Otto B. Holscher
(1845-1920)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Eusebia I. Beecher

Otto B. Holscher 1 2 3

  • Born: Jan 1845, Nienburg, , Niedersachsen, DEU 1 2 4
  • Marriage (1): Eusebia I. Beecher on 25 Oct 1871 in Baltimore: English Evangelical Lutheran Church, Baltimore, MD
  • Died: 6 Mar 1920, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD at age 75 1 3
  • Buried: 9 Mar 1920, Baltimore: Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, MD 1 5

   Other names for Otto were Otto B. Holicher 4 and Otto Hulcher.6

   FamilySearch ID: L63B-KDZ.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He immigrated Otto Holscher, merchant from Nienburg, Niedersachsen, Germany arriving in Baltimore on ship Gutenberg from Bremen. on 11 Aug 1865 to Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. 2 4 7

2. Occupation: Kaufmann on 11 Aug 1865 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. 2

3. Occupation: bookkeeper in 1880 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD.

4. Newspaper: Baltimore Sun: Mr. Otto Holscher's Birthday, 17 Jan 1905, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. 8 -----
MR. OTTO HOLSCHER'S BIRTHDAY.
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A surprise party was tendered to Mr. Otto Holscher last Saturday evening at his home, 812 North Carey street, in honor of his birthday. During the evening vocal and instrumental music was rendered by Miss Catherine D. Parkerson, Miss Daisy Holscher, Dr. Thomas H. Charmbury, Mr. Aaron Hosfall, Mr. Walter Charmbury and Mr. Otto Holscher. After playing games refreshments were served. In the center of the table was a large fruit cake decorated with lighted candles, one for each year of the recipient's age. Those present were:
Mr. and Mrs. J. Gregg Beecher, Thomas Charmbury, George Haskell,
Mesdames - Margaret Sutor, Mitchell.
Misses - Marion Beecher, Nellie De Corsey, Anna Sutor, Fannie Guthrie, Romney, W. Va.; Annie Haskell, Catherine Hodgson, Cumberland, Md., Maggie Guthrie, Springfield, W. Va.
Messrs - Walter Charmbury, Marshall Fillinger, G. Sheets, Harry A Holscher, Otto Holscher, Woods, Parkerson Mitchell, Samuel Gregg.

5. Census in 1910 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. 9 The 1910 census recorded Otto B. Holscher, 65, born in Germany, living with wife Eusebia J., 64; boarder Marion Beecher, 71; and boarder Anna B. Sutor, 34. The women were all born in Maryland.

6. Census in 1920 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. 4 Marion Beecher, boarder, 81, was living in the household of Harry A. Holicher, 43, and his wife Carrie C., 36. With them was daughter Esther E., 13; and Otto B. Holicher, 74, and his wife Usebia I., 73. Otto immigrated in 1865 from Hamburg, Germany; he and his parents were born in Germany. Everyone else was born in Maryland. Harry was secretary at a granite company. Harry owed the home at 424 N Carey St. [Usebia is actually Eusebia, Marion's sister.].

7. Obituary: Baltimore Sun: obituary of Otto B. Holscher on 7 Mar 1920 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. 3 Otto B. Holscher, who had been senior member of the Baltimore Chair and Furniture Company until last October, when he retired, died last night at his home, 421 North Carey street, from heart trouble. He had been ill since last September.

Mr. Holscher, who was 75 years old, was born in Hanover, Germany. He came to the United States when 18 years of age. For several years he was treasurer of St. Barnabas' Protestant Episcopal Church, previous to its amalgamation with other congreations in the formation of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral of Maryland.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Eusebia Holscher; a son, Harry A. Holscher; a daughter, Mrs. Thomas H. Charmbury, of Hanover, Pa., and three grandchildren.


Otto married Eusebia I. Beecher, daughter of William W. Beecher and Sarah Maria Guthrie, on 25 Oct 1871 in Baltimore: English Evangelical Lutheran Church, Baltimore, MD. (Eusebia I. Beecher was born in Nov 1845 in , Washington, MD,10 11 died on 26 Feb 1927 in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 11 12 13 and was buried on 1 Mar 1927 in Baltimore: Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, MD 11 12.)


Sources


1 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136726265.

2 FamilySearch.org, Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948 (NARA microfilm publications M255, M596, and T844 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL film 821,572), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK6L-36MR Otto Holscher, 1865; citing Immigration, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland.

3 Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD), 7 Mar 1920, page 75. Obituary of Otto B. Holscher.

4 1920 United States Census, Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore Ward 18, Series: T625 Roll: 665 Page: 203.

5 Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD), 9 Mar 1920, page 17. Funeral of Otto B. Holscher.

6 Letter from Craig Bennett (On file at the Adams County Historical Society, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA.
Mar 11 1972 letter from Craig M. Bennett, 31 Meeting St, Charleston Sc 29401, to Vice Admiral William Gordon Beecher of Alexandria, VA, describing the antique hand-painted fracturs cica 1800 proving birth of Samuel to father Henry Büger in possession of Craig, a descendent.
http://www.emmitsburg.net/achs/), March 11, 1972.

7 FamilySearch.org, United States Germans to America Index, 1850-1897, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KDSS-39H Otto Holscher, 1865.

8 Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD), 17 Jan 1905, page 6. Mr. Otto Holscher's Birthday.

9 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M2FD-3F6 Eusebia J Holscher in household of Otto B Holscher, Baltimore Ward 18, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland, United States; citing sheet , family 11, NARA microfilm publication T624.

10 1860 United States Census, Maryland, Harford County, Havre de Grace, Series: M653 Roll: 476 Page: 81.

11 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136726320.

12 Ancestry.com, Baltimore, Maryland, Deaths and Burials Index, 1877-1992, burial of Eusebia I. Holscher.

13 Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD), 27 Feb 1927, page 35. Obituary of Eusebia Holscher.



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