August Karkau VOGEL

(b. 27 August 1854 , Germany d. 29 December 1928 , New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA )

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August Karkau VOGEL was born 27 August 1854 in Germany

August Karkau VOGEL was the child of ? and ?

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August Karkau married Ernestina Wilhelmina Minnie GERKE 10 October 1883 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ernestina Wilhelmina Minnie GERKE was born 6 December 1860 in Kolmar, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France. Ernestina Wilhelmina Minnie died 16 February 1952 in New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA.

August Karkau VOGEL died 29 December 1928 in New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA.
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August Karkau VOGEL married

Ernestina Wilhelmina Minnie GERKE-- Date: 10 October 1883 Place:

Children of August Karkau VOGEL and Ernestina Wilhelmina Minnie GERKE:

Rudolph Theodore VOGEL (b.8 October 1897, Milford, Brown, Minnesota, USA d. 26 April 1951, New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA)
m. Emma Margaret Hulda WEILAGE 29 January 1920

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1854 Birth
27 August 1854
Germany

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1883 Marriage / Partner
August Karkau VOGEL and Ernestina Wilhelmina Minnie GERKE 10 October 1883,

He was 29 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 Birth of Child
Rudolph Theodore VOGEL was born 8 October 1897, Milford, Brown, Minnesota, USA

August Karkau was 43 years old.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)