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August Ferdinand Friedrich Sommerfeldt (1858 - 1925)

August Ferdinand Friedrich Sommerfeldt
Born in Kranzin, Arnswalde, Brandenburg, Prussiamap
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Husband of — married 1879 in Green Lake Co, WI, USAmap
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Died at age 66 in Ludington Township, Eau Claire Co, WI, USAmap
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Biography

August Ferdinand Friedrich SOMMERFELDT. [1][2][3][4][5][6]

Born 17 AUG 1858. Kranzin, Arnswalde, Brandenburg, Prussia. [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

Died 25 FEB 1925. Ludington Township, Eau Claire Co, WI, USA. [15][16][17][18]

Event: Person-Source Note: Person Source. [19][20] Event-Misc 1872 Note: Type: Arrival. [21]

Religion: Lutheran. 1859 secretary of St. James Lutheran Church, helping to build the new church in 1922. 1880[22]

Immigration: 28 DEC 1872. Princeton, Green Lake Co, WI, USA. [23][24][25][26]

Residence BET 1873 AND 1880. Princeton Township, Green Lake Co, WI, USA. [27] 1880 Princeton Township, Green Lake Co, WI, USA. [28] 1900 Ludington Township, Eau Claire Co, WI, USA. [29] 01 JUN 1905. Ludington Township, Eau Claire Co, WI, USA. [30] 1910 Ludington Township, Eau Claire Co, WI, USA. [31] 1920 Ludington Township, Eau Claire Co, WI, USA. [32]

Occupation: farmer. 1878 president and manager of the Ludington Farmer's Creamery Association after the creamery burned, as well as running his own farm. He and Charles Krumenauer organized the farmers in the area and in 1934 the name was changed to the Ludington Coopera. 1911 Ludington Township, Eau Claire Co, WI, USA. [33][34]

Naturalization as a Citizen: 23 MAR 1885. Eau Claire Co Circuit Court, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co, WI, USA. [35][36]

Census: 1910 Ludington Township, Eau Claire Co, WI, USA. [37][38]

Buried 01 MAR 1925. St. James Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Fall Creek, Eau Claire Co, WI, USA. [39]

Marriage Husband August Ferdinand Friedrich Sommerfeldt. Wife Auguste Wilhelmine Lehmann. Child: Ewald August Herman Sommerfeldt. Marriage 1879 Green Lake Co, WI, USA. [40][41] Census: 1880 Princeton Township, Green Lake Co, WI, USA. [42][43] Census: 1900 Ludington Township, Eau Claire Co, WI, USA. [44][45]

Husband Christian Friedrich Sommerfeldt. Wife Ernestine Sasse. Child: August Ferdinand Friedrich Sommerfeldt. Marriage BEF 1838. Brandenburg, Prussia. [46]

