Alt. data from burial records: Philipina J. Gilcher, born in Pennsylvania; buried 11 December 1893. 1880 census also lists her birth in Pennsylvania.
Daughter of Jacob and Caroline (Jung/Yung) Ludwig. Wife of Carl/Charles Gilcher, with whom she had four daughters: Edna (Mrs. George W. Columbus), Mabel Luise, Florence Karoline, and Helen (Mrs. Fred Scharoun).
Item from the "Beerdigungen" section, page 5, column 8, Syracuse Union, 13 December 1893:
"Gilcher--Am 11. Dezember wurde durch Herrn Pastor G. Merschroth auf dem Friedhof Woodlawn beerdigt: Philipine Gilcher, Ehefrau desHerrn Karl Gilcher, an Roberts Ave., wohnend. Dieselbe war am 21. November 1863 den Eheleuten Jakob und Karoline Ludwig in hiesiger Stadt geboren und verheirathete sich den 22. Mai 1883, mit ihrem sie überlebenden Gatten. Ansser diesen betrauern noch 3 numündige Kinder, die Eltern und 4 Geschwister, den frühen Hingang der Berstorbenen."
["Gilcher--On 11 December by Herr Pastor G. Merschroth buried at Woodlawn Cemetery: Philipine [sic] Gilcher, wife of Mr. Karl Gilcher living on Roberts Ave. She was born in this city on 21 November 1863 to married couple Jakob and Karoline Ludwig and was married on 22 May 1883 to her husband who survives her. Among those left to mourn her are three children, her parents and four sisters, …?"]
From an unidentified Syracuse, NY newspaper clipping:
Mrs. Gilcher Drowns Herself While in Despondency.
Mrs. Phoebe Gilcher, wife of Carl Gilcher, committed suicide by drowing [sic] at her home at 109 Roberts-ave., early this morning. When her husband awoke he found that she was missing. He came down stairs and found the pantry door locked. In the pantry was a hole in the floor which gave access to a cistern. He at once thought of her suicide, and burst open the pantry door, and was horrified to find his wife's body in the cistern. With assistance she was drawn out, but life was extinct. It was evident that she had been in the water some time, and she had probably gotten up some time during the night and thrown herself into the cistern.
Mrs. Gilcher was 31 years of age, and leaves besides her husband, three young children. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward [sic] Ludwig of Lock-st. About four years ago her brother Edward committed suicide by shooting, though some think he was murdered, on the bank of the Oswego canal at the foot of Isabella-st. During the past few months Mrs. Gilcher had suffered from fits of melancholy and it was evidently while suffering from one of these spells that she committed suicide.
There was no apparent cause for her despondency, as her husband is in comfortable circumstances, being one of the foremen in Grey Brothers shoe factory. Coroner Roberts was notified and does not yet know if he will hold an inquest. The funeral will be held from the home at 2 o'clock, Monday, with interment at Woodlawn.
From The Evening Herald (Syracuse, NY), Tuesday, December 12, 1893, page 8:
Was Esteemed By Her Neighbors.
To the Editors of The Herald:
Will you kindly allow place in your paper for a few lines about Mrs. Charles Gilcher, who was found drowned in her cistern last Saturday morning? Her neighbors did not consider her as demented, but merely thought that at intervals she was not quite right in her mind.
Mrs. Gilcher was, with her husband, a member of the German Lutheran church, a God-fearing, industrious woman, faithful in her home, and usually bright and cheerful. She was in her usual good health and spirits on the day preceding her death, and only a temporary fit of insanity could have caused the rash deed. The family are in comfortable circumstances, and while one child is feeble in mind and body, the oldest and youngest girls, aged 9 and 3 years respectively are more than ordinarily bright children.
The neighbors, who have lost in Mrs. Gilcher a kind and pleasant friend, are very sorry and feel great sympathy for Mr. Gilcher and his family in their affliction.
--A.M.
Daughter of Jacob and Caroline (Jung/Yung) Ludwig. Wife of Carl/Charles Gilcher, with whom she had four daughters: Edna (Mrs. George W. Columbus), Mabel Luise, Florence Karoline, and Helen (Mrs. Fred Scharoun).
Item from the "Beerdigungen" section, page 5, column 8, Syracuse Union, 13 December 1893:
"Gilcher--Am 11. Dezember wurde durch Herrn Pastor G. Merschroth auf dem Friedhof Woodlawn beerdigt: Philipine Gilcher, Ehefrau desHerrn Karl Gilcher, an Roberts Ave., wohnend. Dieselbe war am 21. November 1863 den Eheleuten Jakob und Karoline Ludwig in hiesiger Stadt geboren und verheirathete sich den 22. Mai 1883, mit ihrem sie überlebenden Gatten. Ansser diesen betrauern noch 3 numündige Kinder, die Eltern und 4 Geschwister, den frühen Hingang der Berstorbenen."
