| Birth: | Apr. 27, 1897
Kansas City
Jackson County
Missouri, USA | | Death: | May 16, 1897
Kansas City
Jackson County
Missouri, USA | 
Birth Reported:
Neuer, H. and A.; 225 West Fourteenth; April 27; girl.
The Kansas City Journal
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Tue 11 May 1897
Page 3
TINY BABY IS DEAD.
Liliputian Child of Mr. and Mrs.
Neuer Gives Up the Battle After
Four Weeks of Life.
One of the tiniest graves ever dug in Union cemetery was that prepared yesterday morning for "Baby" Neuer, the 4-week-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Neuer, of 225 West Fourteenth street. A week ago this morning a similar grave was dug for the same body, but a few hours after it was filled up, as the baby had been discovered alive after six hours of apparent death. The mite of humanity weighed only a pound and a half after two weeks of existence and at its death was even a few ounces lighter in weight.
When "Baby" Neuer showed signs of life after several hours' marble stillness, a week ago, the startled, but overjoyed parents took hope and cherished each tiny breath. Constant attention and sleepless nights on the part of the parents and the nurse held the spark of life in the diminutive form for another week, but during all that time only occasional drops of sugared water could be forced into the mere dot of a mouth and it could not be saved.
Mr. Neuer yesterday morning went the second time to Undertaker Wagner and ordered the coffin and burial robe. The little grave was redug in Union cemetery and the coffin which had been made a week before for the baby was taken to the home. The white plush casket was only twenty inches long and six inches wide. Engraved on a silver plate on the lid was the inscription, "Our Baby." Knowing that a funeral would attract a crowd of curious people, who would simply wish to see the body of the tiny baby, Mr. Neuer and his wife decided that it would be laid away without any ceremony. Yesterday morning at 11 o'clock the little body was lowered into the grave with only the parents as mourners.
The Kansas City Journal
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Tue 18 May 1897
Page 1, column 2
From Missouri Record of Death Transcript:
Jackson County, Roll C 19509, #4485
~ Neuer (infant of Henry C)
~ 16 May 1897
~ Female
~ White
~ Age: 19 days
~ Born: Missouri
~ Place of death: 225 W 14th
~ Inanition, premature death
Death Reported:
Noner [sic], infant of Henry C.; 225 West Fourteenth; May 16; 19 days; inanition; burial at Union cemetery.
The Kansas City Journal
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Wed 19 May 1897
page 6
From cemetery records:
~ Neuer, infant of Henry C (baby girl)
~ Born: 27 Apr 1897, Kansas City, Missouri
~ Died: 16 May 1897. Kansas City, Missouri
~ White, female, age 19 days
~ Prematurity
~ Burial: 17 May 1897
~ Undertaker: Wagner
~ Burial fee: $5
~ Section 11 Lot 5 Grave 17
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| | | Burial:
Union Cemetery
Kansas City
Jackson County
Missouri, USA
Plot: Section 11 Lot 5 Grave 17 (gravestone not found in 2011 photographic survey of cemetery) |
Created by: J F-B
Record added: Dec 09, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 81749658 |
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