George Herman Alt (1864 - 1958)

Born 15 Apr 1864 in Rottweil, Wuerttemberg, Germany

Husband of Belle Zora (Lawrence) Alt — married 5 Mar 1891 in Scott County, Missouri

Died 3 Feb 1958 at age 93 in Naylor, Ripley, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Hermann was born in 1864. He was the son of George Alt and Louisa Untersinger. He passed away in 1958.

The emigration record provides his birth place and date and matches the date given on Find a Grave, both in the page text, and the photo of his memorial stone (shared stone with his wife). The combination of the two, along with census records showing him born in Germany, seem to provide adequate support that the birthplace of Rottweil, Wuerttemberg, Germany is correct.

The marriage and death certificates mentioned in the Sources section, below, need to be clarified. I have been able to locate no marriage or death record on Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.org.

FamilySearch.org has records of a Herman Alt arriving in NYC in 1880, but the Wuerttemberg emigration record from 1881 suggests this was a different Herman Alt. The New York arrival record also gives a birth year of 1862, rather than 1864, further supporting the idea that this was a different person. Those arrival records are likely the Herman Alt who can be found on the 1900 and 1910 censuses with a wife named Catherine, or Kate.

Sources

• Schenk, Trudy. Wuerttemberg Emigration Index, v. I-VIII. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Ancestry, Inc., 1986. Collection of Wuerttemberg immigration records from the late eighteenth century to 1900 microfilmed at Ludwigsburg, Germany. Index on [Ancestry Record wuet #12094&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2442 Ancestry.com]. Source for birth date/place
• United States Census, 1920, index and images, FamilySearch.org, Herman T Alt, Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States; citing sheet 6A, family 112, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,909. Gives his name as Herman "T." Alt (note that errors in census data are commonplace). Wife, birth year/place, son, residence; all clearly support this being him
• United States Census, 1930, index and images, FamilySearch.org, George Alt, Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0005, sheet 6B, family 130, line 94, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1179; FHL microfilm 2,340,914. Gives his est. birth year as 1865 (note that errors in census data are commonplace). His name appears elsewhere as "Herman T," "Herman G," and "Herman George."
• United States Census, 1940, index and images, FamilySearch.org, Herman G Alt in household of Charles H Alt, Union Township, Dunklin, Dunklin, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 35-35, sheet 24A, family 401, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2104. Shows him widowed, age 76, living with the family of son Charles
• FindAGrave.com. Source for cemetery, exact dates of birth and death, middle name, father, siblings, spouse, children
• Marr. Record. Note: A more complete citation for this source is needed (see Notes section, above)
• Death Record. Note: A more complete citation for this source is needed
• Autobiography

Acknowledgments

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