, David J. Uhle and mother, Christina Stahl.  Otto was buried in Homewood Cemetery.  The information on the death certificate was given by his daughter, Lena Uhle Ley.

The Uhle Children:

David John Uhle

March 31, 1885

Cleveland, Ohio

June 14, 1980

St Petersburg, Florida

Burial Unknown

Lena Alana Uhle Ley

February 4, 1887

Cleveland, Ohio

August 3, 1979

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Buried at Christ our Redeemer Catholic Cemetery

Henry Walter Uhle

August 5, 1889

Cleveland, Ohio

December 6, 1979

Allentown, Pennsylvania

Burial unknown

Fannie E. Uhle Blickenstaff

November 1,  1892

Cleveland, Ohio

January, 1979

Lockport, New York

Buried at Skyway Memorial Gardens

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Otto Uhle aka Pop Uhle--Part 1--Germany to Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio 1885-1904

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Otto Uhle aka Pop Uhle--Part 1--Germany to Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio 1885-1904

Otto and Caroline Uhle
1925
Passport Photo

     I wandered down a rabbit hole with "Pop" Uhle.  I first saw his name decades ago when it was mentioned in a newspaper article written by my paternal grandfather, George Henry Hughes from Vladivostok, Siberia, Russia on February 28, 1919.  The letter, written to Pop Uhle, was published in a local newspaper.  "Pop" was my grandfather's  supervisor at American Bridge Company before and during his service in World War I.  Not to confuse things, the grandchildren's nickname for my grandfather was Pop Pop.  His supervisor was known as Pop Uhle.

     I have blogged about this letter on Flipside.  A copy and text is part of George Henry Hughes--World War I Service in Russia.  Recently I was contacted by a historian in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.  He was given a copy of the newspaper article and is including it an article on Beaver County in World War I for the local historical quarterly, Milestones.

     Oddly, it has taken me several decades to actually research the Uhle family.  I have not found much regarding the family in Google searches, although there is a presence on Ancestry.com.  Perhaps current Uhle descendants will find this interesting and maybe a few new pieces of information.  My research has shown there were other Uhle's in Cleveland, Ohio during the mid to late 1800's and beyond.  My question is, were they all related?  Siblings?  Cousins? Aunts and Uncles?

     

     According to a German church baptism register, Otto Uhle, the son of David Uhle and Christiane Stahl, was born on March 11, 1863 and baptized on March 26, 1863 at a church in the village of Durrmenz, Baden Württemberg, Germany.

1914

     Durrmenz is located on the Enz River.  Settlement in Durrmenz Germany gives an early historical perspective of the village and surrounding areas.

     Otto may have been one of seven children born into the Uhle family.  (This information was taken from Uhle Family trees on Ancestry.)  To date I have no information on the family--where they lived or the occupation of the father.

Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists
New York, New York

     At age nineteen Otto arrived in the port of New York on November 23, 1882.  He traveled from Germany to Le Havre, France where he boarded the Steam Ship Pereire.  A clue as to the length of the journey to cross the Atlantic Ocean in the SS Pereire is given in Otto's first passport application.  He recalls that he boarded the ship on or about November 11, 1882, making the crossing about twelve days.

     One item I noticed is that he is listed as a merchant on the ship's manifest.

     Otto made his way from New York City, west, to Cleveland, Ohio.  Of interest, ten years later, Herman Uhle, who I believe to be Otto's older brother, made his way from Germany to Cleveland.  Herman's Cleveland naturalization file lists June 28, 1892 as the date of his arrival in the United States.  The 1900 Cleveland census gives further information.  Herman is married, and iron worker, has four daughters and is living in Cleveland's 24th Ward.  The two brothers live somewhat close.

     On July 5, 1884 twenty-one year old Otto married twenty-four year old Caroline Stieglitz in Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ohio.   I have also seen Caroline's first name as Karoline.  

     She was born in Württemberg, Germany, the daughter of Heinrich Stieglitz and Christiane Friederike (maiden name could be Zoon or Loon).  From the German church records, Caroline was living in an area near where Otto grew up.  The 1900 Ohio Census gives 1883 as her immigration to the United States.  I have no idea if she came alone or with a family member.  There is a Henry Stieglitz in the 1880 and 1900 Ohio census living in Cleveland.  

     During the remainder of the 1880's, the Uhle Family welcomed three children.  David John Uhle, born on March 31, 1885, Lena Alana Uhle born on February 4, 1887 and Henry Walter Uhle born on August 5, 1889.  

1885 Cleveland City Directory
page 617

     When I located the city directories, I was surprised to find several other Uhle's living in Cleveland.  Otto, married, was making the family home at 540 Lorain Avenue on the west side of town.  The residence no longer exists.  Otto is employed as a Japanner.  An artist that applies a finish to items to imitate East Asian lacquer to articles.  

