Anna Auguste Purf

1859 - 1926  (67 years)

• Name	Anna Auguste Purf  [1]
  Born	25 Feb 1859	Werdau, Germany   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Alias	Augusta Purfuerst
  A.K.A.	Augusta Purfuerst
  Immigration	18 Jun 1892	Franz & Anna emigrated from Germany aboard the vessel Illinois and on June 18, 1892 arrived at the port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  Died	8 Mar 1926	Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin   [3, 4]
  Buried	11 Mar 1926	Valhalla Memorial Park, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin   [5]
  Person ID	I009069	Purfeerst
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2010

  
  

  Father	Christian Friedrich Purf,   b. 15 Mar 1830, Langenhessen, Germany ,   d. 3 Mar 1887, Leubnitz, Germany  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Maria Auguste Geier,   b. 7 Jan 1831, Oederan, Germany ,   d. 23 Nov 1907, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin  (Age 76 years)
  Married	10 Feb 1857	Werdau, Germany   [6]
  Family ID	F02860	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Franz Eduard Weiss,   b. 20 Aug 1861, Leubnitz, Germany ,   d. 30 May 1917, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin  (Age 55 years)
  Married	9 Jul 1889	Werdau, Germany   [7]
  Children	1. Edward Frederich Weiss,   b. 3 Jun 1894, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin ,   d. 12 Oct 1938, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin  (Age 44 years)   2. Edna A. Weiss,   b. 19 Sep 1895, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin ,   d. 10 Feb 1932, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin  (Age 36 years)   3. Frieda A. Weiss,   b. 14 May 1900, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin ,   d. 24 Mar 1981, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin  (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F03075	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Anna Auguste (Purfuerst) Weiss - 1916 Anna Auguste Purfuerst, a.k.a. Auguste Purfürst, is the daughter of Christian Friedrich and Maria Auguste (Geier) Purfürst. See the history of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin for information on this family.

  
  

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  [S048647] 1920 US Federal Census, Wisconsin, Edward & Augusta (Purfuerst) Weiss., FHL Microfilm 1,822,000: Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Jan, 1900, ED 118, Sheet 10, Line 86. Stated: Augusta Weiss, age 61; son. Edward, age 25; dau. Edna, age 24; dau. Frieda, age 19. Augusta was a widow. Augusta was born in Weothau (Werdau), Germany; her father was born in Hessen (Langenhessen) and her mother born in Elrau (Ellerau?), Germany. She immigrated in 1894 and was naturalized in 1910. [S200997] 1859 Birth Record, Germany, Anna Auguste Purf, Lutheran Church Werdau, Germany, Birth Register 1859, Entry 16, February 25, 1859. Stated: Anna Auguste Purf [S048670] 1926 Obituary, Wisconsin, Augusta (Purfuerst) Weiss., Milwaukee Journal, Tuesday March 9, 1926, Page 24, Column 8. Stated: Augusta, age 68, died Monday March 8, 1926 at residence, 851-38 th Street. Mother of Edward Weiss, Edna Knuth and Frieda Schultz; sister of Anna Kunze, Clara Henning and Bruno Purfuerst. Services March 11, 1926. Interment Valhalla Memorial Park. [S048666] 1926 Death Record, Wisconsin, Augusta (Purfuerst) Weiss., Milwaukee County Volume 524, Page 307, March 8, 1926. Stated: Augusta, died at age 68 years, zero months, and 11 days. She was the widow of Frank Edward Weiss. Her parents werer Frederick Purfuerst and Mary Geier. She had been living in this country for 34 years. The informant was Edward Weiss (Jr.). [S048660] 1926 Cemetery Record, Wisconsin, Augusta Weiss., Valhalla Cemetery, Milwaukee, Section 1, Lot 652, Grave 1. Stated: Augusta died at age 68. Interment on Thursday, March 11, 1926. [S190697] 1857 Marriage Record, Germany, Christian Friedrich Purf, Lutheran Church, Werdau, Germany, Marriage Register 1857, Entry 277, Febraury 10, 1857. Stated: Christain Friedrich Purf [S201127] 1889 Marriage Record, Germany, Anna Auguste Purf, Lutheran Church, Werdau, Germany, Marriage Register 1889, Entry 85, July 9, 1889. Stated: Franz Eduard Weiss, born August 20, 1861, machine cleaner in Leubnitz, 5th son of Christian Frierich Weiss, deceased coachman and his deceased wife Christiane Friederike nee Schlegel from Baursdorf married on July 9, 1889 Anna Auguste Purf