August Friedrich Wilhelm "Gus" & Frederika Voigt/Voight

Greenwood, Clark Co., WI

Gus was born 20 Sep 1845 in Pommern, Cochern-Zell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, the son of Johann Friedrich and Henriette Caroline (Voeltz) Voight.  7 Nov 1873 he married Friedricke Wilhelmine Halbroeder who was born Dec 1850 in the same German town as Gus.  Her parents were Martin Friedrich and Hanna Maria (Hafemeister) Halbroeder.  Gus and Friedricke were the parents of Bertha W. (1878), Albert (1879), William (1883), Albert #2 (1888), Martin (1891), Anna Martha (1892-1924) and Ella Voigt (1896).  Gus died 9 Apr 1918 in Clark Co. and Friedricke died 27 Jan, 1927 in Tioga, Clark, Wisconsin.

1900 Federal Census, York, Dane, Wisconsin

Name: August Voigt, 54  yrs. (Sep 1845 )
Birthplace: Germany
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1880
Head of House
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Spouse's name: Fridricke
Marriage Year: 1873
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 27 yrs.
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members: Name Age
August Voigt 54
Fridricke Voigt 49 (Dec 1850 in Germany as were both parents),

*married 27 yrs., mother of 11 children--6 living

Albert Voigt 20
William Voigt 17
Annie Voigt 8
Ella Voigt 3

 

1905 Seif, Clark Co., Wisconsin State Census, 1 Jun 1905

Name: August Voigt
Birth Location: Germany
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Male
Estimated birth year: abt 1846
Race: White

Occupation: Farmer
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Fredricks
Neighbors: Wm. Westfall, Wm. Humboldt
Household Members
August Voigt 59
Fredricks Voigt 54
Bertha Voigt 27
Albert Voigt 25
William Voigt 22
Anna Voigt 13
Ella Voigt 8

 

1910 Federal Census; Seif, Clark, Wisconsin

Name: August Voigt
Age in 1910: 68
Birthplace: Germany
Head of House
Father's Birth Place: Germany
Mother's Birth Place: Germany
Spouse's name: Frederika 
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male 
Neighbors: Herman Berthold & William Humboldt
Household Members: Name Age
August Voigt 68
Frederika Voigt 60
Albert Voigt 30
Wilhelm Voigt 27
Anna Voigt 18
Luella Voigt 13

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