Monday, March 23, 2015

Birth and Death

Nellie Peck had married Nicholas Ehrhardt, Jr. in November 1920; early in the morning of January 16, 1922, she gave birth to their first child, a daughter — but the little girl died at birth.

Nellie survived her daughter by only a few hours.

2015-3-23. Nellie Peck Ehrhardt obit
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Hobart Gazette 20 Jan. 1922.


I suppose the child was buried with or near her mother, but so far as I can tell neither Nellie's grave marker nor any other in the Mosier Cemetery acknowledges her child's existence, any more than the obituaries do. I would not have known about her but for the "Births" column in the News.


Additional Sources:
♦ "Births." Hobart News 19 Jan. 1922.
♦ "Funeral of Mrs. Nellie Peck-Ehrhardt Held on Wednesday Morning." Hobart News 19 Jan. 1922.

1 comment:

Rachel said...

So sad..I found a little more information about Nicholas Ehrhardt Jr

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12622631