Alfred John Kreischer was born near his family's home on Putnam Street in southwest Syracuse, New York on 10 January 1886. Clara Kaufmann was the attendant. Alfred was the third of three sons born to Johann Jacob and Catharina Gilcher KREISCHER, and the second to be born in the U.S. He was baptized on 11 April 1886 at nearby St. Paul's German Lutheran Church by Rev. George Merschroth. His godparents attending at that ceremony were Karl Kreischer, Karl Mohr, Ann Kohl, and Katharina Ludwig. He was confirmed at the same church by Rev. Merschroth 13 years later on 26 March 1899, in a class of 28 confirmands, including his brother Otto and his cousin Edna Gilcher.
The following year, by the 1900 census, he was living with his family and attending the Cicero District public school in their new location: the Kreischer family farm at Taft Settlement, just outside of the Village of North Syracuse.
The 1909 Syracuse city directory lists Alfred Kreischer as a boarder at 205 Burdick Avenue on the north side of Syracuse, and employed as a conductor. The 1910 city directory listed him as having moved to Detroit, Michigan. It is possible that like his older brothers, he was employed by the New York Central Railroad, and had chosen to relocate his home base along one of its major routes, to Detroit. Little is known about Alfred's life after this point.
On 20 September 1911 "Al" sent a postcard from Detroit to his sister-in-law in Buffalo, New York, Mrs. Nellie Kreischer, saying "I am married now Nellie, I suppose Otto told you." So far searches among Michigan marriage records, censuses, and Detroit city directories have not yielded proof of the marriage or the identity of the bride.
In December of 1923, after his mother died, Alfred was living at 3415 John R Street in Detroit, as noted in his mother's probate documents.
On 24 June 1929 Alfred John Kreischer died of a cerebral hemorrhage (luetic meningitis) at Detroit Receiving Hospital. He was 43 years, 5 months, and 14 days old. The coroner signed the death certificate listing his last address as 3096 West Grand Boulevard, his occupation as a self-employed "Decrator," and his marital status as "Single" (after crossing out "Married"). The last surviving brother, Otto Kreischer, was the informant for the death certificate, whether by telephone or in person is unknown. Otto was employed by the New York Central Railroad as a locomotive engineer at that time, and would probably have had no trouble in getting quickly to Detroit.
The body of Alfred Kreischer was shipped via rail back to Syracuse. The funeral was held at 2 p.m. Friday, 28 June 1929 at Otto and Gladys Kreischer's home at 139 Walrath Road, and it is presumed from newspaper notices that burial followed in the Kreischer family plot in North Syracuse Cemetery (the cemetery has no actual burial records prior to 1932, and the funeral home records did not indicate place of burial). Evidence points to Alfred's being the solid box buried in Grave 5 (discovered by a probe), which remains unmarked by any gravestone.
The following year, by the 1900 census, he was living with his family and attending the Cicero District public school in their new location: the Kreischer family farm at Taft Settlement, just outside of the Village of North Syracuse.
The 1909 Syracuse city directory lists Alfred Kreischer as a boarder at 205 Burdick Avenue on the north side of Syracuse, and employed as a conductor. The 1910 city directory listed him as having moved to Detroit, Michigan. It is possible that like his older brothers, he was employed by the New York Central Railroad, and had chosen to relocate his home base along one of its major routes, to Detroit. Little is known about Alfred's life after this point.
On 20 September 1911 "Al" sent a postcard from Detroit to his sister-in-law in Buffalo, New York, Mrs. Nellie Kreischer, saying "I am married now Nellie, I suppose Otto told you." So far searches among Michigan marriage records, censuses, and Detroit city directories have not yielded proof of the marriage or the identity of the bride.
In December of 1923, after his mother died, Alfred was living at 3415 John R Street in Detroit, as noted in his mother's probate documents.
On 24 June 1929 Alfred John Kreischer died of a cerebral hemorrhage (luetic meningitis) at Detroit Receiving Hospital. He was 43 years, 5 months, and 14 days old. The coroner signed the death certificate listing his last address as 3096 West Grand Boulevard, his occupation as a self-employed "Decrator," and his marital status as "Single" (after crossing out "Married"). The last surviving brother, Otto Kreischer, was the informant for the death certificate, whether by telephone or in person is unknown. Otto was employed by the New York Central Railroad as a locomotive engineer at that time, and would probably have had no trouble in getting quickly to Detroit.
The body of Alfred Kreischer was shipped via rail back to Syracuse. The funeral was held at 2 p.m. Friday, 28 June 1929 at Otto and Gladys Kreischer's home at 139 Walrath Road, and it is presumed from newspaper notices that burial followed in the Kreischer family plot in North Syracuse Cemetery (the cemetery has no actual burial records prior to 1932, and the funeral home records did not indicate place of burial). Evidence points to Alfred's being the solid box buried in Grave 5 (discovered by a probe), which remains unmarked by any gravestone.
