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Albert Ludwig Bierbaum

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Albert Ludwig Bierbaum

Birth
Garnavillo, Clayton County, Iowa, USA
Death
26 Oct 1954 (aged 76)
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Burial
Cremated, Location of ashes is unknown Add to Map
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Seattle Daily Times, WA, Thursday, October 28, 1954, pg. 62, col. 1

ALBERT L. BIERBAUM

Funeral services for Albert L. Bierbaum, 75, retired candy manufacturer, will be held at 11 o'clock tomorrow in the Arthur A. Wright & Son chapel. Cremation will follow.

Mr. Bierbaum died in a hospital Tuesday after he collapsed from a heart attack in Ballard. He resided at 163 Hayes St.

Mr. Bierbaum and a partner founded the Queen Anne Candy Co. in the middle 1920's, a few years after he came to Seattle. He retired in 1948.

Born and reared in Iowa, Mr. Bierbaum was an implement salesman in Duluth and Rochester, Minn., before coming to Seattle. He was a member of the United Commercial Travelers.

Survivors are his wife, Clara L., a daughter, Mrs. William O. Creighton, and three grandchildren, all of Seattle.
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Seattle Post-Intelligence, WA, Saturday, October 30, 1954, pg. 3, col. 4

Death Take A. L. Bierbaum

Albert L. Bierbaum, 76, of 163 Hayes St. died in Providence Hospital Tuesday following a heart attack.

He was born in Garnavillo, Iowa, came to Seattle 32 years ago and had been associated with the Queen Anne Candy Co. from about 1925 until his retirement in 1948. He was a member of the United Commercial Travelers' Lodge.

Surviving are his wife, Clara L. Bierbaum, and daughter, Mrs. W. O. Creighton, Seattle, and three children.

Funeral services were held Friday at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Arthur A. Wright and son, followed by cremation.
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Biography of his Father

John F. Bierbaum
Clayton Twp.

John F. Bierbaum was born in Hanover, Germany, on the 5th day of June, 1834. He came to the United State in 1847, landed at New Orleans, thence by steamer to Guttenberg, Ia. He resided on the old homestead of his father in Garnavillo township, now occupied by his brother Gerhard, eight years, then purchased his present farm of 202 ares in Clayton Township. He has been twice married, first on Jan. 16, 1856, to Justine Bruns, of Hanover. Eight children were born of this union, viz.: Catherine E., born Nov. 14, 1856; Sophia M., Aug. 14, 1858; Maria J., Nov. 2, 1860; John H., Oct 2, 1862; Lucia W., Oct. 30, 1864; Margaret K., Sept. 27, 1866; Anna L., Nov. 21, 1868, and Florentina, Feb. 21, 1871. Mr. Bierbaum was again married on Feb. 8, 1872, to Susan Mettler, a native of Switzerland, born in 1841. They have had two children-Frederick G., born Dec. 8, 1874, and Albert L., July 2, 1878. Mr. Bierbaum is a member of the Lutheran church, and in politics is a Democrat.

source: History of Clayton County, Iowa, 1882, p. 719
transcribed by Sally Scarff and Marlene Chaney

Biography courtesy of Patricia Grady Kane (50427603)
Seattle Daily Times, WA, Thursday, October 28, 1954, pg. 62, col. 1

ALBERT L. BIERBAUM

Funeral services for Albert L. Bierbaum, 75, retired candy manufacturer, will be held at 11 o'clock tomorrow in the Arthur A. Wright & Son chapel. Cremation will follow.

Mr. Bierbaum died in a hospital Tuesday after he collapsed from a heart attack in Ballard. He resided at 163 Hayes St.

Mr. Bierbaum and a partner founded the Queen Anne Candy Co. in the middle 1920's, a few years after he came to Seattle. He retired in 1948.

Born and reared in Iowa, Mr. Bierbaum was an implement salesman in Duluth and Rochester, Minn., before coming to Seattle. He was a member of the United Commercial Travelers.

Survivors are his wife, Clara L., a daughter, Mrs. William O. Creighton, and three grandchildren, all of Seattle.
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Seattle Post-Intelligence, WA, Saturday, October 30, 1954, pg. 3, col. 4

Death Take A. L. Bierbaum

Albert L. Bierbaum, 76, of 163 Hayes St. died in Providence Hospital Tuesday following a heart attack.

He was born in Garnavillo, Iowa, came to Seattle 32 years ago and had been associated with the Queen Anne Candy Co. from about 1925 until his retirement in 1948. He was a member of the United Commercial Travelers' Lodge.

Surviving are his wife, Clara L. Bierbaum, and daughter, Mrs. W. O. Creighton, Seattle, and three children.

Funeral services were held Friday at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Arthur A. Wright and son, followed by cremation.
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Biography of his Father

John F. Bierbaum
Clayton Twp.

John F. Bierbaum was born in Hanover, Germany, on the 5th day of June, 1834. He came to the United State in 1847, landed at New Orleans, thence by steamer to Guttenberg, Ia. He resided on the old homestead of his father in Garnavillo township, now occupied by his brother Gerhard, eight years, then purchased his present farm of 202 ares in Clayton Township. He has been twice married, first on Jan. 16, 1856, to Justine Bruns, of Hanover. Eight children were born of this union, viz.: Catherine E., born Nov. 14, 1856; Sophia M., Aug. 14, 1858; Maria J., Nov. 2, 1860; John H., Oct 2, 1862; Lucia W., Oct. 30, 1864; Margaret K., Sept. 27, 1866; Anna L., Nov. 21, 1868, and Florentina, Feb. 21, 1871. Mr. Bierbaum was again married on Feb. 8, 1872, to Susan Mettler, a native of Switzerland, born in 1841. They have had two children-Frederick G., born Dec. 8, 1874, and Albert L., July 2, 1878. Mr. Bierbaum is a member of the Lutheran church, and in politics is a Democrat.

source: History of Clayton County, Iowa, 1882, p. 719
transcribed by Sally Scarff and Marlene Chaney

Biography courtesy of Patricia Grady Kane (50427603)


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