Ferdinand Nicholas Hess
(1891-1918)
Embedded Files
Cover of a book about Cleveland & Sandusky Brewing Company
Cook Ferdinand Nicholas Hess, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Olympic
A cook preparing food on a charcoal fire at the front, 1915
Gravestone, Cook Ferdinand Nicholas Hess, American Cemetery, Bloisy [sic-may be Ploisy], Aisne, France
WWI U.S. Mothers and Widows Pilgrimage pin
Ferdinand Nicholas Hess
*No plaque located*
*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: 12/5/1891 [noted in one record as 9/5/1891], Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 12/5/1891 [noted in one record as 9/5/1891], Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 11702 Soika Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 25 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Salesman at Cleveland & Sandusky Brewing Co. at W. 28th and Carroll [formed in 1897 as a conglomerate of about 14 breweries and closed in the mid-1960s]; claimed exemption due to father and mother dependents; 1914 City Directory occupation Driver
Appearance: Height tall, Build stout, Eyes blue, Hair light
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 8/3/1917; Cook
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 8/3/1917; Cook
Service Number: 640642
Deployment: 3/28/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Olympic
Action:
Death: August 27, 1918 at age 26; cause of death Died of Wounds Received in Action
Death: August 27, 1918 at age 26; cause of death Died of Wounds Received in Action
Burial: 8/28/1918 buried after death at a French Civilian Church Cemetery, Jaulzy, Aisne, France; 11/4/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at American Cemetery, Bloisy [sic-may be Ploisy], Aisne, France; 9/2/1922 remains disinterred and reburied for the final time at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois, Picardie, France, Block B Row 37 Grave 22
Burial: 8/28/1918 buried after death at a French Civilian Church Cemetery, Jaulzy, Aisne, France; 11/4/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at American Cemetery, Bloisy [sic-may be Ploisy], Aisne, France; 9/2/1922 remains disinterred and reburied for the final time at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois, Picardie, France, Block B Row 37 Grave 22
Next of Kin: Mrs. Mary Hess, mother, 11702 Soika Ave., Cleveland, OH and R.F.D. #1, Mantua, OH
Additional Information: Research was impeded by the prevalence of the name Hess.
Father: John Anton Hess (1860-1930), born Bohemia [Czech Republic today], emigrated ~1888, occupation in 1900 Laborer at a Brewery, buried Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Mary Opalecky Hess (1869-1968), born Bohemia [Czech Republic today], sailed on 5/14/1930 on the SS President Harding as part of the WWI U.S. Mothers and Widows Pilgrimage to visit her son's grave in France, buried Westlawn Cemetery, Mantua, OH; Siblings: Mamie Hess (1890-?); Rudolf Hess (1894-1897); John Hess (1896-1898); Harry Hess (1899-?); William?; Joseph E. Hess (1903-1967); Richard Hess (1905-1914). Sibling list may be incomplete.
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