Happy 4th! - Biele Naturalizations

What better way to celebrate the 4th of July than to highlight the Biele naturalization records?

I have more extensive records, but thought I would just share a few of the cards:

Alex Biele (not sure of his Biele branch)

Bertha Mayer Biele (not sure of the branch and she went back, presumably to Germany)

Casper Biele (my branch)

Charles Biele (not my branch)

Emil Biele (son of Casper)

Ewald Biele (son of Casper)

Frank Biele (Italian branch)

Frederick Biele (from Germany, not my branch, one of the first Bieles in the US)

Jennie Rose Biele (Italian branch)

Biele House at 544 East 164th (later 310 E 164th) and the corner of College

From around 1895 to 1915, the family of Charles F. Biele lived at 310 East 164th Street in the Bronx. The house faced 164th Street and on the right side College Avenue. The house number was originally 544 E. 164th Street and sometime between 1905 and 1910 it changed to 310 E. 164th.

 The date the house was built is unknown.  The house next door at 312 East 164^th Street is listed online as built in 1901.

The first NYC directory listing is 1895. 

1900 Census – 544 164^th – Charles F Biele (46), Fredericke (43), Charles (22), Alma (15), Edward (13), Frida (9)

1910 Census – 310 164^th -  Charles F. Biele (56), Fredericke (54), Edward (23), Frieda (20)

The last NYC directory to list a Biele at this address is 1915. 

By the 1920 Census the Bieles had moved elsewhere

This notice from the NY Times on Aug 1 1895 repots the construction of a stable on College Avenue south of 164^th by Charles F. Biele.

The date of this photograph is unknown, though the address is 554, so presumably before 1910.  Note there is no stone wall around the property as in later photos.

The date of this photo is unknown.  There is now a stone wall.

The following is written on the back of the photo:

“Home of

Mr and Mrs Charles F Biele

544 now 310 E. 164 St – Bronx N.Y City
Corner of College Ave”

There is also a picture taken around the same time of the side of the house and the stables:

The following is written on the back of the photo:

“Home of Mr and Mrs Charles F Biele

544 now 310 E164 St Bronx NY City
Rear view of house and barn”

During 1940, the city government pictures of all buildings to appraise real property for taxation purposes. Here is the photo for 310 East 164^th.  Note there are power lines in the photo.

Today there is no trace of the original structures and they have been replaced by a brick apartment building that was built in 1997.

This is the overhead view (the Biele house and stable were on the corner that the large grey roofed building now occupies)

 And this is the street view

 

The property is just 8 blocks from Yankee Stadium (less than a mile) which first opened in 1923.