Albert W. (William?) Goede
born June 16, 1845, East Prussia; father and mother born in Germany
married in Germany; 1900 census says married 26 years, or 1874; 1910 census says married 34 years, or 1876 (but Margaret born in December, 1874)
1878 through 1883 Berlin city directories list an A. Goede who works in a factory owned by A.E. Goede, something about machine parts, specializing in tailormilling (like felt slippers), at 33 Chausseestrasse (straight north of the historic center of Berlin)
obit, 1900 census say he came to US in 1881 (1920 census says he came in 1880); oath, June 28, 1881, Burlington
naturalized Oct. 16, 1886, Burlington (1920 census says 1885)
1900 census says that he could read, write and speak English
worked 47 years as a shoemaker in Burlington; retired in 1928 (from obit) (see city directory list for businesses and locations); his first listed business was as the owner of the Burlington Felt Slipper Factory
lived with his son Ed during the last years of his life
died Oct. 12, 1940, Burlington; buried Aspen Grove
Lizette R. Gerstman Goede (Lisetta; Lisette; Elizabeth; Lizzie) (Gerstman-my father’s remembrance, Ethel Goede’s report on her sisters’ death certificates; Gerstmann; Gertsman)
born October 17, 1850, Prussia (1920 census says Prussia; obit says she’s 79 in May of 1930, so, born in 1850, but, 1910 census, taken in April, says she’s 58, or born in 1851)
father Gerstman, mother Detbrnar, both born in Germany
1900 census says she came with the children to U.S. in 1884, but 1910 says 1883, 1920 says 1880
came directly to Burlington, where husband Albert had already opened a slipper factory
1900 census says that she could read, write and speak English
died May 4, 1930, Burlington, buried Aspen Grove
my father said that Rev. A. Koelling, Zion, who conducted Lizette’s funeral at Burnett-Wallen Funeral Home, was their neighbor and friend on High Street
1900 census says they’ve had 10 children, and that 7 are living
baby Mary died before the 1910 census
1910 census says Edward (laborer) and Albert still at home
children:
Margaret
Eric
Ruth
Ethel
Edward
Albert
Mary
Margaret E. Goede Pfaff
born December 31, 1875 (death certificate), Berlin (1920 census)
came to Burlington, Iowa, with her mother in 1884 (1900 census)
1894, listed in the Burlington city directory for the first time, living at home, working as a dressmaker
last listing in Burlington city directory in 1910-1911
death certificate says she has lived in NYC 55 years, so, she came around 1910, probably with sister Ruth
my dad remembered that she and Ruth and Ethel came to visit Burlington for a week each summer; they would sit on the porch after dinner and smoke their one cigarette of the day together
said she attended Hunter College in NYC, but no record of her there (or Bellevue or Lenox Hill)
my dad remembered that she worked as a nurse for Metropolitan Life; 1920 census says she’s a public health nurse; death certificate says she was never in the armed forces, and that she was a retired registered nurse
married Emil O. Pfaff around 1920 (1930 census); her death certificate says she was widowed, but didn’t say when
1920 census, she and husband Emil lived at 1047 Madison Ave.; her sister Ruth lived in their building in another apartment two numbers difference
1930 census, she and husband Emil live at 500 W. 140th St., Apt. 26; they were boarders with Abraham Cohen and his daughter Lizette (Lizette was Margaret’s mother’s name, which was not very common); Margaret working as a “graduate nurse” on “private cases”
lived with Ruth until Ruth’s death in 1956; Margaret worked, Ruth kept house
my dad remembered visiting them in August, 1950, at 1186 Lexington Ave.
at the time of Ruth’s death in 1956, Margaret lived with she and Ethel at 120 E. 75th St. (death certificate) (Ethel is the informant on the death certificate)
died July 21, 1965, New York City; cremated July 23, 1965 (death certificate, Aspen Grove records), Hartsdale, NY; ashes buried August 2, 1965, Aspen Grove
Emil O. Pfaff
45 years old on January 7, 1920 (census day), so born c. 1875, same age as Margaret
born in Vienna, both parents German
came to U.S. in 1893; naturalized in 1902
worked in a florist shop in 1920 (census)
worked as a purser on a steamship at 1930 census
Eric Theodore Goede
his WPA registration form says born November 13, 1875, but Margaret was born in December, 1875; death certificate says November 13, 1878; 1920 census lists him as 40, so, 1880
born in Prussia (Ray said “The family always said he was born in Berlin”)
came to U.S. with his mother in 1884
by 1894, Burlington city directory says he works as a candymaker at the Burlington Candy Co.
