William Ludwig Erb
(1893-1918)
(1893-1918)
Captain William Ludwig Erb
Captain William Ludwig Erb and his wife, signatures on WWI draft registration
SS Caserta
Gravestone, Captain William Ludwig Erb, Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial, Waregem, Belgium
Gravestone of his wife, Ella B. Erb, Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California
14213 Potomac Ave., Cleveland, OH, address given on WWI draft registration
WWI Mothers' and Widows' Pilgrimage Medal
William Ludwig Erb
*No plaque found
*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque.
*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.
Address: 14213 or 4213 Potomac Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 24 at draft registration; married; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Candidate U.S. Government, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; requested draft exemption due to "dependent wife"
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes light brown, Hair dark brown
Marriage: On 2/23/1915, at age 22 and employed as a salesman, married Ella P. Buchholz, age 22, a stenographer. Per his WWI burial card, his "widow remarried." Wife's birth name Ellen Pauline Huldah Buchholz, born Toledo, Ohio. No remarriage certificate found. Ella B. Erb (1893-1955) was buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California, with spouse listed as Captain William Ludwig Erb.
Service Number: not found
Deployment: 6/22/1918 from Newport News, Virginia aboard SS Caserta
Action:
Next of Kin: Mrs. William L. Erb, wife, 14213 or 4213 Potomac Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Lorenz Lawrence Erb (1859-1938), born Baden, Germany, emigrated ~1888, married 1889, occupation long-time Grocer/Merchant at Retail Store at Townsend Ave. and E. Main St. in Norwalk, OH, buried Rose Hill Memorial Park, Corpus Christi, Texas; Mother: Marie Haesler [?sp] Erb (1869-1939), born Baden, Germany, emigrated ~1888, married 1889, buried Rose Hill Memorial Park, Corpus Christi, Texas; Siblings: Otto A. Erb (1888-1980); Eleanor Erb Barnard (1889-1951); Carl Erb (1891-1947), who served in WWI.
On 6/21/1930, Marie Erb, mother, 2610 Idlewood Rd., Cleveland Heights, OH, sailed on the SS Roosevelt to Europe as part of the WWI Mothers' and Widows' Pilgrimage to visit the grave of her son, Captain William Ludwig Erb.