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Oliver Lewis 'Ollie' Armbruster

Oliver Lewis 'Ollie' Armbruster

Male 1894 - 1948  (54 years)

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  • Name Oliver Lewis 'Ollie' Armbruster  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15] 
    Birth 12 Mar 1894  St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Randolph, St Francois, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son 
    Census 1910  Crystal City, Jefferson, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son 
    Military Draft Registration 1917  Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Draft Registration - WWI; Marital Status: Married 
    _MILT 1918 
    US Army - WWI; Aviator - 14th Photographic Section - Air Service 
    Census 1940  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head: Brother-in-law of Carroll Figge 
    Military Draft Registration 1942  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Draft Registration - WWII 
    Obituary Apr 1948  Festus, Jefferson, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Obituary for Oliver Armbruster (Aged 54) - The Tri-City Independent • Festus, Missouri • 08 Apr 1948, Thu • Page 1 
    Death 5 Apr 1948  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 8, 10] 
    Burial Crystal City, Jefferson, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I26293  A Tree Called Smith
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Father Lanten H Armbruster,   b. 20 Aug 1856, Jefferson County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1912, Jefferson County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Ann 'Mamie' Hogan,   b. 11 Aug 1874, St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1916, St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 20 Apr 1893  St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16, 17, 18] 
    Family ID F11331  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Edith Martha Lohrke,   b. 16 Sep 1908, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1980, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 27 Oct 1943  Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Family ID F11117  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Family 2 Wilma Mae McClellan,   b. 2 Nov 1908, St Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 May 1936, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years) 
    Marriage Abt Mar 1936  [19] 
    Marriage End May 1936  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 19, 20, 21] 
    Death of Wilma by suicide 
    Family ID F11118  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Family 3 Verna Aubuchon,   b. 29 Nov 1891, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Feb 1974 (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 9 Dec 1922  Granite City, Madison, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 22] 
    Family Residence 1925  Granite City, Madison, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Verna and Oliver Armbruster 
    Divorce Jan 1934  [23] 
    News-ARMBRUSTER Verna and Oliver (Divorce)    		 News-ARMBRUSTER Verna and Oliver (Divorce)
    Family ID F11119  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Family 4 Ada E Schroeppel,   b. 18 Nov 1894, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1971 (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 24 Dec 1914  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 24] 
    News-ARMBRUSTER Ada and Oliver (Marriage)    		 News-ARMBRUSTER Ada and Oliver (Marriage)
    Family ID F11120  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 Mar 1894 - St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son - 1900 - Randolph, St Francois, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son - 1910 - Crystal City, Jefferson, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 24 Dec 1914 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWI; Marital Status: Married - 1917 - Madison County, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 9 Dec 1922 - Granite City, Madison, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFamily Residence - Verna and Oliver Armbruster - 1925 - Granite City, Madison, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage End - Death of Wilma by suicide - May 1936 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head: Brother-in-law of Carroll Figge - 1940 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWII - 1942 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 27 Oct 1943 - Cook County, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsObituary - Obituary for Oliver Armbruster (Aged 54) - The Tri-City Independent • Festus, Missouri • 08 Apr 1948, Thu • Page 1 - Apr 1948 - Festus, Jefferson, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 5 Apr 1948 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Crystal City, Jefferson, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Documents
    US Army WWI Transport Service, Passenger Lists, Page 301    		US Army WWI Transport Service, Passenger Lists, Page 301
    US Army WWI Transport Service, Passenger Lists, Page 671    		US Army WWI Transport Service, Passenger Lists, Page 671

    Headstones
    Cemetery-Sacred Heart (Crystal City MO)    		Cemetery-Sacred Heart (Crystal City MO)

