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He emigrated in 1838 from Kreis Leignitz, Silesia, Prussia with his parents and siblings as far as Hamburg. [1] |
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He appeared on the US Federal census on 06/01/1840 in Washington County, Wisconsin Territory with his parents. [6] |
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He appeared on the US Federal census on 06/01/1850 in Mequon, Washington, Wisconsin with his parents. [2] |
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He had a residence in 11/1857 in Chase County, Kansas Territory having moved from Wisconsin. [3] |
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He appeared on the Kansas Territorial census on 02/11/1859 in Chase County, Kansas Territory living by himself. [3] |
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He appeared on the US Federal census on 06/01/1860 in Diamond Creek, Chase, Kansas Territory with his mother. [4] |
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He worked as a farmer on 06/01/1860 in Diamond Creek, Chase, Kansas Territory . [4] |
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He appeared on the Kansas State census on 05/01/1865 in Diamond Creek, Chase, Kansas with his mother. [5] |
| 9. |
He served in the military at the time of the census on 05/01/1865 in Diamond Creek, Chase, Kansas in Regiment 9, Company B. [5] |
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He worked as a farmer on 05/01/1865 in Diamond Creek, Chase, Kansas . [5] |
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Clifford Neal Smith, editor, Nineteenth-Century Emigration of "Old Lutherans" from Eastern Germany (Mainly Pomerania and Lower Silesia) to Australia, Canada, and the United States, Genealogical Research Monograph 7 (McNeal, Arizona: Westland Publications, 1980), page 4, Hegwer, Gottlieb August Benjamin, s [Surety: 3]. |
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Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1850 United States Federal Census, Mignon, Washington, WI, page 204B, dwelling 1029, family 1039, line 38, Augt Hickwell; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2009 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 02/18/2011); citing Seventh Census of the United States, 1850 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication M432 (1009 rolls), Records of the Census Bureau, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 1008, image 414 [Surety: 3]. |
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Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Kansas State Census Collection 1855-1925, 1859, Chase County, Kansas, page 8, line 14, Benjamin Hegwer; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2009 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 01/31/2016); citing Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas, 1859 Kansas Territory Census (1 roll), roll 1859_1 [Surety: 3]. |
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Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1860 United States Federal Census, Diamond Creek, Chase, KS Terr, page 21, dwelling 182, family 169, line 4, Augustus Hegner; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2009 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 02/18/2011); citing Eighth Census of the United States, 1860 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication M653 (1438 rolls), Records of the Census Bureau, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washington, DC, roll 347, image 77 [Surety: 3]. |
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Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Kansas State Census Collection 1855-1925, 1865, Diamond Creek, Chase, KS, page 4, line 40, A Hegwer; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2009 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 02/03/2016); citing Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas, 1865 Kansas State Census (8 rolls), roll KS1865_2 [Surety: 3]. |
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Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1840 United States Federal Census, Washington County, Wisconsin Territory, page 1, line 8, Calr B Hewer; Database and images, Ancestry.com LLC, Ancestry.com : 2010 (http://www.Ancestry.com/ : accessed 02/18/2011); citing Sixth Census of the United States, 1840 U. S. Census, population schedules, National Archives and Records Administration Microfilm Publication M704 (580 rolls), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives, Washinton, DC, roll 580, image 251 [Surety: 2]. |
