Peter Samuel Marius Eugenius Gauss (1811 - 1896)

Born 29 Jul 1811 in Göttingen, Leine-Departement, Königreich Westphalen

Ancestors

Husband of Henrietta (Fawcett) Gauss — married 14 Feb 1844 in Saint Charles, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Jul 1896 at age 84 in Columbia, Boone, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Eugen was a German-American entrepreneur and banker. He was the son of of Carl Friedrich Gauß and Friederica Wilhelmine "Minna", née Waldeck. He emigrated to the United States as a student. After a decade as a soldier and fur trader, he founded a successful business in St. Charles, Missouri and became the first president of the First National Bank in St. Charles.

He married Henrietta Fawcett in 1844 in St. Charles.^[1]

• Birth: 29 Jul 1811, Göttingen, Niedersachsen, Germany^[2]
• Spouse: Henrietta Gauss^[2]
• Census: 1850, St Charles, St Charles, Missouri, USA. Spouse: Henrietta (33); children Henry (5), Theresa (3), Theodore (0).^[3]
• Child: Albert Fawcett Gauss^[2]
• Death: 4 Jul 1896, Boone County, Missouri, USA^[2]
• Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Saint Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2DF-4PJ : 18 January 2020), Eugene Gauss, 1844.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} "Eugene Gauss", Find A Grave: Memorial #73832576, 2017-10-28
3. ↑ US Census 1850

See also:

• Wikidata: Item Q18911070, de:Wikipedia
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5PW-M6R : 22 December 2020), Eugene Gaup, St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRW3-DQ3Z : 23 February 2021), Eugene Gauss in entry for MM9.1.1/MVZC-1G5:, 1850.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZT-2XW : 18 February 2021), Eugene Gauss, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6FC-HD7 : 14 January 2022), Eugene Gauss, St. Charles, St. Charles, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 198, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .