Caroline Emilia Donnow
Sex: F
AKA: Carrie
Individual Information
Birth Date: 6 Apr 1909 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Christening:
Death: 1 Jul 1983 - Violet, St. Bernard, Louisiana, USA
Burial: 5 Jul 1983 - St. Bernard Memorial Gardens, Chalmette, St. Bernard, Louisiana, USA
Cause of Death:
Events
• Soc Sec Num: 436-26-7926.
Parents
Father: Frederick Donnow Jr. {FGID: 167070763}
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Frisch {FGID: 166656079}
Spouses and Children
1. *Louis Jacob Silbernagel {FGID: 136184916}
Marriage: Feb 1926 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Children:
1. Louis Leonard Silbernagel Jr.
2. Brenda Joyce Ann Silbernagel
Notes
General:
Per 1910 US Census 4/18/1910, 922 Independence Street, 9th Ward, New Orleans, Orleans, LaMarriage Notes (Louis Jacob Silbernagel)
Fred Donnow is the 37 year old white male head of household, who rents his home and works as a laborer for a freight handler. Born in Louisiana, his parents in Germany, he has been married for 9 years to 33 year old Mary E. H. Donnow. Mary was born in Louisiana, as were her parents. She has had 4 children, all still living. The children, all born in Louisiana, are: 8 year old son, Fred, attends school; 7 year old daughter, Theresa, attends school; 5 year old son, Joseph; and 1 year 9 (?) month old daughter, Carrie.
Also living with the family if Fred's brother-in-law, 24 year old Emile Frisch, single, born in Louisiana as were his parents, working as a salesman in a grocery.
Per 1920 US Census 1/30/1920, 905 Independence Street, 9th Ward, New Orleans, Orleans, La
Fred Donnow is the 47 year old white male head of household. Born in Louisiana, his parents in Germany, he rents his home and works as a laborer in a distillery. His wife, Elizabeth, is 42, and was born in Louisiana, as were her parents. They have 4 children, all single, all born in Louisiana: son Fred C. Donnow is 18 years old, and a calker in a shipyard; daughter, Theresa S. Donnow is 17 year old and works in a knitting mill; 15 year old son, Joseph B. Dannow is a helper reamer in a shipyard; and 10 year old daughter, Caroline A. Donnow attends school.
Per 1930 US Census: 4/11/1930 833 Clouet St, 9th Ward New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana
Louis Silbernagel is the 30 year old white male head of household, who rents his home for $23 a month. He and all family member were born in Louisiana, as were their parents. Louis works as a fireman for the fire department, and is not a military veteran. His wife is 21 year old Carrie Silbernagel. When they first got married, Louis was 26 and Carrie was 16 years old. The have two sons, 2 year 7 month old Louis Silbernagel and 1 year 1 month old Joseph Silbernagel. Also living in the home is Louis' brother, 21 year old Joseph Silbernagel, who works as a bookkeeper in a bank, and mother-in-law Lizabath Donnow, 53 year old widow, working as a cook in a restaurant.
Per 1940 US Census: 4/2/1940 1030 Clouet, 9th Ward, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana
Louis J. Silbernagel is the 40 year old white male head of household, who rents his home for $20 a month. He and all family members were born in Louisiana, and lived in the same city in 1935. Educated through 5th grade, Louis is a fireman in the New Orleans Fire Department, working 50 hours the last week of March, and in 52 weeks of work earned $1,604 in 1939. His wife, 30 year old Caroline Silbernagel [informant], finished 7th grade in school. Louis L. Silbernagel, 12 year old son, attends school, finished 3rd grade. Joseph F. Silbernagel, 11 year old son, attends school, finished 3rd grade. Brenda J. Silbernagel is the 6 month old daughter. Elizabeth E. Donnow, mother-in-law, is a 63 year old widow, who finished 3 years of high school. She works as a portress for the N. O. School Board, working 40 hours the last week of March, and earned $852 for 52 weeks of work in 1939.
Per Obituary in the Times-Picayune 7/4/1983
Caroline Donnow Silbernagel, on Friday, July 1, 1983 at 7:01 p.m., beloved wife of the late Louis Jacob Silbernagel; daughter of the late Mary Elizabeth Firsch and Frederick Donnow; mother of Brenda Silbernagel Hingle, Louis, Joseph and Thomas Silbernagel; sister of Theresa Payne, Frederick Donnow, and the late Joseph Donnow; also survived by 15 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Age 74 years, a native of New Orleans, and a resident of Violet, LA for the past 10 years.
Relatives and friends of the family, also employees of Boeing Company, K-Mart, John H. Hosland, Martin Marietta, New Orleans Fire Department, New Orleans Police Department, Medical Center of East New Orleans, Avondale Shipyards, Herron Company, and the American Can Company, are invited to attend the funeral. Services from the St. Bernard Memorial Funeral Home, 7701 St. Bernard Hwy., Arabi, La., on Tuesday, July 5, 1983 at 11:00 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Violet, La.
Interment in St. Bernard Memorial Gardens. Friends may call from 4:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. Monday.
Per Social Security death index:
SILBERNAGEL, CAROLINE
Born: 06 Apr 1909
Died: Jul 1983at age 74
Last residence: 70092 (Violet, Saint Bernard, LA)
Issued in LouisianaSSN 436-26-7926
Per New Orleans marriage index
February 1926
Bride: CAROLINE EMILIA DONNOW
Groom: LOUIS JACOB SILBERNAGEL
Parish: Orleans
Page: 147 Volume: 50
Per Times-Picayune 2/12/1926
Marriages
Louis J. Silbernagel and Carolina A. Donnow