Adèle Loew

1886 - 1963  (76 years)

• Name	Adèle Loew
  Birth	31 Dec 1886	Binningen,,,Basel-Land,Switzerland   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	10 Mar 1963	Evansville,,,IN
  Burial	St. Joseph Cemetery,,Evansville,In.
  Person ID	I8	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	30 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Emil Friedrich Loew,   b. 06 Nov 1859, Binningen,,,Basel-Land,Switzerland d. 29 Sep 1920, Münchenstein,,,Baselland,Switzerland (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Bertha Glarner,   b. 10 Jul 1862, Wangen,,,,Switzerland d. 17 Jul 1892, Winterthur,,,,Switzerland (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	18 Jun 1883	Winterthur,,,,Switzerland   [2]
  Family ID	F33	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hans Cäsar (John) Stirnimann,   b. 20 Nov 1889, Daro,,,Tessin (Ticino),Switzerland d. 14 Dec 1949, Evansville,,,IN (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	15 Feb 1912	Basel-Stadt,,,,Switzerland   [3]
  Children	1. Margret Sterneman   2. Robert Sterneman   d. 30 Oct 2003, Evansville,,,IN   3. John Edward Sterneman,   b. 06 Mar 1912, Bolligen,,,Bern,Switzerland d. 28 Mar 1994, Stephenville,,,TX (Age 82 years)   4. Della Jeanette Sterneman,   b. 12 May 1914, Springfield,,,MO d. 08 Feb 1994, Evansville,,,IN (Age 79 years)   5. Joseph Phillip Sterneman,   b. 10 Jul 1915, Springfield,,,MO d. 31 Aug 1988, Evansville,,,IN (Age 73 years)   6. Walter Phillip Sterneman,   b. 08 Aug 1919, St. Louis,,,MO d. 27 Mar 1983, Bloomington,,,IN (Age 63 years)   7. Edward Sterneman,   b. 09 Jul 1923   d. May 1980 (Age 56 years)   8. Elizabeth Jane Sterneman,   b. 26 Feb 1927, Evansville,,,IN (Age 98 years)
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2003

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  NOTE FROM ADELE (STERNEMAN) MOORE: Adèle Loew was the third daughter of four that survived. Her mother died shortly after child birth when Adèle was around four years of age, and the girls were sent to different relatives. Adèle lived with two unmarried aunts in a remote area of the Alpsnear Basel. At fourteen she was sent as a governess to a French family. In exchange they subsidized her education. Returning to her aunt's home, she worked in Basel as a store manager. Evenings were spent making lace and embroidery to sell at the store. There was little to do in the winter, and they hand carved wooden blades in order to ice skate. She met her husband during her employment at the store. A few months after her husband left Switzerland for America, she followed, on the SS Lapland, Antwerp to NY July 8, 1912. She didn't know English except "milk for baby" and "which way St. Louis?" She later said that each time her ticket got smaller, she knew she was getting closer to her destination. John and Adèle (Della) called each other Chassy (for Caesar) and Delli. Adele converted to Catholicism in 1927. Prior to this she had attended a church next to the jail. Adèle's hobbies were gardening, ceramics and painting with oils on canvas.

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] Birth Certificate, Binningen, Band 1886, Seite 338, Nr. 178. (Reliability: 3). [S16] Familienschein, Binningen, Nr. 244. (Reliability: 3). [S2] Marriage Certificate.