HERSBERGER, Esmond P.

Male 1887 - 1983  (95 years)


Personal Information    |    Notes    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name HERSBERGER, Esmond P.  [1
    Born 04 Aug 1887  Ireland, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Jul 1983  Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I387  Connecticut Spangs
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2015 

    Father HERSBERGER, Milton,   b. 22 Dec 1850, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1911  (Age 60 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother KNODE, Mollie Clay,   b. 29 Mar 1862, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Natural 
    Married 16 Jun 1885 
    Family ID F180  Group Sheet

    Family 1 LANGELL, Katherine,   b. Abt 1890,   d. 22 Nov 1976, Anderson, Madison County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Married 29 Dec 1917 
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2015 
    Family ID F178  Group Sheet

    Family 2 HAUTAU, Emma,   d. Abt 05 Feb 1968, Chicago, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Aft 1920 
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2015 
    Family ID F179  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • See Ann Smart's "Descendants of John B. Hersberger" for details of Esmond's life.

      He was a very prominent man in Anderson and written up in the Centennial History of the town in 1925. His first wife, Katharine Langell, was a school principal which was unusual for a woman at that time and he was a real estate broker and had been an officer during the war. He enlisted during World War I and they married a few months after his enlistment. A year later they had a baby, probably while he was off training soldiers. The baby named Katherine died when she was one month old and is buried at East Maplewood.

      He is no where to be found in the 1930 census and she is living with her parents using the Hersberger name, showing married and working as a principal. Her obituary lists her as Miss Katharine G. Langell. She clearly was very prominent in the Anderson public school's administration for many years.

      In the meantime he moved to Chicago became a principal and eventually remarried. At some point he purchased two cemetery plots at the Acacia Park Masonic Cemetery in Rosemont, IL where he buried his second wife, Emma E. Hautau. He was cremated according to his death certificate, but his ashes aren't at Rosemont. There was no obituary for him when he died at age 95 and he had outlived all but two of his siblings. A law firm handled his final arrangements.

      *******

      Esmond P. Hersberger, death certificate no. 614976 (1983 in Cook County),
      Illinois Department of Public Health, Springfield, Illinois.

      Esmond P. Hersberger, male, d. 23 Jul 1983, white, German descent [actually Swiss], 94 years old, b. 8-4-1888 [actually 1887], died in Cook County, Chicago, DOA Bethany Hosp, born in Indiana, Citizen of USA, Widowed, SSN 323-30-5325, Retired School Principal from Chicago Board of Education, Not a War Veteran [actually was from WWI], Residence 3550 W. Franklin, Chicago city, Cook County, IL, Father: Milton, Mother: Mollie Knode, Informant William C. White Acting administrator 1250 West view, Glenview, IL. He died of Arterioscleortic Cardiovascular Disease and Exposure to Heat. Natural death and no autopsy. His remains were Cremated by Cremation Ser. Inc of Rosemont, ILL on 7-26-1983. Arrangements by Rosarn D. Salerno's Sons 6300 W. North ave. Chicago, IL 60639.

  • Sources 
    1. [S34] Centennial History of Madison County, Netterville, JJ, editor, (Name: Historians' Association, Anderson, IN : 1925;), Vol II P.103.