Ludwig M. Boehner

b. 13 October 1867, d. 24 December 1943
  • Ludwig M. Boehner was born on 13 October 1867 in Germany.
  • He was known as Louis in the United States.
  • Ludwig M. Boehner arrived circa 1888, according to the 1900 census.
  • He married Elizabeth Rosli Borth, daughter of Frederick Christian Borth and Margaretha Kammerer, on 15 October 1896.
  • Ludwig M. Boehner and Elizabeth Rosli Borth appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 235 Peach Street. Other members of the household included Margaret Louise Boehner.
  • He was a cabinet maker, according to the 1900 census.
  • Ludwig M. Boehner appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 1995 Bailey Avenue. Other members of the household included Elizabeth Rosli Borth, Margaret Louise Boehner and Madlyn Elizabeth Boehner.
  • He was employed as a cabinet maker, according to the 1910 census.
  • The following appeared on 1 May 1911 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Borth, Mr. and Mrs. Schalcraft [sic], Mr. and Mrs. Louis Boehner, Mr. and Mrs. C. Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. George Barnett and Mr. Charles Werler [sic] of Buffalo attended the funeral of Adam Kammerer yesterday afternoon. . . . J. A. Kammerer of Toronto, Ont., was in town yesterday attending the funeral of his brother, Adam Kammerer.
  • Ludwig M. Boehner and Elizabeth Rosli Borth appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Buffalo, New York, at 1995 Bailey Avenue. Other members of the household included Margaret Louise Boehner and Madlyn Elizabeth Boehner.
  • He was employed as a cabinet maker, according to the 1920 census.
  • Ludwig M. Boehner and Elizabeth Rosli Borth appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. Other members of the household included Madlyn Elizabeth Boehner.
  • He was employed as a cabinet maker, according to the 1930 census.
  • Ludwig M. Boehner appeared in the 1931 Buffalo, New York, City Directory at 147 Sprenger.
  • Ludwig M. Boehner and Elizabeth Rosli Borth appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Buffalo, New York. Other members of the household included Madlyn Elizabeth Boehner and Otto Lenz.
  • Ludwig M. Boehner died on 24 December 1943 at age 76 in Buffalo, New York.
  • Elizabeth Rosli Borth became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at Saint John Cemetery, Pine Ridge & Sugar Roads, Cheektowaga, Erie County New York, Alabama.
  • The following appeared on 25 December 1943 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: Struck by autos--one a police car driven by Inspector Jeremiah R. Cronin--two men and a woman were killed in Buffalo and the Town of Tonawanda last night. They were:
         Louis M. Boehner, 75, of 147 Sprenger Ave, Killed in Bailey Ave. between Dingens and William. . . .
         Boehner was killed shortly after 6 o'clock last night as Inspector Cronin, who was on duty at the time, was driving north in Bailey in a police car assigned to him. He was bound home for dinner, he said, and was passing the Cohen scrap metal yard at 909 Bailey, when Boehner started to cross the avenue from east to west.
         In a report to the Broadway station, Cronin, who is a former police commissioner, reported he was driving 20 to 25 miles an hour and did not see Boehner, a watchman at the Cohen yards. The inspector summoned an Emergency Hospital ambulance but the victim was dead by the time it arrived . . .
  • The following appeared on 26 December 1943 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: [Died] Suddenly, December 24, 1943, Louis M. Boehner, beloved husband of Rose E. Borth Boehner; father of Mrs. William A. Leggett, and Mrs. Otto LOenz. Funeral from the family residence, 147 Sprenger Ave., Monday at 2:30 p. m. Deceased was a member of I. O. O. F. East Buffalo Lodge. Friends invited.
  • Last Edited: 30 Oct 2013

Family: Elizabeth Rosli Borth b. 18 September 1869, d. 6 August 1967