Helen Eulalia Hayes
Sex: F
AKA: Ella
Individual Information
Birth Date: 30 Aug 1887 - Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana, USA
Christening:
Death: 21 Apr 1964 - Metairie Hospital, Metairie, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA ( at age 76)
Burial: 23 Apr 1964 - Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Cause of Death: Congestive Heart Failure
Parents
Father: Charles Frederick Hayes
Mother: Nannie D. Buffington
Spouses and Children
1. *John Henry Silbernagel
Marriage: 15 Aug 1912 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Marriage Notes
Per New Orleans marriage index:
24 year old Helen E. Hayes married 22 year old John Henry Silbernagel on 8/15/1912.
Volume 34, page 609.
Per "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ4-TTRH : 15 October 2015), John Henry Silbernagel and Helen E Hayes, 15 Aug 1912; citing Orleans, Louisiana, United States, various parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 909,947.
Name: John Henry Silbernagel
Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 15 Aug 1912 Event Place: Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Gender: Male Age: 22 Birth Year (Estimated): 1890
Father's Name: Andr (Andrew) Silbernagel
Mother's Name: Mary Geissler
Spouse's Name: Helen E Hayes
Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 24 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1886
Spouse's Father's Name: Charles Hayes
Spouse's Mother's Name: Nan Buttington
Reference ID: 609 GS Film Number: 000909947
Digital Folder Number:004769151 Image Number:00335
Children:
1. Andrew Frederick Silbernagel
2. Helena Augusta Silbernagel
3. John Charles Silbernagel
4. William Albert Silbernagel Sr.
5. Evelyn Doris Silbernagel
6. Thomas Louis Silbernagel
Notes
General:
Methodist - converted to Catholic Was a nurse at Charity Hospital, then a housewife. Just a few months from completing her R.N. studies at Hotel Dieu, when she left to get married and have a family. She did beautiful embroidery work and her knitting and crochet were and are still "special keepsakes."Research:
A heavy woman with very long hair (when seated, it would touch the floor), worn in a bun in the back. She had very blue eyes.
Per 1900 US Census, 6/4/1900, Whitewater South, Hamilton County, Ohio
Head of household is 46 year old white male, Charles F. Hayes, born July 1853 in Indiana, his father in Ohio and his mother in Indiana. He is an attorney and owns the house he lives in with his wife and children. His wife is Isabella, 43 years old, born September 1857 in Kentucky as were her parents. They have been married one year. Isabella has had 2 children, 1 still living. Living with them are 3 children from Charles' first marriage. They are: 15 year old son Frederic, born Aug 1886, born in Indiana, attending school; 12 year old daughter Helen, born June 1887 in Indiana, attending school; 6 year old daughter Dorth, born May 1894 in Indiana.
Also living with them is Charles' mother, 63 year old Josephine Dumont, born May 1837 in Indiana, her father in France and her mother in Delaware. Also, 19 year old niece Nannie Parham, born November 1880 in Kentucky, as were her parents.
Per 1920 US Census, 1/8/1920, 1232 Louisa St, Ward 9, New Orleans, LA
Renting the home is 28 year old white male John Silbernagel. Employed as a car repairman for the railroad, he was born in Louisiana as were his parents. His 22 year old wife, Helen, was born in Indiana, as were her parents. They have three children, 6 year old son Andrew, 5 year old daughter Helen, and 2 years and 7 months old John. Andrew attends school. All the kids were born in Louisiana.
Per 1930 US Census:
3140 N. Villery Street, New Orleans, LA head of household is John H. Silbernagel, a 39 year old white male who rents the house for $20/month. He married at age 21 (about 1912), and is employed as a car repairman for the steam railroad (His occupation code 7725 is listed generally as Car & railroad shops; Car wheel works; Railroad repair shop; Steam or street railroad cars). He is not a veteran. He was born in La, as were his parents. His wife is 40 year old Helen, who was 22 when they married. She and her parents were born in Indiana. Living with them are children -
Andrew F. 17 Messenger for steam railroad (occupation code 7077 means generally Messenger, errand, and office boys and girls for steam railroad)
Other children are Helen A. 15, John C. 12, William A. 10, Evelyn 7, Thomas L. 4.
