Person:Francis Engel (1)

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Francis Charles Engel
b.1850 Switzerland
d.1887 Manor, PA
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m. 27 Jun 1873
  1. Mary Ann Engel1874 - 1952
  2. Charlotte Louise Engel1875 - 1921
  3. Clara Cecelia Engel1876 - 1945
  4. William Alexander Engel1878 - 1972
  5. Emma J. Engel1879 - 1881
  6. Eugene Emmanuel Engel1881 - 1911
  7. John George Engel1883 - 1954
  8. Ada Hensath Engel1885 - 1987
  9. Francis C. Engel1887 - 1903
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Name Francis Charles Engel
Alt Name[1] Caeser Engel
Gender Male
Birth? 1850 Switzerland
Alt Birth? Abt 1851
Immigration? 3 May 1870 New York, United States
Marriage 27 Jun 1873 Derry, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USAto Elizabeth Barbara Wagner
Emigration? Bremen, Germany
Death? 1887 Manor, PA
Burial? 1887 Holy Trinity Church Cemetery (near Adamsburg, PA)
Alt Burial[2] 1887 Adamsburg Cemetery, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States
Other? Switzerlandcustom
Other? United States of AmericaDESTINATION

1. Initials from Mary Ann Engel's death certificate. 2. First name & date of death from tombstone, Old Brush Creek cemetery. 3. Middle name 'Charles' from wife's mother's estate document. 4. First name given as Franz in Holy Trinity Church records.

Worked as a brakeman on the PA RR. Killed in a railroad accident. [according to Rev. Hugh Warren -- confusion with his son?]

His son William's personnel form from the Railroad Retirement Board lists his name as 'Francis Caeser Engel'.

1880 Census gives age in June, 1880 as 28, birthplace as Prussia.

1880 Census: Living in Adamsburg, PA T. C. ENGLE Self M Male W 28 PRUSSIA Laborer PRUSSIA PRUSSIA Lizzie ENGLE Wife M Female W 25 PA Keeping House PA PA M. A. ENGLE Dau S Female W 6 PA At Home PRUSSIA PA C. L. ENGLE Dau S Female W 4 PA At Home PRUSSIA PA C. C. ENGLE Dau S Female W 3 PA At Home PRUSSIA PA Wm. A. ENGLE Son S Male W 2 PA At Home PRUSSIA PA E. B. ENGLE Dau S Female W 10M PA At Home PRUSSIA PA

Naturalized September, 1876 in Westmoreland County Court of Common Pleas. Name: Francis Caesar Engel, prior citizenship: Switzerland; Sponsors: Tobias Wagner and I. M. Dayton (citizens of the US). Date of Arrival in New York: 26 April 1868. Under 18 on arrival, age 25 at time of naturalization.

Records of the U.S. Customs Service, 1820--ca. 1891 Record Group 36 Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, NY, 1820--1897. M237. 675 rolls. Roll Dates 293 Apr. 11--May 4, 1868

References
  1. ↑ Ancestry.com. New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;)
    Database online.

    Record for Caeser Engel

  2. ↑ Francis C. Engel, in Find A Grave.

    Family links:
    Spouse:
    Elizabeth Barbara Wagner Engel (1855 - 1936)*

    Children:
    Louise C. Engel (1875 - 1921)*
    Clara C Engel Binkney (1876 - 1945)*
    Emma J. Engel (1880 - 1881)*
    Francis C. Engel (1887 - 1903)*
    Elizabeth Engel Van Wey (1891 - ____)*

    *Calculated relationship

    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=36786104

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