Carl (Charles) August VOGEL

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16 November 1806 , Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany

Died

21 February 1876 , Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Cause of Death: scieihus of messentena glands?

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Born: 16 November 1806 in Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany

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Mother: Unknown

Carl (Charles) August was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1854.

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Carl (Charles) August married Johanne Caroline Friederike FRIEDRICH 3 December 1838 in Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Johanne Caroline Friederike FRIEDRICH was born 29 March 1818 in Germany (German States) (German Empire). Johanne Caroline Friederike died 29 May 1880 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville).

Carl (Charles) August VOGEL died 21 February 1876 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA .
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Recorded occupation: tailor

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Carl (Charles) August VOGEL married

Johanne Caroline Friederike FRIEDRICH
Marriage date: 3 December 1838
Marriage place: Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany

Children of Carl (Charles) August VOGEL and Johanne Caroline Friederike FRIEDRICH

Minnie Augusta Friederike VOGEL

Born: 12 September 1839, Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany
Died: 9 June 1926, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Carl Charles TRAUSCHKE 1 July 1860 Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

Carl Louis VOGEL

Born: 27 March 1841, Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany
Died: 8 April 1899, Monson, Massachusetts, USA

Friederike Bertha VOGEL

Born: 14 April 1843, Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany
Died: 4 February 1910, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Henry GRAWE 2 July 1864 Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

Caroline Agnes VOGEL

Born: 5 June 1846, Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany
Died: ,

Anna Selma VOGEL

Born: 28 December 1849, Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany
Died: 9 January 1937, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Heinrich Ernst "Henry" KLOSEMAN 6 November 1872 Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

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Birth — 1806
16 November 1806
Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1838 Marriage / Partner
Carl (Charles) August VOGEL and Johanne Caroline Friederike FRIEDRICH 3 December 1838, Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany (Lubań, Schlesien, Preußen)

He was 32 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Birth of Child
Minnie Augusta Friederike VOGEL was born 12 September 1839, Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany (Lubań, Schlesien, Preußen)

Carl (Charles) August was 32 years old.

1841 Birth of Child
Carl Louis VOGEL was born 27 March 1841, Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany (Lubań, Schlesien, Preußen)

Carl (Charles) August was 34 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Birth of Child
Friederike Bertha VOGEL was born 14 April 1843, Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany (Lubań, Schlesien, Preußen)

Carl (Charles) August was 36 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Caroline Agnes VOGEL was born 5 June 1846, Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany (Lubań, Schlesien, Preußen)

Carl (Charles) August was 39 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Anna Selma VOGEL was born 28 December 1849, Lauban, Silesia, Prussia, Germany (Lubań, Schlesien, Preußen)

Carl (Charles) August was 43 years old.

1854 Immigration???
Name: Carl Vogel
Departure Date: 5 Jul 1854
Destination: New York
Birth Place: Lauban, Sachsen (Saxony)
Gender: männlich (Male)
Occupation: Schmied

Ship Name: Asa Sawjer
Captain: Gätes
Accommodation: ohne Angabe
Ship Flag: USA
Port of Departure: Hamburg
Port of Arrival: New York

Volume: 373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 006/ 007
Household Members:
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Carl Vogel
Vogel
Vogel 14
Vogel
Vogel 4

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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 Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Chas Vogal, 54, b. abt 1806
Caroline Vogal, 50, b. abt 1810
Loisa Vogal, 18, b. abt 1842
Braither Vogal, 17, b. abt 1843
Anna Vogal, 10, b.abt 1850
Minne Traska, 20, b. abt 1840
Wm Traska, 30, b. abt 1830
1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Carl Heinrich Feige, b. 24 May 1860, Pontoosuc Ave., Pittsfield, MA - baptised 1 July 1860. Parents are Wilhelm Feige and Auguste Teunert. Witnesses: Carl Traushke, Minna Traushke, Carl Vogel

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1860 Marriage of Child
Minnie Augusta Friederike VOGEL married 1 July 1860, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville) to Carl Charles TRAUSCHKE

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Naturalization
New England, Petitions fo...Naturalization, 1787-1931
Massachusetts Berkshire County, Superior Court
Copies of petitions and n...4 vol 1861-1864 p 1-104 A
October 4, 1864
Page 193 of 208

Charles Vogel was born in Prussia in 1806
He arrived in New York in 1854 and currently resides in Pittsfield

...All which appears in the record of Honorable Court, to wit, at the Justices Court of the city of Troy in the state of New York March 21, 1855.

Witnesses: William Reinhardt and Adolph Bitner

Carl (Charles) August VOGEL - 1864 Naturalization New England, Petitions fo...Naturalization, 1787-1931 Massachusetts Berkshire County, Superior Court Copies of petitions and

1864 Naturalization

New England, Petitions fo...Naturalization, 1787-1931
Massachusetts Berkshire County, Superior Court
Copies of petitions and n...4 vol 1861-1864 p 1-104 A
October 4, 1864
Page 193 of 208

1864 Marriage of Child
Friederike Bertha VOGEL married 2 July 1864, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville) to Henry GRAWE

1865 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Charles Vogel, 58, b. Prussia, tailor
Frederika Vogel, 55, b. Prussia
Louis Vogel, 24, b. Prussia
Bertha Grawe, 22, married, b. Prussia
Henry Grawe, 29, married, b. Prussia, shoemaker
Anna Vogel, 15, b. Prussia
Charles Wosenhouse, 47, b. Prussia, weaver
Tracot Watch, 45, b. Saxony, weaver
William Routwalt, 27, b. Saxony, weaver
1865 Massachusetts Census
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1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

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

1870 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Charles Vogle, b. abt 1806
Frederick Vogle, b. abt 1810
Louis Vogle, b. abt 1841
Anna Vogle, b. abt 1850
1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1872 Marriage of Child
Anna Selma VOGEL married 6 November 1872, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville) to Heinrich Ernst "Henry" KLOSEMAN

1876
Name: Charles Vogel
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 21 Feb 1876
Death Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Age: 69
Birth Date: 1807
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B06679-1
Syst Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
Source Film Number: 960209
Reference Number: vol283 p54 cn26
Collection: Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910

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