Alfred John Kreischer was born near his family's home on Putnam Street in southwest Syracuse, New York on 10 January 1886. Clara Kaufmann was the attendant. Alfred was the third of three sons born to Johann Jacob and Catharina Gilcher KREISCHER, and the second to be born in the U.S. He was baptized on 11 April 1886 at nearby St. Paul's German Lutheran Church by Rev. George Merschroth. His godparents attending at that ceremony were Karl Kreischer, Karl Mohr, Ann Kohl, and Katharina Ludwig. He was confirmed at the same church by Rev. Merschroth 13 years later on 26 March 1899, in a class of 28 confirmands, including his brother Otto and his cousin Edna Gilcher.
The following year, by the 1900 census, he was living with his family and attending the Cicero District public school in their new location: the Kreischer family farm at Taft Settlement, just outside of the Village of North Syracuse.
The 1909 Syracuse city directory lists Alfred Kreischer as a boarder at 205 Burdick Avenue on the north side of Syracuse, and employed as a conductor. The 1910 city directory listed him as having moved to Detroit, Michigan. It is possible that like his older brothers, he was employed by the New York Central Railroad, and had chosen to relocate his home base along one of its major routes, to Detroit. Little is known about Alfred's life after this point.
On 20 September 1911 "Al" sent a postcard from Detroit to his sister-in-law in Buffalo, New York, Mrs. Nellie Kreischer, saying "I am married now Nellie, I suppose Otto told you." So far searches among Michigan marriage records, censuses, and Detroit city directories have not yielded proof of the marriage or the identity of the bride.
In December of 1923, after his mother died, Alfred was living at 3415 John R Street in Detroit, as noted in his mother's probate documents.
On 24 June 1929 Alfred John Kreischer died of a cerebral hemorrhage (luetic meningitis) at Detroit Receiving Hospital. He was 43 years, 5 months, and 14 days old. The coroner signed the death certificate listing his last address as 3096 West Grand Boulevard, his occupation as a self-employed "Decrator," and his marital status as "Single" (after crossing out "Married"). The last surviving brother, Otto Kreischer, was the informant for the death certificate, whether by telephone or in person is unknown. Otto was employed by the New York Central Railroad as a locomotive engineer at that time, and would probably have had no trouble in getting quickly to Detroit.
The body of Alfred Kreischer was shipped via rail back to Syracuse. The funeral was held at 2 p.m. Friday, 28 June 1929 at Otto and Gladys Kreischer's home at 139 Walrath Road, and it is presumed from newspaper notices that burial followed in the Kreischer family plot in North Syracuse Cemetery (the cemetery has no actual burial records prior to 1932, and the funeral home records did not indicate place of burial). Evidence points to Alfred's being the solid box buried in Grave 5 (discovered by a probe), which remains unmarked by any gravestone.
The following year, by the 1900 census, he was living with his family and attending the Cicero District public school in their new location: the Kreischer family farm at Taft Settlement, just outside of the Village of North Syracuse.
The 1909 Syracuse city directory lists Alfred Kreischer as a boarder at 205 Burdick Avenue on the north side of Syracuse, and employed as a conductor. The 1910 city directory listed him as having moved to Detroit, Michigan. It is possible that like his older brothers, he was employed by the New York Central Railroad, and had chosen to relocate his home base along one of its major routes, to Detroit. Little is known about Alfred's life after this point.
On 20 September 1911 "Al" sent a postcard from Detroit to his sister-in-law in Buffalo, New York, Mrs. Nellie Kreischer, saying "I am married now Nellie, I suppose Otto told you." So far searches among Michigan marriage records, censuses, and Detroit city directories have not yielded proof of the marriage or the identity of the bride.
In December of 1923, after his mother died, Alfred was living at 3415 John R Street in Detroit, as noted in his mother's probate documents.
On 24 June 1929 Alfred John Kreischer died of a cerebral hemorrhage (luetic meningitis) at Detroit Receiving Hospital. He was 43 years, 5 months, and 14 days old. The coroner signed the death certificate listing his last address as 3096 West Grand Boulevard, his occupation as a self-employed "Decrator," and his marital status as "Single" (after crossing out "Married"). The last surviving brother, Otto Kreischer, was the informant for the death certificate, whether by telephone or in person is unknown. Otto was employed by the New York Central Railroad as a locomotive engineer at that time, and would probably have had no trouble in getting quickly to Detroit.
The body of Alfred Kreischer was shipped via rail back to Syracuse. The funeral was held at 2 p.m. Friday, 28 June 1929 at Otto and Gladys Kreischer's home at 139 Walrath Road, and it is presumed from newspaper notices that burial followed in the Kreischer family plot in North Syracuse Cemetery (the cemetery has no actual burial records prior to 1932, and the funeral home records did not indicate place of burial). Evidence points to Alfred's being the solid box buried in Grave 5 (discovered by a probe), which remains unmarked by any gravestone.
Gravesite Details
Unmarked grave in family plot of 5 graves. Probe in 2000 revealed unmarked burial in Grave 5
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