Per 1940 US Census 4/17/1940 311 South Cortez St, 3rd Ward, New Orleans, Orleans, LA
John Silbernagel, who answered the census questions, is the 48 year old white male head of household, who rents his home for $30 a month. He was born in Louisiana, and lived in the same city in 1935. He is a coach inspector for the railroad. John, educated through 6th grade, worked 52 weeks in 1939 and earned $2,100. His wife, 50 year old Ella Silbernagel, was born in Indiana, and finished 2 years of high school. They have 4 children, all born in Louisiana: 23 year old John Silbernagel, single, 1 year of college, an order clerk for a cotton goods manufacturer, earned $450 for 32 weeks work in 1939; 20 year old William Silbernagel, single, 7th grade, route salesman for a dry cleaner, earned $480 for 36 weeks work in 1939; Evelyn Silbernagel, 17 years old, 7th grade, attends school; Thomas Silbernagel, 14 years old, 5th grade, attends school.
Per 1950 US Census 4/14/1950 311 S Cortez, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana
John H. Silbernagel is the 59 year old white male head of household, born in Louisiana, works as an inspector for the railroad, working 40 hours the last week. His wife, 60 year old Helena H. Silbernagel, was born in Indiana, keeps house. Thomas L. Silbernagel is their 24 year old son, single, born in Louisiana, works as an apprentice car repairer for the railroad, working 40 hours last week. Also living with John is his widowed daughter, 27 year old Evelyn D. Blanchard, and 2 grandchildren, 4 year old Roy J. Blanchard and 1 year old Patricia J. Blanchard, all born in Louisiana. Evelyn keeps house.
Obituary in the Times-Picayune 4/22/1964
SILBERNAGEL -- On Tuesday, April 21, 1964, at 12:45 o'clock p. m., HELEN E. HAYES, wife of the late John H. Silbernagel, mother of Mrs. Robert L. Guerin, Miss Charles LeBlanc, Andrew F., John C., William A., and Thomas L. Silbernagel, sister of Mrs. C. Koenig and the late C. Fred Hayes. Also survived by 10 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Age 76 years, a native of Lawrenceburg, Ind., and a resident of New Orleans for the past 40 years.
Relatives and friends of the family, also employees of Southern Railroad, Sears Roebuck and Co., Crown Division of Continental Can Co., Fishers Inc., Avondale Shipyards and Coleman Adler & Sons, are invited to attend the funeral.
Services from the auxilliary funeral home of Jacob Schoen and Son Inc., 3827 Canal Street, at N. Scott on Thursday, April 23, 1964, at 9 o'clock a. m., with Requiem Mass at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church.
Interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p. m. Wednesday.
Per Findagrave.com Helen Eulalia Hayes Silbernagel
Birth: Aug. 30, 1887 Indiana, USA
Death: Apr. 21, 1964 Metairie, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA
Family links:
Parents:
Nannie Buffington Hayes (1854 - 1897)
Spouse:
John Henry Silbernagel (1891 - 1952)*
Children:
Helena Silbernagel Guerin (1915 - 1998)*
Sibling:
Dorothy Martha Hayes Koenig (____ - 1979)*
Helen Eulalia Hayes Silbernagel (1887 - 1964)
*Calculated relationship
Note: Age 76, Name on Plot Silbernagel, Date of Burial 4/23/1964, Ref: Cemetery Records
Burial: Greenwood Cemetery New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA, Plot: 52 Locust Orange Rose
Created by: Graves Record added: May 12, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 90029115
Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:33:55 -0400 > >Linda > >You might not want to get too involved with Charles f. Hayes and why he came to New Orleans. My mother always told >my Grampaw Silbernagel supported them. I also understand Grammaw and uncle Fred were both put in an orohranage >Because Charles Hayes did not support them. An old Lawyer in Richmand was familiar and told me the story. If you ever >come across someone from Cincinnati, black or white, get them to tell you the story about Charles F. Hayes. In 1976 there >was a story about him on television. There is also a street named after him in Cincinnati. >I won't tell the story because I have already been shot down by family members for telling it. That's one reason I'm not too anxious >to share information with Rob Stevens. (John Silbernagel)Medical:
In 1910 Census, I found a Helen Hayes recorded as a servant at Hotel Dieu hospital in New Orleans, She is listed as 21 instead of 23, but was born in Indiana as is correct.
Had a stroke and was in a coma for a long time. She got pneumonia and passed.
Family notes indicate she was born in 1889, but tombstone has 1887. As her husband was a railroad worker, she was not in the social security system, and so the SS death index does not list her. Her death certificate indicates DOB 8/30/1887.
Death certificate says condition which led to death was arteriosclerotic coronary heart disease & auricular fibrillation. Basically that means hardening of the arteries supplying blood to the heart, and a chaotic heart beat.