Ferdinand Nicholas Hess
(1891-1918)
(1891-1918)
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.
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
Service Number: 640642
Deployment: 3/28/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Olympic
Action:
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.