Louise (Gerke) Uebelhoer (1837 - 1901)

Born 21 May 1837 in Germany

Ancestors

Wife of Phillip Uebelhoer — married 29 May 1862 (to 1878) in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States

Died 11 Nov 1901 at age 64 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States

Biography

Louise Gerke was born in Germany, the daughter of Hermann Heinrich Gerke (1802-1864) and Angenese Margarethe Meyer (1816-1881), who married in Germany in 1831, and had nine children. Louise married Phillip Uebelhoer. They had seven children. ^[1]

Louise (Gerke) Uebelhoer, 21 May 1837 Germany ~ 11 November 1901 Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, came to the US with her parents. They settled in Adams County, Indiana. Louise married Phillip Uebelhoer on 29 May 1862 in Allen County, Indiana. They had at least seven children. Louise died, a widow, aged 64, at her home, 68 E. Main, Ft. Wayne, IN, in 1901. She was survived by four children: Roland, Sophia, Amelie, and Louise. She was preceded in death by her husband and three children: Emma (1863-66), Louis (1865-66) and Mina (1877-79). Louis, Phillip, and the three young children are buried together at Concordia Lutheran Cemetery, Ft. Wayne, Indiana. ^[2]

In 1850, the Gerke family lived on their farm in Root Township, Adams, Indiana. The household included Harmon Gerke, 58, born in Germany, a farmer, with $2000 in real estate; his wife, Anice, 45, born in Germany; their children born in Germany, Frederick, 18, a laborer; William, 15, in school; and Louise, 13, in school; and their children born in Indiana, Louis, 10, in school; Sophia, 8; Harmon, 4; and Wilhelmina, 2. ^[3]

Louise Gerke and Phillip Uebelhoer were married in May, 1862 in Allen Co., Indiana.

In 1870, the Uebelhoer family lived in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The family included Phillip Uebelhoer, 32, born in Wurttemberg (Germany), now a US citizen, a boot and shoemaker, with $3000 in real estate and $500 in personal estate; his wife, Louise, 32, born in Prussia; their children, both born in Indiana, Roland, 3; and Sophia, five months, born in January 1870. ^[4]

Louise’s husband died in Fort Wayne, Indiana on 20 September 1878. ^[5]

In 1880, the Uebelhoer family lived on Main Street, Fort Wayne, Indiana. The family included Louise Uebelhoer, 42, born in Germany, a widow, whose parents were born in Germany, and who could not read or write (English?); her children, all in school, all born in Indiana, and all suffering that day with “lung fever,” Sophia, 10; Amelia, 8; and Louisa, 5; and her son, Roland, 13, born in Indiana. ^[6]

In 1900, the Uebelhoer family lived at 68 E. Main, Fort Wayne, Indiana. The household included Louisa Uebelhoer, 63, born in Germany in May, 1837, a widow, who had had seven children, four of whom were living, a “sand lady,” who had immigrated to the US at the age of one year in 1838, and who could not write; her children, all born in Indiana, Roland, 32, b. April 1868, a watchmaker; Sophie, 30, b. Jan. 1870, a coat maker; Mallie, 28, b. June 1872, sewing at a waist factory; and Louisa, 26, b. Dec. 1874, sewing in a waist factory. ^[7]

The old Uebelhoer home at 68 East Main St., Fort Wayne, Indiana no longer stands. The lot now is occupied by a large business or civic building, which looks to have been built in the 1920s. ^[8]

Phillip Uebelhoer and Louise Gerke are mentioned in the death records of their children:

• Roland W. Uebelhoer, born 24 April 1870 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, died, aged 74, on 11 January 1945, and was buried on 13 January 1945 in Washelli (cemetery?). His last residence was 1734 18th Ave., Seattle, Washington. Roland was single, and a watchmaker by trade. ^[9]
• Sophia Uebelhoer, born in 1873, died of bronchio pneumonia on 31 October 1948, after a 35 day stay, at King County Hospital #1, Seattle, Washington. She had lived in Seattle for 35 years. ^[10]
• Louise Uebelhoer, born in 1878, died, aged 75, on 11 April 1953 in Seattle, Washington. ^[11]

research notes

None of the children of Louise and Phillip are on wikitree. None of the four children who lived to adulthood are found on findagrave.

Sources

1. ↑ familysearch.org Family Tree, with sources (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KGCB-7QP)
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #159221353
3. ↑ 1850 US Census, Root Township, Adams, Indiana (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVX-C55)
4. ↑ 1870 US Census, Fort Wayne, 2nd Ward, Allen, Indiana (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6747-R6W?i=27&cc=1438024&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMXX8-Q5M)
5. ↑ Indiana Death Index, ...1882-1920 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ7K-D9W?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=KGCB-Q2P)
6. ↑ 1880 US Census, Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBK-NCB?i=9&cc=1417683&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMHMZ-RTL)
7. ↑ 1900 US Census, Fort Wayne, Wayne Township, Allen, Indiana (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D523-BH9?i=14&cc=1325221)
8. ↑ Google Maps (https://www.google.com/maps/place/68+E+Main+St,+Fort+Wayne,+IN+46802/@41.0803703,-85.1392919,16z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x8815e48d08afe009:0xebeb77ea8f3618ff?hl=en-us)
9. ↑ Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HVZR-Z5MM)
10. ↑ Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DWYS-LNS)
11. ↑ Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960 (https://www.familysearch.org/search/ark:/61903/1:1:N3BZ-KK4)