Francis H. Heideman
(1895-1918)
(1895-1918)
Location of Plaque 2025
White Motor Car Co., located on Canal St. in the Cleveland Flats district, manufacturer of cars, trucks, buses and tractors.)
SS Aquitania
*Aka "Frank" on some records
Address: 1553 E. 45th St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Assembler at White Co., Cleveland, OH (In 1906 Thomas H. White converted the White Sewing Machine Co. to White Motor Car Co., located on Canal St. in the Flats district, for the manufacturer of cars, trucks, buses and tractors.)
Appearance: Height medium, Build stout, Eyes grey, Hair dark brown
Service Number: 2428702
Deployment: 6/8/1918 from New York aboard SS Aquitania. The passenger manifest shows his name crossed out and states, "A.W.O.L. since June 2, 1918."
Action: Co 33 9 Tng Bn 158 Brig---; Co F 332 Inf to ---; Co H 11 Inf to death. Pvt. Aisne-Marne; Oise-Aisne; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. AEF June 30/18 to death.
Additional Information: Father: Otto Leopold Heidemann (surname may have been changed later to Heideman), (1855-1936), born Germany, occupation Cabinet Maker, buried Brooklyn Heights Cemetery, 4700 Broadview Rd., Cleveland, OH, first marriage 1881 to Lydia Rehn Heideman (1857-1891), who died of typhoid fever, second marriage 1892 to... Mother: Elizabeth "Lizzie" Heideman (?-1949), born Germany, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Ferdinand Heideman (half-brother); Charles Heideman (1893-1918), occupation Millwright at White Auto Co., who also died in WWI on 4/18/1918 at age 25 (5 months before the death of his brother Private Francis H. Heideman with whom he shared a gravestone at Calvary Cemetery); Elizabeth Heideman Huebner (?-1963); George Heideman (?-1963); Edward B. Heideman (?-1978). The list of siblings may be incomplete; there may have also been Albert, Bernard, Adolph, Nettie and Willie. Several siblings were buried at Calvary Cemetery.
1553 E. 45th St., Cleveland, OH (the house in the rear), the address given at WWI draft registration