Albert Victor Vieg (1895 - 1963)

Born 2 Dec 1895 in Appleton, Minnesota

Ancestors

Son of August Nathanael Vieg and Gjertrud (Jonsdotter) Vieg

Husband of Dorothy Alvord (Gray) Vieg — married 21 Apr 1926 in Toledo, Ohio

Descendants

Died 9 Feb 1963 at age 67 in Pontiac, Michigan

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Biography

Albert was the youngest child of Gus and Gertie Huseby Vieg.^[1] He grew up and attended school in Appleton Minnesota.^[2] A later census^[3] indicates he completed school through the eighth grade. The death of his mother when he was 14 may have been a factor in his leaving school. In 1910, he was working as a waiter in a restaurant, and unlike his father and older brother who were unemployed at the time of census, he had worked full time the previous year.^[4]

When he was 21 years old, Albert was working as a bookkeeper at the Standard Lumber Company in Benson, Minnesota.^[5]

World War I

Albert and his brother Charley both entered the Army in December 1917. Albert enlisted at Fort Dodge, Iowa, and after being rejected for the field artillery because of flat feet, he entered the Quartermaster's department and was sent to Fort Logan, Colorado. After two months he obtained a transfer to a machine gun battalion at Camp Freemont, California in April 1918.^[6] He was assigned to Headquarters of the 8th Division for a few weeks before being assigned to Company A of the 22nd Machine Gun Battallion. He was promoted to Corporal in June 1918^[7] and to Sergeant in October of that year.^[8] His unit embarked from Hoboken, New Jersey, on the Aquinitania on November 2, 1918, and arrived at Brest, France, two days before the armistice. His unit spent about two weeks in Gondrecourt, and returned to the US by January 5, 1919. He was discharged on February 12.^[9][10]

Marriage and Career

Albert married Dorothy Gray, also a native of Appleton, in Lucas, Ohio, when he was 30 years old.^[11] He was working as a mechanic in Pontiac, Michigan, at the time. His older brother Charles joined Albert and Dorothy in Pontiac in 1930.^[12]

In 1940, he was working as an inspector in auto manufacturing,^[13] presumably at the Pontiac Motor Company plant in Pontiac, where he was working two years later.^[14]

Albert died in Pontiac when he was 68 years old.^[15].

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9Q9-768 : accessed 30 November 2017), Albert Veig in household of August Veig, Appleton Township Appleton village, Swift, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 267, sheet 5B, family 86, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,793.
2. ↑ "Minnesota, State Census, 1905," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-159387-29167-2?cc=1503056 : accessed 21 Oct 2014), Swift > Appleton village, Appleton township > image 26 of 32; citing State Library and Records Service, St. Paul.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-27888-8519-60?cc=2000219 : accessed 21 Oct 2014), Michigan > Oakland > Pontiac City, Pontiac, Area B > 63-95 Pontiac City (Area B - part) > image 8 of 44; citing NARA digital publication of T627.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M2PQ-SXY : accessed 21 Oct 2014), Albert Vieg in household of August N Vieg, Appleton, Swift, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 156, sheet 5A, family 83, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374729.
5. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-26451-18254-50?cc=1968530 : accessed 21 Oct 2014), Minnesota > Swift County; A-Z > image 3060 of 3194; citing NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d).
6. ↑ Victory Edition, The Appleton Press, December 20, 1918, p. 31.
7. ↑ "United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6DSZ-5M89 : Sat Oct 28 18:39:44 UTC 2023), Entry for Albert V Vieg, 30 Sep 1918.
8. ↑ "United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6D37-DQ6N : Sat Oct 28 15:34:06 UTC 2023), Entry for Albert V Vieg, 30 Nov 1918.
9. ↑ Military Service Record, State of Minnesota, Compiled by the Minnesota War Records Commission, n.d.
10. ↑ "United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6D37-DQ6N : Sat Oct 28 15:34:06 UTC 2023), Entry for Albert V Vieg, 30 Nov 1918.
11. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1997," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18859-17872-76?cc=1614804 : accessed 21 Oct 2014), Lucas > Marriage records 1926 vol 52 > image 134 of 344.
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XQ1G-JTC : accessed 21 Oct 2014), Albert V Vieg, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0066, sheet 1B, family 18, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1017.
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-27888-8519-60?cc=2000219 : accessed 21 Oct 2014), Michigan > Oakland > Pontiac City, Pontiac, Area B > 63-95 Pontiac City (Area B - part) > image 8 of 44; citing NARA digital publication of T627.
14. ↑ "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-16553-34893-30?cc=1861144 : accessed 21 Oct 2014), 004672928 > image 429 of 3038. Citing NARA microfilm publications M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090 and M2097, Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
15. ↑ Letter from Millie Comps, daughter of Albert Vieg to Meg McGowan October 29, 2002

• Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Albert's daughter Jane's son and Albert's sister Olga's granddaughter Meg McGowan, who are second cousins. The cousins most-recent common ancestors are their great grandparents, August Vieg and Gertrude Jonsdotter Vieg. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd Cousins, based on sharing 143 cM across 7 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.