Heinrich Houser (1861 - abt. 1947)

Born Oct 1861 in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth C. (Arnold) Hauser — married about 1882 in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania

Died about 22 May 1947 at about age 85 in Pittsburgh (Pine Township) [uncertain]

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Biography

HENRY HAUSER

wharfmaster of Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, is a lifelong resident of Allegheny County. He was born in the fourth ward of Allegheny County in 1860, received his entire education in the public school of that ward, and at the age of eleven years began his life-work as an employee of the malleable iron works.

After learning his trade, he was employed for some years by the Crawford malleable iron works of Allegheny City, and later the Pittsburgh locomotive works. Next, he was connected with the Speers manufacturing company, and still later with the James Hunter River Avenue lime company, as collector.

Mayor John R. Murphy appointed Mr. Hauser to the city fire department, and for some time he was captain of hose company No. 10. From that company he was transferred to engine company No. 14, and as captain of that company he opened the new house on Perrysville Avenue, but afterwards returned to his old quarters with the "Tens." Altogether, he was a member of the department for eleven years, and until he was appointed to his present position, in April, 1903, by Mayor Wyman.

His father, Pius Hauser, died in 1895, his mother, Caroline Hauser, having died the previous year. Mr. Hauser is a consistent Republican in all things political, having been a member of the county committee for the last ten years. He served nine years on the Tenth Ward school board, and for six years of that time he was chairman of the board. He is one of the charter members of the Republican Progressive Association of the Tenth Ward, and one of the original organizers of the celebrated Duquesne drum corps.

In the matter of secret and fraternal societies, Mr. Hauser is a member of Fidelia lodge, No. 415, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, which he joined in 1882; Hope Lodge, No. 243, Knights of Pythias; Ricka Lodge, No. 5, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, and the Perrysville conclave of Heptasophs.

His church connection is with the Second Christian congregation, whose place of worship is on Observatory Hill. He was married, in 1882, to Miss Elizabeth Arnold, of Allegheny City, and they have one daughter, Lyda May.

Source: Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; personal and genealogical (1904), pages 218-219.

Henry Houser is listed in the Pennsylvania Death Certificate Index as having died in Pine Township on 5-22-47 - Death Certificate #: 45833.

There is an entry for Henry Hauser (1860-1947) in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Grove City, Pennsylvania on findagrave.com.^[1] Interestingly, the entry for "Henry Hauser" in the 1904 book, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; personal and genealogical, states that "In the matter of secret and fraternal societies, Mr. Hauser is a member of Fidelia lodge, No. 415, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, which he joined in 1882; Hope Lodge, No. 243, Knights of Pythias; Ricka Lodge, No. 5, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, and the Perrysville conclave of Heptasophs." (pages 218-219). More research is needed to confirm this (specifically, the State of Pennsylvania Death Certificate for Henry Houser from 1947).

Sources

1. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #84333370 (accessed 8 May 2024)
   Memorial page for Henry Houser (11 Oct 1860-22 May 1947), citing Odd Fellows Cemetery, Grove City, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA (plot: Row C, Lot 11); Maintained by Don Cook (contributor 47370226).

See also:

Northwestern Historical Association. Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Northwest Historical Association., Madison, Wisconsin, 1904, Vol. 1, p. 218)