August BERGMANN

(b. abt. 1838 , Germany d. , )

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August BERGMANN was born abt. 1838 in Germany

August BERGMANN was the child of ? and ?

August was an immigrant, arriving by 1850.

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August married Augusta Amalie FEIGE 8 November 1863 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Augusta Amalie FEIGE was born April 1844 in Marklissa, Silesia, Prussia, Germany (Marklissa, Schlesien, Preußen). Augusta Amalie died 12 March 1908 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Augusta Amalie was the child of Friedrich Wilhelm ("William") FEIGE and Augusta Amalie THEUNERT.

(s) Son of Charles Bergmann and Caroline ?

NOTE: It is possible that he died in MA or CT somewhere after 1871 and before 1879

Not found in Pittsfield Death Records from 1870-1879

Is he the guy in the May 19, 1899 suicide article? It doesn't seem likely.

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August BERGMANN married

Augusta Amalie FEIGE-- Date: 8 November 1863 Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Augusta Amalie FEIGE was the child of Friedrich Wilhelm ("William") FEIGE and Augusta Amalie THEUNERT

Pittsfield Marriage Records 1761-1939 found at the Berkshire Anthenaeum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Feige, Augusta 19 yrs 1st M
Pittsfield b. Germany
daughter of William + Auguste
Nov 8, 1863 by A Grotrian, G Pittsfield

Beegamann, August
Pittsfield

V2 P106 DB 5-15-82

Groom's Name: August Bergmann
Groom's Birth Date: 1838
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Groom's Age: 25
Bride's Name: Auguste Feige
Bride's Birth Date: 1844
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Bride's Age: 19
Marriage Date: 08 Nov 1863
Marriage Place: Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Groom's Father's Name: Charles
Groom's Mother's Name: Caroline
Bride's Father's Name: William
Bride's Mother's Name: Auguste
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01464-4
Syst Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
Source Film Number: 1433020
Reference Number: 56
Collection: Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910
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Children of August BERGMANN and Augusta Amalie FEIGE:

Carl "Charles" Wilhelm BERGMANN (b.2 July 1866, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA d. 11 December 1953, Needham, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Bertha May PERRY 10 October 1892 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
m. Marion Pamelia SPRAGUE 1939 in Webster, Massachusetts, USA

Ella "Ellen" Ernestine BERGMANN (b.6 September 1868, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA d. abt. 1961, Webster, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Edward Joseph WALSH 10 November 1890 in Webster, Massachusetts, USA

photo of Caroline "Carrie" Johanne BERGMANN

Caroline "Carrie" Johanne BERGMANN (b.20 April 1870, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA d. 27 October 1938, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Walter COOK 13 February 1895 in Franklin, Massachusetts, USA

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1863 Marriage / Partner
August BERGMANN and Augusta Amalie FEIGE 8 November 1863, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

1865 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
William Feige, 41, b. Germany, fact. op.
Augusta Feige, 41, b. Germany
Augusta Bachmann, 21, b. Germany, fact. op.
Augustus Bachmann, 26, b. Germany, fact. op.
Louisa Feige, 17, b. Germany, fact. op.
Ellen Feige, 17, b. Germany, fact. op.
Charles Feige, 16, b. Germany, fact. op.
Henry Feige, 5, b. MA
Chalres Aulick, 24, b. Germany, weaver
1865 Massachusetts Census
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1866 Birth of Child
Carl "Charles" Wilhelm BERGMANN was born 2 July 1866, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

1868 Birth of Child
Ella "Ellen" Ernestine BERGMANN was born 6 September 1868, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

1870 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Augustus Bergman, 31, cigar maker, b. Saxony, cannot read, cannot write, cannot vote

NOTE: In the 1870 U.S. Census, the last column (Column 20) was used to record whether a male citizen aged 21 or older had their right to vote denied or abridged on grounds other than participation in rebellion or crime. This column was designed to fulfill a requirement of the 14th Amendment.

Augusta F. Bergman, 26, keeping house, b. Prussia
Charles Bergman, 4, b. MA
Ellen Bergman, 1, b. MA
Caroline Bergman, 2/ 12, b. MA

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1870 Birth of Child
Caroline "Carrie" Johanne BERGMANN was born 20 April 1870, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)

1871 Witness to Baptism
1871 - Baptism ZION'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS - BIRTHS AND BAPTISMS, 1860-1923
Wilhelm Albert Theunert
b. 15 Aug 1870
baptised 28 May 1871
parents: Carl August Theunert from Marklissa
Johnanne Ernest Walter
witnesses:
August Bergmann
Charles Feige
Lissie Freschi

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Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934
name: August J. Bergman
gender: Unknown
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burial place: Norwich
death date: 1875
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indexing project (batch) number: B03216-5
system origin: Connecticut-EASy
source film number: 3089
reference number:
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1880 What are the odds?
19th Ward, New York, New York (Manhattan), New York City-Greater, New York

August BERGMANN Self M Male W 42 SAX Cigar Packer SAX SAX
Caroline GERGMANN Wife M Female W 32 BAD Keeping House BAD BAD

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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Business Directory of Berkshire County, Massachusetts 1884-85 by Hamilton Child
Adams
Bergmann, August, weaver, emp. of B. F. Phillips & Son, h Maple Grove

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Date: May 19, 1899
Location: Massachusetts
Paper: Boston Journal
'Adams, Mass - May 12 - August Bergmann, a well-known German resident of this town, shot and killed himself about noon today. Mr. Bergmann had been despondent for some time because of inability to find work and for several days had been acting strangely. He was absent from dinner this noon and his family became alarmed. his son went looking for him on a hillside toward which the man was seen going earlier in the day, and found his father's body with a bullet hole in his head. Bergman leaves a widow and four children, who reside on Willow Street.'

Adams
August Bergman Commits Suicide
'August Bergman, 55, committed suicide yesterday by shooting himself through the head. The cause was despondency. Mr Bergman left his home on Willow street before noon, and when he failed to appear at dinner time, his son went to look for him and found him dead by the side of a log at the quarry in the rear of Adams Bros' mill,...Read MORE...