F. William WUERTZ

1874 - 1941  (66 years)

• Name	F. William WUERTZ
  Birth	22 Sep 1874	PA
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Jan 1941	East t. Louis, IL
  Person ID	I30124596164	Brown/Hayes
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Theodore WUERTZ,   b. Abt. 1844   d. 20 Oct 1904, Belleville, IL (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Christina LETTER,   b. Aug 1849   d. 17 Jul 1918, Belleville, St. Clair Col., IL (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F424	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rosa BEYER,   b. 1875
  Marriage	21 Jul 1898	St. Clair Co., ILL
  Children	1. Theodore H. WUERTZ,   b. 09 May 1899, Belleville, IL d. 09 Feb 1972, ILlinois (Age 72 years)   2. Helen WUERTZ,   b. 1908   3. Charles WUERTZ,   b. 1908   4. Leroy WUERTZ,   b. 1912   d. 19 Nov 1997, Cahokia, IL (Age 85 years)   5. Bessie WUERTZ,   b. 14 May 1914, St. Louis ? d. 22 Sep 1999, St Louis (Age 85 years)   6. John WUERTZ   7. Joseph WUERTZ
  Family ID	F57	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Have Wm. F. Wuertz's WW1 Draft card:. He was employed as RR Yardmaster (probably this is how Pappy met Louise, since the RR would be the connection, and Wm Fred and Louise were Cousins. Card gives next-of-kin as wife, Rosa Wuertz 1930 Census for IL, St. Clair Co., Belleville, East St. Louis City, ED 82-63, sheet 12 A, stamped # 72, lines 9-14, gives the following info. Wuertz, Wm Fred, owns home - $5,500. MW, 55, m. 22 years, born PA. parents born Germany. Yardmaster RR Wuerts, Rosa, FW, 55, b. IL, parents b. Germany Helen, F,W, Single, 22, b. IL, no occupation Charles MWSingle, 22. b. IL, Switchman for RR Leroy, MW, single, 18, b. IL, no occupation Bessie, FW single 16, b. IL, no occupation copy on file. William Wuertz is listed on p. 263 of the 1891-92 Belleville City Directory Wuertz, William, laborer, Hund and Son, boards 909 E. Jefferson (his parents' home) A copy of his marriage certificate is on file. Name of male witness is hard to read. Female witness looks like Lina Breibenbach. 1900 Census for St. Clair Co., Belleville, Townsip, SD 15, ED 24, p. 23B Wuertz, William F. Head, white male, born Sept., 1874, 25, married 2 yrs., born PA, both parents b. Germamu Rosa, wife, white female, b. Jan, 1875, 25, married two years, borne 2 cjildren, both living, b. IL, both parents b. Germamu Gottlieb (george), white, male, 3, son, b. June, 1896 Theodore, white, male, b. May, 1899, son, 1. Also in the house, Beyer, Franz, head, white, male, b. Aug., 1832, married 40 years, b. Germany Fredericka, wife, white, female, b. June 1842, married 40 years, to children 9 living. In 1910 Census, Rosa says she has had 6 children, 5 living: New children are: Nora J., 9 Charles W., 2 Helen , 1 William Wuertz, 66, E. St. Louis, dies William F. "Joe" Wuertz, retired general yardmaster of the Terminal Railroad at East St. Louois, died at his home, 543 n. 27th St.lthere last night (illegible). Mrs. Katie Wright Mrs. Ida Gantner and Mrs. Bertha Neff. 9sicc) Also survivig are his widow, Rose; three sons, three daughters and two brothers, Henry and Joseph. Services will be at 8:30 Friday morning fro the Burke funeral hoe to St. Elizbeth's hurch, with intermebt in alhalla cemetery. Publ in Bellville Daily Advocate15 Jan, 1941, p. 2, col 2 -- copy on file.