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Wodtke, Alvina[1]

Female 1895 - 1954  (59 years)


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  • Name Wodtke, Alvina 
    Nickname Vee 
    Born 30 Jan 1895  La Clede Township, Fayette County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900  La Clede Township, Fayette County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1910  St. Peter, Fayette County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Buried Sep 1954  St. Peter, Fayette County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • According to her death certificate, Alvina was to be buried in Farina Cemetery at St. Peters [sic], Illinois.
    Died 6 Sep 1954  St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Alvina died of multiple cancers at Bethesda Hospital.
    Person ID I1442  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2009 

    Father Wodtke, Julius A.,   b. Dec 1858, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Oct 1937, Fayette County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years) 
    Mother Niehaus, Emeline,   b. Nov 1871, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1920 and 1930  (Age ~ 48 years) 
    Married 3 Oct 1889  Fayette County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 8, 9, 10] 
    • In the 1910 U.S. census enumeration, Emeline was identified as the mother of eight children, seven of whom were still living and all of them were still members of the household.
    Family ID F1697  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gerber, Eugene Adolph,   b. 11 Jul 1889, Batchtown, Calhoun County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1972  (Age 82 years) 
    Married Abt 1943  [11, 12, 13] 
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F475  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 6 Sep 1954 - St. Louis, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S22] Obituary.
      For Eugene A. Gerber. Alvina's name is mentioned in an undated and unidentified newspaper, in the possession of Charlotte M. (Gerber) Krejci.

    2. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). March 2007.
      Division of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #31811. For Alvina Gerber. Born 30 January 1895 in Laclede Township, Illinois. Father: Julius Wodtke. Mother (maiden name): ? Niehaus.
            See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    3. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 300, pages 95A-95B. Access through Ancestry Library Edition October 2007.
      Julius Woodke household, 1900 U.S. census, Fayette County, Illinois, population schedule, La Clede Township, Supervisor’s District 12, Enumeration District 17, census sheets 11A-11B, enumerated 14 June 1900, dwelling 253, family 258, lines 47-53.
           Alvina Woodke: daughter; born February 1895 in Illinois; age 5.

    4. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 300, pages 95A-95B. Access through Ancestry Library Edition October 2007.
      Julius Woodke household, 1900 U.S. census, Fayette County, Illinois, population schedule, La Clede Township, Supervisor’s District 12, Enumeration District 17, census sheets 11A-11B, enumerated 14 June 1900, dwelling 253, family 258, lines 47-53.
           Alvina Woodke: daughter; white; female; born February 1895; age 5; single; born in Illinois; father born in Germany; mother born in Illinois.
           The rest of the household consisted of: Julius, head of household, age 41; Amelia, wife, age 28; Rosa, daughter, age 9; Frank, son, age 7; Eddie, son, age 3; and Julius, son, age 1.

    5. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910. NARA microfilm T624, roll 287, page 125A. Access through Ancestry Library Edition October 2007.
      Julius Wodtka household, 1910 U.S. census, Fayette County, Illinois, population schedule, St. Peter village, Lone Grove Township, Supervisor’s District 14, Enumeration District 16, census sheet 1A, enumerated 15 April 1910, dwelling 6, family 6, lines 35-43.
           Alvina Wodtka: daughter; female; white; age 15; single; born in Illinois; father born in Germany; mother born in Illinois; speaks English; no profession; reads; writes; attended school.
           The rest of the household consisted of: Julius, head of household, age 52; Mela, wife, age 38; Rosa, daughter, age 19; Frank, son, age 17; E. S., son, age 12; Julius, son, age 10; Olga, daughter, age 7; Emma, daughter, age 4.

    6. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). March 2007.
      Division of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #31811. For Alvina Gerber. Died at 6:45 a.m. on 6 September 1954 at Bethesda Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 59 years, 7 months. Removal was to be 7 September 1954 to Farina Cemetery at St. Peters, Illinois. Wm. Schumacher, of 3013 Meramec, St. Louis 18, Missouri was the undertaker.
            See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    7. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). March 2007.
      Division of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #31811. For Alvina Gerber. Born 30 January 1895 in Laclede Township, Illinois. Father: Julius Wodtke. Mother (maiden name): ? Niehaus. Died at 6:45 a.m. on 6 September 1954 at Bethesda Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 59 years, 7 months. Her usual residence 3644 A. Montana, St. Louis, Missouri. She was married at the time of death to Eugene Gerber. She had never served in the U.S. armed forces; no social security number was recorded. Cause of death was a "carcinomatosis" since November 1953. Antecedent cause was "Carcinoma of pancreas" also since November 1953. There was no autopsy. Removal was to be 7 September 1954 to Farina Cemetery at St. Peters, Illinois. Wm. Schumacher, of 3013 Meramec, St. Louis 18, Missouri was the undertaker. Personal information was provided by Eugene Gerber, of 3644 Montana. Thomas W. Parker, MD, of 466 Maryland, St. Louis, Missouri, had attended the deceased from 9 November 1953 to 9 September 1954 and signed the death certificate on 7 September 1954. The certificate was received by the local registrar on 7 September 1954.

    8. [S110] Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900 [online database] (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/marriage.html - last confirmed in March 2012), Wodtke-Niehaus marriage. Accessed in March 2011.
      "Julius Wotka (Wodke)" and "Emeline Niehaus" were married on 3 October 1889. License recorded in Volume A, page 229 at Fayette County, Illinois.

    9. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 300, pages 95A-95B. Access through Ancestry Library Edition October 2007.
      Julius Woodke household, 1900 U.S. census, Fayette County, Illinois, population schedule, La Clede Township, Supervisor’s District 12, Enumeration District 17, census sheets 11A-11B, enumerated 14 June 1900, dwelling 253, family 258, lines 47-53.
           Julius Woodke, head of household, and Amelia Woodke, wife, had been married, for 11 years. Amelia is identified in the 1900 enumeration as the mother of 5 children, 5 of whom are still living.
           By calculation, the date of marriage would have taken place in 1888-1889.

    10. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910. NARA microfilm T624, roll 287, page 125A. Access through Ancestry Library Edition October 2007.
      Julius Wodtka household, 1910 U.S. census, Fayette County, Illinois, population schedule, St. Peter village, Lone Grove Township, Supervisor’s District 14, Enumeration District 16, census sheet 1A, enumerated 15 April 1910, dwelling 6, family 6, lines 35-43.
           Julius Wodtka and Mela Wodtka: married, for 20 years. This calculates to a date of marriage in about 1889-1890.
           Mela Wodtka in the 1910 enumeration is identified as the mother of 8 children, 7 of whom were still living.

    11. [S22] Obituary, For Eugene Adolph Gerber. From an undated and unidentified newspaper clipping in the possession of the Gerber family of St. Louis, Missouri.
      "Gerber, Eugene Adolph, Feb. 6, 1972, dear husband of the late Anne (nee Springmeyer) and Alvina (nee Wodtke)...." For the complete text of this obituary, see the notes for Eugene's death.

    12. [S45] Howard J. Seesler, Genealogical research.
      "Eugene married again about 1943, but he and his second wife, Vee, had no children.." From page 45 of a genealogical report prepared (by Robert E. Parkin?) for Howard J. Seesler.

    13. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). March 2007.
      Division of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #31811. For Alvina Gerber. Born 30 January 1895 in Laclede Township, Illinois. Father: Julius Wodtke. Mother (maiden name): ? Niehaus. She was married at the time of death to Eugene Gerber.
            See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.


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