The son of German nationals Jacob and Elizabeth (Margaret) Holzwarth, Heinrich Holzwarth was born on December 31, 1867 in the town of Strasburg, located in the Vorpommern-Greifswald District of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
Six years after his accidental death, Heinrich's town of birth was listed as Strasburg, Germany on the 1920 United States Census, Line 53, Question 21: Father's Place of Birth, Strasburg, for his 14 year old son Harold Holzwarth who in 1920 was a resident at The New York Juvenile Asylum in Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County, New York.
According to the June 1, 1905 New York State Census for Manhattan, New York, Heinrich was living with his wife and children at 320 East 81st Street, New York, New York, and at the time the census was taken, Heinrich had been living in the United States for 18 years. The census further stated Heinrich was an American citizen.
The United States 1910 Census states Henry was born September of 1865 as opposed to December 31, 1867.
Henry, as Henrich was known, was a mason and an iron worker.
While working on a construction site of a new movie theater, which was being built on East 84th Street, New York, New York, there was a terrible accident.
As recounted by his granddaughter Mathilda Eleanor Kienzle-Morrison, her grandfather Henry was "Killed after being struck in the head with a beam."
His wife Louisa, who had a sixth sense about her, begged Henry not to go back to work after he came home for lunch to their apartment on 345 East 81st Street, New York, New York. She told Henry she had a premonition something bad was going to happen to him. Henry dismissed her fears and went back to the work.
According to his New York City Death Certificate, 47 year old Henry's cause of death was surgical shock following a compound skull fracture, compound fracture of right femur, tibia and fibula and compound fracture of left patella caused by a falling iron girder.
Henry was buried on Friday, June 19, 1914 and is in this grave with two of his and Louisa's children, Henry Holzwarth, Jr. who died at the young age of 24 on June 26, 1915 - only 1 year and 7 days after his beloved father and his loving eldest daughter Margaret Holzwarth who had predeceased Henry dying way too soon age the age of 16 on July 8, 1910.
The family did not have funds to erect a headstone on the grave. None was ever purchased so there is no headstone on Henry's grave.
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Excerpt from 1998 conversation with Henry's granddaughter Mathilda Eleanor Kienzle-Morrison:
"My mother always told me that my grandmother, Louisa Richter-Holzwarth had a sixth sense about her. My Grandmother told my Grandfather she had a premonition that something bad was going to happen to him. She asked him not to go back to work after he came home from lunch that day. He did not listen and returned to work after lunch. There was an accident at work and Henry Holzwarth was killed while working on the construction
site of a new movie theater being built on East 84th Street, New York, New York. He was struck in the head with a beam."
♥༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻ ༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻ ༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻♥
The Sun, New York, New York
Wednesday, August 07, 1907
"Shop Windows Smashed and Other Damage
on Washington Heights.
A heavy blast was set off at 5 o'clock last evening in the excavation that is being made for a row of flats at the southeast corner of 148th Street and Broadway.
A shower of stones and heavy fragments of rock was hurled for a block down Broadway.
Persons coming out of the subway exit at 145th Street met a bail of rocks.
The Wolfert drug store, at 8550 Broadway, had a front window and the soda fountain smashed. Costos Sarris, a florist at 3553,
was cut on the wrist by a rock that was hurled through bis shop after breaking a window.
The Newport Laundry, at 3553, and the Tanohaueser barber shop, in the same store, both got broken windows.
A man who was washing the windows in front of Medzigian Bros.' drug store, at 3551, was knocked off his ladder, but not hurt.
Dominic Marino of 283 East 149th Street, a laborer employed in the work of excavation, was struck on the hand and received a bad scalp wound.
Henry Holzworth of 320 East Eighty-first Street, also a laborer in the cut had an artery in his right arm cut.
Dr. Fred Albee treated the men and they went to their homes.
Policeman Berryman of the West 183rd Street Station arrested Patrick Breen, foreman for George Brown, the contractor for reckless blasting."
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Biography written by Find A Grave Member GWTWQUEENIE. Please do not reprint without permission. Thank You.
