Baptized as Carl (also sometimes spelled Karl). He was born in the small agricultural village of Rathsweiler in the district of Kusel in the Pfalz (southwest Germany), the youngest child of Abraham and Luise (Haesel) Gilcher. He emigrated to and settled in Syracuse, New York (as did his sister Katherine and brother Jacob). He married first Philippina Luise "Phoebe" Ludwig on 22 May 1883 (probably in Syracuse) and they had four daughters: Edna (Mrs. George W. Columbus), Mabel Luise, Florence Karoline, and Helen (Mrs. Fred Scharoun). After Phoebe died, he married Barbara Joh/Yoh (26 February 1895 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Syracuse) and they had two sons: Carl Frederick and George Jacob Gilcher. He was a naturalized U.S. citizen by 1888.
In Syracuse Carl first worked as a shoemaker (1883-1890). Between 1890-1892 he ran the Charles Gilcher & Co. children's shoe manufacturing business with his partners J. Klinck, J. Kreischer and Chas. Mohr, located at 225 Walton in Syracuse. This firm did not survive the depression of 1891 and a fire that destroyed most of the building. In the years that followed, until 1915, he worked as a foreman at the Gray Brothers/H.H. Gray's Son shoe manufacturing company.
Between the years 1916-1929 he worked in the automobile manufacturing industry. After the Stock Market Crash he was employed as a "porter" in 1930.
His addresses in Syracuse included 9 Spring Street (1883-84), 231 N. Salina Street (1884-85), Roberts Avenue (1886-1910), 204 Craig (1912-1915), 305 Griffiths (1916-1930), 223 S. Salina St. (1930), and his last address, 250 Maplehurst Avenue. Around 1911 for a short period during hard times he and his family moved out to North Syracuse to stay on the Kreischer farm with his sister Katherine and her family.
He died, age 86 years, on 14 March 1949 of broncho-pneumonia and was buried beside his second wife.
His death notice appeared in The Post-Standard, Wednesday, March 16, 1949, page 9:
Rites for Charles Gilcher, of 250 Maplehurst ave., will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at the George W. Ballweg funeral home, The Rev. Donald Prigge officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery. Calling hours are from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m. today.
A retired shoemaker, Mr. Gilcher died Monday night at home. He lived in Syracuse 70 years. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. George Columbus of Buffalo and Mrs. Fred Scharoun of Syracuse, two sons, Carl and George Gilcher, and several grandchildren, nieces and nehphews.
In Syracuse Carl first worked as a shoemaker (1883-1890). Between 1890-1892 he ran the Charles Gilcher & Co. children's shoe manufacturing business with his partners J. Klinck, J. Kreischer and Chas. Mohr, located at 225 Walton in Syracuse. This firm did not survive the depression of 1891 and a fire that destroyed most of the building. In the years that followed, until 1915, he worked as a foreman at the Gray Brothers/H.H. Gray's Son shoe manufacturing company.
Between the years 1916-1929 he worked in the automobile manufacturing industry. After the Stock Market Crash he was employed as a "porter" in 1930.
His addresses in Syracuse included 9 Spring Street (1883-84), 231 N. Salina Street (1884-85), Roberts Avenue (1886-1910), 204 Craig (1912-1915), 305 Griffiths (1916-1930), 223 S. Salina St. (1930), and his last address, 250 Maplehurst Avenue. Around 1911 for a short period during hard times he and his family moved out to North Syracuse to stay on the Kreischer farm with his sister Katherine and her family.
He died, age 86 years, on 14 March 1949 of broncho-pneumonia and was buried beside his second wife.
His death notice appeared in The Post-Standard, Wednesday, March 16, 1949, page 9:
Rites for Charles Gilcher, of 250 Maplehurst ave., will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at the George W. Ballweg funeral home, The Rev. Donald Prigge officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery. Calling hours are from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m. today.
A retired shoemaker, Mr. Gilcher died Monday night at home. He lived in Syracuse 70 years. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. George Columbus of Buffalo and Mrs. Fred Scharoun of Syracuse, two sons, Carl and George Gilcher, and several grandchildren, nieces and nehphews.
