Karl Gottfried Arndt (1868 - 1945)

Born 3 Apr 1868 in Lichtenfeld, Kreis Heiligenbeil, Königsberg, Ostpreußen

Died 23 Feb 1945 at age 76 in Pillau, Kreis Fischhausen, Königsberg, Ostpreußen

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Biography

Karl Gottfried Arndt was born at Lichtenfeld, Kreis Heiligenbeil, Königsberg, Ostpreußen, 3 April 1868.^[1]

He farmed 14.5 hectares (about 35 acres) in Groß Hasselberg, Kreis Heiligenbeil,^[1] and was living there in 1927 and 1930 when his children Emil and Anna immigrated to the United States.^[2][3]

He died during the Evacuation of East Prussia, "auf der Flucht" (on the run), in Pillau, Kreis Fischhausen, Königsberg, 23 February 1945.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Arnold Hesse, Beisitzer Heimatkreiskartei, Kreisgemeinschaft Heiligenbeil e.V., Amselstraße 6, 26847 Detern, Germany, arnold.hesse @ ewetel.net, to Kevin B. Jones, email, 3 October 2017, “their search for family research”; privately held by Jones, Arlington, Virginia.
2. ↑ Emil Arndt passenger record aboard SS Reliance (1927), List No. 5, T.-A., no. 19, in "New York Passenger Lists, 1820–1957," database with images, Ancestry.com (accessed 24 September 2017), Roll > T715, 1897–1957 > 4001–5000 > Roll 4144 > images 416–417 of 976; citing NARA microfilm publication T715, 1897–1957, roll 4144 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ Anna Arndt passenger record aboard SS Hamburg (1930), list 5, no. 28, in "New York Passenger Lists, 1820–1957," database with images, Ancestry.com (accessed 30 September 2017), Roll > T715, 1897–1957 > 4001–5000 > Roll 4717 > image 753 of 950; citing NARA microfilm publication T715, 1897–1957, roll 4717 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).