Valentine Augstin (Augustin)
1850 - 1936 (85 years)-
Name Valentine Augstin (Augustin) [1] Birth 3 Mar 1850 Turquestein, Meurthe, FR 
Gender Male Emigration 1854 Alsace Lorraine, FR - Along with his father Valentine, Sr.
Census 1880 Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL Residence Bef 1890 Decatur Co., KS Residence Abt 1890 Reno Co., KS Residence Bef 1916 Reedley, Fresno Co., CA Death 17 Jan 1936 Reedley, Fresno Co., CA Burial Reedley, Fresno Co., CA - Reedley Cemetery
Person ID I5249 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 30 Jan 2023
Father Valentine Augsti (Augustin), b. 17 Jun 1813, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 5 Nov 1872, Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL (Age 59 years) Mother Veronica Bacher, b. 1822 d. 1836 (Age 14 years) Marriage 14 Aug 1848 Turquestein, Meurthe, FR Notes - The civil record of the first of Valentin Augsti's two marriages in France, dated Aug. 14, 1848, at Turquestein, Moselle, where he was living at the time, states - authoritatively but highly questionably - that he was b. in Turquestein. Proof to that effect was produced in the form of an attested affidavit or identity certificate (acte de notoriété) prepared by the Justice of the Peace for the canton of Lorquin, Moselle, on May 22, 1848, and officially approved (homologué) by the civil court at Sarrebourg, Moselle, on May 31, 1848. Wait a minute! Had Valentin Augsti actually been b. and his birth duly registered in the town in which he wed, it would have been quite a simple matter to check local civil birth records for the requisite proof. No such document is to be found in Turquestein. The elaborate subterfuge evident in Valentin Augsti's marriage record of 1848 was necessary - or so it would seem - because his parents had failed to register his birth with civil authorities wherever that birth actually took place. The parents were having children in Strasbourg between 1809 and 1812. But war came to Strasbourg in 1813, and the city was blockaded, disrupting citizens' lives and the machinery of local government. In the records of Valentin Augsti's two civil marriages at Turquestein, the surname is spelled “Augster.” In America the spelling “Augstein” is sometimes used. [2]
Family ID F3683 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Stalter, b. 13 Aug 1853, Tazewell Co., IL d. 9 Jun 1916, Reedley, Fresno Co., CA (Age 62 years) Marriage 24 Feb 1874 [1] - By Joseph Stuckey
Children 1. Jacob Henry Augstin (Augustin), b. 9 Mar 1876 Family ID F3685 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Jan 2003
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Birth - 3 Mar 1850 - Turquestein, Meurthe, FR 
Census - 1880 - Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL 
Residence - Bef 1890 - Decatur Co., KS 
Residence - Abt 1890 - Reno Co., KS 
Residence - Bef 1916 - Reedley, Fresno Co., CA Death - 17 Jan 1936 - Reedley, Fresno Co., CA Burial - - Reedley, Fresno Co., CA = Link to Google Earth
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