Eleanor Louise Burkardt
1886 - 1922 (36 years)
Generation: 1
1. Eleanor Louise Burkardt was born in 1886 in Ohio; died on 27 Dec 1922 in Orange, Essex County, New Jersey; was buried in Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania. Notes:
... Mrs. Louise Burkhardt Brigham ..., from Orange, N.J., will arrive in this city tomorrow noon accompanied by her husband Charles Brigham and daughter Virginia, and a brother Jack Brigham, of Chicago, Ill., who went to the New Jersey home yesterday.
Upon its arrival here the funeral party will proceed directly to the Grove Hill cemetery, where private commitment services will be conducted by the Rev. H.C. Weaver, pastor of Trinity M.E. church.
Mrs. Noah T. Clark, an aunt, of Pittsburgh, a former resident of West Third street, this city, arrived today, to attend the funeral. Mrs. John F. Davis of State street, and Mrs. O.M. Sherman, of West Fifth street, are sister-in-law of the deceased.
Harry Brigham, a half brother, former resident here, now residing in Buffalo, N.Y., accompanied by his wife, will arrive in the city this evening. Another brother, Richard Brigham, is a resident of Los Angeles, California, and unable to return in time for the funeral. A sister of Mrs. John F. Davis, Mrs. Charles E. Blair, former resident here, now of Detroit, Mich., is on a six-weeks tour in the west.
The marriage of Miss Burkhardt to Charles Brigham took place in Pittsburgh ten years ago. For a number of years, they lived in California, being transferred to East Orange, N.J., by the Debevoise Company three months ago.
(Assumed to be from "Oil City Blizzard) - no date.
Woman Slain At Home In Orange, N.J. Buried
Mrs. Charles F. Brigham, Killed by Negro, Laid to Rest in Grove Hill Cemetery.
The body of Mrs. Charles F. Brigham, who was murdered at her home in Orange, N.J., on Wednesday, arrived in Oil City at 2 o’clock this afternoon on the Erie train, which was two hours late.
The body was accompanied by the husband the little seven year-old daughter and by Jack Brigham, of Chicago, a brother-in-law. The two other children, too ill to be brought here, are being cared for by neighbors in Orange.
The body was taken direct to the Grove Hill cemetery and the committal service was in charge of Rev. H.C. Weaver, pastor of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal church. Funeral services in her memory were held in the family home at Orange on Friday.
Serving as pall-bearers here were three brothers-in-law – O.M. Sherman and Dr. J.F. Davis, of Oil City, and Jack Brigham, of Chicago; and three brothers – Francis, Joseph and Burkhardt, all of Pittsburgh.
Among those in attendance were a sister, Mrs. DeNoon and Mrs. Noah F. Clark, both of Pittsburgh.
The News-Herald, Franklin, Pennsylvania. Saturday, 30 December 1922.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28046824/eleanor-louise-brighamEleanor married Charles Fidelio Brigham on 25 Oct 1913. Charles was born on 27 Apr 1888 in Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania; died on 4 Mar 1964 in Belmont, San Mateo County, California; was buried in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]