Gottlieb Tuerk

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-113133

Gottlieb — Wilhelmina Vollman. Wilhelmina was born Abt 1806, Rade, Prussia, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166534569
• Name: F. W. Tuerk
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-27503
• Immigration: 1849, , Ontario, Canada
• Citizenship: 1859, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Minister
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Minister
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Minister
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenborgian
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Preacher
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenborgian
• Residence: 1897, 214 Queen St. S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clergyman

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Carmel Church of the New Jerusalem

There was a split in the Kitchener Swedenborgian congregation on September 18, 1891. One group, known as the Convention Church, continued to worship in the stone Swedenborgian Church, located at the corner of King and Water Streets, with Rev. F.W. Tuerk as pastor. The other group met in private homes until their new frame church, known as the Carmel Church Society, was erected in 1892 at 820 King Street West. A house at the corner of Shanley and Andrew Streets in Berlin was used as a school until school rooms were ready in the building at 820 King West. Rev. Frederick E. Waelchli was the first Pastor.

The congregation called itself The Academy of the New Church in Berlin, Canada, until 1897 when its name was changed to The Carmel Church of the New Jerusalem. The church was seriously damaged by fire on October 19, 1929 but it was possible to effect repairs as well as some remodelling at the same time.

A new church was built, and dedicated on November 25, 1962 at Caryndale near Strasburg; a church-operated elementary school is part of the church complex. The last service in the old church on King Street was held on November 11, 1962. The building was sold and razed in 1963; a Medical Arts Building is located on the property now. Carmel Church is a society of the New Church, and is now referred to as The Carmel Church of the General Church of the New Jerusalem. The headquarters of the church's parent body is in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania. The church's schools located there include a College, Theological School, High School and Elementary Schools.

Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900 By Rosemary Ambrose

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Church of the Good Shepherd

The congregation began meeting in various locations as early as 1833, with Christian Enslin as leader. A small frame church was built on Frederick Street in 1842, and was called The Free Church; the congregations of four denominations held services in it. The seating space in the Free Church became insufficient for the growing Swedenborgian congregation with the result that land on the northwest corner of Church and Benton Streets was purchased in 1847 from Joseph E. Schneider. A frame church with a seating capacity of 150 was built in the same year; the church was called the New Church (Uttley 1937: 64). Several decades later a larger church was again needed. Land was purchased on the northeast corner of King and Water Streets where a new stone church was built and completed in 1870. The old church was sold to the congregation of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Serious differences resulted in a formal split in the Berlin Swedenborgian congregation on September 18, 1891. One group, the predecessor of this congregation, whose pastor was Rev. F.W. Tuerk (June 1857-July 3, 1901), continued to worship in the stone church. The other group, eventually to be known as the Carmel Church of the New Jerusalem, built their church in 1892 at 820 King Street West; their pastor was Rev. F.E. Waelchli. In 1935 the congregation purchased land on the corner of Queen Street North and Margaret Avenue as the site for a new church. The Church of the Good Shepherd is a Convention Church of the New Jerusalem.

Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900 By Rosemary Ambrose

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Death Death of Rev. F. W. Tuerk.

Died Very Suddenly of Heait Failure on Wednesday Afternoon - A Brief Sketch of His Career

Very great was the shock Berlin citizens received on Wednesday afternoon when the news spread throughout the town that Rev. F. W. Tuerk, the esteemed pastor of the New Jerusalem Church, was suddenly called by death, while enjoying comparatively good health and in the best of spirits. The reverend gentleman had just completed writing a letter to one of his sons and was passing from his library to the drawing room when he fell over and died almost instantly. His wife, who was the only other person in the house, heard him fall, and quickly went to the aid of her deceased husband. She applied some household restoratives, but saw it was of no avail, and immediately sent for the physician, who, on his arrival, pronounced death due to heart failure. The news spread very quickly and sorrowing friends went immediately to the aid of the family with expressions of regret and sympathy, and tangible offers of assistance.

Rev. Mr. Tuerk was over 80 years of age, and up to a short time ago enjoyed the best of health, but lately his age has had a visible effect upon his former strong constitution and his earlier vitality had begun to take its departure. About a month ago he was granted a few months' rest to recuperate, by his congregation, and as a result was steadily regaining his usual strength, only to be cut down suddenly by the Grim Reaper, Death.

