David Joseph Holthoefer (1905 - 1952)

Born 9 Aug 1905 in Chicago Cook co Illinois

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Agnes (Shook) Plesetz — married about 1937 (to about 1950) in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, America

Died 3 May 1952 at age 46 in Los Angeles California

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Biography

David Joseph Holthoefer was born on August 9, 1905, in Chicago, Illinois, He was the son of Herman Holthoefer age 41 and his mother Mary Weber age 37.^[1] He was the 9th child of 12. He was in the family home on both the 1910 US Census, on Prarie Ave,^[2] and the 1920 US Census on Paxton Ave, Chicago, Illinois.^[3] On the 1920 Census his siblings were Ruth, Amy, Hernine, Lewis, and Betty. His Grandmother Amelia Catherine Emilia (keusch) Holthoefer also lived with them.

David had moved to California by 1930 and was living on Washington St. Los Angeles, working as a Drygoods manager.^[4]He then went back to Chicago, where he was living in 1935.

He married Mary Agnes (Shook) Plesetz, (1915-1971), on May 30, 1936 in Chicago Illinois.^[5] They had one Daughter and one son.

1. Dolores (Holthoefer/Plesetz) Keller
2. David Joseph (Holthoefer) Plesetz Jr. (1939-2008)

In 1940, He was a cosmetic Salesman for Tangie, a Cosmetic Company, and they lived at 8023 Peoria St. Chicago.^[6] His daughter says that he was quite successfull, and even had an airplane so he could fly to cities within the state and out laying states. When WW II started he went to California to work for the war effort. His wife Mary, and children soon followed him by train. He and Mary both worked for Convair, on radio coil’s for the radio’s that were put into the Air Planes.^[7]

He and Mary divorced in abt. 1950. She remarried Walter Plesetz on April 19, 1951, and he adopted the children.

He died on May 3, 1952, in Los Angeles, California,^[8] at the age of 46. Cause of Death was Bullet wound to head, suicide. ^[9] Occupation at time of death Taxi Driver.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23M-WXFS : 18 May 2016), Herman J Holthoefer in entry for David Joseph Holthoefer, 09 Aug 1905; Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 67710, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .
2. ↑ 1910 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Chicago Ward 6, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_246; Page: 6A; Dwelling 28; Family 39; Line 35; April 19, 1910; Enumeration District: 0359; FHL microfilm: 1374259; Ancestry's 1910 Census Image
3. ↑ 1920 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Chicago Ward 8, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_317; Page: 8A; Dwelling 108; Family 193; Line 32-42; January 1920; Enumeration District: 476; Image: 41; Ancestry's 1920 Census Image
4. ↑ California, Voter Registrations, 1900-1968; California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968; Ancestry's California Voters Registrations Ancestry Record 61066 #25450040
5. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21K-657Y : 28 November 2018), David J Holthoefer and Mary Agnes Shook, 30 May 1936; citing Marriage, Cook, Illinois, United States, citing Cook County Clerk. Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 102258504.
6. ↑ 1940 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T627_958; Page: 11B; Household 216; Line 50-54; April 11, 1940; Enumeration District: 103-1215; Ancestry's 1940 Census Image
7. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by his daughter, Dolores (Holthoefer aka Plesetz) Kelley, and record by Helen (Thornton) Holt on 14 Aug 2015
8. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKJ-C1ZW : 1 March 2021), David Joseph Holthoefer, 1952.
9. ↑ California, Death Index, 1940-1997;Date: 1952-05-03; Ancestry's California, Death Index Ancestry Record 5180 #3401619
10. ↑ California Death Certificate. in posession of Helen (Thornton) Holt