Otto Brasgalla and Elizabeth Banks
Husband of:
Alma Anna Louisa Bruder, married June 4, 1931 in Van Buren County, Michigan. Daughter of Adolph Bruder and Louise Buchalla. Source: Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952. Two daughters; Betty Lou and Sally Ann Brasgalla.
Husband of:
Agnes Katherine Vodwaska, married January 2, 1943 in Grand Haven, Ottawa County, Michigan. Daughter of Joseph Vodwaska and Emma Fait. Source: Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952.
Husband of:
Edith May Peacock, married July 6, 1946 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Daughter of George Peacock and Agnes Murray. Source: Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952.
Husband of:
A German woman from Passau, Bavaria, Germany, married about 1958. Source: Attached newspaper clipping and the Bergen Evening Record, Hackensack, New Jersey, Tuesday, October 13, 1959, Page 42.
Brasgalla was a sergeant in the US Army from 1948 to 1959, and the local commander of the US troops in Passau, Bavaria, Germany. He gained great respect from the population as a helper in emergencies, such as the flood of 1954 and bottlenecks in supply. After retiring from active military service, he remained in Passau, where he died February 24, 1989. In 2002, a street was named after him in Passau, Germany, called the Arthur-Brasgalla-Steig.
A couple articles written on Arthur are "Arthur Brasgalla - The good sergeant of Passau , in: Passauer Neue Presse, October 23, 2002." Also written is "The brave sergeant who found a wife and home in Passau, in: Passauer Neue Presse, November 4, 2002.
Research by Sherri L. Czuchra
Otto Brasgalla and Elizabeth Banks
Husband of:
Alma Anna Louisa Bruder, married June 4, 1931 in Van Buren County, Michigan. Daughter of Adolph Bruder and Louise Buchalla. Source: Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952. Two daughters; Betty Lou and Sally Ann Brasgalla.
Husband of:
Agnes Katherine Vodwaska, married January 2, 1943 in Grand Haven, Ottawa County, Michigan. Daughter of Joseph Vodwaska and Emma Fait. Source: Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952.
Husband of:
Edith May Peacock, married July 6, 1946 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Daughter of George Peacock and Agnes Murray. Source: Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952.
Husband of:
A German woman from Passau, Bavaria, Germany, married about 1958. Source: Attached newspaper clipping and the Bergen Evening Record, Hackensack, New Jersey, Tuesday, October 13, 1959, Page 42.
Brasgalla was a sergeant in the US Army from 1948 to 1959, and the local commander of the US troops in Passau, Bavaria, Germany. He gained great respect from the population as a helper in emergencies, such as the flood of 1954 and bottlenecks in supply. After retiring from active military service, he remained in Passau, where he died February 24, 1989. In 2002, a street was named after him in Passau, Germany, called the Arthur-Brasgalla-Steig.
A couple articles written on Arthur are "Arthur Brasgalla - The good sergeant of Passau , in: Passauer Neue Presse, October 23, 2002." Also written is "The brave sergeant who found a wife and home in Passau, in: Passauer Neue Presse, November 4, 2002.
Research by Sherri L. Czuchra
Family Members
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Gustave Frank Brasgalla
1901–1998
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Louis Frederick Brasgalla
1905–2002
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Albert Leonard William Brasgalla
1905–1979
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Emil J. Brasgalla
1907–1997
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Mildred M. Brasgalla Foster
1909–2013
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Herbert Brasgalla
1911–1962
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Margaret E Brasgalla Pollard
1913–2015
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Ernest Brasgalla
1915–1982
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Ethel F "Grandma T" Brasgalla Taylor
1917–2013
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Helen E Brasgalla Georgian
1919–2001
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