Baptized as Carl (also sometimes spelled Karl). He was born in the small agricultural village of Rathsweiler in the district of Kusel in the Pfalz (southwest Germany), the youngest child of Abraham and Luise (Haesel) Gilcher. He emigrated to and settled in Syracuse, New York (as did his sister Katherine and brother Jacob). He married first Philippina Luise "Phoebe" Ludwig on 22 May 1883 (probably in Syracuse) and they had four daughters: Edna (Mrs. George W. Columbus), Mabel Luise, Florence Karoline, and Helen (Mrs. Fred Scharoun). After Phoebe died, he married Barbara Joh/Yoh (26 February 1895 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Syracuse) and they had two sons: Carl Frederick and George Jacob Gilcher. He was a naturalized U.S. citizen by 1888.
In Syracuse Carl first worked as a shoemaker (1883-1890). Between 1890-1892 he ran the Charles Gilcher & Co. children's shoe manufacturing business with his partners J. Klinck, J. Kreischer and Chas. Mohr, located at 225 Walton in Syracuse. This firm did not survive the depression of 1891 and a fire that destroyed most of the building. In the years that followed, until 1915, he worked as a foreman at the Gray Brothers/H.H. Gray's Son shoe manufacturing company.
Between the years 1916-1929 he worked in the automobile manufacturing industry. After the Stock Market Crash he was employed as a "porter" in 1930.
His addresses in Syracuse included 9 Spring Street (1883-84), 231 N. Salina Street (1884-85), Roberts Avenue (1886-1910), 204 Craig (1912-1915), 305 Griffiths (1916-1930), 223 S. Salina St. (1930), and his last address, 250 Maplehurst Avenue. Around 1911 for a short period during hard times he and his family moved out to North Syracuse to stay on the Kreischer farm with his sister Katherine and her family.
He died, age 86 years, on 14 March 1949 of broncho-pneumonia and was buried beside his second wife.
His death notice appeared in The Post-Standard, Wednesday, March 16, 1949, page 9:
Rites for Charles Gilcher, of 250 Maplehurst ave., will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at the George W. Ballweg funeral home, The Rev. Donald Prigge officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery. Calling hours are from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m. today.
A retired shoemaker, Mr. Gilcher died Monday night at home. He lived in Syracuse 70 years. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. George Columbus of Buffalo and Mrs. Fred Scharoun of Syracuse, two sons, Carl and George Gilcher, and several grandchildren, nieces and nehphews.
In Syracuse Carl first worked as a shoemaker (1883-1890). Between 1890-1892 he ran the Charles Gilcher & Co. children's shoe manufacturing business with his partners J. Klinck, J. Kreischer and Chas. Mohr, located at 225 Walton in Syracuse. This firm did not survive the depression of 1891 and a fire that destroyed most of the building. In the years that followed, until 1915, he worked as a foreman at the Gray Brothers/H.H. Gray's Son shoe manufacturing company.
Between the years 1916-1929 he worked in the automobile manufacturing industry. After the Stock Market Crash he was employed as a "porter" in 1930.
His addresses in Syracuse included 9 Spring Street (1883-84), 231 N. Salina Street (1884-85), Roberts Avenue (1886-1910), 204 Craig (1912-1915), 305 Griffiths (1916-1930), 223 S. Salina St. (1930), and his last address, 250 Maplehurst Avenue. Around 1911 for a short period during hard times he and his family moved out to North Syracuse to stay on the Kreischer farm with his sister Katherine and her family.
He died, age 86 years, on 14 March 1949 of broncho-pneumonia and was buried beside his second wife.
His death notice appeared in The Post-Standard, Wednesday, March 16, 1949, page 9:
Rites for Charles Gilcher, of 250 Maplehurst ave., will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at the George W. Ballweg funeral home, The Rev. Donald Prigge officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery. Calling hours are from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m. today.
A retired shoemaker, Mr. Gilcher died Monday night at home. He lived in Syracuse 70 years. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. George Columbus of Buffalo and Mrs. Fred Scharoun of Syracuse, two sons, Carl and George Gilcher, and several grandchildren, nieces and nehphews.
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