Charles Pruetzel1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 13168, (1840 - 1924)
FatherChristian Pruetzel4

Key Events:

Birth: 17 Jan 1840, Waldeck5,6,7
Marriage: 27 Nov 1865, St. Louis Co., Missouri, Marie Hertel (15 Feb 1843 - 18 Sep 1914)8,9,10
Death: 18 Mar 1924, Lutheran Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri11,12
Burial: 20 Mar 1924, St. Lucas Cemetery, Sappington, Missouri4

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Narrative:

     Charles Pruetzel was born on 17 Jan 1840 in Waldeck, a small principality between Westphalia and Hesse-Nassau, which became part of Prussia, and later Germany.5,6,7 He was known to family as Carl, and seems to have sometimes used that name even in formal documents.1,13,14
     Charles immigrated in 1865 and was later naturalized.15,16
     At the time of his marriage, Charles was living in Minorstown, Missouri, which later became a part of the city of St. Louis.17 He married Marie Hertel, daughter of Christian Hertel and Elizabeth Boettcher, on 27 Nov 1865 in St. Louis Co., Missouri, with Rev. Agustus Cramer, pastor of the Evangelical Church officiating.8,9,10
     Charles was a truck gardener.18,19,20,21
     Charles and Marie appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of St. Louis, Missouri, enumerated 23 Aug 1870, reporting no real estate, but personal estate of $200. Their daughter Wilhelmine was listed as living with them.2
     Charles and Marie appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Carondelet Twp., St. Louis Co., Missouri, enumerated 10 Jun 1880. Their children Wilhelmine, Mary, Henrick, Johanna, Louis and Annie were listed as living with them.3
     Charles and Marie appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Carondelet Twp., St. Louis Co., Missouri, enumerated 26 Jun 1900, reporting that the family owned its farm, free of mortgage. Their children Henrick, Louis, Elizabeth, Clara and Fred were listed as living with them.13
     Charles and Marie appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Carondelet Twp., St. Louis Co., Missouri, enumerated 18 Apr 1910, reporting that the family owned its farm, free of mortgage. Their son Fred was listed as living with them, and their son Louis and his family apparently lived close by, as they appear as the second previous household.22
     His wife died on 18 Sep 1914 in Carondelet Twp., St. Louis Co., Missouri.23,24
     Charles died on 18 Mar 1924 in Lutheran Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, at age 84.11,12 He was buried on 20 Mar 1924 in St. Lucas Cemetery, Sappington, Missouri.4

Children:
     Children with Marie Hertel:

  • Wilhelmine Pruetzel25,26,27 (Dec 1869 - )
  • Mary H. Pruetzel25,27 (13 Dec 1871 - 10 Jan 1932)
  • Henrick Pruetzel13,25,27 (13 Oct 1873 - )
  • Johanna Pruetzel25,27 (14 Oct 1875 - 23 Dec 1946)
  • Louis Pruetzel27,13 (Dec 1877 - )
  • Annie Pruetzel25,27 (13 Sep 1879 - )
  • Elizabeth Pruetzel13,25 (30 Aug 1881 - )
  • Clara Pruetzel13,25 (11 May 1883 - )
  • Fred H. Pruetzel28,13,25 (5 Aug 1886 - 18 Jan 1951)
  • Louis Pruetzel25 (15 Dec 1887 - )

Citations

  1. [S1461] Carl Prützel and Maria Härte, return of marriage.
  2. [S1458] Charles Prutzel household, 1870 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri.
  3. [S1460] Charles Pretzel household, 1880 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri.
  4. [S1077] Carl Pruetzel, Certificate of Death.
  5. [S1077] Carl Pruetzel, Certificate of Death, shows date and country, as Germany.
  6. [S1458] Charles Prutzel household, 1870 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows age 30 and state, with Germany written in later.
  7. [S1459] "Waldeck (Germany)", shows history of Waldeck.
  8. [S1461] Carl Prützel and Maria Härte, return of marriage, shows county, state, date, and officant.
  9. [S351] Edna Gapsch, notes, "Mother and Father Pruetzels," shows year.
  10. [S1436] Carl Pruetzer household, 1900 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows married 34 years.
  11. [S1077] Carl Pruetzel, Certificate of Death, shows date, as 18th, hospital and city.
  12. [S351] Edna Gapsch, notes, "Mother and Father Pruetzels," shows date, as 8th.
  13. [S1436] Carl Pruetzer household, 1900 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri.
  14. [S351] Edna Gapsch, notes, "Mother and Father Pruetzels," shows name as Carl Pruetzel.
  15. [S1436] Carl Pruetzer household, 1900 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows both immagrated in 1865, have been in the U.S. 35 years, and that he was naturalized.
  16. [S1722] Charles Pruetzel household, 1910 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows immigated in 1865, and naturalized.
  17. [S1461] Carl Prützel and Maria Härte, return of marriage, shows town of residence.
  18. [S1458] Charles Prutzel household, 1870 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows occupation as gardner.
  19. [S1460] Charles Pretzel household, 1880 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows occupation as farmer.
  20. [S1436] Carl Pruetzer household, 1900 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows occupation as farmer.
  21. [S1722] Charles Pruetzel household, 1910 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows occupation as farmer, industry as truck, working on his own account.
  22. [S1722] Charles Pruetzel household, 1910 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri.
  23. [S1079] Maria Pruetzel, Certificate of Death, shows date, township, and county.
  24. [S351] Edna Gapsch, notes, "Mother and Father Pruetzels," shows date.
  25. [S351] Edna Gapsch, notes, "Mother and Father Pruetzels."
  26. [S1458] Charles Prutzel household, 1870 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  27. [S1460] Charles Pretzel household, 1880 U.S. Census, St. Louis Co., Missouri, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  28. [S1078] Fred H. Pruetzel, Standard Certificate of Death.