    News
    Homicide-ARMBRUSTER Oliver (Dare Suicide)    		Homicide-ARMBRUSTER Oliver (Dare Suicide)
    Homicide-ARMBRUSTER Oliver (Freed)    		Homicide-ARMBRUSTER Oliver (Freed)
    Homicide-ARMBRUSTER Wilma (Suicide)    		Homicide-ARMBRUSTER Wilma (Suicide)
    News-ARMBRUSTER Ada and Oliver (Marriage)    		News-ARMBRUSTER Ada and Oliver (Marriage)
    News-ARMBRUSTER Verna and Oliver (Divorce)    		News-ARMBRUSTER Verna and Oliver (Divorce)
    Obituary-ARMBRUSTER Oliver    		Obituary-ARMBRUSTER Oliver

  • Sources 
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      1900 United States Federal Census      		 1900 United States Federal Census


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      U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942      		 U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942


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      1940 United States Federal Census      		 1940 United States Federal Census


    10. [S642] Ancestry.com, U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), Oliver Armbruster Funeral Today.
      Funeral services for Oliver (Ollie) Armbruster, a former resident of Festus, will be conducted this morning (Thursday) at 9 oclock at Sacred Heart Church. Funeral will be from Vinyard Chapel to the church, and burial will be in the Catholic cemetery. Mr. Armbruster, who was 54 years of age, died Monday at 2 p.m. In the Veterans Hospital In Maywood, HL, a suburb of Chicago, where he lived. He was bom March 12, 1894, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lanten Armbruster, prominent residents of Festus some years ago The Armbruster family operated a furniture store here a number of years past after serving In World War I, Mr. Armbruster returned to Festus, where he lived until 19 years ago, when he moved to Collinsville and later to Chicago, where he has made his home the past 12 years. He Is survived by a brother and sister, Robert Armbruster and Mrs. Kathryn Flgge, both of Chicago. He was a nephew of Mrs. E, Kerrulsh and Mrs. C. E. Miller of Festus.
      https://www.newspapers.com/image/687511156/?article=fe77e8aa-cd25-4121-84f6-67e1864a1de5&focus=0.16736782,0.5917081,0.29880744,0.83673334&xid=3355

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      U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918      		 U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918


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      Missouri, Birth Registers, 1847-1910      		 Missouri, Birth Registers, 1847-1910


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      U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995      		 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995


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    16. [S8] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm].
      Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002      		 Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002


    17. [S16] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Randolph, St Francois, Missouri; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 0096; FHL microfilm: 1240887.
      1900 United States Federal Census      		 1900 United States Federal Census


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    19. [S1618] Suicide of Wilma Armbruster - Marshall County News 28 May 1936, (Name: Marshall County News; Location: Marshall KS; Date: 28 May 1936;), Former Local Lady Kills Herself on Dare -- Mrs. Wilma Libby Armbruster Pistol Victim In Chicago.
      Making good her husband's dare to commit suicide, Mrs. Wilma Libby Armbiuster, 27, bride of two months and former Marysville resident, shot and killed herself Sunday in Chicago, her second husband, Oliver, 42, told police. A police captain quoted Armbruster as saying he believed his wife, the former Mrs. Harry Libby, jr., was "bluffing" when she threatened to end her life following an all-night quarrel, according to an Associated Prtss dis-dispatch received by the News. The second husband, a salesman, said his wife fired a shot into her right temple after he had shown her how to use a revolver. He was held for investigation and released after he had twice been questioned under a "lie detector." Libby, federal court reporter, and former Union Pacific office employe here, who was divorced from Mrs. Armbruster last November, told police his former wife had severU times threatened to commit suicide while intoxicated. Has A Small Daughter Mrs. Armbruster is the mother of a seven-year-old daughter by her first marriage. The child, who until recently was living with its grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hariy Libby, sr., 406 Calhoun street, is visiting with her grandmother, Mrs. G. Mohler of Robinson. Mrs. Armbruster was born in Robinson, and was living there at the time of her marriage to Libby. Mrs. Armbruster left a note with the apartment hotel clerk addressed to her former husband. It concerned their daughter. It set forth: "To Libby from Wilma: Leave Lindell Mae where she is-and see that she is taken care of." Finding his wife drinking in a tavern with another man, Armbruster told police a quarrel with her followed. After rebuking her, the two went to their apartment where the quarrel was resumed. , Armbruster said he slapped his wife several times, left the apartment, and returned about 4 a. m. - Mrs. Armbruster threatened to kill herself as the quarreling was resumed. The salesman said she took a revolver from a'dresser, and cried hysterically: "I don't know how to use it." Shows Her How To Shoot ' Taking the weapon from her, Armbruster, said he released the safety catch and,. fired into the floor. . "That's how to work it," he said he told her, "now go ahead. I dare you." Armbruster said he dropped the weapon on a couch, and turned hia back, believing his wife was bluffing. An explosion followed, and turning, he saw his wife drop to the floor. She was unconscious to the end. -. A marriage license was Issued to Harry Libby jr., here March 3, 1928. The couple was married by Rev. Walter C. Green, Robinson Methodist pastor.
      https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80616544/marshall-county-news/?xid=637
      Homicide-ARMBRUSTER Wilma (Suicide)      		 Homicide-ARMBRUSTER Wilma (Suicide)


