Henry John Silbernagel

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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     Birth Date: 25 Sep 1892 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    Christening: 
          Death: 23 Jul 1939 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
         Burial: 24 Jul 1939 - St Vincent de Paul Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
 Cause of Death: 

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Parents

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         Father: George Silbernagel {FGID: 135876207}
         Mother: Margaret Seiter {FGID: 135876696}

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Myrtle Gelder
       Marriage: 

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Notes

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General:

Per Orleans birth index:
Silbernagel, Henry M W 09/25/1892 Volume 95 Page 645
Father: George
Mother: Margaret Suter

Per 1900 US Census:
Head of household at rental house 1043 Louisa in New Orleans, LA is George Silbernagel, a 33 year old white male born June 1867 in Lousisana, parents born in Germany. Married 14 years, he works as a grocer.
His wife is Margarette, a 33 year old born November 1867 in Louisiana as was her father, mother born in Germany. She and George both speak English, and can read and write.
The have had 7 children, all living:
Son - George 12 years old born November 1887 and is at school
Daughter - Annie 11 years old born April 1888 and is at school
Daughter - Caroline 9 years old born June 1890 ?
Son - Henry 7 years old born September 1892
Daughter - Barbara 5 years old born October 1894
Daughter - Antoinette 3 years old born November 1896
Daughter - Amelia (Mary) 1 year old born December 1898?

Per 1910 US Census:
Living at 1301 Clouet St, New Orleans, LA a rental house, head of household is George Silbernagel, a 42 year old white male married 24 years to Margaret. He is employed as a warehouseman for a wholesale grocery. They have had 10 children, and 9 are still living.
Children are:
George, Jr 23 laborer for railroad
Carolina (sp) 19 Mater at a Knitting Mill
Henry 17 Painter - House
Barbara 15 Looper at a Knitting Mill
Nettie [Antoinette] 13
Mimmie 11
Pauline 9
William 7
Clarence 5
and Niece - Mary 17

Per United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 6/5/1917
Name: Henry John Silbernagel Single, White
Address: 1301 Clouet, N.O., La.
Event: Draft Registration Registration date year range: 1917-1918
Event place: New Orleans City no 8, Louisiana, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 23 Birth date: 25 Sep 1893 Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Country of citizenship: United States
Occupation: Driver for Consumers Seltzer M W Co, 922 Toulouse [seltzer and mineral water]
Dependents: Mother and crippled brother & sister
Description: Medium height, stout build, grey eyes and dark hair
Nara publication title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards
Nara publication number: M1509
Film number: 1684921 Digital folder number: 005152058
Image number: 05411

Per 1920 US Census Series T625 Roll 622 Page 252, 208 Clouet St, 9th Ward 11th Precinct, New Orleans, LA:
Head of household is Steven Paretti, 23 year old white male who rents the house. Born in Louisiana as were his parents, he can read and write and is employed as a boiler maker for the government. His wife, Amelia, is 20 and can also read and write. Their daughter, Dorothy, is 3 months old, and was born in Louisiana.
Also living with them is Amelia's mother, Margaret, a widow aged 53. She and her parents were born in Louisiana. Some of Margaret's children live with them too:
Henry, 27 and single, born in Louisiana, employed painting houses.
Barbara, 25 and single, born in Louisiana, employed as a looper in a stocking mill.
Nettie, 22 and single, born in Louisiana does house work at home.
Willie, 17 and single, born in Louisiana, is unable to work.
Clarence, 15 and single, is office boy in a coffin factory.

Per August 2, 1925 Times-Picayune
CLASH WITH NEGRO ENDS IN INJURY
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Henry Silbernagel, 31 years old, of 3153 Urquhart street, was knocked to the street yesterday morning by an unidentified negro who tried to climb aboard a Tchoupitoulas street-car at Common and Tchoupitoulas streets, ahead of several white persons. In falling, Silbernagel suffered a fracture of the left leg.

Patrolman Jacob Young and a number of pedestrians pursued the negro, but he escaped on Common street. Police are seeking him.

Per 1930 US Census Series T626 Roll 806 Page 258:
3253 Urquart St, New Orleans, LA Head of Household is Barbara Guzman, who rents the house for $16 a month. She is a 35 year old white female, married when she was 26, born in Louisiana as were her parents. She lives with her two sons, ages 7 and 6, Erauste and Calvin, and her brother Henry Silbernagel. Henry is 37 years old, single and employed as a meter repair man for the city.

Per Obituary in the Times-Picayune 7/24/1939
SILBERNAGEL -- Of 3618 Marais street, Sunday, July 23, 1939, at 1:12 o'clock a.m., HENRY J. SILBERNAGEL, beloved husband of Myrtle Gelder, brother of Mrs. L. Prudhomme, Mrs. F. X. Perschall, Mrs. J. Guxmann, Mrs. S. Paretti, Clarence and George Silbernagel, aged 45 years, a native of New Orleans, La.
Relatives and friends of the family, also the employees of Sewerage and Water Board, Juvenile Court, Alden Mills, Ninth Ward Old Regular Democratic Association and Louisiana Democration Organization, are invited to attend the funeral Monday, July 24, 1939, at 3:30 o'clock p. m., from the mortuary of Jacob Schoen & Son, 527 Elysian Fields avenue. Religious services at Holy Trinity church.
Interment in St. Vincent De Paul Cemetery No. 2.

Research:

A Henry J. Silbernagel died in New Orleans July 1939 per state death index.