Husband Albert Laufer
Born: Abt 1825
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1 M Berthold Laufer 1
Born: 26 Aug 1851 - Germany
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Died: 17 Jan 1923 - Town Of Tonawanda, Erie Co., N. Y.
Buried: 18 Jan 1923 - Pine Hill, Buffalo Cemetery, Cheektowaga, Erie, NY
Spouse: Christina Pfeiffer (1854-1918) 1
Marr: Abt 1874
General Notes for Child: Berthold Laufer
Ship "Suevia" manifest ID 37186 Berthold Laufer, age 32, carpenter. Last Residence: Saxony Sailed from Hamburg to New York 3-10-1883 SUEVIA The "Suevia" was built by Caird & Co. Greenock, Scotland in 1874 for Hamburg America Line. She was a 3609 gross ton vessel, length 360.3ft x beam 41ft, one funnel, two masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 13 knots. There was accommodation for 100-1st, 70-2nd and 600-3rd class passengers. Launched on 1/6/1874, she sailed from Hamburg on her maiden voyage to Havre and New York on 21/10/1874. She was transferred to the Naples - New York service on 11/4/1894 and ran between Hamburg - New York and Mediterranean ports - New York until 27/10/1894 when she commenced her last Hamburg - New York voyage. On 10/4/1895 she sailed on her last Naples - New York voyage and in 1896 was sold to a French company who renamed her "Quatre Amis". In 1896, she stranded in the River Scheldt, was refloated and scrapped at Marseilles the same year. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1, p.391] [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Ted Finch - 6 October 1997] The steamship SUEVIA was built for the Hamburg America Line by Caird & Co, Greenock (ship #180), and launched on 1 June 1874. 3,609 tons; 109,8 x 12,5 meters (length x breadth); straight bow, 1 funnel, 2 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion (double-expansion engines), service speed 13 knots; passenger accommodation: 100 in 1st class, 70 in 2nd class, 600 in steerage; crew of 115. 21 October 1874, maiden voyage, Hamburg-Havre-New York. 1884, new boilers by Reiherstiegwerft. 13 April 1889, in dense fog off the Nantucket lightship, collided with the American pilot schooner COMMODORE BATEMAN, with sank with the loss of 2 lives. 11 April 1894-10 April 1895, 6 roundtrip voyages, Naples-New York. 27 October 1894, last voyage, Hamburg New York. 1896, sold to Schiaffino, Nyer & Siges, Algiers; renamed QUATRE AMIS. 1898, stranded in the River Scheldt; refloated and towed to Marseilles, where she was scrapped [Arnold Kludas and Herbert Bischoff, Die Schiffe der Hamburg- Amerika-Linie, Bd. 1: 1847-1906 (Herford: Koehler, 1979), p. 30 (photograph); Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (2nd ed.; Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications), vol. 1 (1975), p. 391]. Also pictured in Michael J. Anuta, Ships of Our Ancestors (Menominee, MI: Ships of Our Ancestors, 1983), p. 318, courtesy of the Steamship Historical society of America, Langsdale Library, University of Baltimore, 1420 Maryland Ave., Baltimore, MD 21201. - {Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 11 March 1998]
Sources
1 Town of Tonawanda, Erie, New York - Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, "Death Certificate - Town Of Tonawanda, Erie, New York", (Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Town of Tonawanda, Erie, New York), Death Records of the Year 1966, Registered 221, Page 334, Charles Louis Laufer. Place of Death: County of Erie, Town of Tonawanda, Kenmore Mercy Hospital.
Length of Stay in Town - 44 yrs
Usual Residence: 234 Lyndale Ave, Tonawanda, Erie, NY
Name: Charles Louis Laufer
Date of Death: April 29, 1966
Sex: Male; Color or Race: White; Widowed.
Wife: Anna C. Lorenz
Date of Birth: 3-1-1898 in Buffalo, NY
Occupation: Retired Steam Fitter
Father's Name: Berthold Laufer
Mother's Name: Christina Pfeifer
Social Security Number: 070-09-8648
Cause of Death: Immediate Cause (a) Carcinoma of Sigmoid Colon, due to (b) with generalized metastases, due to (c) Post Op Cardiac Failure.
"Patiend died Post Operation for Colon Resection.
Place of Burial: Buffalo Cemetery, Cheektowaga (Erie) N.Y. on May 2, 1966.
Undertaker - Carlton H. Dohn, 143 Kenmore Ave. Buffalo, NY.
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