Joseph Kuhlman1,2,3,4

Family Chart
ID# 23149, (1870 - 1962)
FatherFriedrich Heinrich Geltmayer5,6,7 (26 Jul 1829 - 8 Dec 1918)
MotherVarena Long8,9,10 (2 Sep 1837 - 1 May 1905)

Key Events:

Birth: 29 Jun 1870, Indiana11,12,13
Death: 26 Oct 1962, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania14
Burial: 29 Oct 1962, Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania15
ChartsDescendants of Hermann Hinrich Fennker
AncestryThe Fenker Family

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Narrative:

     Joseph Kuhlman was born on 29 Jun 1870 in Indiana.11,12,13
     He appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana, in the household of his parents, Frederick Kuhlman and Varena Long.5 He appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana, in the household of his parents.6
     He appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana, in the household of his father.16
     He was a plaster, like his father and brothers.17,18,19
     Joseph was named an heir in the will of his father dated 5 Jul 1918, in which he was to receive an equal share in the estate with his seven siblings.20
     Joseph appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana, at 28 N Jefferson St., enumerated 9 Jan 1920, as one of 12 people residing in a lodging house operated by Mary C. Milligan.21
     Joseph moved to Fort Wayne by 1923, when he was living at 1414 Columbia Ave. and working as a plasterer. It appears he did not stay there long, as he is found in the city directory only for that year.22
     Joseph appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, at 236 Shady Ave., enumerated 10 Apr 1930, as one of six men residing in a lodging house operated by Frances Meakim.23
     He continued to work as a plaster in Pittsburgh, but by 1940 he was a watchman in a public garage. He reported that year he had worked 40 hours the last week of March, and 52 weeks the prior year, earning $1,000. By the time of death he was working as a laborer.24,25,26
     Joseph appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, at 343 Denniston St., enumerated 3 Apr 1940, as one of three lodgers in the household of Margaret McQuillen.27
     Joseph died on 26 Oct 1962 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, at age 92.14 He was buried on 29 Oct 1962 in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.15

Citations

  1. [S10856] Fredk Coolman household, 1880 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana, shows name as Joseph Coolman.
  2. [S10857] Fred Huhlman household, 1900 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana, shows name as Joe Huhlman.
  3. [S10850] Frederick Kuhlman obituary, The Huntington Herald, shows name as Joseph Kuhlman.
  4. [S11124] Mary C. Milligan household, 1920 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana, shows name as Joe Kuhlman.
  5. [S10856] Fredk Coolman household, 1880 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana.
  6. [S10857] Fred Huhlman household, 1900 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana.
  7. [S10850] Frederick Kuhlman obituary, The Huntington Herald.
  8. [S10856] Fredk Coolman household, 1880 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana, shows him as son of her husband.
  9. [S10857] Fred Huhlman household, 1900 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  10. [S10885] Mrs. Frederick Kuhlman obituary, Daily News-Democrat.
  11. [S10856] Fredk Coolman household, 1880 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana, shows age 10 and state.
  12. [S10857] Fred Huhlman household, 1900 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana, shows month, year, age 29, and state.
  13. [S11122] Joseph Kuhlman, Certificate of Death, shows date and state, as Pennsylvania.
  14. [S11122] Joseph Kuhlman, Certificate of Death, shows date, city, county, and state.
  15. [S11122] Joseph Kuhlman, Certificate of Death, shows date, cemetery, city, and state.
  16. [S10858] Frederick Kulhman household, 1910 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana.
  17. [S10857] Fred Huhlman household, 1900 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana, shows occupation as plaster.
  18. [S10858] Frederick Kulhman household, 1910 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana, shows occupation as plasterer and industry as house.
  19. [S11124] Mary C. Milligan household, 1920 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana, shows occupation as plasterer and industry as contractor.
  20. [S10862] Will Book, Huntington Co., Indiana, H:415-6, will of Frederick Kuhlman, 12 Dec 1918.
  21. [S11124] Mary C. Milligan household, 1920 U.S. Census, Huntington Co., Indiana.
  22. [S11125] Fort Wayne City and Allen County Directory, 1923, pg 669.
  23. [S11123] Frances Meakim household, 1930 U.S. Census, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania.
  24. [S11123] Frances Meakim household, 1930 U.S. Census, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, shows occupation as decorator and industry as plaster.
  25. [S11126] Margaret McQuillen household, 1940 U.S. Census, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, shows occupation as watch-man and industry as public garage.
  26. [S11122] Joseph Kuhlman, Certificate of Death, shows occupation as laborer.
  27. [S11126] Margaret McQuillen household, 1940 U.S. Census, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania.