Rudolph Adolph Buchhold

Rudolph's name was usually spelled with a ph at the end of Rudolph and Adolph, but the Buchhold family Bible lists his name as "Rudolf Adolf".

Rudolph was christened on 26 June 1856 at Bärweiler, Hesse-Homburg.
Page Number 108;109
Affiliate Name Evangelisches Kirchenbuchamt Hannover
Church Name Evangelische Kirche Bärweiler (Kr. Meisenheim)
Note Taufen, Heiraten, Tote u Konfirmationen 1686-1869
Source: "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP2Q-7PT3 : 14 April 2023), Rudolph Buchhold, 26 Jun 1856; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Baptism, Barweiler, Barweiler, Ahrweiler, Rheinprovinz, Preußen, Deutsches Reich, , German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany."

On Sept. 21, 1904 Rudolph filed for a patent for a leather drying rack. The patent, No. 850131, was granted on April 16, 1907. It can be seen at: http://www.google.com/patents?id=5j4MAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA2&lpg=PA2&dq=%22...

The Olive Hill Times Vol II, No. 16 has a section titled "Kentucky Patents", listing Rudolph Buchhold, Louisville, cutter (apparently a patent for some sort of cutting device).

-- (Jackie) Wayne Roberts (Jr.)

"Rudolph immigrated to the US about 1872 {probably 1873 acording to document). During that time Otto von Bismarck was in the process of unifying Germany, resulting in a number of wars and political upheaval. To avoid having his son go into the military, Adolph Karl Wilhelm Buchhold, sent Rudolph to live with a relative called "Uncle Julius" in Louisville.

Rudolph's uncle on his mother's side, August Fabel, was in the leather business with Conrad & Fabel Leather Company with offices in Louisville and Cincinnati. August had immigrated to the US before Rudolph Adolph Buchhold, and when Rudolph came to America, August gave him a position with the the leather company. Later, Rudolph's brothers, Carl and Adolph, also worked there...

Rudolph and his family eventually lived at 1344 12th St. in Louisville, just across from the tannery {note: 1900 Census record lists their address as 1320 12th St}. "There was more space at the Tannery than in the family yard. In the city houses were built with only a walkway between them. [So] Rudolph arranged a play yard at the Tannery for the children. The ground was covered with tanning bark which made a nice clean place to play. If he worked late in the afternoon, he could easily keep an eye on the children"...

"Mentioning the narrow walkways between houses in the city, brings to mind a story I [Mary Jane (Yann) Stapp] heard from Mother [Augusta Katrinka (Buchhold) Yann]: In these early days fighting infestations of pests was a continuing battle. Any kind of bed that had hollow post or areas where insects could hide were cleaned regularly. Lye and kerosene were used routinely for that purpose. Bed covers were aired frequently and feather beds faded away. [One day] the family next to Grandmother Caroline moved. Caroline always vigilant, noticed in a few days, a trail of hungry bedbugs marching like an army from windows down the wall of the house next door. Shortly they were ascending the wall of her house. Mother said all resources were immediately put into the effort of repelling the invaders. The walk and walls were scrubbed regularly with kerosene to kill the insects. Even with the most meticulous care families at this time could have problems with lice and bedbugs. These pests were just too common and there were no pesticides available to kill them"...

"Rudolph's Job as superintendent [at the leather company] had hazards too. This incident happened when the family lived on 12th Street across from the Tannery. The arrangement of home and business was convenient for Rudolph. [But] some of his workers were real rowdies my [Mary Jane Stapp's] mother said. Late one night there was a loud banging on the front door. Grandmother Caroline opened the door - because she recognized the voice - revealing a man who was having difficulty standing and who was waving a shotgun in the air. He had been fired that day for repeated drinking episodes, and he came to settle the score. After yelling and cursing everyone, he left. Mother [Augusta Katrinka] said that was one lucky night. Her father [Rudolph] wasn't home because he would surely have been the one to open the door. Rudolph was said to have unusual strength. He could lift up a grown man with one arm, so he could have probably held his own in a confrontation with the worker. This fellow had to drink his courage to face Grandpa Rudolph"...

Before WWI, Rudolph's sister, Augusta, came to visit his family in New Albany. "The world situation became very unstable and I imagine after the disturbance in the Balkans, she rapidly departed for home. Her husband was in the German army. Rudolph got word that the Lusitania, the British ship she had sailed on for home, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on May 7, 1915 off the coast of Ireland. After several days of anxiety and sorrow, the family learned that Augusta did not arrive in New York in time to board the Lusitania [and waited for] another ship"...

"Sundays were special. In the early years the family went to church at St. Peter's Evangelical Church. After their move to the country in about 1906, they usually attended Beechland Baptist Church. Family "outings"made a pleasant Sunday. Grandpa Rudolph would rent a surrey - a light pleasure carriage having four wheels, two seats, and a flat roof - to take his family out for the day. They often visited New Albany, Indiana where their relatives lived"...

