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Charles Emil Tuerk
1847 - Yes, date unknown-
Name Charles Emil Tuerk Born 3 Dec 1847 Elberfeld, Prussia, Germany 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Residence 1850 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA [4] Christened 7 Mar 1858 Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [1] Gender Male Name Carl Emil Tuerk Residence 1861 Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [3] [Member of New Jersulem Religion] Occupation 1880 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States [5] bookkeeper Residence 1880 North Franklin St., Chicago, Illinois Eby ID Number Waterloo-153766 Died Yes, date unknown Person ID I153766 Generations Last Modified 28 Jan 2025
Father Rev. Frederick William Tuerk, b. 23 Feb 1820, Rade, Dusseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany , d. 3 Jul 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years) Mother Lisetta Jellinghaus, b. 30 Oct 1816, , Germany , d. 27 Oct 1882, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age 65 years) Family ID F7166 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Charles E. Tuerk, a member of the Blakely Marsh Printing Company, was born at Elberfeld, West Prussia, Germany, on December 3, 1847. In 1850, his parents came to America, and settled at Pittsburgh, where the family lived for 4 years, his father being a Lutheran minister. In 1854, the family moved to Berlin, Ont., where his father became a convert to the Swedenborgian faith, which he has since preached. Up to fourteen years of age, Mr. Tuerk had attended the schools of Canada, except the last year, when he attended a German school. At fourteen he was served an apprenticeship at the mercantile business for 3 years. At twenty he had a management of a store for one year when he went to Boston and attended a Latin school, and in 1871 came to Chicago. He and his brother, Fred W. Tuerk, in connection with Hon. J. Young Scammon, who furnished the capital, established the first vegetable-ivory button factory in Illinois at Kankakee, from which have sprung several button factories throughout the State. The ivory comes from Venezuela, South America; their first shipment was 52 tons. He clerked for an insurance office in this city until 1873, when he was largely instrumental in establishing a publication called the Field and Stream, now known as the American Field which has grown under the able management of the present owner, Dr. Rowe, to be the largest and most successful paper of its kind in America. Mr. Tuerk was half owner of the above paper for six months, when he sold out to other parties, and Hon. C. W. Marsh purchased the interests of said paper and sunk $30,000 in its establishment. Mr. Tuerk returned to the insurance business; but a few months after Mr. Marsh bought an interest in the printing firm of Blakely E. Brown, the firm name becoming Blakely, Brown & Marsh; and placed Mr. Tuerk in the firm to look after his interests. In Sept. 1881, the latter bought the Brown interest, and since the incorporation of the company has been its secretary. He was married on March 8, 1875 to Letta Reutel of this city. They have 2 children \endash Emil Ferdinand and Irma Louisa
History of Chicago from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Alfred Theodore Andreas. Chicago: A. T. Andreas, 1886, Vol. 3, pp. 688-689.
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Patent/Assignee Data
James A. Burke, of Chicago, Illinois, assignor to himself, Charles F. Blakely, Charles E. Tuerk, and Robert Buckingham, all of same place, printer's galley, patent #242748 June 14, 1881; filed March 14, 1881; no application date.
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- Charles E. Tuerk, a member of the Blakely Marsh Printing Company, was born at Elberfeld, West Prussia, Germany, on December 3, 1847. In 1850, his parents came to America, and settled at Pittsburgh, where the family lived for 4 years, his father being a Lutheran minister. In 1854, the family moved to Berlin, Ont., where his father became a convert to the Swedenborgian faith, which he has since preached. Up to fourteen years of age, Mr. Tuerk had attended the schools of Canada, except the last year, when he attended a German school. At fourteen he was served an apprenticeship at the mercantile business for 3 years. At twenty he had a management of a store for one year when he went to Boston and attended a Latin school, and in 1871 came to Chicago. He and his brother, Fred W. Tuerk, in connection with Hon. J. Young Scammon, who furnished the capital, established the first vegetable-ivory button factory in Illinois at Kankakee, from which have sprung several button factories throughout the State. The ivory comes from Venezuela, South America; their first shipment was 52 tons. He clerked for an insurance office in this city until 1873, when he was largely instrumental in establishing a publication called the Field and Stream, now known as the American Field which has grown under the able management of the present owner, Dr. Rowe, to be the largest and most successful paper of its kind in America. Mr. Tuerk was half owner of the above paper for six months, when he sold out to other parties, and Hon. C. W. Marsh purchased the interests of said paper and sunk $30,000 in its establishment. Mr. Tuerk returned to the insurance business; but a few months after Mr. Marsh bought an interest in the printing firm of Blakely E. Brown, the firm name becoming Blakely, Brown & Marsh; and placed Mr. Tuerk in the firm to look after his interests. In Sept. 1881, the latter bought the Brown interest, and since the incorporation of the company has been its secretary. He was married on March 8, 1875 to Letta Reutel of this city. They have 2 children \endash Emil Ferdinand and Irma Louisa
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Sources - [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian).
- [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div 3 Pg 26.
- [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 3 Page 26.
- [S1489] Book - History of Chicago, 688-689.
- [S274] Census - Illinois - 1880, Chicago.
Charles E. Tuerk, 33, bookkeeper, b. Prussia; parents born in Prussia
Charlotte, wife, 31, keeping house, b. Prussia; parents born in Prussia
Emil, 3, son, b. Illinois; parents born in Prussia
- [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian).
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Event Map 
Born - 3 Dec 1847 - Elberfeld, Prussia, Germany 
Residence - 1850 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA 
Christened - 7 Mar 1858 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - [Member of New Jersulem Religion] - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada 
Occupation - bookkeeper - 1880 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States 
Residence - 1880 - North Franklin St., Chicago, Illinois = Link to Google Earth
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