Edward James Koellish
(1895 or 1896-1918)
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SS Canopic
Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
3183 W. 90th St., Cleveland, OH, address given at WWI draft registration
Edward James Koellish
*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: birthdate recorded as June 1895 on 1900 Census, but other records list December 1895 and January 1896; birthplace Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: birthdate recorded as June 1895 on 1900 Census, but other records list December 1895 and January 1896; birthplace Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 3183 W. 90th St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: no draft registration found which would have contained additional demographic information; marital status not known; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation per 1910 Census at age 15 Printer's Helper at a printing shop; occupation per 1916 city directory Printer
Appearance: not known
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 5/25/1918; rank Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 5/25/1918; rank Private
Service Number: 2657272
Deployment: 7/21/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Canopic
Action:
Death: October 25, 1918 [17 days before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 22 or 23; cause of death Died of Wounds
Death: October 25, 1918 [17 days before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 22 or 23; cause of death Died of Wounds
Burial: 10/25/1918 buried after death at American Military Cemetery at Brizeaux, France; 4/21/1921 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; 7/14/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 7/15/1921 to the care of Mrs. Katherine Koellish, 3183 W. 90th St., Cleveland, OH; final burial on 7/18/1921 at Highland Park Cemetery, 21400 Chagrin Blvd., Cleveland, OH, Lot 3 Tier 1 Section 3 Grave 11 [no gravestone photo on cemetery website]
Burial: 10/25/1918 buried after death at American Military Cemetery at Brizeaux, France; 4/21/1921 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; 7/14/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 7/15/1921 to the care of Mrs. Katherine Koellish, 3183 W. 90th St., Cleveland, OH; final burial on 7/18/1921 at Highland Park Cemetery, 21400 Chagrin Blvd., Cleveland, OH, Lot 3 Tier 1 Section 3 Grave 11 [no gravestone photo on cemetery website]
Next of Kin: Mrs. Catherine [?sic] S. Koellish, mother, 3183 W. 90th St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Frederick Koellish (1867-1903), born Germany, emigrated ~1879, married 1885, occupation per 1900 Census Baker, buried West Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Katherine Schaaf Koellish (1868-1951), born Germany, emigrated 1880 or 1881, married 1885, had at least 5 children, buried Holy Cross Cemetery, Brook Park, OH; Siblings: Clara Koellish Brown (1887-1967); Christine Koellish McGoun (1889-1981), who had a son named Edward Koellish (1923-2013), presumably the namesake of Private Edward James Koellish; Fred Koellish (1892-1973). Sibling list may be incomplete. Presumed namesake of Private Koellish was a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps in WWII and was employed as a city police officer per the 1950 Census.
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