Augusta Licht

1835 - 1933  (98 years)

• Name	Augusta Licht
  Born	25 Apr 1835	, Prussia, Germany   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Immigration	3 Jul 1888	, Canada   [1]
  Name	Augusta Arndt
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-150554
  Died	12 May 1933	Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, United States   [4]
  Buried	Moline Memorial Park, Moline, Rock Island, Illinois, United States   [4]
  Person ID	I150554	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family	Carl Arndt,   b. Abt 1835, , Prussia, Germany ,   d. Bef 1891, , Germany  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Children	1. Wilhelm C. "William" Arndt,   b. 6 Feb 1860, , Germany ,   d. 22 Aug 1948  (Age 88 years)   2. Ida Arndt,   b. 25 Feb 1878, , Germany ,   d. 13 Feb 1958, Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, United States  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F48338	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Family tradition says that Augusta's husband was shot in his yard in Posen, Prussia, for reasons currently unknown. She took two children and fled Prussia. The trip included a stop in England. We know they arrived in Canada in 1888, but we don't know when the flight began. It may have taken a few years. Sometime after arriving in Berlin, Ontario, Augusta and her daughter Ida continued on to the Rock Island area of Illinois and settled along the Mississippi River. William stayed in Berlin with his wife. We know William's son Ernst would visit his grandmother and aunt in Rock Island when he was a young man, and would work on the Mississippi river boats to earn enough money for the trip home. - DJA.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2167] Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, Date of Arrival: 3 Jul 1888 Vessel: Corean Port of Arrival: Quebec, Quebec Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland; Liverpool, England Roll: C-4536. Augusta Arndt 50 Wm. 24 - laborer Ida 10 [S2126] Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, Index, 1916-1947, Digital Folder Number: 4008166 , Image Number: 729 , GS Film number: 1570849 , Reference ID: cn34190. Otto Arndt Event Date: 29 Oct 1921 Event Place: Joliet, Will, Illinois Gender: Male Age: 56 Birth Year (Estimated): 1865 Birth Date: 07 Sep 1865 Birthplace: Prussia Father's Name: Carl Arndt Father's Birthplace: Prussia Mother's Name: Augusta Licht Mother's Birthplace: Prussia Occupation: Laborer Residence Place: Joliet, Illinois Spouse's Name: Amelia Arndt Burial Date: 02 Nov 1921 Cemetery: St. Peter's Lutheran [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 4 Page 26. [S3231] Find A Grave, Augusta Licht Arndt (1835 - 1933) - Find A Grave Memorial. (2016). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 22 October 2016, from https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=135297157.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 25 Apr 1835 - , Prussia, Germany Immigration - 3 Jul 1888 - , Canada Residence - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 12 May 1933 - Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, United States Buried - - Moline Memorial Park, Moline, Rock Island, Illinois, United States  = Link to Google Earth