Frederick Magalska (1858 - 1916)

Born 24 Apr 1858 in Marienwerder, Germany

Husband of Albertina (Buckenheizer) Magalska — married before 1882 in Detroit, Michigan

Descendants

Died 27 Feb 1916 at age 57 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

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Biography

Birth and Early Childhood

Frederick Magalska was born April 24, 1858 in Marienwerder, Germany (Map, today known as Kwidzyn, Poland) to David Magalska and Juliane Papke as the eldest of six children, two boys and four girls.

Immigration

Frederick emigrated from Germany at age 13 aboard the Smidt with his parents and five siblings April 4, 1872. They embarked from Bremen, Germany and immigrated through Castle Gardens, New York.

Occupation

According to the 1880 Census, Frederick was working at a tobacco factory at age 22. He also was a foreman for the tobacco company in Detroit, Scotten & Dillon and for Yankee Girl Chewing Tobacco Co. He made the first mixture of tobacco for Yankee Girl.^[1]

Family

Frederick married Albertina Buckenheizer, also from Germany, before 1882 in the First German Lutheran Church on 23rd and Ash Street in Detroit, Michigan. Together they had 13 children, ten of whom survived. In order from oldest (top) to youngest:

1. Emma Wilhelmina Magalska
2. Laura Bertha Magalska
3. Edward Magalska (died within one year)
4. Louise Magalska
5. Walter F. Magalska
6. Clara Ida Magalska
7. Alma C. Magalska
8. Elizabeth Magalska (died after age 15)
9. Edna Magalska
10. Oren Aurthur Albert Magalska
11. Harold George Magalska
12. Shirley Magalska (twin of Harold, died at birth)
13. Norman Herman Magalska

In 1916, son Walter changed the unmarried children's last names to Magel.^[2][3]

Death

Frederick died at age 58 on February 27, 1916 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. He died of acute anemia with exhaustion caused by cirrhosis of the liver. He lived at 119 Williams at the time of death. The funeral services were held through Christ Christ, United Church of Christ in Detroit, Michigan. His burial was March 1, 1916, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, Woodmere Cemetery, Section R, Lot 78.

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Sources

1. ↑ "The Johann & Augusta Weidemann Family:Information about Frederick Magalska" on genealogy.com.
2. ↑ First hand information as remembered by Janice Reno April 29, 2015.
3. ↑ Letter from Dick Magel to Richie Stimpson

See also:

• "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLTR-85K : accessed 25 April 2015), Frederick Magalsky, Detroit Ward 12, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 181, sheet 17A, family 331, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,698.
• "Michigan, Births, 1867-1902," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQCT-HYB : accessed 25 April 2015), Frederick Magalske in entry for Edward Magalske, 11 Nov 1892; citing item 1 p 455 rn 6816, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,322,380.
• Family notes provided by Janice Reno.
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