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.
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War: Prussia and Austria vs. Denmark.
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
Historical Boundaries: 1878: Sequoyah, Kansas, United States 1883: Finney, Kansas, United States
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.
Possible Related NamesFrom 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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