Joseph F Harding

1878 - 1916  (37 years)

• Name	Joseph F Harding  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	15 Aug 1878	Hannover, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	13 May 1882	New York, New York, USA   [3]
  	Departed Bremen, Germany aboard SS America
  		Ship-SS America The steamship AMERICA was built for Norddeutscher Lloyd by Caird & Co, Greenock (yard #96), and was launched in November 1862. 2,752 tons; 318 x 40 feet (length x breadth); clipper bow, 1 funnel, 3 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion, inverted engines, service speed 11 knots; accommodation for 76 passengers in 1st class, 107 in 2nd class,…
  Census	1910	East St. Louis, St Clair, Illinois, USA   [1]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
  Death	19 Apr 1916	St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA   [2, 4]
  	Cause: Homicide (Murder) Shot by Joseph Steffens
  Burial	Saint Paul Churchyard, Affton, St Louis County, Missouri, USA   [2]
  		Saint Paul Churchyard Affton, St Louis County, Missouri Find a Grave: #1971130
  Person ID	I20372	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Mary L Weil,   b. 22 May 1873, St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA d. 20 Aug 1951, St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	5 Mar 1901	St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA   [5]
  Marriage End	1916
  	Death of Joseph
  Family ID	F7834	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

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  Birth - 15 Aug 1878 - Hannover, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany Immigration - Departed Bremen, Germany aboard SS America - 13 May 1882 - New York, New York, USA Marriage - 5 Mar 1901 - St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1910 - East St. Louis, St Clair, Illinois, USA Death - Cause: Homicide (Murder) Shot by Joseph Steffens - 19 Apr 1916 - St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA Burial - - Saint Paul Churchyard, Affton, St Louis County, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• News

  News (Fatality)-HARDING Joseph (Murdered by Steffens) MAN SHOT AND KILLED IN AN ALLEY BY WATCHMAN

  
  

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  Ship-SS America The steamship AMERICA was built for Norddeutscher Lloyd by Caird & Co, Greenock (yard #96), and was launched in November 1862. 2,752 tons; 318 x 40 feet (length x breadth); clipper bow, 1 funnel, 3 masts; iron construction, screw propulsion, inverted engines, service speed 11 knots; accommodation for 76 passengers in 1st class, 107 in 2nd class,…

  
  

• Sources

  [S11466] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: East St Louis Ward 3, Saint Clair, Illinois; Roll: T624_322; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0138; FHL microfilm: 1374335. 1910 United States Federal Census Year: 1910; Census Place: East St Louis Ward 3, Saint Clair, Illinois; Roll: T624_322; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0138; FHL microfilm: 1374335 [S7166] Find a Grave: HARDING Joseph F 1878-1916, Joseph F Harding. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99093417/joseph-f-harding [S36] Ancestry.com, New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), Year: 1882; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 451; Line: 34; List Number: 609. New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 Year: 1882; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 451; Line: 34; List Number: 609 [S7169] Newspapers.com: Death (Murder) of HARDING Joseph • St Louis Globe Democrat - Apr 1916, (Name: St Louis Globe-Democrat; Location: St Louis MO; Date: 20 Apr 1916;), MAN SHOT AND KILLED IN AN ALLEY BY WATCHMAN. Joseph Harding, 38 years old, 628 Lynch street, was shot and killed shortly after noon yesterday in an alley near Third and Spruce streets by James J. Steffens, 2709 Shenadoah avenue, a private watchman. Steffens is employed by the Carl Hirsch Army Supply Company, 800 Spruce street. According to his story to the police, he was in the alley supervising the loading of some wagons when he saw Harding take a tub of butter from the Johnson Butterine Company, 322 Clark avenue, and conceal it in a shed in the rear of 319 Spruce street. Steffens went to the shed and arrested Harding, but the manager of the butterine company refused to lodge a complaint and Steffens released him. Later, Steffens said, while he was in the shed in the rear of the Spruce street number, Harding opened the door and started in. Steffens said he started towards Harding and the latter turned and fled. Steffens said he started in pursuit and fired two shots in the air to stop the fugitive. At the second shot. Steffens said, Harding stopped and, turning, made a move as though to draw a revolver, and he then the fired directly at him, shooting him in the head. His body was taken to the Morgue. Steffens was held by the police pending investigation by the coroner. https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-globe-democrat/148913600/?xid=637 News (Fatality)-HARDING Joseph (Murdered by Steffens) MAN SHOT AND KILLED IN AN ALLEY BY WATCHMAN [S7167] Find a Grave: WEIL Mary Langendorf 1873-1951, Mary L Weil Harding Langendorf. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91764717/mary_langendorf