Elizabeth Eva Vorwerk
b. September 1866, d. 17 November 1916
- Father: Ludwig Wilhelm Philipp Franz Vorwerk b. 20 June 1832, d. 21 May 1887
- Mother: Johanna Faber b. July 1833, d. 5 September 1885
- Elizabeth Eva Vorwerk was born in September 1866 in Minnesota.
- She was known as Eliza.
- Ludwig Wilhelm Philipp Franz Vorwerk and Johanna Faber, appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in St. Anthony (later Minneapolis), Hennepin County, Minnesota. Other members of the household included Elizabeth Eva Vorwerk, Frederick William Vorwerk and Louis Vorwerk.
- Ludwig Wilhelm Philipp Franz Vorwerk and Johanna Faber appeared in the Minnesota state census of 1 May 1875 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, enumerated with the surname "Varwich.". Other members of the household included Elizabeth Eva Vorwerk, Frederick William Vorwerk, Louis Vorwerk and Fredericka Dorothea Augusta Vorwerk.
- Ludwig Wilhelm Philipp Franz Vorwerk appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, at 5th Street. Other members of the household included Elizabeth Eva Vorwerk, Johanna Faber, Frederick William Vorwerk, Louis Vorwerk and Fredericka Dorothea Augusta Vorwerk.
- Ludwig Wilhelm Philipp Franz Vorwerk and Johanna Faber appeared in the Minnesota state census of 1 May 1885 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Other members of the household included Elizabeth Eva Vorwerk, Louis Vorwerk and Fredericka Dorothea Augusta Vorwerk.
- Frederick William Vorwerk and Elizabeth Eva Vorwerk appeared in the 1888 City Directory at 332 NE 5th listed as F & E Vorwerk, Grocers, with brother Louis Vorwerk, Jr., a clerk..
- She married Edwin A. Cadwell, son of Edward J. Cadwell and Elizabeth Adams, on 7 November 1888 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by license issued on the 6th, with Kingsley F. Norris, MG, officiating. The marriage was witnessed by Fredericka Dorothea Augusta Vorwerk.
- Elizabeth Eva Vorwerk and Edwin A. Cadwell appeared in the Minnesota state census of 1 June 1895 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, at 219 Central Aveneu.
- Edwin A. Cadwell and Elizabeth Eva Vorwerk appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, at 219 Central Avenue.
- A photograph of the Ernst family's 19 Roy Street residence was made about 1908. On the porch, Freda Ernst, Edwin Cadwell and his wife Eliza, Freda's sister. Also present, left to right, are Freda's sons Harold, Earl, and Vorwerk with his bicycle.
- Edwin A. Cadwell and Elizabeth Eva Vorwerk appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, at 307 Fourth Street.
- Elizabeth Eva Vorwerk died on 17 November 1916 at age 50 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Edwin A. Cadwell became a widower at her death.
- She was interred at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
- Louis Vorwerk was born in Germany, June 20th, 1832. Was educated in his native country, and came to America the summer of 1852. He lived three years in the state of New York, and three years in Chicago. He came to Minnesota in 1858, and located on a farm in Watonwan county, in which he remained until the Indian outbreak, in 1862, when he was driven from his home. Came to Minneapolis and worked in the furniture business until he accumulated enough to begin business for himself, then opened a grocery at 330 Fifth street north-east. His marriage to Miss Jennie Faber occurred October 10th, 1856, at Chicago. They have four children living: Frederick, Elizabeth E., Louis W. and Fredericka D. A.
-- from History of Hennepin County and The City of Minneapolis, published 1881.
- Last Edited: 27 Sep 2015