SKETCH OF HIS LIFE

Frederick William Tuerk was born on September 23rd, 1820, at Rade, in the District of Dusseldurf, In Rhenish Prussia, Germany, and was trained from a tender age to habits of piety and love for religion.

In the year 1848, when many Germans were emigrating to America, a tract fell into his hands, entitled "The Night in the West," describing the sad state of religion in the western part of the United States, which made such an impression on him that he proposed to emigrate to the new world and labor there for the kingdom of God. He accordingly wrote to the author of the tract, Mr Rouschenbusch, who was editor of the German edition of the "American Messenger," published in New York by the American Tract Society, and who encouraged his coming to America, promising to secure a suitable position for him. Mr Tuerk with his wife and three little children arrived in New York on July 3rd, 1849. He was appointed colporteur and missionary in Pittsburg, Pa. From this city as a centre he undertook missionary trips and sold religious books and Bibles.

During the month of (June 10, 1857), Mr. Tuerk had made his appearance in Cincinnati, at the meeting of the General Convention of the New Church. On the 12th of June he was baptized by the Rev. Thomas Worcester, President of the General Convention, and was ordained by him on the following Sunday.

He was the first ordained minister of the New Church In all Canada, and at once began an active propaganda, preaching at various places in the province of Ontario. In the course of a few years he had organized societies in Hamburg, Wellesley, Toronto and Hamilton. The Society at Wellesley was formed immediately after his coming to Berlin, and in the fall of the next year (1858) he laid the corner-stone of a church which was dedicated in the following year. Mr. Tuerk has had pastoral care of this Society ever since, preaching regularly once a month.

In the year 1862 the "Association of the New Jerusalem" was formed, with Mr. Tuerk as President. On the 12th of June, 1864, seven years after his ordination, he was consecrated an ordaining minister by the Rev. Thomas Worcester, assisted by the Rev. J. R. Hibbard and the Rev. J. P. Stuart, and he has been annually re-elected President of the Association.

Mr Tuerk was one of the founders of the "German Missionary Union of the New Church," which was organized in Boston in the year 1872. He was elect-ed President, and has continued in this office. On April 1st, 1887, the Union began the publication of a monthly periodical (Neukirchenblatt), of which he was editor for live years, when he resigned, owing to pressure of other duties, and was appointed an associate editor.

Twice in his long pastorate he has had ministers associated with him. The first was the Rev F. E. Waelchli, who acted as assistant Minister for a few years, and the second was the Rev L. H. Tafel, who was associate pastor for five years.

Of Mr Tuerk's activity in behalf of the New Church, the records bear the following impressive witness: Up to the close of the year 1900 he had baptised 981 persons, of whom 741 were children and 240 adults, the latter, so far as is known, being all converts from the old Church. He confirmed 322 sons and daughters of New-Church parentage, married 254 couples, and ministered at 209 funerals, at nearly all of which he delivered funeral discourses.

The deceased reverend was married about the year 1844; By this marriage eight children were born to them, one daughter and seven sons, viz: Ida Tuerk, Berlin; Fred W., Berlin; Chas. E., London, Eng., Aug. H., deceased; Albert, Chicago; G. Adolph, Berlin; Louis E., Chicago; Samuel 0., Fulton, Y. Y.

The Rev. Air. Tuerk will be greatly missed by the, citizens of Berlin of every denomination for his genial and kind disposition and the great interest he took in matters which pertained to the welfare of the town. He was very liberal in his views and his discourses in his pulpit always called forth deep thought and earnest heart searching on the part of his hearers. Berlin loses one of its best and men extends its sincere regrets and deep sympathy to the family which mourn the loss of a husband and father, and to the congregation of New Jerusalem church, for the loss of its able and faithful pastor of over fifty years.

The funeral will take place from his late residence, Queen Street, South, on Sunday, July 7th, 1901, at 2 o'clock p.m., to the New Jerusalem Temple for services, thence to Mount Hope Cemetery for interment.

The Daily Telegraph Newspaper July 4, 1901

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Queen Street South, West Side.

A frame building used as a tavern by Phineas Varnum and later the kitchen of the Gaukel Hotel.

A frame building erected by Frederick Gaukel about 1833 as shelter for the considerable number of immigrants coming to Berlin at that time. In 1837 it was made into a dwelling for John Stroh, uncle of Jacob Stroh. Two children were born in this building, Katie, in 1838, (she married Jacob Oswald, still living, now 93 years of age), and Henry Stroh, born in 1840.

Hall's Lane.

A brick building erected about 1850. John Klein, father of John Klein of Buffalo, was the first occupant. Later the building was used as a printing office, first by the "Berlin Chronicle", William Jaffray editor and proprietor, and later by the "Berliner Journal", Rittinger & Motz. The site is now occupied by the Lockhart garage.

The Franklin Hotel, a handsome, good-sized frame building, erected by Philip Roth about 1856. Successive hotel-keepers were John Klein, Levi Gaukel, Frederick Riegelman, who later moved to Buffalo, and Jacob Weber. Weber was occupant in 1874 when the hotel was burned down. The fire started in the barn at the rear of the hotel. The hotel shed, next south, extended, at right angles, from Queen Street to the barn.

A garden.

A one and one-half story frame building lengthwise with the street occupied by Christopher K. Nahrgang whose parents came from Hessen, Germany, about 1835. He was married to a Miss Zinkann of New Hamburg.

A stone building used as a tailor shop by Mr. Nahrgang who was deaf and dumb. His wife helped him in the business. She lived to be 87. It was in this building that John Motz of the "Journal" and eventually County Sheriff, learned the tailoring trade.

A one and one-half story dwelling, erected about 1857, occupied by George Fischer, barber, who had his shop on King Street. A later occupant was George Lutz, a cabinet maker in Hoffman's factory and after him Henry Schaefer's mother.

A frame building lengthwise with the street, the church of the Evangelical denomination, erected in 1841. In 1866 it was replaced by the brick building still standing, now used as stores and upstairs dwellings.

A one and one-half story frame building with kitchen at the rear erected by William Becking, wagonmaker, about 1848. Becking was noted as a hunter. White hare and passenger pigeons, practically extinct long ago, were abundant at that time.

Becking's wagon-shop and lumber yard at the corner of John Street with the customary incline and stair to the second story of the shop. Up this incline the wagons were drawn to the paint shop. Valentine Gildner, at the corner of King and Benton Streets, did the blacksmith work for Becking's wagons.

John Street.

A one and one-half story house occupied by H. Baedecker in 1860 and later by Adam Doering.

Rev. F. W. Tuerk's residence erected about 1860 by Henry Rothaermel, a carpenter. The matching and planing was all done by hand, slow but thorough work. Window sashes, panel doors and all other requirements were made in the same manner. A skilled workman at that time was expected to be able to do painting as well as carpenter work. A single room in the shape of a square turret on the ridge of the building was Rev. Tuerk's study. The house was up-hill about twenty feet above the street level so that the study on top gave a good outlook. The site is now occupied by the York Apartments.

A frame building one and one-half story high.

Nothing but a building used as an ashery between that and Joseph E. Schneider's house and farm buildings.


REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER) By JACOB STROH Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder.

Part I. Settlement - Early Villagers and Buildings, Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1930

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King Street Kitchener South Side

Water to Gaukel Street.-At the Water Street corner stood, before 1867, a large frame building used mainly during the winter months as a drill shed for the local militia. The building was at one time used as a skating rink. Later it was moved to Woodside Park on Queen Street South and used for Township Fairs, and other purposes. Next easterly were two houses, one-story high, with gables toward King Street, owned by Rev. F. W. Tuerk and built about 1860. Next an unpainted frame building, used as a shop, stood on the westerly corner of Gaukel Street. At the rear of tills shop there was another frame building, moved there from Factory Street, used as a felt factory by Feick & Co„ the partners being Mr. Haller, Manager, and Mr. Feick. Later, when J. Y. Shantz took over the felt business the building was converted into dwellings and used for some time, when it was torn down. The site is now occupied by the Salvation Army Barracks.


REMINISCENCES OF BERLIN (NOW KITCHENER) By JACOB STROH Contributed by Joseph M. Snyder.

