Frederick William "Fred" Tuerk

1844 - 1916  (71 years)

• Name	Frederick William "Fred" Tuerk
  Born	22 Nov 1844	, Prussia, Germany   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Immigration	1849	, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Christened	11 Apr 1858	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [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 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   [4]
  	[Member of New Jersulem Religion]
  Occupation	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Machinist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-27505
  Died	29 Apr 1916	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States   [5]
  Buried	Mount Auburn Memorial Park, Stickney, Cook, Illinois, United States
  Person ID	I27505	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 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

  
  

• 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

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

  Born - 22 Nov 1844 - , Prussia, Germany Immigration - 1849 - , Ontario, Canada Christened - 11 Apr 1858 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - [Member of New Jersulem Religion] - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Machinist - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 29 Apr 1916 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States  = Link to Google Earth