The other Uhle's Living in Cleveland

     Were these folks relations?  Siblings or cousins?  Aunts and uncles?  Was there a slow immigration of the family from Germany during the mid to late 1880's?  I would like to mention that while I was researching the Uhle surname, I did find numerous family members buried in Monroe Cemetery on Cleveland's west side. 

     William Uhle was born in Germany, born about 1854, died in Cleveland on November 30, 1899, parents David and Christina Uhle on the death certificate.  

     (John) Ernst Uhle, was born December 25, 1839 in Germany, died in Cleveland on February 20, 1915.  Father listed is David Uhle on the death certificate.

     Frederick Uhle was born in Germany on 1818 and died on March 7, 1899.

     Rebecca Uhle was born in Germany on October 3, 1838 and died in Cleveland on February 20, 1915.  Her father's name is listed as David Uhle on her death certificate.

1887 Cleveland City Directory
page 653

     Otto, continues to live and work on the west side of Cleveland in what is now known as the Clark-Fulton area.  He is listed as a painter.  It is unclear if he is employed as a house painter or perhaps it is another name for japanner.  The house at 66 Fulton no longer exists.

     A new family member has been added to the city directory, Henry Uhle.  He is living at Ernest Uhle's house.  

1888 Cleveland City Directory
page 689

     Otto , continues to be employed as a painter is residing at 238 Burton.  I believe this could be today's Burton Court on Cleveland's west side.

     

     On March 27, 1891, at age twenty-eight, Otto Uhle received his naturalization in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.  

     According to the above naturalization card and voter's registration documents from Cleveland, the Uhle Family lived at 3 North East Avenue from 1891 through 1900.  This would have been quite a relocation move across the Cuyahoga River and over to the east side of the city.

     When I research a family, it is of interest to me to know where the family lived and if I can find a photo of the house, I am very pleased.  It does not appear that North East Avenue exists in Cleveland today.  According to the 1900 census, the street was located in the city of Cleveland in the then 22nd Ward Precinct E.  Boundary streets were Grand Avenue, Kinsman and East Madison Avenue.

     Located on the east side of the city, the streets of East Avenue, Grand Avenue (a partial) and East Madison Avenue, no longer exist.  In this area is Woodland Cemetery, factories and some housing.   Just a curiosity, the Henry Stieglitz enumerated in the Cleveland area died in 1902 and is buried in Woodland Cemetery.

     A fourth child, daughter Fannie E. Uhle was welcomed on November 1, 1892.

1900 Ohio Census
Cleveland Township, Cleveland City, Ward 22
June 8, 1900

     Living at 3 Northeast Avenue

     Otto Uhle, Head, born March 1863, age 37, married 16 years, 4 children, born in Germany, both parents born in Germany, immigrated in 1881, naturalized, foreman in iron works, worked all year, can read, write and speak English, owns a house with a mortgage.

     Carrie Uhle, Wife, born October 1859, age 40, married 16 years, 4 children, born in Germany, both parents born in Germany, immigrated in 1883, can read, write and speak English.

     David John Uhle, Son, born March 1885, age 15, single, born in Ohio, both parents born in Germany, at school nine months of the year, can read, write and speak English.

     Lena Uhle, Daughter, born February 1887, age 13, single, born in Ohio, both parents born in Germany, at school nine months of the year, can read, write and speak English.

     Henry Walter Uhle, Son, born August 1889, age 10, single, born in Ohio, both parents born in Germany, at school nine months of the year, can read, write and speak English.

     Fanny Uhle, Daughter, born November 1882, age 7, single, born in Ohio, both parents born in Germany, at school nine months of the year, can read, write and speak English.

1899 Cleveland Voters Registration

     I located Cleveland Voters Registration documents from 1893-1900.  Otto Uhle is listed as a voter living at 3 North East Northeast).

1904 Cleveland City Directory
page 1412

     

     Otto is employed as a draftsman residing at 101 Fancher Avenue.  Fancher Avenue no longer exists; however google maps is locating it in the St. Clair-Superior Area.  Otto's son, David J. Uhle is also employed as a draftsman.

Other Uhle's Listed Living in Cleveland

     Emma C. Uhle daughter of Ernst Uhle and Elizabeth Katherine Uhle, married Benjamin John Sawyer.

Harmon F. Uhle

Henry Uhle

Herman Uhle

Margaret Uhle, widow of Fred.  Born October 19, 1841 in Germany, died on April 7, 1918 in Cleveland.

Rebecca Uhle, widow, immigrated in 1880, born 1855 in Germany.

William G. Uhle, William George Uhle, son of Ernst Uhle and Elizabeth Schnellbacher.  Born May 16, 1871, died January 27, 1923.

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Part Two--Blog Continued

Otto Uhle aka Pop Uhle--Supervisor at American Bridge Company, Ambridge, Pennsylvania

I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. All comments are welcome; however, if they are inappropriate, they will not be published.    PLEASE post your e-mail in the comment section if you would like to network about a particular surname or topic. I will capture it for my use only and not include it when I publish your comment.

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