Part I. Settlement - Early Villagers and Buildings, Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1930

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Frederick married Maria Sch. Eberhard 19 Jun 1884, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Maria (daughter of Jacob Eberhard and Fran? snyder) was born 5 Apr 1834, Kappeln, , Bern, Switzerland; died 30 Jan 1917, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Frederick — Lisetta Jellinghaus. Lisetta was born 30 Oct 1816, , Germany; died 27 Oct 1882, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Louisa Vogelsang
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-113132
• Residence: 1868, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]

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Died shortly after the birth of her third child, Herman, of "gastric fever". Her housemaid and nursemaid was the wife of J.M. SCHNEIDER of the famous Schneider Meats. J.M. worked in the Vogelsang Button Factory until he developed his sausage and meat goods and began his own business. Louisa & Emil had 3 sons, Emil, Albert, and Herman.

Louisa married Emil Vogelsang 28 Jun 1868, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Emil (son of Friederich Vogelsang and Wilhelmina) was born 7 May 1834, Baimen, Prussia, Baden, Germany; died 6 May 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Ida Christine Hartung
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-27508
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenborgian
• Residence: 1882, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Ida married Karl Hartung 2 Jan 1882, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Karl (son of Carl Hartung and Alvina Tuerk) was born 30 Jan 1857, Barmen, Prussia, Germany; died 24 Sep 1943; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Business: Tuerk Novelty Company
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• Name: F. W. Tuerk
• Occupation: inventor
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-27505
• Immigration: 1849, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Machinist

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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

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• Name: Carl Emil Tuerk
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-153766
• Residence: 1850, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
• Occupation: 1880, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; bookkeeper
• Residence: 1880, North Franklin St., Chicago, Illinois

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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• Name: Augustus Henrich Tuerk
• Name: Henry August Tuerk
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-27510
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Store Clerk
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
• Residence: 1879, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bookkeeper
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Church

August married Magdalena Dunke 10 Jun 1879, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Magdalena (daughter of Peter Dunke and Salome Stoltz) was born 18 Dec 1856, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Sep 1882, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-27513
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
• Occupation: 1900, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; manufacturer of metal goods
• Occupation: 1906, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; clock manufacturer
• Occupation: 1910, Wilmette, Cook, Illinois, USA; manufacturer
• Occupation: 1920, Wilmette, Cook, Illinois, USA; machinist in machinery

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ALBERT TUERK. INVENTOR AND MANUFACTURER, CHICAGO, ILL.

Albert Tuerk of Chicago is a Berlin boy who has made name and place for himself as an inventor and manufacturer in Uncle Sam's domain. He is a son of the late Rev. F. W. Tuerk, and was born in Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 14th, 1851. His parents removed to Berlin in 1857 and the subject of this sketch, spent fourteen years of his youth in Berlin. As a boy he was a favorite with his fellows. He early displayed signs of the inventive talent which have characterized his later year In 1871, he removed to Illinois and engaged in the manufacture of buttons, at Kankakee, Ill. In 1888, he was given the management of the Western Clock Mfg. Co., a concern which makes 3000 clocks a day and there demonstrated his ability to do things. In 1890, he formed a company in Chicago to manufacture the Tuerk self-winding electric clock, telephone apparatus, metal and hardware specialities. When started, the firm's name was Tuerk Bros. In 1903, it was incorporated as the Tuerk Manufacturing Co., of which he President and Treasurer and Mr. Paul Totzke, another Berlin boy, Secretary. Mr. Tuerk resides at Edgewater, Chicago and is a striking example of what Berlin boys have accomplished in the big field to the south of us.


Berlin Today 1806-1906 official souvenir

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Description: Patent/Assignee Data

Albert Tuerk and Adolph G. Tuerk, of Chicago, Illinois, gas-stove, patent #303343; issued August 12, 1884; filed September 14, 1883; no date filled in on application. Signed Albert Tuerk and Adolph G. Tuerk. (The signature of Adolph G. Tuerk on the drawing is identical to that of Gustavus A. Tuerk on patent #348504. Charles E Gaylord appears on both patents as a witness and the law firm is the same): Gustavus A. Tuerk, Chicago, Illinois, water-motor, patent #348504. August 31, 1886; filed March 5, 1886; no date filled in on application.

John G. Blessing, of Chicago, Illinois, assignr, by direct and mesne assignments, to Albert Tuerk, of Chicago, time-stamp, 602026; issued April 5, 1898; filing date April 2, 1897, no date filled in on application

Lindsey Vaughn, John G. Blessing, and Albert Tuerk, of Chicago, Illinois; said Vaughn and Blessing assignors to said Tuerk, time-stamp, 654499; issued July 24, 1900; filed June 12, 1899; no date filled in on application.

