http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/search?docsPerPage%3D100;f135-subject%3DGerman%20Americans%20--%20Ohio%20--%20Cleveland. Results for your query: docsPerPage=100;f135-subject=German Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland. Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4380.xml The Sohl Family is a Cleveland, Ohio, family of German-Americans, descended from Johann Georg Sohl (anglicized to George Sohl) who settled in Cleveland in 1840. His son, Gustav, married Mary Goodrich, whose father, George Elliott Goodrich, served in the 124th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War and was one of the soldiers assigned to escort the body of President Lincoln from Washington to Illinois. His grandson, Ralph William Sohl, was an engineer for a tire and rubber company. The collection consists of George Sohl's passport and related papers, his will, Sohl family correspondence, deeds and other records relating to property in Egg Harbor, N.J., cemetery lot purchase records, birth and death certificates for Ralph William Sohl, and Goodrich family papers, including a marriage certificate, civil war correspondence, and a copy of the order for troops to accompany Lincoln's body to Illinois. Included in the correspondence is a letter from George Goodrich expressing his feelings about the ... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4380.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3656.xml Immanuel United Church of Christ was founded in 1852, as the Vereinigten Evangelischen Gemeinde, to serve German farmers in the Rockport area of Cleveland, Ohio. The name was changed first to Immanuel Evangelical Church and then to Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church. In the 1960s it became Immanuel United Church of Christ. Throughout its first century the church maintained a German-based membership. The collection consists of baptismal, marriage and death registers, minutes, and financial records. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3656.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4275.xml The Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America had several Cleveland, Ohio, locals of this national labor union. Local 128 is composed of paperhangers and was founded in 1897. Local 129 represented fresco painters and included a large German membership. It was absorbed into Local 428 in 1985. In 1969 the name of the union was changed to the International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades. The collection consists of union minutes, dues books and records, apprentice dues books, sick and death benefit records, financial records, correspondence and miscellaneous materials. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4275.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5354.xml The Wm. Wischmeier and Son Funeral Home was established in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1887 by William Wischmeier (1866-1922). The company initially provided undertaking services and furniture sales to the German immigrant community on Cleveland's West Side. The funeral home merged with Gustav Buesch and Sons Funeral Home in 1972, but continued providing independent funeral home services until 1988. The collection consists primarily of funeral ledgers but includes correspondence, death certificates, invoices, notes, obituaries, photographs, receipts, transit permits, and other documents related to funerals and burials. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5354.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5355.xml Gustav Buesch and Sons Funeral Home was established in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1890s by Gustav Buesch (1844-1931). Located in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood of Cleveland's West Side, the funeral home primarily served the German immigrant community. The collection consists of funeral ledger books. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5355.xml Mon, 01 Jan 2018 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5356.xml The Wischmeier-Buesch Funeral Home was established in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1972 through the merger of the Wm. Wischmeier and Son Funeral Home and the Gustav Buesch and Sons Funeral Home. Its predecessor funeral homes primarily provided funeral services to the German immigrant community on Cleveland's West Side. The collection consists of funeral ledger books. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5356.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3828.xml Harold H. Burton (1888-1964) was mayor of Cleveland, Ohio (1935-1940). When he was elected to the United States Senate in 1940 he chose Edward Blythin (1884-1958) to fill the remainder of his last term as mayor (1941). The collection consists of office files of the mayor of Cleveland containing correspondence, reports, speeches, proclamations, and newspaper clippings, relating to routine administrative matters and topics of special interest. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3828.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5091.xml Lindhorst Funeral Home (1905-ca. 1974) was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, at 2924 16th Street S.W. (98 Abram Street) by Edward H. Lindhorst. In 1909 the funeral home moved to 1610 Clark Avenue S.E., the former home of Elizabeth Lindhorst, widow of John H. Lindhorst (Edward's parents). It continued at the same location throughout its operation. In the early 1920s the name was changed to Edward H. Lindhorst & Son Funeral Home as Edward's son Roland E. Lindhorst joined the business. Sometime afterward, Edward's son-in-law Raymond N. Wilson, joined the business and it became known as Edward H. Lindhorst and Sons. Roland Lindhorst died in 1935, and Ruth Lindhorst Wilson, Roland's sister and Raymond's wife, joined the business. Edward Lindhorst died in 1940, leaving Ruth and Raymond Wilson to run the funeral home. Around this time, the business began being referred to as Lindhorst Funeral Home according to the death notices printed in local newspapers. Besides funeral services they also advertised invalid car service.... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5091.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3583.xml Hope-Wesley United Methodist Church was formed in 1973, in Cleveland, Ohio, by the merger of Hope United Methodist and Wesley Methodist churches. Hope United was formed in 1967 by the merger of Emanuel Evangelical United Brethren (est. 1865) and First Evangelical United Brethren (est. 1854), two early German churches. Wesley Methodist was formed in 1947 by the merger of St. Paul's (est. 1853) and Franklin Ave. (est. 1833) Methodist Episcopal churches. the collection consists of minutes, reports, financial records, legal documents, marriage licenses, guest books, transfers, correspondence, church histories, programs, bulletins, publications, and registers of births, baptisms, marriages and deaths of the five predecessor churches of Hope Wesley-United Methodist Church. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3583.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5070.xml Odette Valabregue Wurzburger was a French resistance fighter during World War II, a lawyer and teacher, and an active community leader, especially in the arts. She was born in Avignon, France, in 1909, and she died in Cleveland in 2006. Her husband, Paul Wurzburger was an entrepreneur, inventor, patron of the arts, and honorary consul of France. He was born in 1904 in Lyon, France, and died in 1974 in Cleveland. He entered the United States in 1941 and became a citizen in 1946. He became honorary consul of France in Cleveland in 1962. Paul's father, Hugo Wurzburger, was born in 1887 in Heilbronn, Germany, and died in Cleveland in 1952. Paul's mother, Marguerite Bacharach Wurzburger, was born in Lyon, France, in 1882 and died in Cleveland in 1967. The couple escaped Nazi-occupied France in 1941 and went first to Cuba, arriving in the United States in August 1942. Hugo Wurzburger was a successful industrialist and inventor. He invented several synthetic fabrics and also manufactured pipe fittings, the patents f... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS5070.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT