Karoline Schweizer
Wife and later widow of Emil Einstein. Her 1924 Stuttgart civil death entry confirms née Schweizer, birth on 7 November 1854 in Altdorf bei Ettenheim, and identity with the 1854–1924 Pragfriedhof candidate.
- Record ID
- P-011
- Name variants
- Caroline Schweizer, Karoline Einstein
- Birth
- November 7, 1854
- Death
- December 11, 1924
- Family lines
- Schweizer, Fellheim–Laupheim Einstein
- Related people
- Emil Einstein, Auguste Einstein Saalfeld, Josephine Einstein Schwarzschild Stone, Melita Einstein, Ludwig Einstein
- Places
- Stuttgart, Württemberg, Altdorf bei Ettenheim, Baden, San Francisco, California
- Sources
- Auguste Einstein Stuttgart birth notice, Emil Einstein Stuttgart civil death entry, Karoline Einstein Pragfriedhof index entry, Karoline Einstein Stuttgart death register, Auguste Saalfeld née Einstein restitution file, Einstein-Levy-Schwarzschild household in the 1940 United States census, Einstein-Levy-Stone household in the 1950 United States census, Ludwig Einstein declaration and petition for naturalization, Ludwig Einstein World War II draft registration card, Ludwig Einstein entry in the California Death Index, Ludwig Einstein passenger manifest aboard SS Aquitania, New York arrival, 1939, Ludwig Einstein passenger manifest, San Francisco arrival, 1939, Corinne Schweitzer Koshland passport application, 1913, Biography of Benno Nördlinger of Laupheim
Evidence-backed claims
Civil records described in the archive identify the household and Karoline's maiden surname. Auguste's 1965 death certificate in S-027 independently names her parents as Emil Einstein and Caroline Schweizer; the informant was her daughter, Mrs. Max Wortsman.
The linked Stuttgart birth notice establishes the event and parents. S-027's certified Georgia death record independently repeats the exact birth date, Germany as birthplace, and the parents Emil Einstein and Caroline Schweizer.
The cemetery index and Stuttgart civil death entry agree exactly on name, birth date, death date, and city; the death entry additionally identifies her as née Schweizer and widow of merchant Emil Einstein.
Chronology and identity conflict with the target Karoline; the prior conflation was explicitly rejected in the research dossier.
The Stuttgart civil death entry explicitly names Karoline as née Schweizer, widow of merchant Emil Einstein, and records her birth as 7 November 1854 at Altdorf bei Ettenheim; these identifiers distinguish her from the cemetery namesake candidates.
Ludwig's naturalization file and draft card establish the same Stuttgart-born man, with the exact birth date 26 July 1880, at 3897 Clay Street. The 1940 and 1950 censuses directly call him Melita Levy's brother, and the 1950 census also calls Josephine Stone their sister. C-019 independently bridges Melita to Auguste, while C-009 establishes Auguste and Josephine as daughters of Emil Einstein and Karoline/Caroline Schweizer. The California death index matches Ludwig's exact birth date and reports his mother's maiden name as Schweitzer and father's surname as Einstein. Ludwig's 1939 manifests also name cousins in the Laupheim Einstein network and at 3800 Washington Street in San Francisco. Josephine independently named the same San Francisco cousin, Corinne Koshland; Corinne's signed passport uses the maiden name Schweitzer, and the likely Laupheim cousin Benno Nördlinger was a son of Pauline Einstein. This convergence makes the parentage and sibling relationship highly likely.