Person Sheet

Name George Vogel  Birth 24 Dec 1842, Wintzenheim, Alsace, France Death 8 Feb 1925, Dayton Ohio Burial 10 Feb 1825, Calvary Cemetery Dayton Ohio Occupation tailor Religion Catholic Father George Vogel (1822-) Mother Catherine Nessel (~1824-)
Spouses
1 Anna Marie Delandre Birth 9 Apr 1849, Wintzenheim, Alsace, France Death Alsace, France Religion Catholic Father Nicolas Delandre (1809-) Mother Marie Therese Floss (1811-)
Children Infant Amelia (1876-1976) Rosalie (~1880->1930)
Notes for George Vogel
George Vogel was born December 24, 1842 in Wintzenheim, Alsace. As a young man he was a soldier for France and was decorated in battle. He must have been proud of his service because he brought his uniform to America and had his photograph taken wearing it in his later years. George was a tailor by trade and could make suits, coats, and pants to fit without a pattern. The Franco-Prussian war of 1870, when George was 28, was largely fought in Alsace. Alsace became a Reichsland, the French language was banned in school and all newspapers had to be printed in German. At this time, George took his wife Anna Marie Delandre and two daughters Amalie and Rosalie out of the now German controlled Alsace into France. They were in exile from Alsace for fifteen years. When they returned, the girls only spoke French and had to learn German. During the First World War once again Alsace became a battlefield. After a battle fought near their home, George, then about 60 years old, went out on the battlefield to count the dead. (Too see which side had won the battle?) He was apprehended but released with the words, "If you weren't such an old man I would shoot you on the spot!" During another battle, a shell hit their house and mostly destroyed it. The shell landed in the bedroom of George's deceased wife Anna Marie. The villagers said if the cancer hadn't already killed her the shell surely would have! At the conclusion of World War I, Alsace returned to French control. But George, his daughter Rosalie, and her husband Ferdinand Flicker decided to join George's other daughter Amalie, and her family, in America. They arrived January 31, 1921. George lived with Rosalie and Ferdinad Flicker in Dayton, Ohio until his death. He died in Dayton, Ohio in February 8,1925 at age 82. His burial was conducted by Catholic Holy Family Church in Dayton. He was buried in the Calvary Cemetery, Dayton Ohio.