Albert Anthony Deiss
Full name : Albert Anthony Deiss
Alternate spellings, aliases :
Parents :
Father : Anton Deiss
Mother : Catharina Cramer
Date of Birth : on or about 16 March 1882
Place of Birth : City of St. Louis, Missouri
Notes : he was baptized on 16 March 1882
[click here to see an image of a copy of his baptismal
certificate]
Vitals :
Height : Short
Build : Stout
Eyes : Blue
Hair : Light
[click here to see the only known image of
Albert Deiss]
Spouse :
Name : Mary Thien
Date of Marriage : 16 April 1902
Place of Marriage : St. Louis, Missouri
Died :11 April 1959
Notes :
Date of Death : 20 May 1923
Place of Death : St. Louis, Missouri
Cause of Death :
Burial Information : interred 23 May 1923 at Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis,
Missouri; 017/0755/00003/r01. He
was embalmed by undertaker John Deiss, the same man that was undertaker for his
father. His connection to this
Deiss family is unclear.
[click here to see a copy the invoice for his funeral
expenses]
Military Service : none, although he was
registered for conscription
1918 Draft Registration
Name
: Albert J. Deiss
Permanent Address : 4432 N. Broadway St. Louis, MO
Age in Years : 36
Date of Birth : March 16, 1882
Race : White
US Citizen : Natural Born
Present Occupation : Bartender
Employer : Self
Employers Address : 4432 N. Broadway St. Louis, MO
Nearest Relative : Mammie (sic) [Mary] Deiss, wife; 4432 N. Broadway St. Louis,
MO
Height : Short
Build : Stout
Eyes : Blue
Hair : Light
Religion : Roman Catholic
Locations
of Worship : Holy Trinity Church, St. Louis, Missouri
Notes : He received his first communion on 28 April 1895.
[click here to see an image of a copy of his prayer book]
Occupation(s) : bartender
Employer
: self
Employer
Address : 4432 N. Broadway, St. Louis, Missouri
[click here to see an image of a bottle of liquor
that probably came from his line of business]
Property :
Address : 4432 N. Broadway, St. Louis, Missouri
1920 Federal Census. City of
St. Louis, First Ward, Missouri
Street, Dwelling/Family, Name, Relation, Tenure, Sex, Color, Age, Marital
Status, School/Read/Write, Born, Father Born , Mother Born, Spk Eng, Occupation
4432 N. Broadway, 3/3, Albert J. Deiss, Head, renter, Male, White, 37, Married,
n/y/y, Missouri, Germany (German), Missouri, yes, Saloon Keeper, Saloon
4432 N. Broadway, 3/3, Mary Deiss, Wife, Female, White, 36, Married, n/y/y,
Missouri, Germany (German), Germany (German), yes, none
4432 N. Broadway, 3/3, William J. Deiss, Son, Male, White, 9, Single, y/y/y,
Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, yes, none
4432 N. Broadway, 3/3, Edna E. Deiss, Daughter, Female, White, 14, Single,
n/y/y, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, yes, none
Family :
Daughter : Clara
Date of Birth: c. 1903
Place of Birth : St. Louis, Missouri
Married : no
Died : 16 June 1904 St. Louis, Missouri
Notes : she lived less than two years; interred at Calvary Cemetery
Daughter : Edna
Date of Birth : 3 December 1905
Place of Birth : St. Louis, Missouri
Married : Captain Harrison C. Finley, USAAR
Died : 17 January 1988 Collinsville, Illinois
Notes : 'Uncle Bill' Finley, a balloon and dirigible pilot with the USAAF from
1919 - 1945, died 1988 - '89 in Oklahoma. Edna and Bill had a daughter,
Judith.
Son : William John
Date of Birth: 2 November 1908
Place of Birth : St. Louis, Missouri
Married1 : Vivian Louise Dabney, September 1940, St. Louis, Missouri
Married2 : Betty Clifford, 1971 or 1972
Died : 30 June 1981 Madisonville, Illinois
Notes : cause of death - emphysema; interred Friedens Cemetery, Missouri.
William and Vivian had one son – W. A.
Sources, bibliography :
Deiss, William A., Personal Communication,
Falls Church and Alexandria, Virginia. 1980-1990.
Deiss, William A., Personal Communication,
Winchester, Virginia. 2001.
Durbin, Judith. Correspondence with
William Deiss. Midwest City, Oklahoma. 1999.
WWI Draft Registration Card of Albert J. Deiss, St.
Louis City, Roll 1 n-z, National Archives and Records Administration,
Washington, DC. 1918.
Kind gifts of documentary and
photo evidence courtesy of William A. Deiss.
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