Henry A. Kerner

Abt 1872 - 1906  (~ 34 years)

• Name	Henry A. Kerner
  Born	Abt. 1872	Montgomery County, Iowa, U.S.A.
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Nov 1906	City Hospital, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, U.S.A.
  	Patricia Harmon: "They found Henry Kerner at the foot of the stairs outside their house. The coroner could not tell if he was hit or just fell. Hattie was not home at the time." Missouri Deaths, 1834-1910: "Entry 6667. Henry Kerner, age 34 b. Iowa, married, laborer, d. 29 Nov 1906 City Hospital, skull fracture--cause unknown, accident or at hands of another; buried St. Peter's Cemetery 3 Dec 1906."
  Buried	3 Dec 1906	St. Peter's Cemetery, St. Louis City, Missouri, U.S.A.
  	Find-A-Grave: "Cemetery Records, burial date. Birth and death dates unknown."
  Notes	Iowa State Census 1885: "Henry Kerner, age 12 b. Abt. 1873 Montgomery County, IA; residence: Section 30 Rnage 38, Coburg, Grant, Montgomery County." City Directories, 1821-1989, St. Louis, MO 1895: "Adolph Kerner, laborer; [sons]: Henry Kerner & John F. Kerner, cutters [shoe factory]; residence: 1436 Collins."
  Person ID	I39295	Complete
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Adolph Kerner,   b. Abt. 1846, Hesse, Germany ,   d. Abt. 1914, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA  (Age ~ 68 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Kueff,   b. Abt. 1851, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
  Married	Abt. 1871
  Family ID	F18043403	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harriet Davenport,   b. 28 Feb 1853, Jefferson County, Kentucky, U.S.A. ,   d. 11 Jun 1939, Bridgeport, Lawrence County, Illinois, U.S.A.  (Age 86 years)
  Married	19 Nov 1892	St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
  Notes	Hattie Davenport & Henry Kerner evidently met while both were working at a shoe factory in St. Louis, MO. During many summers beginning in the 1890s, Hattie and Henry followed the carnival circuit. They performed, respectively, as a snake charmer & strong man on tour with the Barkoot Show, Thornton's Great Railroad Show, and Blue Grass Show. One example of showmanship in early carnivals: http://www.archive.org/stream/newsecondhandban00unit/newsecondhandban00unit_djvu.txt "SNAKE CHARMER. One banner 10 ft. wide and 10 ft. high. Lettered across the top: 'Mile De Lano, Snake Charmer.' This painting represents Miss De Lano on a stage, with plenty of rich colored snakes wound around her. The background represents a floral design, and at each side of the stage are red portieres, draped in rich colors. She is attired in dress knee length. It is a very rich appearing banner." An old timer's explanation of the public appeal at the end of the nineteenth century of traveling shows: Steve Goodson, "Public Entertainment in Atlanta, 1880-1930 (Athens, GA: Univ. of Georgia Press, 2007), Ch. II "Amusements": "In 1948 the Atlanta Historical Bulletin published reminiscences by Walter McElreath, lawyer, politician, and founder of the Atlanta Historical Society, remembered Atlanta as he had first encountered it in the closing decades of the nineteenth century. He fondly recalled the time when Atlanta's churches, retailers, and grocery stores, as well as the residences of its leading citizens, were all clustered near the center of what was then a small and compact city. Life seemed to move at a slower, horse-drawn pace; everybody was at home and had nowhere to go. Any queer or amusing character was in those days and object of interest which [today] would pass practically unnoticed.' . . ."
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2014
  Family ID	F18043373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - Abt. 1872 - Montgomery County, Iowa, U.S.A. Married - 19 Nov 1892 - St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Died - 29 Nov 1906 - City Hospital, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, U.S.A. Buried - 3 Dec 1906 - St. Peter's Cemetery, St. Louis City, Missouri, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents » Slide Show		Henry A. Kerner (1872-1906) St. Louis "Globe-Democrat," 30 Nov 1906.
  		Henry A. Kerner (1872-1906) St. Louis "Westliche Post," 30 Nov 1906.
  		Henry A. Kerner (1872-1906) St. Louis "Post-Dispatch," 1 Dec 1906.
  		Henry Kerner (1872-1906), Death Certificate Missouri Death Records, 1834-1910: "City of St. Louis, Health Department, Certificate of Death, #4429: Henry Kerner, age 34 b. Abt. 1872 Iowa, residence: 1403 N. 14th Street, St. Louis; laborer, married; d. City Hospital, 29 Nov 1906, fracture of skull-cause could not be ascertained, accident or at hands of others, unknown. Burial Permit #6667, 3 Dec 1906: St. Peters Cemetery."