Joseph Gallus Fueger

Brief Life History of Joseph Gallus

When Joseph Gallus Fueger was born on 25 October 1851, in Mörschwil, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, his father, Johann Baptist Fueger, was 34 and his mother, Barbara Katharina Keller, was 38. He married Anna Marie Liebig on 5 November 1890, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. He died on 2 September 1932, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Gallus Fueger
1851–1932
Anna Marie Liebig
1872–1959
Marriage: 5 November 1890
Vera Mary Fueger
1891–1984
Joseph Waldo Fueger
1895–1959
Viola Martha Fueger
1897–1992
Genevieve Barbara Fueger
1901–1988

Sources (28)

  • Joseph G Fueger, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Jos G Finger, "Utah, Salt Lake County Birth Records, 1890-1915"
  • Joseph G. Frieger, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863

Jean Henru Dunant founded the Red Cross in Geneva.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

German:

occupational name for a steward or overseer, from an agent derivative of Middle High German vüegen ‘to arrange or dispose’ (Old High German fuogen, a derivative of fuog ‘neat, smart’).

variant of Ficker 2.

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

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