["Gilcher--On 11 December by Herr Pastor G. Merschroth buried at Woodlawn Cemetery: Philipine [sic] Gilcher, wife of Mr. Karl Gilcher living on Roberts Ave. She was born in this city on 21 November 1863 to married couple Jakob and Karoline Ludwig and was married on 22 May 1883 to her husband who survives her. Among those left to mourn her are three children, her parents and four sisters, …?"]
From an unidentified Syracuse, NY newspaper clipping:
Mrs. Gilcher Drowns Herself While in Despondency.
Mrs. Phoebe Gilcher, wife of Carl Gilcher, committed suicide by drowing [sic] at her home at 109 Roberts-ave., early this morning. When her husband awoke he found that she was missing. He came down stairs and found the pantry door locked. In the pantry was a hole in the floor which gave access to a cistern. He at once thought of her suicide, and burst open the pantry door, and was horrified to find his wife's body in the cistern. With assistance she was drawn out, but life was extinct. It was evident that she had been in the water some time, and she had probably gotten up some time during the night and thrown herself into the cistern.
Mrs. Gilcher was 31 years of age, and leaves besides her husband, three young children. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward [sic] Ludwig of Lock-st. About four years ago her brother Edward committed suicide by shooting, though some think he was murdered, on the bank of the Oswego canal at the foot of Isabella-st. During the past few months Mrs. Gilcher had suffered from fits of melancholy and it was evidently while suffering from one of these spells that she committed suicide.
There was no apparent cause for her despondency, as her husband is in comfortable circumstances, being one of the foremen in Grey Brothers shoe factory. Coroner Roberts was notified and does not yet know if he will hold an inquest. The funeral will be held from the home at 2 o'clock, Monday, with interment at Woodlawn.
From The Evening Herald (Syracuse, NY), Tuesday, December 12, 1893, page 8:
Was Esteemed By Her Neighbors.
To the Editors of The Herald:
Will you kindly allow place in your paper for a few lines about Mrs. Charles Gilcher, who was found drowned in her cistern last Saturday morning? Her neighbors did not consider her as demented, but merely thought that at intervals she was not quite right in her mind.
Mrs. Gilcher was, with her husband, a member of the German Lutheran church, a God-fearing, industrious woman, faithful in her home, and usually bright and cheerful. She was in her usual good health and spirits on the day preceding her death, and only a temporary fit of insanity could have caused the rash deed. The family are in comfortable circumstances, and while one child is feeble in mind and body, the oldest and youngest girls, aged 9 and 3 years respectively are more than ordinarily bright children.
The neighbors, who have lost in Mrs. Gilcher a kind and pleasant friend, are very sorry and feel great sympathy for Mr. Gilcher and his family in their affliction.
--A.M.
Alt. data from burial records: Philipina J. Gilcher, born in Pennsylvania; buried 11 December 1893. 1880 census also lists her birth in Pennsylvania.
Daughter of Jacob and Caroline (Jung/Yung) Ludwig. Wife of Carl/Charles Gilcher, with whom she had four daughters: Edna (Mrs. George W. Columbus), Mabel Luise, Florence Karoline, and Helen (Mrs. Fred Scharoun).
Item from the "Beerdigungen" section, page 5, column 8, Syracuse Union, 13 December 1893:
"Gilcher--Am 11. Dezember wurde durch Herrn Pastor G. Merschroth auf dem Friedhof Woodlawn beerdigt: Philipine Gilcher, Ehefrau desHerrn Karl Gilcher, an Roberts Ave., wohnend. Dieselbe war am 21. November 1863 den Eheleuten Jakob und Karoline Ludwig in hiesiger Stadt geboren und verheirathete sich den 22. Mai 1883, mit ihrem sie überlebenden Gatten. Ansser diesen betrauern noch 3 numündige Kinder, die Eltern und 4 Geschwister, den frühen Hingang der Berstorbenen."
["Gilcher--On 11 December by Herr Pastor G. Merschroth buried at Woodlawn Cemetery: Philipine [sic] Gilcher, wife of Mr. Karl Gilcher living on Roberts Ave. She was born in this city on 21 November 1863 to married couple Jakob and Karoline Ludwig and was married on 22 May 1883 to her husband who survives her. Among those left to mourn her are three children, her parents and four sisters, …?"]
From an unidentified Syracuse, NY newspaper clipping:
Mrs. Gilcher Drowns Herself While in Despondency.
Mrs. Phoebe Gilcher, wife of Carl Gilcher, committed suicide by drowing [sic] at her home at 109 Roberts-ave., early this morning. When her husband awoke he found that she was missing. He came down stairs and found the pantry door locked. In the pantry was a hole in the floor which gave access to a cistern. He at once thought of her suicide, and burst open the pantry door, and was horrified to find his wife's body in the cistern. With assistance she was drawn out, but life was extinct. It was evident that she had been in the water some time, and she had probably gotten up some time during the night and thrown herself into the cistern.
Mrs. Gilcher was 31 years of age, and leaves besides her husband, three young children. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward [sic] Ludwig of Lock-st. About four years ago her brother Edward committed suicide by shooting, though some think he was murdered, on the bank of the Oswego canal at the foot of Isabella-st. During the past few months Mrs. Gilcher had suffered from fits of melancholy and it was evidently while suffering from one of these spells that she committed suicide.
