On June 15 1904 Arthur (6) of 95 2nd Ave., boarded the General Slocum with his parents Bernard (38) and Valesca (29), and his brothers: Grover (13), Walter (10), and Edgar (4). But shortly after departing, the ship caught fire which spread quickly.
Arthur survived and was treated at Lincoln Hospital with a burned head. His older brothers Grover and Walter survived to, but his mother Valesca and little brother Edgar were killed, and his father Bernard survived but died of his injuries 8 days later.
After the fire Arthur and his remaining brothers with taken in by their maternal grandmother Johanna Hager. He worked as a jeweler. He married Gertrude Eschrich on April 27, 1918, and had two children:
Grace (1919)
Arthur Jr. (1921)
He was still alive in 1930.
Arthur survived and was treated at Lincoln Hospital with a burned head. His older brothers Grover and Walter survived to, but his mother Valesca and little brother Edgar were killed, and his father Bernard survived but died of his injuries 8 days later.
After the fire Arthur and his remaining brothers with taken in by their maternal grandmother Johanna Hager. He worked as a jeweler. He married Gertrude Eschrich on April 27, 1918, and had two children:
Grace (1919)
Arthur Jr. (1921)
He was still alive in 1930.
On June 15 1904 Arthur (6) of 95 2nd Ave., boarded the General Slocum with his parents Bernard (38) and Valesca (29), and his brothers: Grover (13), Walter (10), and Edgar (4). But shortly after departing, the ship caught fire which spread quickly.
Arthur survived and was treated at Lincoln Hospital with a burned head. His older brothers Grover and Walter survived to, but his mother Valesca and little brother Edgar were killed, and his father Bernard survived but died of his injuries 8 days later.
After the fire Arthur and his remaining brothers with taken in by their maternal grandmother Johanna Hager. He worked as a jeweler. He married Gertrude Eschrich on April 27, 1918, and had two children:
Grace (1919)
Arthur Jr. (1921)
He was still alive in 1930.
Arthur survived and was treated at Lincoln Hospital with a burned head. His older brothers Grover and Walter survived to, but his mother Valesca and little brother Edgar were killed, and his father Bernard survived but died of his injuries 8 days later.
After the fire Arthur and his remaining brothers with taken in by their maternal grandmother Johanna Hager. He worked as a jeweler. He married Gertrude Eschrich on April 27, 1918, and had two children:
Grace (1919)
Arthur Jr. (1921)
He was still alive in 1930.
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