Six years after his accidental death, Heinrich's town of birth was listed as Strasburg, Germany on the 1920 United States Census, Line 53, Question 21: Father's Place of Birth, Strasburg, for his 14 year old son Harold Holzwarth who in 1920 was a resident at The New York Juvenile Asylum in Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County, New York.
According to the June 1, 1905 New York State Census for Manhattan, New York, Heinrich was living with his wife and children at 320 East 81st Street, New York, New York, and at the time the census was taken, Heinrich had been living in the United States for 18 years. The census further stated Heinrich was an American citizen.
The United States 1910 Census states Henry was born September of 1865 as opposed to December 31, 1867.
Henry, as Henrich was known, was a mason and an iron worker.
While working on a construction site of a new movie theater, which was being built on East 84th Street, New York, New York, there was a terrible accident.
As recounted by his granddaughter Mathilda Eleanor Kienzle-Morrison, her grandfather Henry was "Killed after being struck in the head with a beam."
His wife Louisa, who had a sixth sense about her, begged Henry not to go back to work after he came home for lunch to their apartment on 345 East 81st Street, New York, New York. She told Henry she had a premonition something bad was going to happen to him. Henry dismissed her fears and went back to the work.
According to his New York City Death Certificate, 47 year old Henry's cause of death was surgical shock following a compound skull fracture, compound fracture of right femur, tibia and fibula and compound fracture of left patella caused by a falling iron girder.
Henry was buried on Friday, June 19, 1914 and is in this grave with two of his and Louisa's children, Henry Holzwarth, Jr. who died at the young age of 24 on June 26, 1915 - only 1 year and 7 days after his beloved father and his loving eldest daughter Margaret Holzwarth who had predeceased Henry dying way too soon age the age of 16 on July 8, 1910.
The family did not have funds to erect a headstone on the grave. None was ever purchased so there is no headstone on Henry's grave.
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Excerpt from 1998 conversation with Henry's granddaughter Mathilda Eleanor Kienzle-Morrison:
"My mother always told me that my grandmother, Louisa Richter-Holzwarth had a sixth sense about her. My Grandmother told my Grandfather she had a premonition that something bad was going to happen to him. She asked him not to go back to work after he came home from lunch that day. He did not listen and returned to work after lunch. There was an accident at work and Henry Holzwarth was killed while working on the construction
site of a new movie theater being built on East 84th Street, New York, New York. He was struck in the head with a beam."
♥༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻ ༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻ ༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻♥
The Sun, New York, New York
Wednesday, August 07, 1907
"Shop Windows Smashed and Other Damage
on Washington Heights.
A heavy blast was set off at 5 o'clock last evening in the excavation that is being made for a row of flats at the southeast corner of 148th Street and Broadway.
A shower of stones and heavy fragments of rock was hurled for a block down Broadway.
Persons coming out of the subway exit at 145th Street met a bail of rocks.
The Wolfert drug store, at 8550 Broadway, had a front window and the soda fountain smashed. Costos Sarris, a florist at 3553,
was cut on the wrist by a rock that was hurled through bis shop after breaking a window.
The Newport Laundry, at 3553, and the Tanohaueser barber shop, in the same store, both got broken windows.
A man who was washing the windows in front of Medzigian Bros.' drug store, at 3551, was knocked off his ladder, but not hurt.
Dominic Marino of 283 East 149th Street, a laborer employed in the work of excavation, was struck on the hand and received a bad scalp wound.
Henry Holzworth of 320 East Eighty-first Street, also a laborer in the cut had an artery in his right arm cut.
Dr. Fred Albee treated the men and they went to their homes.
Policeman Berryman of the West 183rd Street Station arrested Patrick Breen, foreman for George Brown, the contractor for reckless blasting."
♥༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻ ༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻ ༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻♥
Biography written by Find A Grave Member GWTWQUEENIE. Please do not reprint without permission. Thank You.
The son of German nationals Jacob and Elizabeth (Margaret) Holzwarth, Heinrich Holzwarth was born on December 31, 1867 in the town of Strasburg, located in the Vorpommern-Greifswald District of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
Six years after his accidental death, Heinrich's town of birth was listed as Strasburg, Germany on the 1920 United States Census, Line 53, Question 21: Father's Place of Birth, Strasburg, for his 14 year old son Harold Holzwarth who in 1920 was a resident at The New York Juvenile Asylum in Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County, New York.