There was no apparent cause for her despondency, as her husband is in comfortable circumstances, being one of the foremen in Grey Brothers shoe factory. Coroner Roberts was notified and does not yet know if he will hold an inquest. The funeral will be held from the home at 2 o'clock, Monday, with interment at Woodlawn.
From The Evening Herald (Syracuse, NY), Tuesday, December 12, 1893, page 8:
Was Esteemed By Her Neighbors.
To the Editors of The Herald:
Will you kindly allow place in your paper for a few lines about Mrs. Charles Gilcher, who was found drowned in her cistern last Saturday morning? Her neighbors did not consider her as demented, but merely thought that at intervals she was not quite right in her mind.
Mrs. Gilcher was, with her husband, a member of the German Lutheran church, a God-fearing, industrious woman, faithful in her home, and usually bright and cheerful. She was in her usual good health and spirits on the day preceding her death, and only a temporary fit of insanity could have caused the rash deed. The family are in comfortable circumstances, and while one child is feeble in mind and body, the oldest and youngest girls, aged 9 and 3 years respectively are more than ordinarily bright children.
The neighbors, who have lost in Mrs. Gilcher a kind and pleasant friend, are very sorry and feel great sympathy for Mr. Gilcher and his family in their affliction.
--A.M.
Daughter of Jacob and Caroline (Jung/Yung) Ludwig. Wife of Carl/Charles Gilcher, with whom she had four daughters: Edna (Mrs. George W. Columbus), Mabel Luise, Florence Karoline, and Helen (Mrs. Fred Scharoun).
Item from the "Beerdigungen" section, page 5, column 8, Syracuse Union, 13 December 1893:
"Gilcher--Am 11. Dezember wurde durch Herrn Pastor G. Merschroth auf dem Friedhof Woodlawn beerdigt: Philipine Gilcher, Ehefrau desHerrn Karl Gilcher, an Roberts Ave., wohnend. Dieselbe war am 21. November 1863 den Eheleuten Jakob und Karoline Ludwig in hiesiger Stadt geboren und verheirathete sich den 22. Mai 1883, mit ihrem sie überlebenden Gatten. Ansser diesen betrauern noch 3 numündige Kinder, die Eltern und 4 Geschwister, den frühen Hingang der Berstorbenen."
["Gilcher--On 11 December by Herr Pastor G. Merschroth buried at Woodlawn Cemetery: Philipine [sic] Gilcher, wife of Mr. Karl Gilcher living on Roberts Ave. She was born in this city on 21 November 1863 to married couple Jakob and Karoline Ludwig and was married on 22 May 1883 to her husband who survives her. Among those left to mourn her are three children, her parents and four sisters, …?"]
From an unidentified Syracuse, NY newspaper clipping:
Mrs. Gilcher Drowns Herself While in Despondency.
Mrs. Phoebe Gilcher, wife of Carl Gilcher, committed suicide by drowing [sic] at her home at 109 Roberts-ave., early this morning. When her husband awoke he found that she was missing. He came down stairs and found the pantry door locked. In the pantry was a hole in the floor which gave access to a cistern. He at once thought of her suicide, and burst open the pantry door, and was horrified to find his wife's body in the cistern. With assistance she was drawn out, but life was extinct. It was evident that she had been in the water some time, and she had probably gotten up some time during the night and thrown herself into the cistern.
Mrs. Gilcher was 31 years of age, and leaves besides her husband, three young children. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward [sic] Ludwig of Lock-st. About four years ago her brother Edward committed suicide by shooting, though some think he was murdered, on the bank of the Oswego canal at the foot of Isabella-st. During the past few months Mrs. Gilcher had suffered from fits of melancholy and it was evidently while suffering from one of these spells that she committed suicide.
There was no apparent cause for her despondency, as her husband is in comfortable circumstances, being one of the foremen in Grey Brothers shoe factory. Coroner Roberts was notified and does not yet know if he will hold an inquest. The funeral will be held from the home at 2 o'clock, Monday, with interment at Woodlawn.
From The Evening Herald (Syracuse, NY), Tuesday, December 12, 1893, page 8:
Was Esteemed By Her Neighbors.
To the Editors of The Herald:
Will you kindly allow place in your paper for a few lines about Mrs. Charles Gilcher, who was found drowned in her cistern last Saturday morning? Her neighbors did not consider her as demented, but merely thought that at intervals she was not quite right in her mind.
Mrs. Gilcher was, with her husband, a member of the German Lutheran church, a God-fearing, industrious woman, faithful in her home, and usually bright and cheerful. She was in her usual good health and spirits on the day preceding her death, and only a temporary fit of insanity could have caused the rash deed. The family are in comfortable circumstances, and while one child is feeble in mind and body, the oldest and youngest girls, aged 9 and 3 years respectively are more than ordinarily bright children.
The neighbors, who have lost in Mrs. Gilcher a kind and pleasant friend, are very sorry and feel great sympathy for Mr. Gilcher and his family in their affliction.
--A.M.
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