Edward Ludwig Schwabe

b. 24 May 1898, d. 22 November 1988
  • Edward Ludwig Schwabe was born on 24 May 1898 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
  • Edward Ludwig August Schwabe and Maria Anna Theresia Laurier appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1905 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 364 Elm Street. Other members of the household included Edward Ludwig Schwabe, Anna Schwabe, Frank A. Schwabe, Louise A. Schwabe and Luisa Hofstetter.
  • Edward Ludwig August Schwabe and Maria Anna Theresia Laurier appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 417 Swan. Other members of the household included Edward Ludwig Schwabe, Anna Schwabe, Frank A. Schwabe and Louise A. Schwabe.
  • Edward Ludwig Schwabe appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 417 Swan Street.
  • Edward Ludwig August Schwabe and Maria Anna Theresia Laurier appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1915 in Buffalo, New York, at 417 Swan Street. Other members of the household included Edward Ludwig Schwabe, Anna Schwabe, Frank A. Schwabe and Louise A. Schwabe.
  • Hiram Cook and Anna Schwabe appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 171 East Delavan. Other members of the household included Edward Ludwig Schwabe, Louise A. Schwabe and Edward Ludwig August Schwabe.
  • He was a chemist in the oil industry, according to the 1920 census.
  • According to the 1930 census, he was married at age 23, but his wife was not present in the Buffalo household where he was a boarder. Was this his marriage to Thelma Cross, or an earlier marriage?
  • The following appeared on 30 June 1926 in the Buffalo Evening News: [Died] Suddenly in this city, June 28, 1926, Dr. Edward L. A. Schwabe, husband of the late Anna Schwabe (nee Laurier), father of Mrs. Anna L. Cook, Frank Schwabe of Pocatella, Idaho, Edward L. Schwabe of McCannonon, Idaho , and Louise L. Schwabe. Funeral from the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Anna L. Cook, 628 East Delavan avenue, Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Firends are invited to attend. Deceased was a member of Concordia Lodge No. 143, F. & A. M. Burial under the auspices of Concordia Lodge.
  • Edward Ludwig Schwabe appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 1107 Michigan Avenue boarding in the household of widow Anna Schwegler.
  • He was a pharmacist and medical student, according to the 1930 census.
  • He married Thelma Ridgley Cross, daughter of Herbert Hamilton Cross and Sarah Grimes, circa 1936.
  • Eddie and Thelma Schwabe were photographed on holiday about 1936.
  • Edward Ludwig Schwabe and Thelma Ridgley Cross appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 262 Locust Street.
  • He was a university medical teacher, according to the 1940 census.
  • In 11 March 1958, Edward Ludwig Schwabe was living in Brocton, Chautauqua County, New York, at 41 Highland Avenue when he applied for his Social Security number.
  • The following appeared on 4 October 1964 in the Idaho Sunday Journal: Mrs. Frank Schwabe, 427 West Hayden, has received word of the death in Buffalo, N.Y., of Mrs. Anna L. Schwabe Cook, sister of the late Frank Schwabe. Mrs. Cook, 70, also is survived by a brother, Dr. Edward L. Schwabe, Brocton, N.Y; a sister, Miss Louise Schwabe, of Buffalo; a nephew, Eugene L. Schwabe, Pocatello, and a niece, Joan Schwabe O'Leary, Idaho Falls.
  • The SSDI lists Green Valley, Pima County, Arizona, as the last residence of record of Edward Ludwig Schwabe.
  • Edward Ludwig Schwabe died on 22 November 1988 at age 90.
  • Last Edited: 19 Aug 2012

Family: Thelma Ridgley Cross b. 6 December 1905, d. 6 February 1990