Lambert
Bert Zender on his ”machine” was a postcard he mailed to his sister, Amy in St Louis May of 1914or1915 because Uncle Bob was born in StL in 1913 and Aunt Betty Kaeding born there Feb 1915.and Bert died 1919 so this is a gift... and a cast of unknown’s
Lambert
Adam Zender was the first son born January 10, 1895. You can see on his Birth
Certificate the error made listing him as Lamberd Ad Zender. German language must
have played a role in records by Mr Trausch.
History Buffs: The Village of West Ridge was incorporated in 1890-1893
when it was annexed to Chicago. Lambert ‘s Dad, Adam Zender signed off on all Village
documents in that 3 yr span*. * see comments below
On birth certificate it says Adam (again language
barrier ? listed Amre meaning American) born in Roger’s Park was true. His mother
Lena Reinberg Zender was born in Rose Hill (Lakeville), just to the south of then
Rogers Park, vicinity of today’s Rosehill Cemetery.
WWI
draft registration card 1917 – stated he was an auto mechanic at the time
State of Illinois Honor Roll of the Military - He
was listed in the index of this public site, Volume 1 pg 488 where it listed: name, date of birth, buried at St Henry’s and he was in 174th aero
squadron.
From list of American Aero squadron’s Wikipedia site:
174th Aero Squadron formed: December
19, 1917 AEF: March 6, 1918 –
April 1919
Trained as Observation Squadron in England, never entered
combat Demobilized: April 1919
Lambert came back to Chicago and 6 weeks later…….
