Wilhelm Voigt---Andrew Voigt's father !
Born 29 July 1834 in Schachtebich,
Kreis Heiligenstadt, Germany
Died 28 December 1880 in St.
Augusta Township, Stearns County, Minnesota
Thanks Aunt Merle for this GREAT
photo!!!!
Photo from Merle
England Voigt (Vincent V. Voigt's wife)
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Theresa Meyer Voigt (Andrew's
mother)
3 February 1842
- 19 February 1912
Photo
from Romana Voigt Munk
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Wilhelem and Theresa's 5 sons. Andrew, Adolf, HenryJohn,
Ignatz, and Ferdinand
Photo taken approx. 1932
Photo from Romana Voigt Munk
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Theresa Meyer Voigt and children 1880
(the year Wilhelm died)
Back left: Andrew, Adolf
Middle Left: Margaret, baby Ferdinand,
Theresa, Augusta, Anna Marie
Front Left: Henry, Ignatz
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Wilhelm
and Theresa's home in
Schachtebich, Kreis
Heiligenstadt, Germany
All 8 if their children were
born here, including quadruplets who died as infants.
Willhelm was a Burgermeister.
He brought his family to America in August 1879. The
trip across the ocean took 3 weeks. They boarded a ship at Bremer
Harbor and encountered a bad storm along the way making the trip quite
rough. Wilhelm died a year later.
Photo and information from Romana Voigt Munk. Thanks
Moni! Trip information written in document by Regina Landwehr as
told to her by her mother, Anna Marie Voigt Landwehr (Andrew's sister).
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Wilhelm
and Theresa's Daughters 1928
Margaret, Anna Marie, Augusta
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Wilhelm
Voigt grave
St. Mary's Help of Christians Cemetery,
St. Augusta Township,
Stearns County, Minnesota
Photo taken
March 22, 2003 by Joan Voigt Hopke
(daughter of Walter, grandaughter of Henry and Clara) Thanks
Joan!
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Sankt Magnus
Kirche
(St. Martin's Church) in
Schachtebich, Saxony, Germany.
Andrew Voigt was baptized here.
Pictured in foreground is Father Robert Joseph Voigt (son of Henry John
who is Andrew's brother).
Photo from Roberta Ann Bosch
(daughter of Rose Marie Voigt and Peter Bosch)
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Unknown, Henry John, Adolf, unknown.
Drinking something unknown!
Photo
from Romana Voigt Munk.
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