Caroline Bieler

b. November 1851, d. 1946
  • Caroline Bieler was born in November 1851 in Germany.
  • Caroline Bieler arrived in the United States circa 1868, according to various censuses.
  • She married Arthur Zipf, son of Florian Zipf, in 1874 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, at Saint Benedict Church.
  • Arthur Zipf and Caroline Bieler appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, at 48 Oxford Street enumerated with the surname "Zief". Other members of the household included Arthur George Zipf and Johanna Sophia Zipf. Also in the household were children Mary (age 15), Florian (14), Lizzie (12) and Emma (8), all born in New Jersey.
  • Arthur Zipf and Caroline Bieler appeared in the 1885 New Jersey state census in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. Other members of the household included Caroline Bieler, Johanna Sophia Zipf. Also in the household were children Florian A., Elizabeth, George A. and Emma.
  • Arthur Zipf and Caroline Bieler appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, at 91 Hillside Avenue.
  • Arthur Zipf and Caroline Bieler appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Newark, New Jersey, at 91 Hillside Avenue.
  • The following appeared on 23 September 1913 in The Niagara Falls Gazette: Mrs. Arthur Zipf of Newark, N. J., has just returned to her home after visiting her daughter, Mrs. Herman Rieger of Michigan avenue.
         Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rieger, accompanied by Mrs. Arthur Zipf, have returned from a trip to Upper Canada.
  • Arthur Zipf and Caroline Bieler appeared in the 1915 New Jersey state census in Newark, New Jersey.
  • Caroline Bieler became a widow at the 21 April 1918 death of her husband Arthur Zipf.
  • Herman Martin Rieger and Johanna Sophia Zipf appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Rochester, New York, at 325 Westminster Road. Other members of the household included Caroline Bieler, Thelma Rieger, Anita C. Rieger and May F. S. Rieger.
  • Caroline Bieler appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, at 28 Seventeenth Street. Other members of the household included Johanna Sophia Zipf, Herman Martin Rieger and May F. S. Rieger.
  • Caroline Bieler died in 1946.
  • She was interred at Saint Marys Cemetery, East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey.
  • Last Edited: 10 Jan 2015

Family: Arthur Zipf b. 8 November 1839, d. 21 April 1918