Charles Rudolf Volz

1857 - 1924  (66 years)

• Name	Charles Rudolf Volz
  Birth	22 Sep 1857	Louisville, Jefferson, KY
  Gender	Male
  Census	29 Jun 1870	Louisville, Jefferson, KY ; age 13, born KY, at school, living with parents
  Census	1 Jun 1880	Louisville, Jefferson, KY ; age 22, born KY, teamster, he and wife living in father's house
  Census	2 Jun 1900	Louisville, Jefferson, KY ; age 42, born Sept 1857 in KY, marr 20 yrs, grocer, his father in house
  Death	21 May 1924	Louisville, Jefferson, KY
  Burial	22 May 1924	Cave Hill National Cemetery, Louisville, KY
  Person ID	I8205	Family Tree | Test Branch
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	Karl “Charles” Volz,   b. 3 Nov 1825, Gamshurst, Baden, GER d. 23 Feb 1907, Louisville, Jefferson, KY (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Hurst,   b. 1826, Germany
  Marriage	1849	Louisville, Jefferson, KY
  Family ID	F2680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  from Kentucky, Births and Christenings, 1839-1960 (familysearch.org) Karl Rudolph born 22 Sept 1857 at St. Paul's Evangelical to Karl Volz and Elisabeth Hurst. From Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 (ancestry.com) Charles R Volz, a painter at the L&N RR, widower, born 22 Sep 1857 in Louisville, KY to Charles Volz of Germany, mother unknown, died 21 May 1924 in Louisville, KY of Intraabdominal carcinoma. Burial on 22 May 1924 in Cave Hill Cemetery. Informant Mrs. E.E. Sullivan. From Recollection of Louisville by Joseph J Eisenbeis, Vol. 65, Jan 1991 (Filson Club History Quarterly) Across the street was Charles Volz' grocery. He was a very nice man, but he did not do as well as Mr. Steinmetz, namely because he was a Republican and the neighborhood by far was Democratic. He also had Republican speakings with a platform in his back yard which faced the street. Mr. Volz sold his grocery finally to a Mr. Kirk with Kamber dairy store in rear. Motto: When in business be neutral and independent. from "The Louisville Courier-Journal", 22 May 1924 (newspapers.com) Charles R. Volz, 67 years old, died at 9:30 o'clock yesterday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E.E. Sullivan, 686 South Forty-third Street. Besides Mrs. Sullivan, he is survived by five other daughters, Mrs. Henry Kroeger, Mrs. Andrew Cozine, Mrs. Karl Lichberg and Miss Aleen Volz, and a son, Charles S. Volz. Funeral services will be held at 3:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the residence. Burial will be in Cave Hill Cemetery.