Fred Bruno Zobel (1894 - 1983)

Born 22 Oct 1894 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Helen (Wolf) Zobel — married before Jun 1917 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Dec 1983 at age 89 in Maywood, Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Sergeant Fred Zobel served in the United States Army in World War I
Service started: 1918
Unit(s):
Service ended: 1919

Fred was a carpenter who was born in 1894. His parents were Gustav Zobel and Margaret Ralston. ^[1]

He was living with his parents and brother at 4737 Superior St. in Chicago in 1910. ^[2]

Fred had married Helen Wolf by the time he received his draft notice for WWI in 1917. ^[3] He served in the military from 1918 to 1919. ^[4]

Fred and Helen had two children: Frederick and Phillip. They also had an unnamed daughter in 1918 who died on the same day she was born. In 1940, the small family was living at 4845 Huron Street in Chicago. ^[5] Fred eventually built his own house in Northlake, Illinois. Sadly, the house was torn down in the 1990's and is now a parking lot.

Fred died on 18 December 1983, just two days after the death of his wife. ^[6] He is buried in Mount Emblem Cemetery in Elmhurst, Illinois.

Sources

1. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQTZ-WF7 : 18 May 2016), Bruno Fredrick Zobel, 22 Oct 1894; Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 19824, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,287,973.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK8G-7QW : accessed 14 September 2021), Fred B Zobel in household of Gustav A H Zobel, Chicago Ward 35, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1523, sheet 17A, family 351, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 283; FHL microfilm 1,374,296.
3. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K68T-MF5 : 23 February 2021), Fred Bruno Zobel, 1917-1918.
4. ↑ "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WWLS-JX3Z : 26 October 2019), Fred Bruno Zobel, 12 Jan 1919; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW18-483 : 9 January 2021), Fred B Zobel, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-1891, sheet 61B, line 54, family 70, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 981.
6. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J2PY-1JZ : 9 January 2021), Fred Zobel, Dec 1983; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

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