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Charles Baumeister

circa August 1859 (computed from age at death) – April 14, 1905

Died 14 April 1905 · New York

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Funeral Card

Date of death

April 14, 1905

Date of birth

circa August 1859 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

45 years, 8 months

Place of death

New York, United States

The funeral card

From the funeral card

Charles Baumeister died april 14 1905 aged 45 years 8 months.

a precious one from us has gone a voice we loved is still a place is vacant in our home which never can be filled god in his wisdom has recalled the boon his love had givn and through the body slumbers here the soul is safe in heaven.

Card states "my Violas father, my Violas father written here on fathers day june 16 1974 in my 75th year" on card remembering Charles Baumeister.

The handwritten annotation was added to the card on Father's Day 1974 by an unnamed writer, born about 1899, who had married Charles Baumeister's daughter Viola. The photograph shows this card together with the card of Philip Stubenvoll.

Brian's notes

Reading these two cards, I took them to mean that they were written by an unnamed man, born 1899 and writing on the card in 1974, who had married a woman named "Viola". Viola's father was Charles Baumeister (from the card) who died in 1905, age 45.

From Philip Stubenvoll's card I saw that he was Viola's grandfather, and that Viola's mother had married Charles Baumeister. So I went on a hunt for a Baumeister-Stubenvoll marriage sometime around 1880-1890 and found it — Charles Baumeister married Catherine Stubenvoll on 28 April 1899 in New York. Catherine was the daughter of Philip Stubenvoll and Louisa Kerr. I also found an entry for Charles Baumeister born in New York 1860, the son of Frederick Baumeister and Amelia Spangler.

I also found BAUMEISTER CHARLES age 41 in the 1900 census for NEW YORK MANHATTAN BOROUGH. The 1900 census shows children Philip, Louise, Charles and VIOLA born October 1898 (the Viola named on the cards as "my Viola"). Here's Catherine as a widow in 1910: BAUMEISTER CATHERINE age 47, NEW YORK 31-PCT 35-AD BRONX.

— Brian, Ancestors at Rest

Sources consulted

  • 1900 U.S. census, Manhattan Borough, New York
  • 1910 U.S. census, Bronx (31-PCT 35-AD), New York

People named in this record

  • Charles BaumeisterSubject
  • Viola BaumeisterChild
  • Philip StubenvollMentioned
  • Catherine StubenvollMentioned
  • Louisa KerrMentioned
  • Frederick BaumeisterMentioned
  • Amelia SpanglerMentioned

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Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
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Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-06-12
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