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Auguste Sophie Karoline Otte Schwenderlauf

Birth
Lower Saxony, Germany
Death
14 Sep 1906 (aged 66)
Berkeley, Alameda County, California, USA
Burial
Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
45, Grave: 765. No headstone.
Memorial ID
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Auguste was born in Wahmbeck, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany. It is known from family church records in Germany, that her mother was Louise Melusine Otte. On 24 Oct 1869, in Trendelburg, Hessen, Germany, she married Burghard Schwenderlauf. Auguste & Burghard had 7 children, as follows:

- Louise Karoline Melusine Schwenderlauf (1869-1951). Wife of Carl Krausch.
- Anna Auguste Elise Marie Schwenderlauf (1871-1873).
- Konrad Friedrich Wilhelm Schwenderlauf (1873-1954). He changed his name to Conrad Williams.
- Friedrich (Fred) Wilhelm Schwenderlauf (1875-1943).
- Anna Marie Elise Schwenderlauf (1877-1877).
- Theodor Friedrich Wilhelm Schwenderlauf (1880-1942).
- Friedrich Julius Wilhelm Schwenderlauf (1882-1882).

On 9 August 1889 aboard the SS Saale, the family departed Bremen, Germany for America, arriving on 17 August 1889 in New York. They settled and worked in the San Francisco Bay area.

Obituary from the San Francisco Call (Note - copied from original text - some misspellings):
16 Sep 1906 - A. Schwindelauf.
In Berkeley, Cal., September 14, 1906. Augusta, dearly beloved wife of Burchard Schwindelauf, and mother of Louise Krausch, Conradi, Fredrick and Theodore Schwindelauf, a native of Germany, aged 66 years, 4 months and 18 days. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral service today (Sunday), September 16, at 1:30 o'clock p.m. at her late residence, 1036 Murray Street, West Berkeley. Interment Mountain View Cemetery.
Auguste was born in Wahmbeck, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany. It is known from family church records in Germany, that her mother was Louise Melusine Otte. On 24 Oct 1869, in Trendelburg, Hessen, Germany, she married Burghard Schwenderlauf. Auguste & Burghard had 7 children, as follows:

- Louise Karoline Melusine Schwenderlauf (1869-1951). Wife of Carl Krausch.
- Anna Auguste Elise Marie Schwenderlauf (1871-1873).
- Konrad Friedrich Wilhelm Schwenderlauf (1873-1954). He changed his name to Conrad Williams.
- Friedrich (Fred) Wilhelm Schwenderlauf (1875-1943).
- Anna Marie Elise Schwenderlauf (1877-1877).
- Theodor Friedrich Wilhelm Schwenderlauf (1880-1942).
- Friedrich Julius Wilhelm Schwenderlauf (1882-1882).

On 9 August 1889 aboard the SS Saale, the family departed Bremen, Germany for America, arriving on 17 August 1889 in New York. They settled and worked in the San Francisco Bay area.

Obituary from the San Francisco Call (Note - copied from original text - some misspellings):
16 Sep 1906 - A. Schwindelauf.
In Berkeley, Cal., September 14, 1906. Augusta, dearly beloved wife of Burchard Schwindelauf, and mother of Louise Krausch, Conradi, Fredrick and Theodore Schwindelauf, a native of Germany, aged 66 years, 4 months and 18 days. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral service today (Sunday), September 16, at 1:30 o'clock p.m. at her late residence, 1036 Murray Street, West Berkeley. Interment Mountain View Cemetery.

Gravesite Details

Cemetery records give her age at death as 66 years, 4 months, 18 days.



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