Sources

  1. ↑ Source: #S11 Year: 1900; Census Place: Ludington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: T623_1788; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 35. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1900usfedcen&h=63259261&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt||Birth date: Aug 1858 Birth place: Germany Marriage date: 1880 Marriage place: Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Ludington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin Arrival date: 1872 Arrival place:
  2. ↑ Source: #S206 Year: 1880; Census Place: Princeton, Green Lake, Wisconsin; Roll: T9_1428; Family History Film: 1255428; Page: 374.2000; Enumeration District: 71; Image: . Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1880usfedcen&h=28576512&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt||Birth date: abt 1859 Birth place: Prussia Residence date: 1880 Residence place: Princeton, Green Lake, Wisconsin, United States
  3. ↑ Source: #S215 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=wistatecen&h=726360&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt||Birth date: abt 1858 Birth place: Germany Residence date: 1 Jun 1905 Residence place: Ludington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
  4. ↑ Source: #S8 Year: 1920; Census Place: Ludington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: T625_1984; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 139; Image: . Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1920usfedcen&h=77544022&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt||Birth date: abt 1859 Birth place: Germany Residence date: 1920 Residence place: Ludington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin Arrival date: 1872 Arrival place:
  5. ↑ Source: #S82 Year: 1910; Census Place: Ludington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: T624_1710; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 61; Image: 584. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1910uscenindex&h=30708487&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt||Birth date: abt 1859 Birth place: Germany Residence date: 1910 Residence place: Ludington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin Arrival date: 1872 Arrival place:
  6. ↑ Source: #S14
  7. ↑ Source: #S590
  8. ↑ Source: #S591
  9. ↑ Source: #S11 Year: 1900; Census Place: Ludington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: T623_1788; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 35. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1900usfedcen&h=63259261&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt||Birth date: Aug 1858 Birth place: Germany Marriage date: 1880 Marriage place: Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Ludington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin Arrival date: 1872 Arrival place:
  10. ↑ Source: #S206 Year: 1880; Census Place: Princeton, Green Lake, Wisconsin; Roll: T9_1428; Family History Film: 1255428; Page: 374.2000; Enumeration District: 71; Image: . Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1880usfedcen&h=28576512&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt||Birth date: abt 1859 Birth place: Prussia Residence date: 1880 Residence place: Princeton, Green Lake, Wisconsin, United States
  11. ↑ Source: #S215 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=wistatecen&h=726360&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt||Birth date: abt 1858 Birth place: Germany Residence date: 1 Jun 1905 Residence place: Ludington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
  12. ↑ Source: #S8 Year: 1920; Census Place: Ludington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: T625_1984; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 139; Image: . Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1920usfedcen&h=77544022&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt||Birth date: abt 1859 Birth place: Germany Residence date: 1920 Residence place: Ludington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin Arrival date: 1872 Arrival place:
  13. ↑ Source: #S82 Year: 1910; Census Place: Ludington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: T624_1710; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 61; Image: 584. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1910uscenindex&h=30708487&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt||Birth date: abt 1859 Birth place: Germany Residence date: 1910 Residence place: Ludington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin Arrival date: 1872 Arrival place:
  14. ↑ Source: #S14
  15. ↑ Source: #S590
  16. ↑ Source: #S592
  17. ↑ Source: #S593 28 Feb 1925 p4
  18. ↑ Source: #S14
  19. ↑ Source: #S29 Ancestry Family Trees
  20. ↑ Source: #S29 Ancestry Family Trees
  21. ↑ Source: #S11 Year: 1900; Census Place: Ludington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: T623_1788; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 35. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1900usfedcen&h=63259261&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt||Birth date: Aug 1858 Birth place: Germany Marriage date: 1880 Marriage place: Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Ludington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin Arrival date: 1872 Arrival place:
  22. ↑ Source: #S590
  23. ↑ Source: #S590
  24. ↑ Source: #S162
  25. ↑ Source: #S45
  26. ↑ Source: #S594
  27. ↑ Source: #S590
  28. ↑ Source: #S206 Year: 1880; Census Place: Princeton, Green Lake, Wisconsin; Roll: T9_1428; Family History Film: 1255428; Page: 374.2000; Enumeration District: 71; Image: . Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1880usfedcen&h=28576512&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt||Birth date: abt 1859 Birth place: Prussia Residence date: 1880 Residence place: Princeton, Green Lake, Wisconsin, United States