Victor Odquist, of Chicago, Illinois, assignor to Albert Tuerk, of same place, electric clock-winding mechanism, 674280; issued May 14, 1901; filed June 25, 1900; application signed on June 22, 1900

Albert Tuerk, of Chicago, Illinois, electric clock-winding mechanism, 698158; issued April 22, 1902; filed January 31, 1901; application signed January 20, 1901

Albert Tuerk, of Chicago, Illinois, culinary timing apparatus, 1153466, issued September 14, 1915; application filed February 11, 1915, application signed February 8, 1915

United States Census taken June 7, 1900 Location: 25th ward, Chicago, Lake View Township

Albert Tuerk, head; age 48; b. Pennsylvania, October 1851; occupation: manufacturer, metal goods; rented residence; all adults could read, write, and spell English; b. Pennsylvania; father born Germany; mother born Germany; manufacturer of metal goods; owned home
Augusta M., wife; age 36, b. June 1863; b. Illinois; father b. Pennsylvania; mother b. Illinois
Alva M., daughter, age 9, b. January 1891; b. Illinois; father b. Pennsylvania; mother b. Illinois
Beatrice M., daughter, age 6, b. April 1894
Bertha Jacobsen, servant, b. January 1878 age 21, b. Sweden

United States Census taken April 27, 1910 Location: New Trier Township, Wilmette Village (a suburb of Chicago near its north shore)

Albert Tuerk, head; age 58; b. Pennsylvania; father b. Germany; mother b. Germany; spoke English; occupation: manufacture
Augusta, wife, age 46; b. Illinois; father b. Germany; mother b. Germany; spoke English
Alva, daughter, age 19; b. Illinois; father b. Pennsylvania; mother b. Illinois, spoke English
Beatrice, daughter, age 15; b. Illinois; father b. Pennsylvania; mother b. Illinois, spoke English
Mary Houber (?), cook, age 18, b. Germany

United Census taken January 13 and 14, 1920 Location: New Trier Township, Wilmette Village, Chicago

Albert Tuerk, head; age 68; b. Pennsylvania; father and mother b. Prussia; occupation: machinist in a machinery;spoke English; able to read and write
Augusta, wife; age 56; b. Illinois; f. b. Wurtemburg, Germany; mother b. Germany; spoke English; able to read and write


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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-135618
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-27506
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Machinist

Notes:

Description: Patent Data

Albert Tuerk and Adolph G. Tuerk, of Chicago, Illinois, gas-stove, patent #303343; issued August 12, 1884; filed September 14, 1883; no date filled in on application. Signed Albert Tuerk and Adolph G. Tuerk. (The signature on the drawing is identical to that of Gustavus A. Tuerk; Charles E. Gaylord appears on both as a witness, and the law firm is the same as the following patent, 348504.)

Gustavus A. Tuerk, Chicago, Illinois, water-motor, patent #348504; issued August 31, 1886; filed March 5, 1886; no date filled in on application. I believe this patent was the basis for a Supreme Court of New York State trademark lawsuit that was not tried until December 26, 1895 entitled Tuerk Motor Power Company (of Chicago, Illinois) vs. Tuerk, et al. (consisting of Frederick W. Tuerk, (brother of Gustavus), John Hunter and James C. Hunter. According to the suit, "in the Spring of 1886, Frederick W. Tuerk severed his connection with the plaintiff (the Tuerk Motor Power Company) and entered into a partnership with the defendants under the style of the Tuerk Water-Meter Company and that the partnership had its place of business at Syracuse, N.Y." It was further claimed that Frederick W. Tuerk had been an employee of the company. The plaintiff in 1895 of the Tuerk Hydraulic Motor Company (formerly Tuerk Motor Power Company) was not Frederick W. Tuerk. The only one of this family to patent a water-motor patent besides Frederick W. was Gustavus A.

