The surname, Hosch, is a new one for this blog, and it is a very isolated one in our German Family Tree. There is just one lonely baptism record for today’s birthday boy, Adolph Carl Hosch, who was born on May 24, 1884. That makes today his 140th birthday. I am unable to show that baptism record today, but I can tell you that it says Adolph was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville. The parents are listed as Wilhelm and Anna (Dewein) Hosch. The sponsors for Adolph were John and Magdalena (Hooss) Dewein. Since Adolph was born during the time when Perry County kept birth records, we can view the one for Adolph. I will display it in 2 images.

The Hosch parents, as near as I could tell, were residents of New Orleans, Louisiana throughout most of their married lives with possibly just a short stint in Perry County. The above birth record says that Adolph’s father was a farmer. I located this photo of Wilhelm Hosch.

In Ancestry.com family trees, many list this Hosch couple as having 9 children, with Adolph being the youngest. All of Adolph’s older siblings were born in New Orleans. Adolph is the only one born in Missouri, and even he is found living in New Orleans for the rest of his life. It appears that the Hosch’s connection to Perry County was that Adolph’s mother, Anna Dewein, was the sister of John Dewein, Adolph’s sponsor, who lived in Perryville.

Since we cannot view the 1890 census, Adolph’s early years are a bit sketchy, but when his mother died in 1897, that death took place in New Orleans, and that is where she is buried. The first census in which I found Adolph was the one taken in 1900, and his family was living in New Orleans. Adolph’s father had no occupation, but Adolph, at the age of 16, was a shoe clerk, and he had an older brother who was a baker. This entry says Adolph was born in Louisiana, but I think that is incorrect. All other census entries give Missouri as his state of birth.

Now, we will take a look at the woman who would become Adolph’s wife. Her name was Maria Anastasia Kuhn, who was born on October 10, 1882 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mary was the daughter of John and Catherine (Conrad) Kuhn. We can view a New Orleans record of her birth.

Mary is found in just one census entry prior to her marriage when she was a teenager. Her father was a day laborer, and she had a younger brother who was a bell boy.

Adolph Hosch married Mary Kuhn on March 19, 1907. I am able to display this Louisiana marriage record for that event.

Based on later census entries, this couple had 6 children. In the 1910 census, the Hosch’s are listed with 2 children. Adolph was a packer for a wholesale liquor business.

Adolph had his World War I draft registration completed in 1918. It said he was employed by the N.O.R and Light Company. Based on his upcoming 1920 census, I think the N.O.R. meant New Orleans Railway, and he was working as a conductor on one of that company’s street cars.

Next, we find the Hosch’ household’s in the 1920 census. Adolph is called a street car conductor, and all 6 of their children were included in their household. Once again we find Mary’s brother, Fred Kuhn, in this entry. Fred was a chauffeur.

In the 1930 census, Adolph and Mary were down to 5 children, and Adolph was a laborer for the highway department. Two of their older daughters were also part of the work force.

Next, we find the Hosch household in the 1940 census. Adolph was called a day watchman at a hotel.

Adolph’s World War II draft card gives a name to the hotel at which Adolph worked. It was called the Monteleone Hotel.

The Hotel Monteleone still exists and is found in the French Quarter of New Orleans. It is a very luxurious hotel. A photo of it is displayed here.

The address for the Hosch’s and the location of the French Quarter are shown on the map below.

I think Adolph may have received some harassment about his name during and after World War II because of Hitler’s evil reputation. I know that the name, Adolph, died out in America after that war.

We find Adolph and Mary in one more census, the one taken in 1950. Adolph was a maintenance man at a hotel. A daughter, Caroline, had married Milton Vavasseur, and that couple, with one son, was living in this household.

Adolph Hosch died in 1953 at the age of 69; Mary Hosch died in 1958 at the age of 75. They each have entries on Findagrave.com at the Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans. Adolph has no gravestone photo. Mary has this photo attached to her entry, but I do not see her name anywhere in this photo that shows the gravestone for her daughter Louise, who had married a man named Dell.

A while back, I wrote the post, Cook and Concierge/Barber and Barkeep, which told the story of Adolph’s sponsors, John and Magdalena Dewein. That story mentioned that John and Magdalena were involved in the operation of the Hooss Hotel in Perryville. Mary Kuhn had a brother who was a bell boy. And Adolph’s story has him involved in the operation of a hotel. There is evidence all throughout the Dewein/Hooss/Hosch/Kuhn families mentioned in this post, that plenty of them were hotel workers all up and down the Mississippi River.