Résumé

Carl Geilfuss worked primarily as an architect roughly between 1910 and 1940, but during World War I and the lean years of the Depression, he switched to other occupations.

Principal, Carl Geilfuss, Architect, San Francisco, CA.

Ship Fitter, Shaw Batcher Shipyards, San Francisco, CA, c. 09/1918. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: San Francisco Source Information: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm, accessed 06/17/2025.)

Secretary, Bank, San Francisco, CA, c. 1930.

Relocation

The son of the San Francisco architect Henry Geilfuss and his wife Anna Sinn, Carl Geilfuss (named "Charles" in the 1880 US Census) was born in that city on 10/16/1876.

Geilfuss and his family lived at 1056 Fulton Street on 09/12/1918. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: San Francisco Source Information: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm, accessed 06/17/2025.)

In 1932, The Geilfusses lived at 417 Dewey Boulevard in San Francisco. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1932, p. 453.)

Spouse

He wed Annie M. Ahrens (born 07/20/1879 in CA-d. 09/01/1950 in Alameda County, CA) in 1902. Annie was one of three children had by Anna D. Ahrens (born c. 11/1866 in Germany), who was widowed by age 33. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: 102; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0110, accessed 06/17/2025.)

Children

Annie and Carl had two daughters, Else Geilfuss Hanson (born 11/07/1904 in CA-d. 05/13/1982 in Alameda County, CA) and Hazel Geilfuss Michel (born 05/24/1906 in CA-d. 02/06/1988 in San Mateo County, CA).

Else graduated from San Francisco's Lowell High School in 06/1922. (See Lowell High School, The Lowell Yearbook, 06/1922, volume 40, no. 9, p. 29.) Hazel also graduated from Lowell, just six months after her sister, in 12/1922. (See Lowell High School, The Red and White Yearbook, 12/1922, vol. 1, no. 1, p. 16.)

In 1932, Else worked with the Wells Fargo Bank and Union Trust Company. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1932, p. 453.)Hazel worked as a stenographer in San Francisco in 1932, living with her parents and sister at 417 Dewey Boulevard. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1932, p. 453.)

Hazel wed Edward Albert Michel (born 05/28/1894 in CA-d. 12/24/1974 in San Mateo County, CA) on 10/19/1936 in Carson City, NV. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. Carson City, Nevada, U.S., Marriage Index, 1855-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, accessed 06/17/2025.) In 1940, Edward owed an auto garage in San Mateo County, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: San Mateo, California; Roll: m-t0627-00331; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 41-69, accessed 06/17/2025.) ten years later, Hazel lived with her husband Edward A. Michel (born 05/28/1894 in CA-d. 12/24/1974 in San Mateo County, CA) in Woodside, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: San Mateo, California; Roll: 6105; Page: 77; Enumeration District: 41-262, accessed 06/17/2025.)

Biographical Notes

At age 41, Geilfuss's World War I draft registration card described him as being Caucasian with brown eyes and brown-gray hair. He was of medium height and build. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: San Francisco Source Information: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm, accessed 06/17/2025.)