August Nagel

1860 - 1912  (~ 52 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	August Nagel
  Born	Mar 1860	Germany
  Gender	Male
  Immigration / Naturalization	1879
  	He left the port of Bremen & Southampton and arrived at Castle Garden, New York with his mother and his brother Carl on 1 Dec 1879. They sailed aboard the steamship SS General Werder. She was built for Norddeutscher Lloyd by Caird & Co, Greenock, Scotland, and was launched on 4 March 1874. She weighed 3020 tons. It was 107,49 meters long x 12,01 meters wide. Built of iron it had a straight stem, 1 funnel, 2 masts. Its service speed was 12 knots. She had accommodations for 144 passengers in 1st class, 68 in 2nd class, 502 in steerage; crew of 88 to 100. On 16 Sep 1874, She made her maiden voyage from Bremen & Southampton to Baltimore. In 1893 she was renamed Midnight Sun, for Norwegian cruises. In 1899 she was chartered by an American woman's group and donated to Britain for use as a hospital ship during the Boer War, under the name Princess Of Whales. In 1901 it resumed cruising as Midnight Sun. In 1912 she was scrapped.
  		Nagel Ship's Manifest. Passenger list for the SS General Werder. Note: This is a composite image showing the header that was only on the first page and the page that Johanna Nagel and sons are on.
  		SS General Werder SS General Werder
  		Castle Garden from the water. From 1 Aug 1855 through 18 Apr 1890 most immigrants came through Castle Garden in New York city.
  		Castle Garden Circa 1880. Castle Garden was built to defend New York from the British during the War of 1812 however, no battles were fought there. It was originally named castle Clinton after DeWitt Clinton the Mayor of New York. It was leased to the city in 1824 and renamed Castle Garden. Today it is a national park and again called Castle Clinton.
  		Arrival at Castle Garden. At least 8 million immigrants passed through Castle Garden. The actual number may be closer to 12 million but, Most of Castle Garden's immigrant records were destroyed in a fire on June 15, 1897. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, January 20, 1866 page 280.
  		Castle Garden Inspecting Physician. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, January 20, 1866 page 281.
  		Castle Garden Registering Immigrants. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, January 20, 1866 page 280 & 281.
  Census	1880
  		1880 Nagel 1880 US census, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, enumeration district 34, Family Number 31, Frank Nagel servant for Stephan family. 1880 US census, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, enumeration district 34, Family Number 32, Nagel.
  Census	1895	Wisconsin
  		1895 WI Nagel. 1895 Wisconsin state census. Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin. August Nagel houshold. 4 white males, 2 white females. 1 born in Germany 5 in the United States.
  Census	1900
  		1900 Nagel 4. 1900 US census, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, enumeration district 87, Family Number 484, Nagel.
  Census	1905	Wisconsin
  		1905 WI Nagel 2. 1905 Nagel. Wisconsin Census. Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin. Family number 129.
  Census	1910
  		1910 Nagel 4. 1910 US census, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, enumeration district 140, Family Number 275, Nagel.
  Died	31 Dec 1912	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin
  Buried	Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States
  Siblings	2 siblings
  1. Charles Nagel,   b. 10 Jan 1863, Pomerania, Germany ,   d. 1947
  2. Frank Nagel,   b. 14 Mar 1864, Pomerania, Germany ,   d. 13 May 1943, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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  Person ID	I2060	Nagel
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	Friederich Nagel,   b. 2 Nov 1830, Pomerania, Germany ,   d. 26 Jul 1900, Clark County, Wisconsin  (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Johanna Marie Kuchenbeeker,   b. 8 Feb 1829, Germany ,   d. 13 Apr 1908, Dorchester, Clark, Wisconsin  (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	1849
  Family ID	F347	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Schaffer,   b. Abt 1858, Kewaskum, Washington, Wisconsin ,   d. Abt Jun 1937  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Married	Abt 1882
  Children	+ 1. Henry Frank Nagel,   b. 12 Jul 1882, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin ,   d. 12 Dec 1940, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin  (Age 58 years)  [Birth] + 2. Bertha Nagel,   b. 26 Sep 1884,   d. Jun 1967, Brown County, Wisconsin  (Age 82 years)  [Birth]   3. Herman Nagel,   b. 26 Feb 1888,   d. 22 Feb 1910  (Age 21 years)  [Birth] + 4. Frank Nagel,   b. 14 Feb 1891,   d. 3 Sep 1917  (Age 26 years)  [Birth]   5. Emil Nagel,   b. 14 Jul 1905, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin ,   d. 8 Jan 1924  (Age 18 years)  [Birth] + 6. Arthur A Nagel, Sr,   b. 24 May 1909, Wisconsin ,   d. 21 May 1952  (Age 42 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2017
  Family ID	F10209	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Mar 1860 - Germany Census - 1895 - Wisconsin Census - 1905 - Wisconsin Died - 31 Dec 1912 - Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin Buried - - Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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