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Submitted by: Don Sweaney
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Husband: Albert F F VOIGHT
Name: 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: M
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:
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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:
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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.