Elizabeth Kuhlman1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 23148, (1864 - 1946)
FatherFriedrich Heinrich Geltmayer4,5,6 (26 Jul 1829 - 8 Dec 1918)
MotherVarena Long4,7,8 (2 Sep 1837 - 1 May 1905)

Key Events:

Birth: 5 Feb 1864, Huntington, Indiana9,10,11
Death: 4 Mar 1946, Sacred Heart Home, Noble Co., Indiana12,13
Burial: 7 Mar 1946, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Avilla, Noble Co., Indiana14,15
ChartsDescendants of Hermann Hinrich Fennker
AncestryThe Fenker Family

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Elizabeth Kuhlman was born on 5 Feb 1864 in Huntington, Indiana.9,10,11
     She appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana, in the household of her parents, Frederick Kuhlman and Varena Long.16 She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana, in the household of her parents.5 She appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana, in the household of her parents.17
     She was a dressmaker in 1900.18
     She appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana, in the household of her father.19
     By 1910 she had moved into retail sales, when she a clerk in a dry goods store. By 1930 she said she was a saleslady in a department store, but it's not clear whether she had changed employers or this reflected a change in how such merchants were described.20,21,22
     Elizabeth was named an heir in the will of her father dated 5 Jul 1918, in which she was to receive an equal share in the estate with her seven siblings.23
     Elizabeth appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana, in the household of her sister Matilda and her husband, Horace Kiracofe.24 Elizabeth appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana, in the household of her sister Matilda and her husband.25
     Elizabeth apparently continued to live with her sister Matilda and her husband until she moved to Avilla, but she does not appear with them in the 1940 census. Nor does she appear in that census at the Sacred Heart Home.26,27 She moved to the Sacred Heart Home, in Noble Co., Indiana, about 1941.28
     Elizabeth died on 4 Mar 1946 in Sacred Heart Home, Noble Co., Indiana, at age 82.12,13 She was buried on 7 Mar 1946 in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Avilla, Noble Co., Indiana.14,15

Citations

  1. [S10860] Miss Elizabeth Kuhlman, Certificate of Death.
  2. [S10855] Fredrick Kuhlman household, 1870 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana, shows name as Elizabeth Kuhlman.
  3. [S10856] Fredk Coolman household, 1880 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana, shows name as Elizabeth Coolman.
  4. [S10855] Fredrick Kuhlman household, 1870 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  5. [S10856] Fredk Coolman household, 1880 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana.
  6. [S10850] Frederick Kuhlman obituary, The Huntington Herald.
  7. [S10856] Fredk Coolman household, 1880 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana, shows the girl as daughter of Verana's husband.
  8. [S10885] Mrs. Frederick Kuhlman obituary, Daily News-Democrat.
  9. [S10855] Fredrick Kuhlman household, 1870 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana, shows age 6 and state.
  10. [S10857] Fred Huhlman household, 1900 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana, shows month, year, age 36, and state.
  11. [S10860] Miss Elizabeth Kuhlman, Certificate of Death, shows date, city, and state.
  12. [S10860] Miss Elizabeth Kuhlman, Certificate of Death, shows date, home, county, and state.
  13. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 42072366, Elizabeth Kuhlman, shows year and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  14. [S10860] Miss Elizabeth Kuhlman, Certificate of Death, shows date, cemetery, city, and state.
  15. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 42072366, Elizabeth Kuhlman, includes tombstone photo.
  16. [S10855] Fredrick Kuhlman household, 1870 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana.
  17. [S10857] Fred Huhlman household, 1900 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana.
  18. [S10857] Fred Huhlman household, 1900 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana, shows occupation as dressmaker.
  19. [S10858] Frederick Kulhman household, 1910 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana.
  20. [S10858] Frederick Kulhman household, 1910 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana, shows occupation as clerk and industry as dry goods store.
  21. [S11081] Horace C. Kiracofe household, 1920 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana, shows occupation as saleslady and industry as dry goods.
  22. [S11080] Charles H. Kiracofe household, 1930 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana, shows occupation as saleslady and industry as department store.
  23. [S10862] Will Book, Huntington Co., Indiana, H:415-6, will of Frederick Kuhlman, 12 Dec 1918.
  24. [S11081] Horace C. Kiracofe household, 1920 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana.
  25. [S11080] Charles H. Kiracofe household, 1930 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana.
  26. [S11082] C. Horace Kiracofe household, 1940 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana.
  27. [S10963] R. L. Polk & Co.'s Huntington Directory, 1939, pg 112, and 1941, pg 99, both show Eliz. Kuhlman at 407 Etna Av.
  28. [S10860] Miss Elizabeth Kuhlman, Certificate of Death, shows she had been a resident 5 years.