August BERGMANN
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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, about a quarter of a mile from his home. He used a 32-caliber revolver and the bullet entered the brain through the right temple. Medical Examiner Brown of North Adams was notified. Mr Bergman was a native or Germany, and had lived at Adams for 17 years. He had worked in the different mills, but last winter his hand was injured and he had since been unable to work. This worried him and his family noticed that he had been acting strangely for a few days, but they did not suspect that he would attempt suicide. He leaves a widow and four children."

Date: May 19, 1899
Location: Massachusetts
Paper: Springfield Republican

NOTES about August Bergmann of Adams...

Name Willie Bergman
Gender Male
Burial Date
Burial Place
Death Date 29 Jan 1884
Death Place Adams, Massachusetts
Age 0
Birth Date 1884
Birthplace Adams
Occupation
Race White
Marital Status Single
Spouse's Name
Father's Name August
Father's Birthplace Germany
Mother's Name Louisa
Mother's Birthplace Germany
Indexing Project (Batch) Number B06789-0
System Origin Massachusetts-EASy
Source Film Number 960226
Reference Number v 355 p 25
NOTE: His birth 1883 lists mother as Louisa Desaul - father is a weaver
Vol: 340 ; Page: 26

Minnie Bergman, b. Adams, parents August and Louisa Dessam, both b. Germany
Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910
Vol: 412 ; Page: 37

Emma Louise Bergman, married 13 Jan 1900 in Adams, she is 22, parents August and Louisa Dessaur
Vol: 500 ; Page: 33

August Bergman death Adams, age 55, suicide, shooting, wheelwright, b. Germany, father - Gottheim; mother Lena
Vol: 492 ; Page: 38

Also, a daughter Ida, b. 1885, d. 1885 Vol 358, page 24; vol 264, page 25 - Adams, MA

Mrs. Louise Bergmann Dead
"Mrs. Louise Bergmann, 86, widow of August Bergmann of 5 Pearl street, died Saturday afternoon following an illness of about a year. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs Emma Wagonknecht of Cheshire and Miss Minne Bergmann of Adams and two sons, Paul and Alfred Bergmann, also of Adams. Rev Mr Lund of St Marks Episcopal church will officiate at the funeral which is to be held at the home tomorrow afternoon at 2 and at St Mark's church at 2.30."

Date: July 06, 1937
Location: Massachusetts
Paper: Springfield Republican


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