Wald, Rudolph Gustav Adolph

1823 - 1897  (73 years)

• Name	Wald, Rudolph Gustav Adolph  [1, 2]
  Birth	9 Jan 1823	Fredersdorf, Markisch-Oderland, Brandenburg, Germany   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Departure	1856	Fredersdorf, Markisch-Oderland, Brandenburg, Germany   [4]
  Departure	19 Jul 1856	Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany   [1]
  	Ship Harmonia to New York
  Occupation	Farmer / Boot and Shoe Dealer; Music Teacher  [2, 5]
  Death	8 Jan 1897	Hanover, Washington, Kansas, USA   [3, 4, 7]
  	Cause: Stroke
  Burial	Aft 8 Jan 1897	Hanover Cemetery, Hanover, Washington, Kansas, USA
  		Hanover Cemetery, Hanover, KS
  Person ID	I19719	The Thoma Family
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Wald, Christian Emmanuel Frederick,   b. 25 Nov 1795, Treskow, Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Brandenburg, Germany d. 21 Oct 1880, Burlington, Racine, Wisconsin, USA (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Wald, Mrs N.N.,   b. UNKNOWN, Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany d. DECEASED, Germany
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	UNKNOWN	Germany
  Family ID	F2013	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lietsch, Marie Magdalena,   b. 13 Sep 1830, Meyenburg, Prignitz, Brandenburg, Germany d. 13 Sep 1878, Burlington, Racine, Wisconsin, USA (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	1849	Fredersdorf, Markisch-Oderland, Brandenburg, Germany   [2, 3]
  Children	1. Wald, Gustav RUDOLPH Adolph,   b. 29 May 1849, Fredersdorf, Markisch-Oderland, Brandenburg, Germany d. 12 Feb 1927, Racine, Racine, Wisconsin, USA (Age 77 years)  [natural]   2. Wald, Ferdinand ARNOLD Albert,   b. 13 Jan 1852, Fredersdorf, Markisch-Oderland, Brandenburg, Germany d. 22 Sep 1882, Hanover, Washington, Kansas, USA (Age 30 years)  [natural]   3. Wald, Maria Minnie Augusta,   b. 15 Dec 1853, Fredersdorf, Markisch-Oderland, Brandenburg, Germany d. 3 Jul 1881, Hanover, Washington, Kansas, USA (Age 27 years)  [natural]   4. Wald, Paul A,   b. 1858, Burlington, Racine, Wisconsin, USA d. 12 Oct 1885, Hanover, Washington, Kansas, USA (Age 27 years)  [natural]   5. Wald, Agnes Gertrude,   b. 17 Apr 1860, Burlington, Racine, Wisconsin, USA d. 18 Nov 1888, Hanover, Washington, Kansas, USA (Age 28 years)  [natural]   6. Wald, Louis,   b. 1862, Burlington, Racine, Wisconsin, USA d. 2 Sep 1888, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (Age 26 years)  [natural]   7. Wald, Ernest H,   b. 29 Oct 1864, Burlington, Racine, Wisconsin, USA d. 5 Aug 1888, Hanover, Washington, Kansas, USA (Age 23 years)  [natural]   8. Wald, Oliver R,   b. 7 May 1870, Burlington, Racine, Wisconsin, USA d. 29 Dec 1941, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA (Age 71 years)  [natural]   9. Wald, Mathilde Mueckliech,   b. 22 Sep 1845, Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany d. 10 Jul 1934, Hanover, Washington, Kansas, USA (Age 88 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F4999	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 9 Jan 1823 - Fredersdorf, Markisch-Oderland, Brandenburg, Germany Marriage - 1849 - Fredersdorf, Markisch-Oderland, Brandenburg, Germany Departure - 1856 - Fredersdorf, Markisch-Oderland, Brandenburg, Germany Departure - Ship Harmonia to New York - 19 Jul 1856 - Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany Death - Cause: Stroke - 8 Jan 1897 - Hanover, Washington, Kansas, USA Burial - Aft 8 Jan 1897 - Hanover Cemetery, Hanover, Washington, Kansas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		WALD, Rudolph, Sr.
  		WALD, Rudolph and Marie

  
  

