Iowa Family Groupsheet for Albert Ferdinand Friedrich VOIGT Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Don Sweaney Email address: SWEANEYD@AOL.com Husband: Albert Ferdinand Friedrich VOIGT Birthdate: 16 Jun 1853 Birthplace: Karnitz, Greis Greifenberg, Pommern, Germany Death date: 13 Mar 1923 Place of death: Fenton, Iowa Father: Johann Friedrich David VOIGT Mother: Henriette Caroline VOELTZ Marriage date: 1878 Marriage place: Waterloo, Wisconsin Wife: Johanna GAUGER Birthdate: 20 Nov 1857 Birthplace: Germany Death date: 10 Nov 1927 Place of death: Fenton, Iowa Father: unknown Mother: unknown CHILDREN Child No. 1: Mary A. VOIGT Sex: F Birthdate: 5 Mar 1880 Birthplace: Watertown, Wisconsin Death date: 8 Sep 1953 Place of death: Owatonna, Minnesota Marriage date: 26 Jan 1897 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Rudolph Peter HAYENGA Child No. 2: Carl Albert VOIGT Sex: M Birthdate: 3 Jul 1881 Birthplace: Waterloo, Wisconsin Death date: 6 Feb 1922 Place of death: Fenton, Iowa Marriage date: 17 Feb 1904 Marriage place: Fenton, Iowa Spouse's name: Caroline Sophie BOEVERS Child No. 3: Sarah Albertina VOIGT Sex: F Birthdate: 20 Nov 1882 Birthplace: Watertown, Wisconsin Death date: 11 Dec 1954 Place of death: Fenton, Iowa Marriage date: 16 Oct 1901 Marriage place: Burt, Iowa Spouse's name: John William MENZ Child No. 4: Richard Wilhelm Ferdinand VOIGT Sex: M Birthdate: 13 Feb 1886 Birthplace: Palo Alto County, Iowa Death date: 17 Feb 1932 Place of death: Welcome, Minnesota Marriage date: 31 Mar 1909 Marriage place: Fenton, Iowa Spouse's name: Florence Mae BOEVERS Child No. 5: Otto Friedrich Carl VOIGT Sex: Birthdate: 20 Apr 1888 Birthplace: Palo Alto County, Iowa Death date: 6 May 1970 Place of death: Grand Meadow, Minnesota Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Gertrude PRIEBE Child No. 6: Susanna VOIGT Sex: F Birthdate: abt Dec 1890 Birthplace: Death date: 2 Aug 1891 Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 7: William Albert VOIGT Sex: M Birthdate: 21 Dec 1891 Birthplace: Fenton, Iowa Death date: 14 May 1965 Place of death: Emmetsburg, Iowa Marriage date: 1. 1923 2. 24 Feb 1929 Marriage place: 1. Fenton, Iowa 2. Albert Lea, Minnesota Spouse's name: 1. Emma KUCH d. 1924 2. Leona Eliza WEHRSPANN Child No. 8: Susanna Anna VOIGT Sex: F Birthdate: 10 Jan 1894 Birthplace: Fenton, Iowa Death date: 29 Feb 1972 Place of death: Meeker County, Minnesota Marriage date: 5 Aug 1914 Marriage place: Fenton, Iowa Spouse's name: Lewis Andrew LARSEN Child No. 9: Margaret VOIGT Sex: F Birthdate: abt May 1896 Birthplace: Death date: 19 Oct 1897 Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 10: Herman Albert VOIGT Sex: M Birthdate: 31 Aug 1897 Birthplace: Fenton, Iowa Death date: 17 Feb 1982 Place of death: Freeborn County, Minnesota Marriage date: 1. unknown 2. 1945 Marriage place: Spouse's name: 1. Hilda Helena HANSEN d. 1933 2. Lydia A. JENSEN Child No. 11: Arthur Henry VOIGT Sex: M Birthdate: 28 Aug 1899 Birthplace: Palo Alto County, Iowa Death date: 24 May 1982 Place of death: Armstrong, Iowa Marriage date: 9 Sep 1920 Marriage place: Emmetsburg, Iowa Spouse's name: Alvina Anna FISCHER Child No. 12: Margaret VOIGT Sex: F Birthdate: 17 Aug 1901 Birthplace: Fenton, Iowa Death date: 15 Nov 1984 Place of death: Fairmont, Minnesota Marriage date: 29 Jan 1918 Marriage place: Emmetsburg, Iowa Spouse's name: William Joseph DOMEK Documentation: On November 24, 1885, Albert Voigt bought 160 acres of unplowed prairie in Independence Township, Palo Alto County, Iowa, southwest of Fenton, Iowa. This farm is still in the Voigt family as a Century Farm. Albert and Johanna are buried in the Methodist Cemetery just south of Fenton, as are eight of their twelve children.