Family
of Ferdinand Blauss and Eliza Price
Ferdinand Blauss (Israel) was born MAR 1833 in New York City, New York, the son of Israel Blauss and Catherine Beck. He died 11 JUL 1903 at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, New York, at the age of 70¹. He was buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.
He married Eliza Price abt 1855 in New York City, New York. She was born abt 1838 in New York or Ireland. She died between 1880-1900 in New York.
1857: Ferdinand Blauss, selling watches, h 242, Avenue B
1870: census written as Ferdinand Blaus
1880 census written as Ferdinand Blaus
1889: The position of "Inspector of Meters, now held by Ferdinand Blauss; salary of $3 per day" was abolished by Thomas F. Gilroy, the Commissioner of Public Works in Manhattan2.
1900 Residence: New York City, living with son Alonzo’s family
Ferdinand was a mechanist and engineer, and filed numerous patents with the government.
Ferdinand Blauss and Eliza Price had the following children:
i. Olivia Blauss was born abt 1855 in New York City, New York.
ii. Desdemona Blauss was born abt 1856 in New York City, New York.
iii. Eugene Blauss was born 31 DEC 1860 in Manhattan, New York, New York.
iv. Alonzo Blauss was born MAR 1867 in Manhattan, New York, New York.
v. Ferdinand Blauss was born 12 MAY 1871 in Manhattan, New York, New York.
¹Ferdinand Blauss Death Certificate, Manhattan, New York, #20837.
2 "Weeding Out the Drones: Commissioner Gilroy Puts An End to A Number of Sinecures", New York Times, 30 May 1889