Eugene Alexander SITTIG

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abt. 1847 , Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany

Died

6 June 1907 , Chicago, Illinois, USA

Cause of Death: pneumonia

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Born: abt. 1847 in Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany

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Eugene Alexander was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1849.

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Eugene Alexander SITTIG died 6 June 1907 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

His mother, Rosalie Sitting, died at the age of 83 in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1907. It began a string of six family deaths within a six week period.

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1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Winnebago, Winnebago, Wisconsin

Name: Eugene Sitling
[Eugene Sittig]
Age: 3
Birth Year: abt 1847
BirthPlace: Germany
Home in 1850: Winnebago, Winnebago, Wisconsin
Gender: Male
Family Number: 438
Household Members:
Name Age
A Sitling 30
Rosalia Sitling 26
Richard Sitling 6
Jenny Sitling 4
Eugene Sitling 3
Herman Sitling 25
Louisa Thresbern 22

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1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa

Name: Eugene Seidick
[Eugene Sittig]
Age in 1860: 12
Birth Year: abt 1848
BirthPlace: Prussia
Home in 1860: Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa
Gender: Male
Post Office: Dubuque

Household Members:
Name Age
Alexander Seidick 40
Rosalie Seidick 36
Richard Seidick 15
Jennie Seidick 14
Eugene Seidick 12
Alexander Seidick 9
Rosalie Seidick 8

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1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Chicago, Cook, Illinois

Name: Eugene Sittig
Age: 32
Birth Year: abt 1848
BirthPlace: Baden
Home in 1880: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mary Sittig
Father's BirthPlace: Baden
Mother's BirthPlace: Baden
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Occupation: Editor

Household Members:
Name Age
Eugene Sittig 32
Mary Sittig 32
William Sittig 12
Jennie Sittig 10
Gerta Sittig 6

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1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1900 Chicago, Cook, Illinois

Name: Eugene Settig
[Eugene Sittig]
Age: 52
Birth Date: Oct 1847
BirthPlace: Germany
Home in 1900: Chicago Ward 25, Cook, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1849
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Anna W Settig
Marriage Year: 1900
Years Married: 0
Father's BirthPlace: Germany
Mother's BirthPlace: Germany

Household Members:
Name Age
Eugene Settig 52
Anna W Settig 40
Jennie S Danks 29
Edward P Danks 3
May O'Boyle 35

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1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

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Name: Eugene Alexander Sittig
Birth Date: abt 1848
Birth Place: Germany
Death Date: 6 Jun 1907
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Burial Date: 8 Jun 1907
Burial Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Cemetery Name: Rose Hill
Death Age: 59
Occupation: Publisher
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Gender: Male
Residence: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Father Birth Place: Germany
Mother Birth Place: Germany
FHL Film Number: 1239757

Ancestry.com. Cook County, Illinois, Deaths Index, 1878-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data:
Illinois, Cook County Deaths 1878–1922.” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Illinois Department of Public Health. “Birth and Death Records, 1916–present.' Division of Vital Records, Springfield, Illinois.

Obituary

SIX KIN DIE OF PNEUMONIA
Eugene A. Sitting Quickly Follows Five Relatives to Death
DAUGHTER IS BARELY ALIVE
Mrs. Jennie Danks, Seventh Victim, is in Critical Condition

If it be granted to Mrs. Jennie Danks to recover from the critical illness in which she lies in the Nordica flats at Fullerton avenue and North Clark street, in ignorance of what has happened about her, she will awake to find five near relatives dead who were alive and well at the beginning of her illness.

Her father, Eugene A. Sittig, a prominent German business man of the city, the fifth to die in fourteen days, lis in an adjoining room in the flat, he having died yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock of pneumonia.

In six weeks six members of the family ahve died - Mr. Sittig's mother, one of his daughters, a cousin, a
Brother: -in-law, a
Sister: -in-law, and Mr. Sittig himself.

Mrs. Danks, the surviving daughter, knows her grandmother is dead, but not that her father,
Sister: , and other relatives have died of

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