BROBOL Genealogie » HEINRICH JOSEPH "Henri" BOLZ (1904-1969)

Personal data HEINRICH JOSEPH "Henri" BOLZ 

• Nickname is Henri.
• He was born on December 19, 1904 in Bad Kreuznach.
• Profession: Machinist.
• Resident: Chicago Cook (Illinois).
• He died on December 13, 1969 in Chicago Cook Illinois, he was 64 years old.
• A child of JOHANN PETER BOLZ and ANNA ELISABETH GÜNSTER
• This information was last updated on November 27, 2021.

Household of HEINRICH JOSEPH "Henri" BOLZ

(1) He is married to BARBARA LAMMERSFELD.

They got married on May 24, 1930 at Chicago, he was 25 years old.

Child(ren):

1. HENRY PETER BOLZ  1930-1982 
2. RONALD JOSEPH BOLZ  1939-2002 
3. (Not public)

(2) He resides with ANGELINE STEIN.

They live together about 1969.

Notes about HEINRICH JOSEPH "Henri" BOLZ

Na de WO1 had Duitsland enorme schulden. De enige mogelijkheid die er voor de Staat openstond was geld bij te drukken. Dit werd echter zeer grote hoeveelheden bijgedrukt, met als gevolg een enorme inflatie. In juli 1922 steeg de prijsindex maar liefst 700 %. Het hoogtepunt kwam in 1923. Kostte een brood in 1921 nog 4 mark, in augustus 1923 werd dat 69000 mark en in november van datzelfde jaar moest men 201.000.000.000 Mark betalen voor hetzelfde brood. Geen wonder dus dat Henrich weg wilde. Hij vertrok met het ms Bayern vanuit Hamburg en arriveerde op Ellis Island op 26 oktober 1923. Hij ging rechtstreeks door naar Chicage waar een oom van hem woonde (Severin). In 1930 trouwde hij met een meisje van Duitse/Hongaarse afkomst. Met elkaar spraken zij de Duitse taal, maar de kinderen hebben die taal nooit echt geleerd. Hij was een goed vakman en daarbij nog Sheriff in Chicago. Hij verloor zijn werk door alcoholproblemen en leefde daardoor soms zelfs op de straten van Chicago. Hij deed ook nog hand en spandiensten voor El Capono. Het gezin was arm, maar bleef ondanks de zware tijden bij elkaar. In de oorlogsjaren verzonden zij met veel moeite zelfgemaakte pakketjes met hulpgoederen naar zijn ouders in Duitsland. Het duurde vaak maanden voor dat zo'n pakketje gevuld was.

After WW1 Germany had a enormous debt. The onley solution was to print money, much money. But this act had greet consequences: inflation.
The climax of the German inflation was in 1923. In 1921 cost 1 kg bread 4 Mark. In August 1923 was it 69.000 Mark and 3 month later, in November 1923 cost 1 kg bread 210.000.000.000 Mark. Bad times for the German people. No wonder that Heinrich wanted to go away and went to America in 1923. He arrived on Ellis Island on 26 october 1923 with SS Bayern from Hamburg. He was almost 19 years old. Before he was in contact with his uncle Severin Bolz, who immigrated in 1912. Severin lived in Chicago, 4316w Wrightwood Ave. Henri married in 1930. Still in de sixties he spokes German almost all the time with his wife and with her family. Their children didn't learn German. Henri was a hard worker and when he worked he could build almost anything. (He was machinist). He was also sheriff for the city of Chicago. He lost his jobs from drinking. He sometimes live in the streets of Chicago by his own choice. He always had a home to come to his wife and she would always take him back. She loved him all the time. His problem with alcohol (only one or two drinks maked him very sick) came probably from his illness the Gittelmannsyndrome. His brother Peter had the same problems and more people in de family have it. (not everybody have the alcohol problem, spasmodic and cramps belongs often to that illness). The children grow up in poor circumstances, but they always loves their father. Because of his problems it came never to a visit to his family in Germany. His mother in Germany (Elisabeth), a simple but a sweet lady, often asked herself how it was with Henry.
In 1923 emigreerde hij naar Amerika en arriveerde op Ellis Island op 26-10-1923.

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