John Herman Vogt

Brief Life History of John Herman

When John Herman Vogt was born on 8 October 1822, in Frankfurt am Main (Dom), Frankfurt, Duchy of Nassau, his father, Johann Hermann Vogt, was 47 and his mother, Catharina Elisabetha Guldner, was 27. He married Maria Elisabetha Kellner on 13 May 1844, in Frankfurt, Duchy of Nassau. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 6 April 1864, in Victoria, Australia, at the age of 41.

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Family Time Line

John Herman Vogt
1822–1864
Maria Elisabetha Kellner
1823–1901
Marriage: 13 May 1844
Adolph Conrad Christian Vogt
1845–1927
Johann Peter Hermann Vogt
1847–1919
George Leonard Vogt
1848–1937
Conrad Otto Vogt
1851–
Paul Peter Vogt
1853–1906
Franz Vogt
1854–
Hugh William Vogt
1859–1927
Charles Frederick Eugene Vogt
1862–1914

Sources (4)

  • Johann Hermann Woyt, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
  • Johann Hermann Vogt, "Deutschland, Geburten und Taufen 1558-1898"
  • Johann Hermann Vogt, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"

World Events (6)

1829

Australia is claimed as British territory.

1834

Victoria's first successful British settlement was at Portland, on the west coast of what is now Victoria. Portland was settled on 19 November 1834

1837

George Grey explores Western Australia.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Kurt, Hans, Armin, Erna, Fritz, Gerhard, Gunter, Helmut, Alois, Erwin, Guenther.

German: occupational name for a reeve, a bailiff, a farm manager, or other person with supervisory authority, Middle High German voget, Late Latin vocatus, from Latin advocatus, past participle of advocare ‘to call upon (to help)’. The term originally denoted someone who appeared before a court on behalf of some party not permitted to make direct representations, often an ecclesiastical body which was not supposed to have any dealings with temporal authorities. In some parts of central Europe, the word came to mean ‘village headman’. This surname is also found in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, and Poland. See also Fath , Focht , Vaeth , Voigt , and Voit , compare Faught , Fought , Vaught , Voght , Voight , Vote , and Vought .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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