According to the June 1, 1905 New York State Census for Manhattan, New York, Heinrich was living with his wife and children at 320 East 81st Street, New York, New York, and at the time the census was taken, Heinrich had been living in the United States for 18 years. The census further stated Heinrich was an American citizen.
The United States 1910 Census states Henry was born September of 1865 as opposed to December 31, 1867.
Henry, as Henrich was known, was a mason and an iron worker.
While working on a construction site of a new movie theater, which was being built on East 84th Street, New York, New York, there was a terrible accident.
As recounted by his granddaughter Mathilda Eleanor Kienzle-Morrison, her grandfather Henry was "Killed after being struck in the head with a beam."
His wife Louisa, who had a sixth sense about her, begged Henry not to go back to work after he came home for lunch to their apartment on 345 East 81st Street, New York, New York. She told Henry she had a premonition something bad was going to happen to him. Henry dismissed her fears and went back to the work.
According to his New York City Death Certificate, 47 year old Henry's cause of death was surgical shock following a compound skull fracture, compound fracture of right femur, tibia and fibula and compound fracture of left patella caused by a falling iron girder.
Henry was buried on Friday, June 19, 1914 and is in this grave with two of his and Louisa's children, Henry Holzwarth, Jr. who died at the young age of 24 on June 26, 1915 - only 1 year and 7 days after his beloved father and his loving eldest daughter Margaret Holzwarth who had predeceased Henry dying way too soon age the age of 16 on July 8, 1910.
The family did not have funds to erect a headstone on the grave. None was ever purchased so there is no headstone on Henry's grave.
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Excerpt from 1998 conversation with Henry's granddaughter Mathilda Eleanor Kienzle-Morrison:
"My mother always told me that my grandmother, Louisa Richter-Holzwarth had a sixth sense about her. My Grandmother told my Grandfather she had a premonition that something bad was going to happen to him. She asked him not to go back to work after he came home from lunch that day. He did not listen and returned to work after lunch. There was an accident at work and Henry Holzwarth was killed while working on the construction
site of a new movie theater being built on East 84th Street, New York, New York. He was struck in the head with a beam."
♥༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻ ༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻ ༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻♥
The Sun, New York, New York
Wednesday, August 07, 1907
"Shop Windows Smashed and Other Damage
on Washington Heights.
A heavy blast was set off at 5 o'clock last evening in the excavation that is being made for a row of flats at the southeast corner of 148th Street and Broadway.
A shower of stones and heavy fragments of rock was hurled for a block down Broadway.
Persons coming out of the subway exit at 145th Street met a bail of rocks.
The Wolfert drug store, at 8550 Broadway, had a front window and the soda fountain smashed. Costos Sarris, a florist at 3553,
was cut on the wrist by a rock that was hurled through bis shop after breaking a window.
The Newport Laundry, at 3553, and the Tanohaueser barber shop, in the same store, both got broken windows.
A man who was washing the windows in front of Medzigian Bros.' drug store, at 3551, was knocked off his ladder, but not hurt.
Dominic Marino of 283 East 149th Street, a laborer employed in the work of excavation, was struck on the hand and received a bad scalp wound.
Henry Holzworth of 320 East Eighty-first Street, also a laborer in the cut had an artery in his right arm cut.
Dr. Fred Albee treated the men and they went to their homes.
Policeman Berryman of the West 183rd Street Station arrested Patrick Breen, foreman for George Brown, the contractor for reckless blasting."
♥༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻ ༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻ ༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻♥
Biography written by Find A Grave Member GWTWQUEENIE. Please do not reprint without permission. Thank You.
Six years after his accidental death, Heinrich's town of birth was listed as Strasburg, Germany on the 1920 United States Census, Line 53, Question 21: Father's Place of Birth, Strasburg, for his 14 year old son Harold Holzwarth who in 1920 was a resident at The New York Juvenile Asylum in Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County, New York.
