ROBBERS CAUSED HIS DEATH
Arthur Quethem Struck on the Head at His Home
Arthur Quethem[sic] of Dallas, Mo., age 43, died this morning at St. Margaret's hospital. He was brought here on January 2 and died from the effects of a wound on the head inflicted by robbers who attacked him in his home.
-- The Kansas City Kansas Globe, Saturday, January 16, 1909
DEATHS
Van Q???tham, St. Margaret's hospital, January 16, septic meningitis.
-- The Kansas City Kansas Globe, Monday, January 18, 1909
DEATHS
Van Quintham, St. Margaret's hospital, January 16, septic meningitis.
-- The Kansas City Gazette, Thursday, January 21, 1909
BIOSKETCH
Augustus Van Quaethem immigrated to the United States from Belgium in approximately 1890 according to the 1900 census. That same census as well as multiple entries in the city directory indicate that he was working as a gardener. In June of 1900, he married fellow Belgian immigrant Alida De Keyser in Kansas City. Augustus had five children, four of whom survived. According to newspaper reports at the time, he was taken to Saint Margaret's Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, on January 2, 1909, suffering from head wounds received during a robbery in his home. He died in that same hospital on January 16, 1909.
Notes
Reports did not give his place of burial. City directory entries as well as one of the newspaper reports indicate that he, or others, may have been dropping the "Van" from his name.
Arthur Quethem Struck on the Head at His Home
Arthur Quethem[sic] of Dallas, Mo., age 43, died this morning at St. Margaret's hospital. He was brought here on January 2 and died from the effects of a wound on the head inflicted by robbers who attacked him in his home.
-- The Kansas City Kansas Globe, Saturday, January 16, 1909
DEATHS
Van Q???tham, St. Margaret's hospital, January 16, septic meningitis.
-- The Kansas City Kansas Globe, Monday, January 18, 1909
DEATHS
Van Quintham, St. Margaret's hospital, January 16, septic meningitis.
-- The Kansas City Gazette, Thursday, January 21, 1909
BIOSKETCH
Augustus Van Quaethem immigrated to the United States from Belgium in approximately 1890 according to the 1900 census. That same census as well as multiple entries in the city directory indicate that he was working as a gardener. In June of 1900, he married fellow Belgian immigrant Alida De Keyser in Kansas City. Augustus had five children, four of whom survived. According to newspaper reports at the time, he was taken to Saint Margaret's Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, on January 2, 1909, suffering from head wounds received during a robbery in his home. He died in that same hospital on January 16, 1909.
Notes
Reports did not give his place of burial. City directory entries as well as one of the newspaper reports indicate that he, or others, may have been dropping the "Van" from his name.
ROBBERS CAUSED HIS DEATH
Arthur Quethem Struck on the Head at His Home
Arthur Quethem[sic] of Dallas, Mo., age 43, died this morning at St. Margaret's hospital. He was brought here on January 2 and died from the effects of a wound on the head inflicted by robbers who attacked him in his home.
-- The Kansas City Kansas Globe, Saturday, January 16, 1909
DEATHS
Van Q???tham, St. Margaret's hospital, January 16, septic meningitis.
-- The Kansas City Kansas Globe, Monday, January 18, 1909
DEATHS
Van Quintham, St. Margaret's hospital, January 16, septic meningitis.
-- The Kansas City Gazette, Thursday, January 21, 1909
BIOSKETCH
Augustus Van Quaethem immigrated to the United States from Belgium in approximately 1890 according to the 1900 census. That same census as well as multiple entries in the city directory indicate that he was working as a gardener. In June of 1900, he married fellow Belgian immigrant Alida De Keyser in Kansas City. Augustus had five children, four of whom survived. According to newspaper reports at the time, he was taken to Saint Margaret's Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, on January 2, 1909, suffering from head wounds received during a robbery in his home. He died in that same hospital on January 16, 1909.
Notes
Reports did not give his place of burial. City directory entries as well as one of the newspaper reports indicate that he, or others, may have been dropping the "Van" from his name.
Arthur Quethem Struck on the Head at His Home
Arthur Quethem[sic] of Dallas, Mo., age 43, died this morning at St. Margaret's hospital. He was brought here on January 2 and died from the effects of a wound on the head inflicted by robbers who attacked him in his home.
-- The Kansas City Kansas Globe, Saturday, January 16, 1909
DEATHS
Van Q???tham, St. Margaret's hospital, January 16, septic meningitis.
-- The Kansas City Kansas Globe, Monday, January 18, 1909
DEATHS
Van Quintham, St. Margaret's hospital, January 16, septic meningitis.
-- The Kansas City Gazette, Thursday, January 21, 1909
BIOSKETCH
Augustus Van Quaethem immigrated to the United States from Belgium in approximately 1890 according to the 1900 census. That same census as well as multiple entries in the city directory indicate that he was working as a gardener. In June of 1900, he married fellow Belgian immigrant Alida De Keyser in Kansas City. Augustus had five children, four of whom survived. According to newspaper reports at the time, he was taken to Saint Margaret's Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, on January 2, 1909, suffering from head wounds received during a robbery in his home. He died in that same hospital on January 16, 1909.
Notes
Reports did not give his place of burial. City directory entries as well as one of the newspaper reports indicate that he, or others, may have been dropping the "Van" from his name.
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