Caroline Catharina Christine Haeberle

b. 22 July 1873, d. 21 December 1954
  • Caroline Catharina Christine Haeberle was born on 22 July 1873 in Niagara County, New York.
  • She was baptized/christened on 3 August 1873 at Zion Lutheran Church in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York.
  • Georg Häberle and Charlotte Walz appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Suspension Bridge, Niagara County, New York. Other members of the household included Caroline Catharina Christine Haeberle, Wilhelmina Haeberle, George C. Haeberle, Charlotte Haeberle and Charles E. Haeberle.
  • Charlotte Walz appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 942 South Avenue. Other members of the household included Caroline Catharina Christine Haeberle, Barbara C. Haeberle.
  • She married Dudley D. Padleford circa 1902.
  • Charlotte Walz appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Niagara Falls, New York, at 942 South Avenue. Other members of the household included Caroline Catharina Christine Haeberle, Barbara C. Haeberle and Dudley D. Padleford.
  • The following appeared on 9 August 1912 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: One of the oldest and most respected residents of Niagara Falls passed away yesterday afternoon in the death of Mrs. Charlotte Haeberle, mother of Water Commissioner George C. Haeberle. She was 83 years of age and had resided in Niagara Falls for sixty years.
         Mrs. Haeberle was the widow of the late George Haeberle. She was born in Abstedt, Germany, on December 7, 1829, and came to this country in 1853, arriving in Niagara Falls on April 1st of that year. This city has ever since been her home. She was a long-time member of Zion Lutheran Church.
         Surviving Mrs. Haeberle are two sons and five daughters. They are Mrs. Fredericka Tattersall, Mrs. Wilhelmina Swan, Miss Barbara C. Haeberle, Mrs. Charlotte Stein, Mrs. Carrie Paddleford, George C. Haeberle and Charles E. Haeberle, all residing in Niagara Falls.
         The funeral will be held on Sunday at 2:30 p. m. from her late home and at 3 o'clock from Zion Lutheran Church. Burial at Oakwood cemetery.
  • Caroline Catharina Christine Haeberle became a widow at the 28 November 1915 death of her husband Dudley D. Padleford.
  • The following appeared on 16 November 1922 in The Niagara Falls Gazette: Mrs. Charlotte Stine, 57 years old, No. 723 Division avenue, wife of Harry C. Stine, died at the family residence at 9:30 o'clock last evening after an illness of about five weeks. While Mrs. Stine had been critically ill for a number of days her death came as a great shock to a host of friends at the north end of the city. She was born in this city on April 23, 1865, and has resided here ever since. She was an active worker in the congregation of the Zion Lutheran church of Michigan avenue, where her loss will be keenly felt.
         Besides her husband she is survived by one son George, two brothers, George C. and Charles E. Haeberle, and three sisters, Barbara Haeberle, Mrs. Carrie Paddleford and Mrs. Minnie Swan, all of this city. The funeral services will be held from the family residence Saturday afternoon. The complete details of the funeral have not yet been arranged but will be announced later.
  • The following appeared on 2 November 1950 in the Niagara Falls Gazette:
          Mrs. Wilhelmina Swan, 91, a native and resident of this city throughout her life, died last night at the Niagara Falls Memorial hospital.
         She was the daughter of the late George and Charlotte Haeberle, an old pioneer family in the city, and the wife of the late Gayton H. Swan.
         Mrs. Swan was the oldest member of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran church, a life member of Flagler Chapter 355, Order of Eastern Star, a charter member of Riverdale Rebeka Lodge 195, and a member of the Ladies' Aid society of the Lutheran church.
         Surviving are a son, Frank G. Swan, of Hamilton, Ont; three daughters, Mrs. Charlotte E. Dykstra, Mrs. Hilda B. Haugh and Mrs. Edna L. Hull; one brother, Charles E. Haeberle; two sisters, Miss Barbara Haeberle and Mrs. Carrie Padelford, all of this city, and six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
         Friends may call at the Dykstra Funeral home, 1619 Main street, until 1 p.m. Saturday. Funeral services will be at the convenience of the family. The Rev. Arthur H. Schmoyer will officiate.