Indeed, Frederick W. Tuerk located in Syracuse, New York by May 20, 1886 at which time he assigned two-thirds of his patent rights to the Hunters for a rotary water-meter, patent #362047 in which he references his Chicago patent 328544 dated October 20, 1885. By January 31, 1887, the Tuerk Water Meter Company of Syracuse, had been formed. James C. Hunter came to Syracuse, New York from Sterling Valley, New York and was present when a patent application was signed on January 8, 1887 for yet another two-thirds to the Hunters by Frederick W. Tuerk, Jr. for a water motor (400610).

To get back to the 1895 lawsuit, it was contended by the plaintiff (the Tuerk Hydraulic Motor Company; formerly the Tuerk Water Motor Company of Chicago) that the Frederick W. Tuerk and Hunter partnership was organized "for manufacturing a water meter, no meters were were actually made or sold; and that some time prior to December 1886, a motor similar in general appearance to that of the plaintiff " was produced. After investigation, it was found that the Tuerk Water Meter Company had manufactured a water motor called "Tuerk's New Water Motor," and it was designed by "Tuerk Motor, Syracuse, N.Y." Basically, Frederick W. Tuerk and the Hunters were found guilty of trademark infringement and could no longer use the name "Tuerk Water-Meter Company" (The New York Supplement containing the decisions of the Supreme and Lower Courts of Record of New York State, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1896, Vol. 36, pp. 384-386). In late 1889, Frederick W. Tuerk and his brother, Samuel O., moved from Syracuse to Fulton where they were still associated with the Hunters under the name Tuerk Water Meter Company. After the 1895 lawsuit, the Hunters bought up the remaining interest from Frederick W. Tuerk and the Hunter Fan and Motor Company was created in 1896 (see also patents of Frederick W.).

Gustavus A. Tuerk, Chicago, Illinois, explosive-engine, 641659; issued January 16, 1900; filed March 25, 1899; application signed March 3, 1899

Gustavus A. Tuerk, Berlin, Ontario, Canada, concrete-mixer, 1062936; issued May 27, 1913; filed July 17, 1912; application signed at Chicago July 13, 1912

Canadian Census of March 31, 1901, Berlin, Waterloo (North), Canada, p. 12, household #114

Frederick W. Tuerk, head, b. Sep 23, 1820, age 80, married
Maria Tuerk, wife, b. Apr 5, 1834, age 66, married
Frederick Tuerk, son, b. Nov 22, 1845, age 55, widowed
Gustave A. Tuerk, son, b. Aug 23, 1854, age 46, single

Canadian Census of 1911, Berlin, Waterloo (North), Canada

Gustave Tuerk, b. August 1865, age 46, p. 15, line 7, enumeration district 39
Emma Tuerk, wife, b. June 1872, age 39, p. 15, line 8, enumeration district 39

Maria Tuerk, b. Apr 1834, age 77, p. 10, line 32, enumeration district 25

This census links to the 1901 census thus showing the data for 1901 above; the only consistency regarding age and date of birth for Gustave A. Tuerk is the month in which Gustave was born

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-27514
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102301744
• Invention: Tuerk Fan and Motor
• Name: Samuel O. Türk
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-27515
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
• Occupation: 1883, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; Machinist
• Residence: 1883, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1883, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1900, Fulton, Oswego, New York, USA; superintendent of Hunter Fan Company

Notes:

Tuerk\emdash Died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Denniston, April 8th, Samuel O. Tuerk, aged 57 years. He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Emma Denniston, and one son, Fred S. Tuerk of Cleveland, Ohio. Private funeral services were held at his late home Monday; interment in Mt. Adnah. The news of the death of Mr. Tuerk on Saturday, while not unexpected, caused a general expression of regret throughout the city, where he was so well known and held in the highest regard by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. For the past 27 years the deceased made his home in this city, and it is safe to say that he has never made an enemy, but on the other hand, friends innumerable Mr. Tuerk was the inventor of the Tuerk fan and motor and for many years was the real head and sole designer of the many patterns of this great invention, manufactured in such large numbers here by the Hunter Fan and Motor Company and shipped to every part of the civilized world. A few years ago failing health compelled him to relinquish his personal supervision of the plant, but he retained his interest and was chief advisor to the company at the time of his demise. Socially there were few men who had the hold upon their fellowmen that Mr. Tuerk possessed. His integrity, amiable disposition and liberality was the secret of his making friends and retaining them through life. He will be greatly missed by his numerous friends, who extend their heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved son and daughter.

