Again David Reinhardt came to the rescue with a picture of Meta Brueggeman. Actually, I had this picture and wasn't identified. He thinks it was taken at the Golden Anniversary party in 1894 of Louise Marie Brueggeman and Heinrich Bennhoff.
If the picture is properly identified, I think it was probably taken at Clamor's funeral. Meta was born in 1890 and she is too old in the picture to be 1894. The young lady seated on the left is Stella Reinhardt. She was born in 1892. If taken in 1909, Stella would be 17 and Meta 19.
Here is Meta in this picture:
Today is the anniversary of Meta Marie Brueggeman. She was the daughter of Louis and granddaughter of Clamor. She was born on this day (Sept 20th) 1890 in Cleveland. She never married.
David Reinhardt provided these notes to me that were written by Eugene Brueggeman (her nephew):
She was a graduate of the Cleveland School of Law in 1915, was admitted to the bar but never engaged in private practice. I believe she worked as a law clerk to a judge in the Common Pleas Court of Cuyahoga County. She was fired when the Democrats took over in 1932. It was said she refused to play the political game and make a contribution to the party or something like that. By that time she was well enough off not to work again at a regular job. She traveled in Europe at least once sometime in the middle of the thirties. She never married and loved to play the piano and sing opera (which was a rather excruciating experience for those who had to listen). [Eugene inherited her Steinway]. She had a domineering personality and was in many ways far ahead of her time. She was one of those people who made a lasting impression on people-especially her nephews and nieces who still talk about her whenever they get together. She was a constant presence in her family, and spent all the holidays with Rudolph's family.
She certainly was an interesting woman!
I could find that she made two European trips, one in 1928 and again in 1932. I would love to find her passport application as they often include pictures but they are only available on-line through 192 and she doesn't seem to have applied before 1926. You can get copies from the State Department but it cost $150!!!.
Anyone have a picture?
I found a new resource, or at least new to me, yesterday:. Cuyahoga County Ohio Birth Returns. Although there are some instances where a child's given name is provided, it typically will not appear on these birth returns.. Information on the returns includes full names, ages, address, and nativity of the parents, as well as the newborn's place of birth and attending physician or midwife. These records are available from 1872 through 1908.
I started looking for Louise and Minnie Brueggeman's children. I could only find a Birth Return for their oldest two children, Meta and Rudolf. I looked for variants in spelling but I still couldn't find the remaining children. Someone had gone back in 1924 and wrote Meta's name on the top of the record.
Meta's birth was attended by a Doctor but Rudolf's was attended by a midwife, a neighbor from just a couple doors away, 862 Lorain Street.
I will keep searching this database to see if I can find any more of Clamor's grand children, Brueggemans, Barlags, or Bennhoffs. Don't forget you can click on the document to make it larger.
