August Gunkel (1844 - 1930)

Born 1844 in Micheln, Kalbe, Saxony, Prussia, Germany

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Died 1930 at about age 86 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

When August Gustave Gunkel was born in March 1844 in Micheln, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, his father, Franz, was 27 and his mother, Johanne, was 21. He emigrated to the USA 20 July 1869 ^[1] married Henriette Marie Anna Noack on June 4, 1870. ^[2] They had four children during their marriage. ^[3] Became a naturalized US citizen in 1872. ^[4] He died in 1930 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, at the age of 86, and was buried there. ^[5]

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1. ↑ Year: 1869; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Line: 25; List Number: 833 - Name: Aug Gunkel Gender: Male Ethnicity/ Nationality: German Age: 25 Birth Date: abt 1844 Place of Origin: Germany Departure Port: Hamburg, Germany Destination: USA Arrival Date: 20 Jul 1869 Arrival Port: New York, New York, USA Ship Name: Holsatia
2. ↑ * Marriage Cert. August Gunkel & Henriette Noack 4 June 1870 - https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/156090909/person/132153790654/media/401716fa-08af-41d8-97a4-28c60ad5c247
3. ↑ "New Jersey State Census, 1885", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6Y43-MN2 : Tue Jan 31 18:41:57 UTC 2023), Entry for August Gunkel and Emlee Gunkel, 1885.
4. ↑ "California, Northern U.S. District Court Naturalization Index, 1852-1989", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8C1-J2V : 9 March 2021), August Gunkel, 1872.
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216702899/august-gunkel?_gl=1*1ufhxhn*_ga*MTY5NDk4NTc2Ny4xNTQyODQwNzcy*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY2ODg1NTc2My4yNTQuMS4xNjY4ODYzNjQ4LjE2LjAuMA..