April 12 1916 The Patriot

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Description: Patent and Assignee Data

Samuel O. Tuerk, Syracuse, assignor to the Acme Burnishing Company, of Fulton, New York, burnisher, patent #427937; issued May 13, 1890; filed October 7, 1889; application signed October 3, 1889

Samuel O. Tuerk, Syracuse, burnisher, 449391, issued March 31, 1891; filed December 2, 1889; application signed October 3, 1889

Samuel O. Tuerk, Fulton, fare-box, 473680, issued April 26, 1892; filed February 16, 1891; application signed January 31, 1891

Samuel O. Tuerk, Fulton, checking device, 476333, issued June 7, 1892; filed June 8, 1891; application signed June 3, 1891

Samuel O. Tuerk, Fulton, motor-drive fan, 555294, issued February 25, 1896; filed August 22, 1895; application signed August 17, 1895

Samuel O. Tuerk, Fulton, revolving fan, 561362, issued June 2, 1896; filed August 22, 1895; application signed August 17, 1895

Samuel O. Tuerk, Fulton, motor-driven fan, 570651; issued November 3, 1896; filed April 27, 1896; application signed April 20, 1896

Census Data

United States Census taken June 13, 1900, Fulton, town of Volney, Oswego County, New York, p. 212A:

Samuel O., head; widower; b. Canada, September 1857, age 42; father b. Germany; mother b. Germany; number of years married: 17; year of immigration to United States: 1884; number of years in the United States, 16; occupation: Superintendent, Hunter Fan Company; naturalized: No
Frederick S., son, b. Canada, October 1883, age 16; father b. Canada; mother b. Illinois; no date of immigration into the United States, says un; naturalized: blank
Emma, daughter, b. Canada, October 1886; father b. Canada; mother b. Illinois; year of immigration to the United States, says Un; naturalized: blank
Shute, Helen E., housekeeper, b. September 1847, age 52; b. New York; parents born New York

United States Census taken April 18, 1910, Fulton, town of Volney, Oswego County, New York, roll 1062, p. 205:

Samuel O., age 52. Occupation: mechanic, gun factory*; Marital status: widower; born Canada; says father born Canada**; mother born Canada**; Year of immigration to the United States; 1885**; Naturalized: No
Ema (sic), age 24, daughter; born New York**; says father born Canada; mother born Canada**; Year of immigration to the United States: blank; Naturalized: blank**
Fred S., age 26, son; born Canada; father born Canada; mother born Canada**; Year of immigration to the United States: 1885**; Naturalized: No**
Helen Shute, housekeeper; widowed, age 63; b. New York; parents born New York

*John Hunter, Sr. of Fulton, New York bought the Lyman C. Smith Gun Company of Syracuse, New York in 1888 and operated it as the Hunter Arms Company at Fulton.
**Conflicts with 1900 Census

Interestingly, on April 19, 1910 on roll 1027, page 10, there is a record of Frederick S. Tuerk in the borough of Manhattan listed as a boarder who reports his age as 26; father born Canada; mother born Illinois; year of immigration to the United States: 1883; naturalized: no.


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Samuel married Emma German 24 Mar 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Emma was born 1862, Lacon, Marshall, Illinois, USA; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-136727
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Factory Hand
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenborgan

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-138730
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenborgian

Emil married Maria Anna "Annie" Kalbfleisch 17 Jul 1894, South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada. Maria was born 17 Jul 1873, South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-136731
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenborgian

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• Name: Albert Vogelsang
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-138731
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenborgian

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32116

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-136732
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenborgian

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-95244

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-98878

Arthur — Clara Salm. Clara (daughter of Casper Salm and Magdalena Frenzel) was born 18 Apr 1885, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-44738
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Machinist Apprentice

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• Name: Walter Harttung
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-351657
• Residence: 1942, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Walter married May Adell Roos 16 Jun 1915, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. May (daughter of Michael Roos and Louisa M. Pabst) was born 4 May 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Jan 1959, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-27512
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; New Church
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenborgian

Eugene married Anna Violet "Viola" Rothaermel 3 Jul 1901, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. Anna (daughter of Wilhelm Klein "William" Rothaermel and Catharina Becker) was born 2 Feb 1881, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; was christened 19 Jun 1881, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1958; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-97292