Edwin C. Jansohn
(1891-1918)
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Private Edwin C. Jansohn, signature on WWI draft registration
RMS Carmania
Gravestone, Private Edwin C. Jansohn, Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Sibling List
Edwin C. Jansohn
*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: 3/22/1891, Toledo, Ohio
Birth: 3/22/1891, Toledo, Ohio
Address: 2918 E. 61st St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 26 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Paper Hanger at David Moon Co., Cleveland, OH
Appearance: Height short, Build medium, Eyes brown, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/26/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/26/1918; Private
Service Number: 2660713
Deployment: 7/22/1918 from New York, NY aboard RMS Carmania
Action:
Death: October 9, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 27; cause of death listed as both Died of Disease and Died of Wounds Received in Action
Death: October 9, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 27; cause of death listed as both Died of Disease and Died of Wounds Received in Action
Burial: 10/10/1918 buried after death at the American Cemetery at Senoncourt [-les-Maujouy], Meuse, France; 4/18/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium on 5/1/1921; 6/19/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 7/2/1921; 7/21/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland7/22/1921 to the care of Joseph F. Jansohn, father, 2918 E. 61st St, Cleveland, OH; final burial 7/25/1921 at Highland Park Cemetery, 21400 Chagrin Blvd., Cleveland, OH, Section 1 Lot 631 Grave 3, alongside most of his family
Burial: 10/10/1918 buried after death at the American Cemetery at Senoncourt [-les-Maujouy], Meuse, France; 4/18/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium on 5/1/1921; 6/19/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 7/2/1921; 7/21/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland7/22/1921 to the care of Joseph F. Jansohn, father, 2918 E. 61st St, Cleveland, OH; final burial 7/25/1921 at Highland Park Cemetery, 21400 Chagrin Blvd., Cleveland, OH, Section 1 Lot 631 Grave 3, alongside most of his family
Next of Kin: Joseph F. Jansohn, father, 2918 E. 61st St. and 10814 Morrison, Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Parents suffered the deaths of three of their five children before their own deaths. Father: Joseph Frank Jansohn (1864-1939), born Germany [birthplace listed as Cleveland, OH on findagrave.org], married 1889, occupations House Painter and Decorator, buried Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Louisa Watzel Jansohn (1859 or 1862-1947), born Germany, married 1889, had at least 5 children, buried Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: See Sibling List at left. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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