Person Sheet

Name Amelia Vogel  Birth 8 Oct 1876, Milhausen, Alsace, Germany Death 10 May 1976, Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio, USA Burial 11 May 1976, Memorial Park, Montgomery Co., Dayton, Ohio, USA Religion Catholic Father George Vogel (1842-1925) Mother Anna Marie Delandre (1849-)
Spouses
1 August Michael Hoffman  Birth 3 Jul 1876, Milhausen, (Mulhouse), Haut Rhin, Alsace Death 12 Dec 1954, Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio, USA Burial 14 Dec 1954, Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio, USA Occupation night watchman, tool maker Religion Catholic Father Lieutenant Michael Hoffman (1844-~1882) Mother Louise Eugenie Blind (1845-~1920)
Children Maria Rosalia "Rose" (1898-1996) August(twin) (~1900-~1900) Augustine(twin) (~1900-~1900) George Michael (1909-1986)
Notes for Amelia Vogel
He family move from German controled Alsace when she was 9 months old. They spent the first 14 years of her life in France. When she returned to Germann Alsace, she couldn't speak German, and had to take classes. She got a job at the big manufactury the Dalford Meekin Co. (DMC, You still see it on packages of embroidery floss.) They made crochet cotton. They dyed it, and made woven material with flowers. Amalie worked in the department where they made embroidery floss. She worked full time even after she was married. Her mother looked after her daughter Rosalie. Amelie's parents belonged to a Mucic Lodge and on certain times every month or so all the people who belonged took trips to different villages to perform for each other. That's where Amalie met her husband August. March of 1907, August, Amale and Rosalie embarked from Le Harve, France to Ellis Island, New York. Ethellou said about her grandparents Amalie and August "They spoke German at home in America. They enjoyed planting lots of flowers. Beautiful peonies and Canterbury bells. They had Canterbury bells planted everywhere! He had grape arbors around all the walks. The walks were all lined with flowers. I remember being closer to my grandmother when I was 12 years old. She lived with us a short time. At that time I was old enough to sew and I was making doll dresses and she thought that was so wonderful because I was cutting the sleeves as a pattern and sewing them in in. She called me Ettel. and she said "Ettel can can do anything." Of course I thought she was pretty great too. She was a great helper to my mother. My mother liked to bake. At that time she was baking a lot of coffee cakes. My grandmother did all the cleanup. She would set all the ingredients out and then she she would put everything away and wash all the dishes. My mother and grandmother worked together as a really good team. And it was a fun thing to smell the baking in the house. " Amalie lived to be ninety-nine years old. She died May 10, 1976 Written and researched by Linda Rawles rawles@usa.net