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August Ferdinand Gustoff Welk

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August Ferdinand Gustoff Welk

Birth
Germany
Death
10 Dec 1936 (aged 77)
Anacortes, Skagit County, Washington, USA
Burial
Anacortes, Skagit County, Washington, USA Add to Map
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Left Poland (Prussia) for America March 9, 1882. Arrived in 1883.
Ludwigshotall is near Stuttgart, Germany.
August moved to Anacortes. His family boarded a train in Minneapolis and traveled west. The trip took 3 days & four nights. They arrived in Everette, Washingto, In those days it took 22 hours to drive a car from Tacoma to Anacortes. Once they arrived in Anacortes the family had to walk all the way up the hill to get to their home.
Welk - variant of Welge - nickname from Middle High German welc soft, mild
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Left Poland (Prussia) for America March 9, 1882. Arrived in 1883.
Ludwigshotall is near Stuttgart, Germany.
August moved to Anacortes. His family boarded a train in Minneapolis and traveled west. The trip took 3 days & four nights. They arrived in Everette, Washingto, In those days it took 22 hours to drive a car from Tacoma to Anacortes. Once they arrived in Anacortes the family had to walk all the way up the hill to get to their home.
Welk - variant of Welge - nickname from Middle High German welc soft, mild
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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WELK
MOTHER ANNIE
1872-1962
FATHER AUGUST
1859-1936



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