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Gottlieb FUCHS

Gottlieb FUCHS

Male 1830 - 1919  (88 years)

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  • Name Gottlieb FUCHS 
    Born 13 Aug 1830  Darmstadt, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 11 Nov 1846  New York City, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Census 1870, 1880, 1900  Magnolia District, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2, 3, 5
    Died 7 Mar 1919  Bloomington, McLean Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6
    Buried Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, McLean Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I131247  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2021 

    Family Caroline PONTIUS,   b. CA 1837, Darmstadt, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Jun 1900  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Wetzel Co, WV (Magnolia Township, VanCamp Post Office), enumerated on Jun 16 1870:
      Godlip [sic] Fuchs, 40, b. Darmstadt, farmer, value of real estate $1,500, value of personal estate $300; wife Carolina, 33, b. Darmstadt; Sophia, 13, b. Ohio; Caroline, 11, b. Va; John, 9, b. Va; Charles, 7, b. WVa; Mary, 6, b. WVa; George, 4, b. WVa; Fredocia (?), 10 months, b. WVa.

      1880 Census, Wetzel Co, WV (Enumeration District 105), enumerated on Jun 17 1880:
      Gottlieb Fox, 49, farmer; wife Caroline, 43; dau Sophia, 22; dau Caroline, 21; son John, 20; son Charles, 18; dau Mary L, 16; son George W, 15; dau Fredericka, 11; son William, 9; dau Emelia, 6; son Lorenz, 4.
      NOTE: Location is known from neighboring households to be Magnolia District.

      1900 Census, Wetzel Co, WV (Magnolia District), enumerated on Jun 5 1900:
      Gottlieb Fuchs, 69, b. Aug 1830 in Germany, immigrated in 1846, farmer, widowed; son William, 28, b. Oct 1871 in WVa, married 3 yrs; dau-in-law Melvina, 25, b. May 1875 in WVa, married 3 yrs, mother of one child (still living); grandson Lawrence, 3 months, b. Feb 1900 in WVa; grandson Cjharles L, 12, b. Jul 1887 in WVa.
    Children 
    +1. George Washington FUCHS,   b. 4 Jul 1865, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Sep 1950, Bloomington, McLean Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F57488  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S2291] 1900 Census, Wetzel County, WV.

    3. [S2340] 1870 Census, Wetzel County, WV.

    4. [S88] New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    5. [S2322] 1880 Census, Wetzel County, WV.

    6. [S2673] Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.