Gustave Henry Gapsch1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 12848, (1903 - 1996)
FatherMoritz G. Gapsch1,4,5 (13 Oct 1875 - 14 Feb 1952)
MotherJohanna Pruetzel1,4,6 (14 Oct 1875 - 23 Dec 1946)

Key Events:

Birth: 11 Feb 1903, St. Louis, Missouri7,8,9
Marriage: 16 Dec 1928, Eden Evangelical Church, Affton, St. Louis Co., Missouri, Louise Caroline Scheidt (19 Aug 1907 - 8 Feb 2003)10,11,12
Death: 26 May 1996, St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri13,14,15
Burial: 29 May 1996, St. Lucas Cemetery16,17
ChartsDescendants of Edward and Sophie Gapsch
AncestryThe Gapsch Family

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Gustave Henry Gapsch was born on 11 Feb 1903 in St. Louis, Missouri.7,8,9 He appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Carondelet Twp., St. Louis Co., Missouri, in the household of his parents, Moritz G. Gapsch and Johanna Pruetzel.5 He appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Affton, Missouri in the household of his parents.18
     Gustave married Louise Caroline Scheidt on 16 Dec 1928 in Eden Evangelical Church, Affton, St. Louis Co., Missouri.10,11,12
     Gustave and Louise appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Carondelet Twp., St. Louis Co., Missouri, enumerated 19 Apr 1930, reporting that their home was rented, for $22 per month, and that the family had a radio.19
     Gustave applied for a Social Security Number 4 Dec 1936, while living at Affton, Missouri, where he was employed by W. A. Rowe Floral Co., in Kirkwood, Missouri.1
     Gustave and Louise appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Lemay Twp., St. Louis Co., Missouri, on Reaves Rd., enumerated 25 Apr 1940, reporting they owned a home valued at $3,000, and had lived in the same house in 1935. Their children Marlene and Gene were listed as living with them.20
     He was a laborer at a florist in 1930, and a florist at a wholesale florist by 1940. That year he reported working 40 hours the last week of March, and having worked 52 weeks the prior year, earning $1,040.19,20
     Gustave died on 26 May 1996 in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., Missouri, at age 93.13,14,15 He was buried on 29 May 1996 in St. Lucas Cemetery.16,17

Children:
     Children with Louise Caroline Scheidt:

  • Marlene Florence Gapsch21,22,20 (28 Feb 1936 - 15 Jan 2005)
  • Gene Charles Gapsch23,20 (8 Oct 1938 - 25 Jan 2010)

Citations

  1. [S2857] Gustave Henry Gapsch, Application for Account.
  2. [S341] Gustave H. Gapsch obituary, Post Dispatch, shows name as Gustave H. Gapsch.
  3. [S1718] Moritz G. Gapsch household, 1910 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows name as Gustav H. Gapsch.
  4. [S351] Edna Gapsch, notes, "Moritz's Brothers & Sister."
  5. [S1718] Moritz G. Gapsch household, 1910 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri.
  6. [S1718] Moritz G. Gapsch household, 1910 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows him as the son of her husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  7. [S2857] Gustave Henry Gapsch, Application for Account, shows date, as 11th, city, and state.
  8. [S351] Edna Gapsch, notes, "Moritz's Brothers & Sister," shows date, as 11th.
  9. [S665] St. Louis Co., Missouri, Marriages, application and license for Gust Gapsch and Louise Scheidt, 1928, shows age 25, date, as 21st, in the margin, unidentified but apparently a birthdate, and "of Affton."
  10. [S665] St. Louis Co., Missouri, Marriages, application and license for Gust Gapsch and Louise Scheidt, 1928, shows date, place, and town.
  11. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #42175206, Gustav H Gapsch, and memorial #42175161, show married, and include photo of tombstone showing them both on the stone and date.
  12. [S1860] Gustave H. Gapsch household, 1930 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows married, and his first marriage at age 25 and hers at age 21.
  13. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #42175206, Gustav H Gapsch, shows date, and includes photo of tombstone showing same.
  14. [S130] "Social Security Death Index," Rootsweb.com, record for Gustave H Gapsch, Soc. Sec. No. 494-10-6029, shows date and last residence as 63123 (Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO).
  15. [S341] Gustave H. Gapsch obituary, Post Dispatch, shows date.
  16. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial #42175206, Gustav H Gapsch, and include photo of tombstone showing them both on the stone.
  17. [S341] Gustave H. Gapsch obituary, Post Dispatch.
  18. [S1890] Moritz Gapsch household, 1920 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri.
  19. [S1860] Gustave H. Gapsch household, 1930 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri.
  20. [S5327] Gustava Gapsch household, 1940 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri.
  21. [S341] Gustave H. Gapsch obituary, Post Dispatch, shows Gustave as the father of Marlene Toth.
  22. [S1198] Toth obituary, Columbia Daily Tribune.
  23. [S341] Gustave H. Gapsch obituary, Post Dispatch, shows Gustave as the father of Gene (Mary) Gapsch.