According to the June 1, 1905 New York State Census for Manhattan, New York, Heinrich was living with his wife and children at 320 East 81st Street, New York, New York, and at the time the census was taken, Heinrich had been living in the United States for 18 years. The census further stated Heinrich was an American citizen.
The United States 1910 Census states Henry was born September of 1865 as opposed to December 31, 1867.
Henry, as Henrich was known, was a mason and an iron worker.
While working on a construction site of a new movie theater, which was being built on East 84th Street, New York, New York, there was a terrible accident.
As recounted by his granddaughter Mathilda Eleanor Kienzle-Morrison, her grandfather Henry was "Killed after being struck in the head with a beam."
His wife Louisa, who had a sixth sense about her, begged Henry not to go back to work after he came home for lunch to their apartment on 345 East 81st Street, New York, New York. She told Henry she had a premonition something bad was going to happen to him. Henry dismissed her fears and went back to the work.
According to his New York City Death Certificate, 47 year old Henry's cause of death was surgical shock following a compound skull fracture, compound fracture of right femur, tibia and fibula and compound fracture of left patella caused by a falling iron girder.
Henry was buried on Friday, June 19, 1914 and is in this grave with two of his and Louisa's children, Henry Holzwarth, Jr. who died at the young age of 24 on June 26, 1915 - only 1 year and 7 days after his beloved father and his loving eldest daughter Margaret Holzwarth who had predeceased Henry dying way too soon age the age of 16 on July 8, 1910.
The family did not have funds to erect a headstone on the grave. None was ever purchased so there is no headstone on Henry's grave.
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Excerpt from 1998 conversation with Henry's granddaughter Mathilda Eleanor Kienzle-Morrison:
"My mother always told me that my grandmother, Louisa Richter-Holzwarth had a sixth sense about her. My Grandmother told my Grandfather she had a premonition that something bad was going to happen to him. She asked him not to go back to work after he came home from lunch that day. He did not listen and returned to work after lunch. There was an accident at work and Henry Holzwarth was killed while working on the construction
site of a new movie theater being built on East 84th Street, New York, New York. He was struck in the head with a beam."
♥༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻ ༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻ ༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻♥
The Sun, New York, New York
Wednesday, August 07, 1907
"Shop Windows Smashed and Other Damage
on Washington Heights.
A heavy blast was set off at 5 o'clock last evening in the excavation that is being made for a row of flats at the southeast corner of 148th Street and Broadway.
A shower of stones and heavy fragments of rock was hurled for a block down Broadway.
Persons coming out of the subway exit at 145th Street met a bail of rocks.
The Wolfert drug store, at 8550 Broadway, had a front window and the soda fountain smashed. Costos Sarris, a florist at 3553,
was cut on the wrist by a rock that was hurled through bis shop after breaking a window.
The Newport Laundry, at 3553, and the Tanohaueser barber shop, in the same store, both got broken windows.
A man who was washing the windows in front of Medzigian Bros.' drug store, at 3551, was knocked off his ladder, but not hurt.
Dominic Marino of 283 East 149th Street, a laborer employed in the work of excavation, was struck on the hand and received a bad scalp wound.
Henry Holzworth of 320 East Eighty-first Street, also a laborer in the cut had an artery in his right arm cut.
Dr. Fred Albee treated the men and they went to their homes.
Policeman Berryman of the West 183rd Street Station arrested Patrick Breen, foreman for George Brown, the contractor for reckless blasting."
♥༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻ ༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻ ༺✿ڰۣڿ✿༻♥
Biography written by Find A Grave Member GWTWQUEENIE. Please do not reprint without permission. Thank You.
Family Members
Children
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Louise Sophia Holzwarth Harrison
1889–1979
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Henry Holzwarth Jr
1891–1915
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Margaretha "Margaret or Maggie" Holzwarth
1893–1910
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Anna Holzwarth
1895–1897
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George Holzwarth
1897–1918
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Jacob Frederick "Fred" Holzwarth
1899–1963
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John Charles Holzwarth
1902–1966
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Harold George "Harry" Holzwarth
1905–1977
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Mathilda "Tillie" Holzwarth Kienzle Wenger
1908–1969
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William "Willie" Holzwarth
1912–1916
