Oskar Gustav Albert Gaar (1878 - 1935)

Born 29 Sep 1878 in Wipplingerstraße 6, Wien, Österreichisch-Ungarische Monarchie

Ancestors

Husband of Wilhelmine Olga (Rücker) Gaar — married 10 Aug 1933 in Wien, Österreich

Died 13 May 1935 at age 56 in Sierningerstraße 170, Steyr, Österreich ob der Enns, Österreich

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Biography

Oskar was born in 1878, midwife was Theresia Mayer. His godfather is Gustav Gaar, sales man from Wien I, Wipplingerstraße 6.

He was commander of the 3rd battery of the "k.k. Feldkanonenregiment Nr. 42" in Steyr. In 1914 he was awarded with the Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with War Decorations ("Militärverdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit Kriegsdekoration"). ^[1] In 1917, he was awarded a Knight 3rd class of the Imperial Austrian Order of the Iron Crown^[2]. ^[3]

In 1933, he married Wilhelmine Fries.

He died in 1935 aged 56 at the local hospital in Steyr, Österreich ob der Enns, Österreich. He was buried at the Taborfriedhof in Steyr.^[4]

Sources

• Birth record, parish Wien-St. Peter. Online at Matricula
• Death record, parish Steyr-St. Michael. Online at Matricula

1. ↑ Steyrer Geschäfts- und Unterhaltungskalender 1916, page 97. Online at dahoam.net.
2. ↑ The Imperial Austrian Order of the Iron Crown
3. ↑ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie: für das Jahr 1918, page 124. Online at Google Books
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 November 2020), memorial page for Oskar Gustav Albert Gaar (29 Sep 1878–13 May 1935), Find A Grave: Memorial #217651626, citing Taborfriedhof, Steyr, Steyr Stadt, Upper Austria (Oberösterreich), Austria ; Maintained by J. Oberreiter (contributor 49070149) .