Adam Ostenwalder or Ostenwalter

Pittsburgh Pennsylvania city directories

[identification is likely, given the absence of other possibilities]

[1863 Pittsburgh city directory, on Footnote (accessed 16 October 2010): no entry]

[1865 Pittsburgh city directory, on Footnote (accessed 16 October 2010): no entry]

[1870 Pittsburgh city directory, on Footnote (accessed 16 October 2010): no entry]

[1875 Pittsburgh city directory, on Footnote (accessed 16 October 2010), page 471]
Ostwalter [sic] Adam, basketmkr, Laurel av, 16th wd

[1880 Pittsburgh city directory, publisher J F Diffenbacher, on Footnote, page 523]
Ostenwalter Adam, basket mkr, Laurel, 16th wd

[1883 Pittsburgh city directory, publisher Diffenbachr and Thurston, on Footnote, page 617]
Ostenwalder Adam, basket mkr, Juniper, n Laurel av

[1884 Pittsburgh city directory, publisher Stevenson and Foster, on Footnote, page 1884]
Ostenwalder Adam, basket mkr, Juniper, n Laurel av

[1885 Pittsburgh city directory, on Footnote (accessed 16 October 2010): no entry]

[1886 Pittsburgh city directory, on Footnote (accessed 16 October 2010): no entry]

1880 census

[1880 US census, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, supervisor's district 9, enumeration district 137 [?], microfilm series T9, film 1093, page 251 = 42 B handwritten]
[identification is likely, given the name, birthplace, and absence of other candidates]

line	1	2
street name	Laurel Avenue
house number
dwelling visit #	354
family visit #	391
name	Ostenwalter Adam	- Mary
color	W	W
sex	M	F
age	53	40
month born if born in year
relationship		Wife
single
married	1	1
widowed/divorced
married during year
occupation	Basket Maker	Keeping House
months unemployed
currently ill?
blind
deaf/dumb
idiotic
insane
disabled
school this year
can't read
can't write
birthplace	Switzerland	Ireland
father's birthplace	Switzerland	Ireland
mother's birthplace	Switzerland	Ireland

index to compiled service records

[index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania]
[transcribed 10 February 2015, from Fold3]
[I assume this is Adam, since there is no card for an Adam Ostenwalter]

Ostenwalter Andrew
Co. C, 91 Pennsylvania Inf.
Pvt | Pvt
See also [blank]

GENERAL INDEX CARD.

death certificate

[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, death certificates, 1870-1905, 1884, page 603, Adam Osterwalder]
[transcribed 22 October 2011, from FamilySearch]
1. Full Name of Deceased, Adam Osterwalder [sic]
2. Color, White
3. Sex, Male
4. Age, 60 Years, - Months, - Days.
5. Married
6. Occupation, Basket Maker
7. Date of Death, May 13 1884
8. Cause of Death, Primary, or Chief and Determining, Suicide by taking Paris Green
9. Duration of last illness, [blank]
10. When a Minor, [blank]
11. Birthplace, Germany
12. Late Residence, No. Juniper Street, 16 Ward.
13. TIme of Residence therein, 12 Years, - Months, - Days.
14. Place of Previous Residence, Germany
15. Place of Interment, German Lutheran Cemetery.
16. Date of Interment, May 14 1884
17. Name of Physician or other Person signing Certificate, Peter Dressler Coroner
18. His Residence, Court House, 2 Ward.
19. Undertaker, ND. Moreland
20. His Residence, No. 6100 Penn Avenue, 20 Ward.
21. Date of Certificate, May 13 1884
22. Date of Registration, May 24 1884