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Frederick William "Fred" Tuerk

Male 1844 - 1916  (71 years)


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  • Name Frederick William "Fred" Tuerk 
    Born 22 Nov 1844  , Prussia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Immigration 1849  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Christened 11 Apr 1858  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Business Tuerk Novelty Company 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/263215744 
    Name F. W. Tuerk 
    Occupation inventor 
    Tuerk,FrederickWilliam-1844-1916-001-Invention1910.jpg
    Tuerk,FrederickWilliam-1844-1916-001-Invention1910.jpg
    US963187A - Carbureter. (no date) Google Patents. Google. Available at: https://patents.google.com/patent/US963187A/en (Accessed: 20 January 2024).
    Residence 1861  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    [Member of New Jersulem Religion] 
    Occupation 1901  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Machinist 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-27505 
    Died 29 Apr 1916  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Buried Mount Auburn Memorial Park, Stickney, Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I27505  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Rev. Frederick William Tuerk,   b. 23 Feb 1820, Rade, Dusseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jul 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Lisetta Jellinghaus,   b. 30 Oct 1816, , Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1882, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Family ID F7166  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Description: Patent and Assignee Data

      Frederick W. Tuerk, Jr., Chicago, Illinois, improvement in water motors, patent #197954; issued December 11, 1877; filed April 17, 1877; no date when the application was signed

      Frederick W. Tuerk, Jr., Chicago, Illinois, hydraulic sausage-stuffing machine, 294826; issued March 11, 1884; filed June 27, 1883; no date when the application was signed

      Frederick W. Tuerk, Jr., Chicago, Illinois, rotary water-meter, 328544; issued October 20, 1885; filed December 18, 1884; no date when the application was signed.

      Frederick W. Tuerk, Jr., Syracuse, New York, assignor of two-thirds to John Hunter and James C. Hunter, 2d, both of Sterling (Oswego County), New York, rotary water-meter, 362047; issued April 26, 1887; filed May 29, 1886; application signed May 20, 1886

      Frederick W. Tuerk, Jr., of Syracuse, assignor to the Tuerk Water Meter Company of same place, hose-coupling band, 366532; issued July 12, 1887; filed February 2, 1887; application signed January 31, 1887

      Frederick W. Tuerk, Jr., Syracuse, assignor of two-thirds to James C. Hunter, of same place, and John Hunter, of Sterling Valley, New York, water motor, 400610; issued April 2, 1889; filed January 8, 1887; application signed January 6, 1887

      Frederick W. Tuerk, Jr., Syracuse, assignor of two-thirds to James C. Hunter, of same place, and John Hunter, of Sterling Valley, New York, fan, 420024; issued January 21, 1890; filed March 8, 1889; application signed March 6, 1889

      Frederick W. Tuerk, Jr., Syracuse, assignor of two-thirds to James C. Hunter, of same place, and John Hunter of Sterling Valley, New York, fan, 423839; issued March 18, 1890; filed November 2, 1889; application signed October 28, 1889

      Frederick W. Tuerk, of Fulton, New York, assignor of two-thirds to John Hunter and James Hunter, of same place, fan, 477614; issued June 21, 1892; filed January 24, 1890; application signed December 26, 1889

      Frederick William Tuerk, Jr., of Fulton, New York, ventilating fan, 546630, issued September 17, 1895; filed March 25, 1895; application signed October 15, 1894

      Frederick William Tuerk, Jr., of Berlin (Waterloo), Canada, water-cooler, 888206; issued May 19, 1908; application filed November 16, 1906; signed November 8, 1906

      Frederick W. Tuerk, of Chicago, Illinois, assignor to the Tuerk Novelty Company, of Chicago, Illinois, a corporation of South Dakota, 963187; issued July 5, 1910; filed May 15, 1909; no date when the application was signed.

      Kathy Crowell kcrowell1@twcny .rr .com 1911

  • Sources 
    1. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-11 Page 12.

    2. [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian).

    3. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div 3 Pg 26.

    4. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 3 Page 26.

    5. [S2540] Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998.
      Name: Fred W Tuerk
      Sex: Male
      Age: 72
      Birth Year (Estimated): 1844
      Birthplace: , , Germany
      Address: 3133 Madison St
      Burial Date: 30 Apr 1916
      Marital Status: Married
      Occupation: Inventor
      Race: White
      Father's Name: F W Tuerk
      Informant's Name: Albert Tuerk
      Event Type: Death
      Event Date: 29 Apr 1916
      Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
      Cemetery: Mt Auburn Cem

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 Nov 1844 - , Prussia, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1849 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 11 Apr 1858 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - [Member of New Jersulem Religion] - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Machinist - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 29 Apr 1916 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
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