Frederick David STRUDEL ^{2 3}

   Cause of his death was The Great 1896 St Louis Cyclone - Streetcar Blown off Eads Bridge.

   Other names for Frederick were Fred and Fritz. ²

   User ID: 14.

   General Notes:

Blown off Eads Bridge in the Great Cyclone of 27 May 1896.

NAME
STRUDEL. Name changed by wife (AMB) after his death to STRUDELL.

SOURCES
St Louis City Directory, St Louis Marriage Records, The Great Cyclone at St. Louis and East St. Louis May 27 1896 Julian Curzon, This Was St Louis Arthur Proetz, The Great Cyclone of 1896 and Its Aftermath James David Strudel.

MARRIAGE RECORDS
City of St Louis Index to Marriage Records- Female
Roll No 46 Vol 3 1871-1881
Anna BLAETZ- Friedrich STRUDER (sic) Vol 19 pg 455.

CITY DIRECTORY
St Louis City Directory
1890: Frederick D STRUDEL, FDStrudel & Co 25 S 4th (FDS, Albert Renz, Henry J Paulus) Looking Glasses, Mouldings, Picture Frames, r2338 S12th.
1900: Anna M STRUDEL Wid Frederick D STRUDEL r2338 S12th.

STORY
"The Great Cyclone of 1896 and Its Aftermath: Strudells"
James David Strudell- Apr 1997
"Fritz Strudel, my great grandfather, vanished during the Great Cyclone. The story, as recounted by Arthur Proetz in 'This Was St Louis' is that Fritz was blown off the Eads Bridge into the river...He started home from the East Side and was never seen again.' Great Grandma Anna Marie (Blaetz) Strudell, his widow, thereafter was terrified during big thunderstorms. Great aunt Irene Georgia (Strudell) Crane, one of the children, said in later years that there was some neighbor lady who claimed Fritz had disappeared by running off with another woman; nobody in the family, particularly Great Grandma Strudell, gave the story any credence...[see Anna Marie Blaetz]"

ANCESTRY.COM
Ancestry.com 19 Jul 2000
Database: St. Louis, Missouri Directories, 1889-1890
Name, Business Name, Occupation, Location 1, Location 2, City, State, Year
Frederick D. Strudel, F. D. Strudel & Co., r. 2338 S. 12th, St. Louis, MO, 1890
Frederick D. Strudel; Albert Renz; Henry J. Paulus, Strudel F. D. & Co. Looking Glasses, Mouldings and Picture Frames, 25 S. Fourth, St. Louis, MO, 1890

INTERNET
www.Soulard.com
"Tornado 27 May 1896."

http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/libsrc/CYCLONER.HTM
The Great Cyclone at St. Louis and East St. Louis, May 27, 1896 (reprinted by Southern Illinois University Press in 1997) was written by Julian Curzon. This book was originally published in 1896.
Copies are available at Central Stacks , Rare Books (Central Library) (Call Number 977.86503 Non-Circulating.)
Index entries indicate page number(s). The symbol [il.] indicates that a black and white photograph of the subject is on the page number provided: the symbol [d] indicates that the person mentioned was killed by the tornado: "Struedel (sic), F. D. pg 236.

   Events:

1. Occupation: Retail Frames, Mouldings, Looking Glasses, 1890, St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA.

   Marriage Information:

Frederick married Anna Marie BLAETZ, daughter of Jacob BLAETZ, Sr and Katherine GARBE, in 1877 in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA ^{1 2}. (Anna Marie BLAETZ was born on 18 Oct 1859 in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA ⁸, died on 12 Apr 1935 in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA ⁹ and was buried on 15 Apr 1935 in Cemetery, Sunset, 12 664, St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA ¹⁰.) The cause of her death was arteriosclerosis, Myocarditis, Acute Cholecystitis with Septic Perforation.