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* Georg Carl appears in the [[:File:Volkert 1900 iowa ida battle.png|1900 Iowa Census]] in Battle Township, Ida County
 
* Georg Carl appears in the [[:File:Volkert 1900 iowa ida battle.png|1900 Iowa Census]] in Battle Township, Ida County
 
* Sioux Valley News, October 10, 1907, [http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=50335&iid=NEWS-IA-SI_VA_NE.1907_10_10_0004&rc=2683,2229,2751,2258;2768,2229,2888,2258;2798,2304,2879,2333;2561,2342,2696,2371&pid=475867140&ssrc=&fn=karl&ln=volkert&st=g writes], "Daniel Dragoo sold his farm west of [Cushing] town to Carl Volkert of Lee Center, Ill., for $105 per acre.  The purchaser is a nephew of Carl , George and Andrew Volkert, prominent german farmers of this locality."
 
* Sioux Valley News, October 10, 1907, [http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=50335&iid=NEWS-IA-SI_VA_NE.1907_10_10_0004&rc=2683,2229,2751,2258;2768,2229,2888,2258;2798,2304,2879,2333;2561,2342,2696,2371&pid=475867140&ssrc=&fn=karl&ln=volkert&st=g writes], "Daniel Dragoo sold his farm west of [Cushing] town to Carl Volkert of Lee Center, Ill., for $105 per acre.  The purchaser is a nephew of Carl , George and Andrew Volkert, prominent german farmers of this locality."
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* The Correctionville Argus, March 7, 1913 [http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=50402&iid=NEWS-IA-TH_CO_AR.1913_03_07_0008&rc=1139,1912,1291,1945;383,3921,455,3954;473,3921,598,3954&pid=478780424&ssrc=&fn=carl&ln=volkert&st=g writes], "Carl Volkert of Pam Pam, Ill., is visiting his numerous relatives in this locality before continuing his journey to Draper, Lyman County, S. D., where he owns a farm which he will work this season."
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Revision as of 04:04, 28 December 2010

Georg Carl Volkert
Born April 6, 1855(1855-04-06)[1]
Althausen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany[2]
Died November 12, 1932 (aged 77)[3]
Iowa
Resting place Cushing Cemetery, Iowa
Spouse Barbara Margaretha Hummel (m. 1882–1932) «Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter.–Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter.»"Marriage: Barbara Margaretha Hummel to Georg Carl Volkert" Location: (linkback:http://jimlindstrom.com/mediawiki/index.php/Georg_Carl_Volkert) in Illinois
Children Edmund B. Volkert
Kate Volkert
Freddie Volkert
Amanda Volkert
Rosa Volkert
Bertha Sophia Volkert
Barbara Freda Margaretha Volkert
William K. Volkert
Parents Johannes Volkert
Katharina Margarethe Volk[4]

Timeline

1855 Georg is born, in Althausen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
1879 Georg immigrated from Germany to the US. Georg's father Johannes Volkert is buried in Germany, which indicates that Georg came to the US on his own. He may have come with his sister, Anna Rosina Volkert, who also immigrated in that year[5]
1880 Georg's first child Edmund B. Volkert was born, in Paw Paw, Lee County, Illinois
1882 Georg and Barbara Margaretha Hummel are married, in Illinois
c. 1882-1883 Georg's family moves from Illinois to Iowa
1883 Georg's second child is born, in Iowa
... Georg's third through eighth children are born, in Iowa
1932 Georg dies, in Iowa, and is buried in Cushing Cemetery

Contribution to the Creation of the Cushing Cemetery[6]

A suitable location for Cushing's new cemetery has at last been found. Last year the town council undertook the establishment of a burying ground and decided on a plot of ground on the Organ farm. Chas. Baldwin, the present owner, however, strenuously objected, and the deal fell through. For several years, our German citizens have been agitating a movement of this kind and finally took it into their own hands to provide Cushing with a suitable resting place for the dead. A number of influential members of the Lutheran church met here Saturday and selected a two-acre tract on the Volkert farm adjoining the Stewart place, three-fourth of a mile west of the Lutheran church on the Correctionville road. The owner, Carl Volkert, has already given his consent to deed the ground for consideration of $650.

Misc. Notes

Two of the Volkert children married Hoppes. Rosa Volkert married Henry Hoppe and Bertha Sophia Volkert married Fred Wilhelm Hoppe.

Historical Records

  • Georg Carl appears in the 1900 Iowa Census in Battle Township, Ida County
  • Sioux Valley News, October 10, 1907, writes, "Daniel Dragoo sold his farm west of [Cushing] town to Carl Volkert of Lee Center, Ill., for $105 per acre. The purchaser is a nephew of Carl , George and Andrew Volkert, prominent german farmers of this locality."
  • The Correctionville Argus, March 7, 1913 writes, "Carl Volkert of Pam Pam, Ill., is visiting his numerous relatives in this locality before continuing his journey to Draper, Lyman County, S. D., where he owns a farm which he will work this season."

Notes