I mentioned in an earlier post that newspapers can fill in a lot of information but that much of what we find is sad. Sad hardly describes the life of John’s great-uncle.
Adolph C. Niemann was born in
On Christmas Eve 1929 Adolph H. Niemann died at the age of 21. The paper does not record the cause, I found nothing about an accident, just a brief funeral notice.
The death notice for his mother, Mary A. Niemann, is found
On
Sometime between his wife’s death and 1934 his daughter Eleonor married James Devine……………and his daughter Anna died. As yet I have not found the newspaper record of either of these events. So how do I know about his daughters?
By 1934, Adolph was living with his sister and brother-in-law, Adam & Jennie Weis. His death made the paper in a big way. He was said to be despondent over his arrest after an automobile accident. I think he just had had enough of life.
The Syracuse Herald,
Hit – and – Run Driver Hangs Self at Camp
Adolph Nieman Found a Suicide: Despondency Blamed
Believed to have been despondent following his arrest on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident, Aldoph Nieman, 51, of
Nieman was arrested early Saturday morning after the automobile he was driving collided with a car operated by Louis Barricci of
Yesterday, he had invited ushers of
They arrived about
Sergt. Earl E Stickles and Sergt. Elmer C LaPoint of Oneida Barracks and Dr Nelson O Brooks, coroner of
Nieman, who was a machinist employed at the Pierce,
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs James Devine, and three sisters, Mrs Adams Weis, Mrs August Korthas, and Mrs Frank Grawboski.
The body was taken by Carl J Ballweg, funeral director, to the home of Nieman’s sister, Mrs Weis,
You learn something new everyday. An interesting story about a common relative. I believe Adolph was my great-great-uncle. My name is Jacob Brayton, and i came across this while researching my grandmother,Rita Grabowski, daughter of Frank and Mary Grabowski.
ReplyDeleteHi Jacob,
ReplyDeleteAdolph was your great-great uncle. I have been researching the Grabowski family for several years and you are the first close relative to show any interest. I have met very few of my husband's relatives on his paternal side.
I am married to Harold's son, Frank.
I would love to share my tree (mistakes and all) with you. I have a copy of Frank and Mary's wedding photo and an alien registration card for Maria Klotz Neiman that also has Adolph's photo on it Please contact me at Apple194@gamail.com.
I have a family history blog too. you might want to look at this link.
http://appledoesntfallfar2.blogspot.com/search/label/Grabowski
Charlotte