William John Ahsenmacher
Sex: M
AKA: William Ashman
Individual Information
Birth Date: 7 Mar 1876 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Christening:
Death: 5 Jan 1957 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Burial: 6 Jan 1957 - St Vincent de Paul Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Cause of Death: Dog Attack
Parents
Father: Henry Ahsenmacher
Mother: Barbara Eber
Spouses and Children
1. *Carolina Marguerite Geissler
Marriage: 25 Jan 1898 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Children:
1. Augusta Caroline Ahsenmacher
Notes
General:
Railroad worker.Medical:
Per Orleans birth index:
Ahsenmacher, William M - 03/07/1876 Volume 66 Page 583
Father: H.
Mother: Barbara Heber
Per 1880 US Census, 6/17/1880, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Henry Ahsenmacher, is a 56 year old white male, employed as a shoe maker, born in Prussia as were his parents. His wife 46 year old Barbara, keeps house, and was born in Alsace, as were her parents. Their children, all born in Louisiana, are -
Henry, son, 19, shoemaker
Barbara, daughter, 16, at home
Emma, daughter, 14, at home
Augusta, daughter, 12, at school
Albert, son, 8, at school
William, son 4
Per 1900 U S Census:
Living in a rental duplex at 1128-30 Clouet St in New Orleans, LA is:
1128 - William Ashman (Asenmacher) and his wife Carolina, and their daughter Augusta, and their two step children from Carolina's first marriage, John and Andranina Silbernagel. William, born April 1875, is a 25 year old white male trunk maker. Carolina, born October 1870 is a 29 year old white female, and they have been married 3 years.
Andranina was born December 1892 and is 7 years old. John was born September 1891, is 8 years old. Augusta was born November 1898 and is one year old.
The other side of the duplex, 1130, has Peter Schultz and his wife Barbara (Silbernagel) and her brother John Silbernagel and sister Margaret Silbernagel. Peter, born February 1866, is 34 years old. Barbara was born October 1873 and is 26. They have been married 9 years and have no children. John, born May 1881, is 19 and is a grocery clerk. Margaret was born February 1888, is 12 years old and at school. All in the house speak English and can read and write.
Per WWI Draft Registration, Roll: 1684921, dated 9/12/1918
William John Ahsenmacher, 3315 Marais, N. O., Orleans, Louisiana is 42 years old, born March 7, 1876. He is white, native born, employed as a carpenter for Foundation Cos., located at France & Dorgenois in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana. His nearest relative is Carrie Geisler Ahsenmacher of 3315 Marais, N. O., Orleans, Louisiana. John is medium height, medium build, blue eyes, light hair, and no obvious physical disqualifiers.
Per 1920 US Census:
Rental house at168 Marais St, New Orleans, LA - head of household is 43 year old white male William Ahsenmacher, born in Louisiana, parents born in Germany, he is employed as a house carpenter. His wife, Caroline, 41, was born in Louisiana. Her father was born in Alsace Loraine, native language French. Her mother was born in Germany, native language German.
Per 1930 US Census:
T626 Roll 806 Page 250 9th Ward New Orleans, LA Lines 6-7, 1534 Piety St.
Head of Household is William Ahsenmacher, 54 year old white male, born in Louisiana, parents in Alsace Lorraine, France. Value of house, which he owns, is $100. He is employed as a carpenter in the builder trade. He is not a veteran.
His wife, 61 year old Carolina, was also born in Louisiana, and her parents were from Alsace Lorraine, France. She is not employed.
Per Obituary in the Times-Picayune 1/6/1957 Page 8
AHSENMACHER -- On Saturday, January 5, 1957, at 10:25 o'clock a. m., WILLIAM J. AHSENMACHER, husband of the late Caroline Geisler; father of the late Mrs. Augusta Duhy; stepfather of Mrs. N. Caruso and the late John Silbernagel; brother of Albert Ahsenmacher and the late Barbara Augusta and Henry Ahsenmacher; also survived by 16 grandchildren and a number of great grandchildren; aged 80 years; a native of New Orleans, La.
Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral on Sunday, January 6, 1957, at 3:30 o'clock p. m., from the funeral home of Jacob Schoen and Son, Inc., 527 Elysian Fields avenue. Religious services at First English Lutheran church.
Interment in St. Vincent de Paul No. 2 cemetery.
Per The Times-Picayune 1/6/1957Marriage Notes (Carolina Marguerite Geissler)
81, FOUND DEAD AMONG 13 DOGS
Aged Man's Last Thought Was Food for Canines
Eighty-one-year-old William Ahsenmacher was always fond of dogs. He would always feed his dogs, friends recalled, before he would feed himself.
Late Friday he fell from a step-ladder at his home, 1534 Piety and was carried into his kitchen by a neighbor.
Typically, as he lay on the floor, apparently only slightly injured, he thought first about his 13 dogs. He pleaded with the neighbor to buy three cases of dog food for his pets.
The neighbor, William Heuscher 76, got the dog food, placed it on a chair near the old man and left.
Huescher returned about 9 a. m. Saturday to visit Ahsenmacher. The old man was still lying on the floor in the kitchen. Around him were the dogs. One of them bit Huescher.
Ahsenmacher was dead. His head and face were clawed, chewed and mangled. During the night the dogs had attacked him. The coroner's office has scheduled an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
Per The Times-Picayune 1/7/1957
Fall Is Blames In Man's Death
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The Orleans parish coroner's office reported Sunday a 79-year-old man found dead in the kitchen of his home at 1534 Piety among his 13 pet dogs, had died of a fractured pelvis and internal bleeding.
The injuries were presumed to have occurred when William Ahsenmacher, widower and carpenter, fell from a stepladder at his home early Friday night.
He was found lying in an alley at his home by a neighbor, who carried him inside and laid him on the kitchen floor. The neighbor returned at 9 a. m. Saturday and found Ahsenmacher dead.
The office reported the dogs had started to destroy their master. However, he was probably dead before the dogs assailed him, the coroner's office said.
The death, however, is still under investigation by the coroner.
Per Times-Picayune 1/10/1957 Page 18
HERD OF 'ORPHANED DOGS' SEEK HOMES
William Ahsenmacher, 81, fell off a stepladder last Friday and died Saturday morning. He left a "herd" of 10 dogs, reports Mrs. Alvin Adolph, VErnon 5-8180. Eight of the dogs still need to find homes.
"I was asked by another dog lover if I would take over the herd" Mrs. Adolph said. "The SPCA moved the dogs to their animal shelter Saturday but could not keep them indefinitely. Miss Marie Rosato was very co-operative. She let me move the 10 dogs from the SPCA to Dr. Vincent LiRocchi Jr.'s.
"Mrs. Grace R. Roe amd Mrs. Gertrude Trottman are defraying expenses of the dogs boarding at Dr. LiRocchi's - but they cannot keep that up indefinitely, either.
We are advertising to find good homes for these pets and have already placed two. The eight dogs left are all mixed breeds; one deformed hind legs. All will be given free."
The New Orleans marriage index lists the marriage of the widow of Andrew Silbernagel at age 27 to 22 year old William Ahsenmacher in New Orleans on 1/25/1898.
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