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Louis Gaston Gottschalk (1845 - 1912)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States
Death: January 07, 1912 (66-67)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States (Hodgkin's Disease)
Place of Burial: New York, Kings County, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Edward Gottschalk and Marie Françoise Aimée Gottschalk
Husband of Gertrude Gottschalk
Ex-husband of Louise B. Gottschalk
Father of Alfred Louis Moreau Gottschalk and Clara Aimée Gottschalk
Brother of Louis Moreau Gottschalk; Clara Peterson; Thérèse Gottschalk; Celestine L. Gottschalk; Edward George Gottschalk and 2 others
Half brother of Alcide Rubio Gottschalk; Clara Rubio Gottschalk; Camille Rubio Gottschalk; Fleurette Rubio Gottschalk and William Rubio Gottschalk

Occupation: Operatic Singer and Teacher
Managed by: Private User
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About Louis Gaston Gottschalk

OREGONIAN, Portland, OR, 9 Jan 1912 Louis Gaston Gottschalk, eminent baritone and one of the best known vocal teachers, died last Sunday morning in Chicago from Hodgkin's disease.

BELLINGHAM HERALD, Bellingham, WA, 9 Jan 1912 L. Gaston Gottschalk, age 66, died in Chicago. He was known as a grand opera singer and former vocal instructor. He retired from active work and moved to Portland, OR only to return last April to Chicago to die among friends. He had lived in Chicago for thirty years.


Louis Gaston Gottschalk was granted a divorce the 22nd of May 1896 from Louise B. Gottschalk. Louise lived in New York with her grown children.

Louis Gaston was the youngest child of the family and brother to Louis Moreau Gottschalk and George Edward Gottschalk. Louis Gaston was evidently first buried in Chicago's Graceland Cemetery on Jan. 12, 1912, according to Cook County, Illinois, Deaths Index, 1878-1922, via Ancestry.com, and re-buried in Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery on Jan. 16, 1912, according to Findagrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=94329741&PIpi.... See also http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=94329970

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Louis Gaston Gottschalk's Timeline

1845
1845
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States
1873
February 8, 1873
New York, New York, United States
1877
July 11, 1877
New York, New York, United States
1912
January 7, 1912
Age 67
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
January 16, 1912
Age 67
Green-Wood Cemetery, New York, Kings County, New York, United States