Francis H. Heideman
(1895-1918)
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Francis H. Heidman
Francis H. Heidman
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
Gravestone, Francis H. Heideman and his brother, Charles, both of whom served and died in WWI, Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Gravestone, Francis H. Heideman and his brother, Charles, both of whom served and died in WWI, Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Francis H. Heideman
Francis H. Heideman
*Surname Heideman may have been changed from Heidemann or Heidman.
*Surname Heideman may have been changed from Heidemann or Heidman.
*Aka "Frank" on some records
Birth: 9/10/1895, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 9/10/1895, Cleveland, Ohio
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
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 4/1/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 4/1/1918; Private
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.
Death: died in France and body was shipped home, but no WWI burial card found for additional details; died September 29, 1918 at age 23; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: died in France and body was shipped home, but no WWI burial card found for additional details; died September 29, 1918 at age 23; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: buried 7/31/1921 or 8/2/1921 at Calvary Cemetery, 1000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 522 Section 38 Grave 2
Burial: buried 7/31/1921 or 8/2/1921 at Calvary Cemetery, 1000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 522 Section 38 Grave 2
Next of Kin: Mrs. Elizabeth Heideman, mother, 1553 E. 45th St., Cleveland, OH
Next of Kin: Mrs. Elizabeth Heideman, mother, 1553 E. 45th St., Cleveland, OH
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
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