  • The following appeared on 12 April 1952 in the Niagara Falls Gazette:
         Funeral services were held today in Colorado Springs for Dr. George H. Stine, son of the founder of Stine drug stores here, who died in the Colorado city Wednesday.
         Dr. Stine, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stine, was extremely active in professional, civic and home life in Colorado Springs, according to information received here.
         In own profession field -- he was an eye specialist -- he was known for the Stine-Crisp test for astigmatism used in the field today.
         For many years he had been engaged in research for means of improving the methods of surgical repair used in treating detachments of the inner or seeing surface of the eyeball.
         He published many papers concerned with this disorder, retinal detachment, and on phases of astigmatism and just before his death at 53 had completed a thesis on all phases of retinal detachment addressed to the American Ophthalmological society. He had been a yearly lecturer before the society.
         The last piece of research is said to have included tables, graphs and other data which would permit another surgeon to use quickly the result of many years of research.
         Dr. Stine also managed to do some research in a totally different science -- meteorology. He maintained a complete weather-reporting station in his home and until 1942 was the only Colorado Springs weather forecaster.
         He was considered an authority on the weather and climate peculiarities of the Rocky Mountain region and was called on to lecture to army and air force meteorologists.
          He is reported to have instigated revision of the sea level correction tables now used by the U. S. Weather bureau. He was a World War I veteran.
         Local survivors are two aunts, Mrs. Carrie Paddleford and Miss Barbara Haeberle, and an uncle, Charles Haeberle.
  • The following appeared on 27 October 1952 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday for Charles E. Haeberle, 84, president of the Haeberle Lumber Company, in his home at 1911 Tenth street. The Rev. Arthur Schmoyer, DD, will officiate.
         Mr. Haeberle, who died yesterday, is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Walter Tufts, Bronxville, Mrs. Harold White, Butler, Pa., and a son, Carl E. Haeberle, this city. Also surviving are two sisters, Miss Barbara Haeberle and Mrs. Carrie Padelford, both of this city, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
          Masonic services will be held at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow by the Niagara River Lodge 785, F and AM, at the Tenth street address.
         Interment will take place Wednesday at the Mausoleum in Oakwood cemetery.
         Mr. Haeberle, who was the son of the late George and Charlotte Haeberle, was an honorary citizen of Boys' Town, Neb., and a life member of the Niagara Falls Exempt Firemen association.
         Other organizations to which he belonged include the following:
          Niagara River Lodge 785; Niagara Commandery 60, Knight Templars; Royal Arch Mason Chapter 200; Ancient Accepted Scottish Rites; Niagara Falls Shrine club; Ismailia Temple of Buffalo; Niagara Falls Lodge 81, IOOF; Niagara Falls Lodge 346, BPOE, and the Oppenheim Zoological society.
         He was also a member of the Niagara club, the Hindoo Koosh Grotto of Hamilton, Ont., and the International Order of Hoo-Hoo, a lumberman's association.
         At the time of his death, Mr. Haeberle was a director of the Niagara Permanent Savings and Loan association and a former director of the Marine Midland Trust company.
  • Caroline Catharina Christine Haeberle died on 21 December 1954 at age 81 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at Memorial Hospital.
  • She was interred at Oakwood Cemetery Mausoleum, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York.
  • The following appeared on 21 December 1954 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: Mrs. Caroline Haeberle Padelford, 942 South Ave., died today at Memorial Hospital after an illness of several weeks.
         A lifelong resident of Niagara Falls, she was the daughter of the late George Haeberle, founder of the Haeberle Lumber Co., this city. She was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church and the Martha Society of the church.
         Her husband, the late Dudley Padelford, died about 35 years ago. Surviving is a sister, Miss Barbara Haeberle, this city.
         Services will be held at the family home. Funeral Arrangements will be announced later.
  • Last Edited: 26 Jul 2012

Family: Dudley D. Padleford b. 4 January 1866, d. 28 November 1915