  29. ↑ Source: #S11 Year: 1900; Census Place: Ludington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: T623_1788; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 35. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1900usfedcen&h=63259261&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt||Birth date: Aug 1858 Birth place: Germany Marriage date: 1880 Marriage place: Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Ludington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin Arrival date: 1872 Arrival place:
  30. ↑ Source: #S215 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=wistatecen&h=726360&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt||Birth date: abt 1858 Birth place: Germany Residence date: 1 Jun 1905 Residence place: Ludington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
  31. ↑ Source: #S82 Year: 1910; Census Place: Ludington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: T624_1710; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 61; Image: 584. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1910uscenindex&h=30708487&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt||Birth date: abt 1859 Birth place: Germany Residence date: 1910 Residence place: Ludington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin Arrival date: 1872 Arrival place:
  32. ↑ Source: #S8 Year: 1920; Census Place: Ludington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: T625_1984; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 139; Image: . Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1920usfedcen&h=77544022&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt||Birth date: abt 1859 Birth place: Germany Residence date: 1920 Residence place: Ludington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin Arrival date: 1872 Arrival place:
  33. ↑ Source: #S590
  34. ↑ Source: #S162
  35. ↑ Source: #S595
  36. ↑ Source: #S596
  37. ↑ Source: #S155
  38. ↑ Source: #S597
  39. ↑ Source: #S14
  40. ↑ Source: #S590
  41. ↑ Source: #S11 Year: 1900; Census Place: Ludington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: T623_1788; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 35. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1900usfedcen&h=63259261&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt||Birth date: Aug 1858 Birth place: Germany Marriage date: 1880 Marriage place: Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Ludington, Eau Claire, Wisconsin Arrival date: 1872 Arrival place:
  42. ↑ Source: #S311
  43. ↑ Source: #S4172
  44. ↑ Source: #S21
  45. ↑ Source: #S4171
  46. ↑ Source: #S591
  • Source: S11 1900 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18 Repository: #R1
  • Repository: R1 Ancestry.com
  • Source: S14 U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Repository: #R1
  • Source: S155 1910 Federal Census, Record Type: 1910 US Federal Census
  • Source: S162 1920 US Federal Census, Record Type: 1920 US Federal Census, Record Info: Vol 111, ED 234, Sheet 1, Line 53
  • Source: S206 1880 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited Repository: #R1
  • Source: S215 Wisconsin State Censuses, 1895 and 1905 Ancestry.com. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Census, 1895 Microfilm, 10 reels. Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin.Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Census, 1905. Microfilm, 44 reel Repository: #R1
  • Source: S29 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Repository: #R1
  • Source: S45 Ancestry.com - New York Passenger List, 1851-, Record Type: Ancestry.com - New York Passenger List, 1851-
  • Source: S590 Augusta Area Times: August F. Sommerfeldt Obituary
  • Source: S591 Ancestry.com - Brandenburg Immigration List, Record Type: Ancestry.com - Brandenburg Immigration List
  • Source: S592 stroke, after 5 month illness at the home of his son Ewald. He was survived by a sister in Dalton, Green Lake Co, WI and his eight children - William of Canada, Ewald of Fall Creek, Mathilda of Canada, Bertha of Augusta, henry of Eau Claire, Martha, Carl and Clara of Fall Creek as well as 30 grandchildren. According to his obituary, he had been confined to his bed for about three months in which time he couldn't and didn't do much talking or eating, as his throat was affected by the stroke - however, his mind was clear and he knew everyone at all time
  • Source: S593 Eau Claire Leader Telegram: Eau Claire Leader Obit
  • Source: S594 from Ancestry.com Passenger List: Name: August Sommerfeld Arrival Date: 28 Dec 1872 Age: 14 Gender: Male Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany Destination: Wisconsin Place of Origin: Preußen Ship Name: Ocean Port of Arrival: New York Line: 37 Microfilm Roll: 370 List Number: 1334
  • Source: S595 Eau Claire County Naturalization Records, Record Type: Eau Claire County Naturalization Records Publication: 4-2-1869
  • Source: S596 Vol. 3 P. 146 (or 126 ?)
  • Source: S597 with his children William, Ewald, Henry, Martha, Carl and Clara as well as Auguste's parents William and Auguste Lehman. The record indicates that August was a widower and that Auguste Lehman had 7 children, 2 of which were still living
  • Source: S8 1920 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago City.Original data - United States Repository: #R1
  • Source: S82 1910 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United Repository: #R1




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