Wilhelmina Vogelsang or Wegelteing

Brief Life History of Wilhelmina

When Wilhelmina Vogelsang or Wegelteing was born on 16 September 1858, in Werl, Soest, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany, her father, Carl Wilhelm Vogelsang, was 25 and her mother, Sophia Friederika Henriette Hambach, was 20. She married Wilhelm Mathias Etling on 23 December 1880. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Belpre, Edwards, Kansas, United States in 1920 and Finney, Kansas, United States in 1930. She died on 28 April 1934, in Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States, at the age of 75.

Photos and Memories (7)

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Family Time Line

Wilhelm Mathias Etling
1855–1942
Wilhelmina Vogelsang or Wegelteing
1858–1934
Marriage: 23 December 1880
William Frederick Carl Etling
1882–1951
Frederick August Etling
1883–1969
Anna Amelia Etling
1884–1970
Louisa Paulina Etling
1886–1886
Paulina Wilhelmina Etling
1889–1955
Ella Augusta Etling
1891–1981
Carl Gotlieb Etling
1893–1974
Ernest Louis Etling
1895–1987
Christina Lena Fredericka Etling
1897–1940
John August Etling
1899–1961
Albert O Etling
1904–1995

Sources (12)

  • Minnie Etling in household of Wm Etling, "Kansas State Census, 1915"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Wilhelmina Vogelsang - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Wilhelminia Vogelsang
  • Wilhelmine Wegelteing, "Germany, Marriages, 1558-1929"

World Events (8)

1864

War: Prussia and Austria vs. Denmark.

1867

Historical Boundaries: 1867: Stafford, Kansas, United States* *From 1875-1879, large parts of the county were given to Barton and Pratt counties and then mostly returned to Stafford

1878

Historical Boundaries: 1878: Sequoyah, Kansas, United States 1883: Finney, Kansas, United States

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Ingo, Kurt, Bernd, Dieter, Erwin, Fritz, Gerhard, Gunther, Joerg, Otto, Willi.

German: habitational name from any of several places called Vogelsang all over Germany; or a topographic name from a field name. Compare Birdsong .

Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name meaning ‘bird song’.

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

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Story Highlight

Wm. Etling memories of Vogelsang family

From Wm. M. Etling's memoirs I made a short trip to Wickede and met again a friend whom I had known from my childhood. It was Wilhelmina Vogelsang, who two years later became Mrs. Wm. Etling. …

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