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Robert Gutwald (-3G)
father-in-law of a paternal grand uncle
The (-3G), etc., after the names indicates the number of generations before Erven Thoma. His parents married on 18 Oct. 1863 in St. Louis, MO. The 1870 Fed. Census for Missouri (M593_812, St. Louis, sub-division #7, p. 94, hand-entered p. 56, lines 36-40, #234 dwelling visited, #508 family visited, dated 07 June) shows Robert, age 6, living with his parents in St. Louis ward 3. His father, Frank, is 29 years old, born in Austria. He is a city police officer. Robert's mother, Franciska, is 26, born in Michigan. She is keeping house. The younger children are Amanda (5) and Frank (3) and Hulda (1). Hulda is listed on the next page of the Census. All the children were born in Missouri. Sometime between 1875 and 1880 Census the family moved to East St. Louis, IL. The 1880 Fed. Census for Illinois shows Robert Gutwald living in East St. Louis, St. Clair County, IL. He was born in 1864 in Missouri. His father, Frank, 40 years old, was born in Australia [sic! Austria?]. His mother, Frances, 45 [sic! 35?] years old, was born in Michigan. Besides Robert, who is 16, there are six siblings, all younger and all born in Missouri. Amanda is 14, Frank is 13, Hulda is 11, Emma is 9, Anna is 7, and Edmond is 5. Robert Gutwald is the only person in Illinois with that name. He is working in his father's shop. (Ref: FHL Film 1254246, Natl. Archives T9-0246, page 32A). I do not know when or where his parents died, but it was certainly after the 1880 Census and it probably was in Illinois. He married Nellie Murphy (-3G) sometime ca 1886, probably in Illinois. She was a daughter of John and Margaret Murphy. The 1889-90 East St. Louis (Illinois) City Directory lists Robert Gutwald, saddler, living at 305 St. Louis Ave. He fathered at least three children: one who died before 1900, a daughter Frances born in Apr. 1890 and a daughter, Nellie Margaret (-2G) born on 28 Mar. 1894 in East St. Louis, IL. Whether he and his wife had other children is unknown. The 1900 Fed. Census for Illinois (East St. Louis, supv. dist. 15, enum. dist. 100, dwelling 246, family 297, sheet 13B, dated 08 June) shows the family of Robert F. (?) Gutwald living in East St. Louis City (St. Clair County) at 218 N. 3rd St. near St. Louis Ave. in ward 5. Robert is 36 years old and was born in June 1863 in Missouri, his parents in Austria. He is a harnessmaker. On the next census page we find the rest of his family. His wife Nellie is 35 years old and was born in Oct? 1864 in Missouri, her father in New York and her mother in Missouri. They have been married 14 years and had 3 children, 2 of which are still living. There are two daughters: Frances L., 10, born in Apr. 1890 and Nellie M., 6, born in Mar. 1894. Both daughters were born in Illinois, their parents in Missouri. The girls are in school. He died after the 1900 Census but I do not know when or where. His name does not appear in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Obituary Index at the St. Louis Public Library during the years 1900 through 1910. Perhaps he died in Illinois. I do not know where and when his siblings died. Also, I do not know when or where his wife died except that it also occured after the 1900 Census. -------------------- Brother Frank married a Josephine Schmidt. They had at least one child, Elmer R. Gutwald who was born on 07 Oct. 1894 in E. St. Louis, IL. and died on 30 Jul. 1954 in St. Louis.
Created 25 Nov. 2002. Updated 15 May 2007.
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