Interred 7-17-1925
Adolph and his wife Emma immigrated to the US in 1891. While difficult to understand today, they left at least two of their children, Irmgard and Adolph Jr., with Adolph Sr's mother, Elise (?) Feige in Gorlitz, Germany. They allowed their son Adolph Jr. to come to the US in 1895, but did not send for their oldest child, Irmgard (and their daughter Emma) until 1907. Hence, they probably did not know some of their children well.
In the US he appears to have tried a number of different careers in several locations such as teaching, raising chickens, delivering milk, working as a book keeper in New York City, Tottenville, NY, and Ramapo, NY. Around 1910/1911 he appears to have settled down and operated a printing shop in Newark, NJ. Even then, his shop frequently moved around to different locations within the city. In 1926, his wife Emma appears in the directory by herself. Until 6 January 2020, no record of his passing in the USA had been found despite extensive searches by staff in the NJ state archives. A record of his death became available on Ancestry.com on that day. His surname had been misspelled in the NJ State Archives which caused difficulty in locating his death certificate.
Interred 7-17-1925
Adolph and his wife Emma immigrated to the US in 1891. While difficult to understand today, they left at least two of their children, Irmgard and Adolph Jr., with Adolph Sr's mother, Elise (?) Feige in Gorlitz, Germany. They allowed their son Adolph Jr. to come to the US in 1895, but did not send for their oldest child, Irmgard (and their daughter Emma) until 1907. Hence, they probably did not know some of their children well.
In the US he appears to have tried a number of different careers in several locations such as teaching, raising chickens, delivering milk, working as a book keeper in New York City, Tottenville, NY, and Ramapo, NY. Around 1910/1911 he appears to have settled down and operated a printing shop in Newark, NJ. Even then, his shop frequently moved around to different locations within the city. In 1926, his wife Emma appears in the directory by herself. Until 6 January 2020, no record of his passing in the USA had been found despite extensive searches by staff in the NJ state archives. A record of his death became available on Ancestry.com on that day. His surname had been misspelled in the NJ State Archives which caused difficulty in locating his death certificate.
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