| Birth: | Jul. 31, 1899
Kansas City
Jackson County
Missouri, USA | | Death: | Jun. 17, 1900
Kansas City
Jackson County
Missouri, USA | 
Record of birth not found
1900 Federal Census:
Enumeration done on 4 Jun 1900
1728 Holly Street *
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
~ Fred Koehler, born Nov 1870, age 29, married 4 years, born in Missouri, bakery driver, rent home
~ Ada Koehler, born Mar 1871, age 29, 2 births/2 living, born in Canada (English), immigrated in 1889
~ Grace C Koehler, born Jan 1898, age 2, born in Missouri
~ George C Koehler, born Jul 1899, age 10 months, born in Missouri
(See #1 image on right, click to enlarge)
From Missouri Record of Death Transcript:
Jackson County, Roll C 19510, Page 97, #4030
~ George C Koehler, Jr
~ 17 Jun 1900
~ Male
~ White
~ Age: 10 months
~ Place of death: 1728 Bellview *
~ Cause of death: Enteritis
~ Informant: Dr D H Riegle
* The 1900 Federal Census reports residence at 1728 Holly while 13 days later, George's death record transcript shows 1728 Bellview [sic]. Actually, Holly and Belleview are just two blocks apart at that place in town, so it is likely either the census enumerator or the reporting physician erred when reporting the address.
Little George's father, Fred Koehler, went on to become a jeweler and died in 1929 at the age of 59. Sadly, he was a suicide. George's mother, Ada Charlotte Cleveland Koehler, passed away at age 64 in 1936 of hypertension. They are buried at Mound Grove Cemetery in Independence, Missouri, along with George's brother, Frederick Eugene Koehler.
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Sometimes the story of a life has to be coaxed ever so gently and patiently out of a gravestone. Such is the case with little George's story.
For nearly two years, this lonely little marker held its secret from me. Precariously balanced on a concrete block on a slope near the east end of Spruce Road and resting against a tree, it was mostly covered with lichen. Numerous photos were taken at various times of the day, in bright and diffused lighting, over the course of those two years. The marker was gently washed with distilled water and a natural fiber brush. Photographs were manipulated to try to decipher the writing and it was wrapped with aluminum foil and gently brushed to get a rubbing, but the vital information steadfastly remained elusive.
In late September 2011, I once again drove by the gravestone and it called to me. Another set of photos taken. When I checked the photos upon returning home, I found that Baby George was finally ready to reveal himself to me. The images on this memorial are exactly as they looked when the revelation came and have not been manipulated or enhanced.
My goal now is to have Baby George's gravestone reset in the original place his parents selected (10 rows west and 40 spaces south!) so it is safe for future generations to know that once there was a little boy named George C Koehler who lived and died and Kansas City, Missouri. ~ J F-B, 26 Sep 2011.
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Family links:
Parents:
Fred Koehler (1870 - 1929)
Ada Charlotte Cleveland Koehler (1871 - 1936)
| | | Burial:
Union Cemetery
Kansas City
Jackson County
Missouri, USA
Plot: Records show this marker at Section 13.1 Row 4 Grave 40 but now rests 10 rows east and 40 graves north of where it should be. |
Created by: J F-B
Record added: Sep 26, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 77094814 |
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