    20. [S1619] Death of Wilma Armbruster - Springfield Leader and Press - 26 May 1936, (Name: Springfield Leader and Press; Location: Springfield IL; Date: 26 May 1936;), Held in Dare Suicide -- Oliver Armbruster Questioned.
      Oliver Armbruster, 42, (right), shown being questioned at Chicago by Assistant Bute's Attorney Morris G. Meyers (left) in the death of the former's wife, Wilma Libb Armbruster, 27, who he said committed suicide after he had shown her how to fire a gun.
      https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80585188/springfield-leader-and-press/?xid=637
      Homicide-ARMBRUSTER Oliver (Dare Suicide)      		 Homicide-ARMBRUSTER Oliver (Dare Suicide)


    21. [S1620] Trial of Oliver Armbruster - The Charleston Daily Mail 26 May 1936, (Name: The Charleston Daily Mail; Location: Charleston, West Virginia; Date: 26 May 1936;), Freed in Wife's Death.
      Oliver Armbruster was cleared of criminal intent today in his too-convincing demonstration to his bride of how to commit suicide. Lie detector tests convinced police that Armbruster's wife snatched a revolver from his hands to kill herself after he showed her how to use it.
      https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80585926/the-charleston-daily-mail/?xid=637
      Homicide-ARMBRUSTER Oliver (Freed)      		 Homicide-ARMBRUSTER Oliver (Freed)


    22. [S1414] Ancestry.com, Illinois, U.S., Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records, 1853-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2018;), Catholic Diocese of Springfield; Springfield, IL; Illinois, Church Records, 1853-1975.
      Illinois, U.S., Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records, 1853-1975      		 Illinois, U.S., Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield Sacramental Records, 1853-1975


    23. [S2623] Divorce of Verna and Oliver Armbruster - St Louis Post-Dispatch - 17 Jan 1934, (Name: St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Location: St. Louis, Missouri; Date: 17 Jan 1934;), Divorce of Verna and Oliver Armbruster.
      https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80598249/st-louis-post-dispatch/?xid=637
      News-ARMBRUSTER Verna and Oliver (Divorce)      		 News-ARMBRUSTER Verna and Oliver (Divorce)


    24. [S1419] Marriage of Ada and Oliver Armbruster - St Louis Globe-Democrat - 3 Jan 1915, (Name: St. Louis Globe-Democrat; Location: St. Louis, Missouri; Date: 3 Jan 1915;), Wedding of Ada Schroeppel and Oliver Armbruster.
      Secret Wedding Is Announced - Announcment has just been made of the marriage in Springfield, Ill last June of Miss Ada Schroeppel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Schroeppel, West Clay Street, Collinsville and Oliver Armbruster, proprietor of the Armbruster Furniture and Undertaking Company. Miss Schroeppel was employed in the Armbruster office.
      https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80585528/st-louis-globe-democrat/?xid=637
      News-ARMBRUSTER Ada and Oliver (Marriage)      		 News-ARMBRUSTER Ada and Oliver (Marriage)



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