not listed in city directory from 1898 to 1904, then reappears in 1904-1905 edition as professor of violin, teaching in his own studio on Jefferson St.; last appears in Burlington city directory in 1907-1908
married Louise Lohmann in 1910 in Chicago
they lived in Chicago from 1910 to 1932; he sold jewelry at Katz (Ray), worked in a novelty shop (1920 census)
1920, whole family lived on West Adams
left family for Iron Mountain in 1932 (obit), but only divorced for last one or two years of his life (according to Ray, although I couldn’t find a divorce record anywhere)
violin teacher all of his life, probably went to Iron Mountain because he was able to play in the WPA orchestra there (conductor was the informant for his obit); obit said he was a soloist with the orchestra
had lived in the Harding Hotel for three years at the time of his death ($18 per month)
died of a hemorrhage in his sleep February 12, 1942, in Iron Mountain, Michigan
buried in Waldenheim Cemetery, Chicago, February 14, 1942, in a gravesite his wife Louise had inherited
no mention of wife or children or sisters in his obit, just his brothers, but probate record shows that his son Ted went to Iron Mountain to settle his estate
$500 worth of property at his death, mostly stringed musical instruments, including a piano (Ted and Ray kept his personal violin), no real estate, 100 shares of LeClair Consolidated Mining
Louise Lohmann Goede
born February 4, 1888, Chicago; both of her parents were from Germany
worked for two or three firms as a china painter (my mother remembered at Marshall Fields, but Ray said no, that wasn’t right)
went to live at her parents’ summer home, called Rienzy (Ray), in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, in 1948 (obit)
died January 31, 1963, in Fond du Lac; buried in Rienzy Cemetery (mausoleum), Fond du Lac
children:
Ted Goede
born October 18, 1911, Chicago
married Viginia V.
died 1985, Fond du Lac, buried in Rienzy Cemetery
Ray Goede
born September 18, 1915
married Susan Grosenick (born January 15, 1945) on May 8, 1984
died 1999, Fond du Lac, buried in Rienzy Cemetery (section 11 5NA)
Ruth Goede Haines
born November 11, 1879 (death certificate), Prussia (probably Berlin)
came to Burlington, Iowa, with her mother in 1884
first listed in the Burlington city directory in 1894; lives at home, works at Burlington Basket Co.
1897 Burlington city directory, lives at home, packer at RRC Co., then disappears from directory
married R.G. Haines (1933-1934 NYC city directory says that Ruth is the widow of Louis) Haines when she was 18 (1930 census), so, around 1897, the same time she disappears from the Burlington city directory
1920 census lists her as divorced; 1933-1934 city directory and death certificate list her as a widow
death certificate says she has lived in New York City 50 years, so, she probably came with her sister Margaret around 1910
my dad remembered that she and Margaret and Ethel came to visit Burlington for a week each summer; they would sit on the porch after dinner and smoke their one cigarette of the day together
in 1920 (census) she lived alone in the same building as Margaret and her husband, but in another apartment
1920 census, 1925 and 1933-1934 NYC city directories, at 1047 Madison Ave. (1930 census, her monthly rent was $90)
my dad remembered visiting them in August, 1950, at 1186 Lexington Ave.; just Ruth is listed in the phone directory at that address in 1946
at the time of Ruth’s death in 1956, she and Margaret and Ethel lived at 120 E. 75th St. (death certificate) (Ethel is the informant on the death certificate)
died February 19, 1956, at home in New York City (Aspen Grove record); cremated February 21, 1956, in Middle Village, Long Island; ashes buried September 1, 1959, Aspen Grove
Ethel Belle Goede
born December 22, 1890, Burlington, Iowa
my dad remembered that she attended Hunter College in New York City, but there is no record of her there
she graduated from Burlington High School in 1909; attended the University of Chicago; graduated with a BA from Barnard, the women’s college of Columbia University, in 1913
she worked for six months at Charles E. Merrill Publishing Co., 432 Fourth Ave.