• Notes

  In 1879 he was a member of the school board for Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin. In 1880 he was living with his daughter, Minnie, in Hanover, Washington County, Kansas. On Aug 2, 1880 issue of the Milwaukee Sentinel it notes that R. Wald sold property in Burlington at a Sheriff's sales on Saturday Jul 31, 1880 to M. H. Miller of Burlington for $2,471.38. In 1891 he was mayor Hanover, Washington County, Kansas (From the Hanover Centennial 1869 - 1969). In was noted in various newspaper that on 18 Oct 1877 he was recovering from an accident; on 31 Jul 1880 he was moving to a farm in Kansas. There is an undated clipping that shows the Wald house was on Goose Island in Echo Park. Burlington Gazette 28 Jun 1859 - New advertiser: R. Wald, Boot Shoe & Leather Store on Pine St Burlington Gazette 09 Aug 1859 - Mr. WaLD NEGOTIATING WITH MARTN SCHAFTER FOR PURCHASE OF SCHAFER'S SHOP AND ADJACENT GROUNDS ON NORTH SIDE OF White River, with a view of starting a tannery there. Burlington Gazette 13 Mar 1860 - Business directories of Burlington included the following Boot, Shoe and Leather Stores: R Wald, Standard 22 Mar 1865 - Heavy rains on march 20 damaged the Wald tannery. Standard 18 Aug 1870 - Large pile of bricks going up in rear of Printing Office. R. Wald may be building a new block. Standard 10 Nov 1870 - R. Wald made additions and improvements to his tannery this past season. Standard 25 May 1871 - Wald started basement on new building; old building leveled and cleared away. Standard 15 Jun 1871 - Teutonia Hall about enclosed. Mr. Wald's building also progressing. Standard 09 Nov 1871 - R. Wald situated in his new brick block on pine Street Standard 02 May 1872 - R. Wald in new building on Pine Street - boot and shoe store. Standard 24 Oct 1872 - John Kautsky made manager in R. Wald's shoe shop replacing John G. Kayser who died. Standard 25 Jan 1877 - R. C. Lyman has new grocery store in Stang's Block nest to Wald & Son's Boot & Shoe Store. Standard 29 May 1877 - R. Wald & Sons dissolved, Rudolph A. and Arnold Wald retiring from firm. Business to continue n name of R. Wald. Standard 26 Jul 1877 - Alice Wheeler, age 7, died after fall into vat of "bark liquor" at Wald Tannery. Standard 31 May 1879 - R. Wald has again opened a shoe shop in his old place on Pine Street Standard 27 Sep 1879 - Minnie Wald in charge of retail boot and shoe business at her father's store on Pine Street Standard 08 Nov 1879 - R. Wald gave notice that he had resumed business of manufacturing & repairing boots and shoes. Standard 19 Jun 1880 - Notice of sheriff's sale of land: lot 4, block 28, lots 4&5, block 10; & lots 1-4, block 9 - Henry Mueller vs. Rudolph Wald & Casper M. Sanger. Standard 07 Aug 1880 - Wald's store on Pine Street - sold at sheriff' sale last Saturday, was bought by Henry Muller / Miller - he will fix up store. From theBurlington Standard Rudolph Wald died at his home in Hanover, Kansas, on Friday, January 8, aged 76 years, 11 months and 30 days. Mr. Wald was born in Fredersdorf, Germany, January 9, 1923, and was married in his native country to Marie Least in 1849. In 1856 he came to America and settled in Burlington, and for many years owned and operated the tannery and a boot and shoe store here. His wife died here i September 1878, and the following years Mr Wald removed to Kansas, where he has since resided. Two sons, Rudolph, of Marysville, Kansas, and O. R., of Indianapolis, survive him, and six children preceded him to the grave. Mr. Wald was a brother of Herman Wald of this city. During his long residence in this city he was a leader in German musical circles and will long be remembered for the active part he took in this work. William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas WABAUNSEE COUNTY, Part 6 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES (HALL - ZWANZIGER) R. A. WALD, under-sheriff, is a native of Berlin, Prussia, and was born in 1849, arriving in America with his parents in 1856, and receiving his education in Burlington, Racine Co., Wis., where his father had located, and where he, for many years, carried on an extensive tannery. The subject of this sketch upon attaining manhood's years acted as his father's traveling salesman, and subsequently for a Milwaukee hide and leather house. Owing to the delicate health of his wife, whom Mr. Wald was compelled to move to a milder climate, he, in 1878, located in this county, and turned his attention to insurance, representing the German Fire Insurance Company, of Freeport, Ill.; Connecticut, of Hartford; Home and Star Companies, of New York, and Union, of Philadelphia. Mr. Wald is a constable of the township, and also under-sheriff of the county.

  
  

• Sources

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