Aloysius Esser
(1896-1918)
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Private Aloysius Esser
Otis Iron & Steel Co., Cleveland, OH Photo Credit
Private Aloysius Esser, signature on WWI draft registration
Gravestone, Private Aloysius Esser, Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Private Aloysius Esser's sister Celia Sister Mary Dorothy Esser
Private Aloysius Esser's sister Odelia Agnes Esser Hack
Private Aloysius Esser's siblings
Aloysius Esser
*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.
Birth: 6/27/1896, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 6/27/1896, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 4236 W. 36th St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; married; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Otis Steel Co., Riverside Works, Cleveland, OH [Otis Iron & Steel Co. founded 1873 by Charles Otis, early producer of steel in open-hearth furnaces, located along Lake Erie waterfront from E. 25th to E. 40th Streets]; reported nearest relative as Odelia Hack [sister] at same address as above
Appearance: Height tall, Build slender, Eyes light blue, Hair light brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1918; 9/5/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1918; 9/5/1918; Private
Service Number: 3862333
Marriage: Wife Agnes Catherine Gordon Halloran (1895-1978) [no marriage record found]; 1920 Census occupation Typist at Painting Oil Co.; remarried in 1925 to Edwin John Halloran; buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Brook Park, OH
Deployment: died prior to deployment
Action:
Death: October 12, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 22 at Camp Sherman, Chilicothe, OH; cause of death Bronchopneumonia
Death: October 12, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 22 at Camp Sherman, Chilicothe, OH; cause of death Bronchopneumonia
Burial: 10/15/1918 at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 168 Section 42 Grave 3 alongside his parents
Burial: 10/15/1918 at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 168 Section 42 Grave 3 alongside his parents
Next of Kin: Agnes Esser, wife, 3206 Altoona Rd., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Both parents died before their son Private Aloysius Esser entered the military in WWI.
Father: Johann Heinrich "Henry" Esser (1841-1912), born Germany, emigrated ~1864, married 1873, occupation Carpenter, died of bronchopneumonia, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Otilia Niesen [? spelling of name] (1851-1910), born Germany, married 1873, had at least 13 children, died of tetanus after stepping on a rusty nail, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: See ancestry.com for the siblings of Private Aloysius Esser. There appear to have been 12 siblings, two of whom are pictured at left.
Private Aloysius Esser's siblings
4236 W. 36th St., Cleveland, OH, address given on WWI draft registration
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