"Rudolph gave all the children an opportunity for additional education so they could have an ability to earn their living. Some of the girls were trained as milliners, others went to business school. Rudolph worried that young Rudolph would get into trouble in the city after he finished school with so much free time [so] Caroline and Rudolph decided to buy a farm in Pleasure Ridge Park on Lower Hunters Trace Road. Caroline supervised this farm business. All of the family were kept busy with the farm work. Caroline even rode the farm wagon, later truck, to market in Louisville on occasion."

"The Rudolph Buchhold family moved to the country around 1905. Those [family members] who worked in the city 10 miles away commuted by the Inner Urban System called "Country Car". Routes for this street car had been laid out from different areas of the city to the country. These streetcars were still operating when I [Mary Jane (Yann) Stapp] was a child. Someone always took family members by horse and wagon to the country car early each morning. There was quite a group descending on the car stop each morning: Grandfather Rudolph, Carrie, Johanna, Augusta and others wheo were going to school in the city. Momma [Augusta Katrinka (Buchhold) Yann] talked about all of th neighbors who rode with them: Henry Miller, Mr. Stonestreet, Horace Moreman, Harry Kerrick, to mention a few."

-- from "Following Love's Journey: A Narrative of Harry Kerrick Yann and Augusta Katrinka (Catherine) Buchhold" by Mary Jane (Yann) Stapp, June 1998.

1900 US Census Record has Rudolph and is family living in a rented house at 1320 Twelfth St. The family probably lived in New Albany Indiana when the first two children were born (Caroline "Carrie" and Johanna) because they are both listed on the Census as being born in Indiana. The third child Augusta was born in Kentucky, so they probably moved to Kentucky after 1883 and before 1886. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DZP9-ZQT?view=inde...

1910 US Census Record lists the Buchhold family as owning a farmhouse on Greenwood Rd, Jefferson County, Louisville, KY.

By 1913, the family had moved to the 49.5 acre farm at the corner of Lower Hunters Trace (called "Hussey Lane" at that time) and Upper Hunters Trace in Louisville, according to a map of farms in the area (see photos). The current Tahia Lane was the drive to the old farmhouse. -- per map and information from Sharon Woodring Barker.

1920 US Census lists the Buchhold family as owning a farmhouse on Lower Hunters Trace, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ky. Julius and Beatrice lived in a separate house next door.

1930 US Census lists Rudolph & his wife Caroline living on Lower Hunters Trace with no other residents. Turner Buchhold and his wife Anna lived next door with no additional residents.

Rudolph was christened (Evangelisch-Lutherische) in Baerweiler (Bärweiler), Rheinland, Pruessen on June 26, 1856. http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/igi/individual_record.asp?re...
In 1906, Rudolph lived at 1344 12th Street in Louisville, Ky.

"Rudolph died Tuesday October 11, 1932 at 11:15pm at his home at Kerricks Lane and 18th St Road (aka Dixie Hwy, US 31W). Funeral Friday, October 15, at 2pm at the Beechland Baptist Church." -- Courier Journal 14 Oct 1932, Fri ·Page 31

Rudolph was buried at Evergreen Cemetery 4623 Preston Highway, Louisville, KY 40213.

Photo of American Oak Leather Company (previously Conrad and Fabel) building at 831 S. Twelfth St., Louisville, Ky., where Rudolph worked (if the link is broken use the websites search bar to search for "American Oak Leather": https://digital.library.louisville.edu/concern/images/ulpa_cs_09719...

transcription of a letter (in German) from Fritz Buchhold in Neukirchen, Germany to his brother Rudolph Adolph in Louisville, KY dated 18 Nov 1931 -

"From the children of Anna I hear very seldom. Erich the oldest does not write at all and from Paul we receive a letter every year, the same from Franz Leyendecker. Did you hear anything from Kurt Leyendecker? He is now in America, don't know if he found a place to work or not. Hanna and her children were here for 3 months. Albert her husband could not come because of the bank where he was working went bankrupt and he lost his job, he is now working in an automobile parts store dept. as bookkeeper. As soon as the bank is to be reopened he will go back to his job, he is too much of a banker. His son is also out of work most of the time. His daughter is a dressmaker, and makes a little money to keep above water. Philip draws some pension from the city.

I was glad to hear from Carrie. Philip translated the letter. Gustel(?) is still in the postal service and is now learning postal telegraphy which she needs to become a permanent job. Katchen(?) still has trouble with her legs, she has to move that dust rag every day otherwise she doesn't feel good...." - Jackie Wayne Roberts

Rudolph immigrated to the US in 1873 https://www.lagis-hessen.de/de/subjects/gsrec/current/220837/sn/ha?...