in early 1914, she was living at 75 E. 81st St.
in early 1914, says that she is 5’3”, 109 lbs., considers herself to be underweight, but overall very strong and healthy; mentions she had typhoid fever at age 13 (on a later form, she says she had an operation in 1920 to address mastoiditis, and was in a car crash in 1931)
began nurses’ training at the Training School of New York Hospital in fall of 1914 (later became part of Cornell University and then Weill Cornell Medical Center)
first training position at Society of the Lying-In Hospital of the City of New York (Second Avenue between 17th & 18th Streets) March, 1916, through June, 1916
she got almost all the highest marks possible in both classroom work and skills training
head nurse of Women’s Medical Ward at New York Hospital, July 1917-May 1918
head nurse in her U.S. Army hospital in France, July 1918-December 1918 (her headstone says Army Nurse Corp, WWI)
private duty nurse with the New York Hospital Register from 1919 to at least 1937
my dad remembered that she and Ruth and Ethel came to visit Burlington for a week each summer; they would sit on the porch after dinner and smoke their one cigarette of the day together
NYC city directory, 1925 and 1933-1934, nurse, resides 317 W. 45th
my dad remembered visiting them in August, 1950, at 1186 Lexington Ave.; Ruth is listed in the phone directory at that address in 1946, but Ethel says on response to alum invite in 1947 that she lives there too
from at least the time of her sister Ruth’s death in 1956 to her sister Margaret’s death in 1965, the three sisters all lived together at 120 E. 75th St. (death certificate) (Ethel is the informant on the death certificate)
worked as a private nurse in South Bend, Indiana, in the early 1970s; I was a penpal with her for several years when I was a little girl, and I remember visiting her in South Bend once
died January 29, 1975, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin; buried there (BUT obit in HawkEye January 28)
Albert (Al) Goede
born August 24, 1894 (1900 and 1910 censuses) or 1899, Burlington
listed in Burlington city directory for the first time in 1912, working; gone by 1918-1919 edition
married Grace November 10, 1919, in Carthage, Illinois
1920 census, Burlington, this must be Al, but there are so many conflicting details; works as an auto mechanic in a garage
1925 Des Moines County census, Al and Grace own their own home, worth $1800, NE corner of Fourth & Vine
one final city directory listing for Al, 1928 only, living with parents, travelling salesman
he and Grace filed for divorce November 28, 1933; decree April 11, 1934; Grace said that Al abandoned her in 1926
his father’s obit says that Al lived in Chicago in 1940
died 1957; buried in southern California
Grace A. Hamilton Goede
born c. 1894
married Al November 10, 1919, in Carthage, Illinois
they filed for divorce November 28, 1933; decree April 11, 1934; Grace said that Al abandoned her in 1926; she petitioned to go back to her maiden name
no children
Burlington HawkEye, June 25, 1928, “5 Held in Raid at Goede Home” (this was the article on the back of the announcement of y mother’s third birthday party) Grace was charged with keeping a house of ill fame, charged with Fred Busse and three other women, including her sister, Edna Bied, and Bessie Slagle and Mamie Baker; the house was on Vine, between Third and Fourth, probably the house that she and Al had owned; article said she was well-known to police and courts; the house was just a couple of blocks off of South Main Street, which had a lot of brothels and speakeasys, and not far from the hollow; all the other girls were also married
the 1937 Burlington city directory lists Grace as a housekeeper for JH Vallendingham; Al and Charles Vallendingham were bootleggers in the Cascade
Jesse Goede
born October 20, 1912
married Al in southern California
died July 23 (?), 1982, in Los Angeles; buried in Oregon
children:
Ray (Skip) Goede
born October 27, 1945, southern California
married Carolyn (born c. 1945); they had three children
they lived in Palmdale; he worked as a maintenance electrician
Ted Goede
born c. 1933, southern California, adopted by Al and Jesse
he had one son, Thomas, who had five or six children of his own
