Person:Henry Hosler (4)

In 1875 they were living in Lysander, New York, and in 1880 they were living in Baldwinsville, New York, very near his father, and near Julia, and worked in a sash & blind factory. In 1900 they lived in Chicago and was a Sash finisher, and in 1910 lived with brother-in-law in Chicago. 1930 he was retired living with his brother, Alexander, in Lysander, New York.

News Item

HENRY HOSLER WILL RETURN TO BALDWINSVILLE

 Henry Hosler who since 1899 has resided in Chicago, will celebrate his 77th birthday next month and as a fitting observance of the event will return to Baldwinsville to make his home with his brother, Alex Hosler, of Salina street.
 During Mr. Hosler's residence in Chicago he has had charge of the hydraulic hoist in the building occupied by the Chicago Post, one of the leading dailies of that city, and the following is taken from their issue of February 12:
 "Never having messed a day in twenty-eight years of faithful service, Henry, the veteran elevator man of The Post building, is planning to retire next month on his 77th birthday and return to Baldwinsville, N.Y., his birthplace and his home for nearly fifty years; to spend the sunset of his life.
 "As chauffeur of the "hydraulic hoist" Henry has become something of a traveler, averaging perhaps 1,500 or 2,000 miles a year, or nearly 50,000 miles since his first trip.  Had he kept on going up instead of condescending to descent at the insistent summons of the bell, he might have made an enviable altitude record.  In all these years of his perpendicular existence he has never had an accident.  Each passenger has found himself, for the time being, a guest.
 "There is sufficient time, even on a trip to the second floor, to discuss the weather, baseball or any absorbing topic of the day.  And during the Christmas season the car is transformed into a bower of evergreen and holly, with--as some of the girls upstairs--suspect--a suggestion of mistletoe overhead.
 "Henry was born in Baldwinsville, near Syracuse, in 1850, and from his boyhood days until 1899, when he came to Chicago to join his sch, he worked in a sash and blind factory.
 "While his son offered him a home here and a life of leisure, Henry could not remain idle, and in the operation of the one elevator he found congenial occupation."
  Source: Gazette & Farmers Journal, Thursday, February 24, 1927, pg 1.

Obituary

HOSLER-- In a hospital, Syracuse, N.Y., on Sunday, February 12, 1939, Henry Hosler, aged 90 years. He is survived by one brother, George E. Hosler of this place, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held in the French funeral home on Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. Roderic Pierce officiating. Interment was made in the family plot in Riverview cemetery. The bearers were George Cook of Syracuse, Clarence Hosler, Frank Adsit and Walter Chapman.

 Source: Gazette Farmers Journal, Baldwindsville, NY, Thursday, February 16, 1939 pg 1.

Gazette & Farmers Journal, Thursday, February 24, 1927, pg 1.

Gazette Farmers Journal, Baldwindsville, NY, Thursday, February 16, 1939 pg 1.

From Group Picture of Sash and Blind Factory Emplyees 1879-1880

1. ↑ News Item, in Gazette & Farmers Journal, Baldwinsville, N.Y
   Thursday, February 24, 1927, pg 1.

   HENRY HOSLER WILL RETURN TO BALDWINSVILLE

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Obituary, in Gazette & Farmers Journal, Baldwindsville, NY
   Thursday, February 16, 1939 pg 1.
3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Cemetery Records.

   Cause of death was Pulmonary Odema