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Augusta is the youngest of eight children born to Carsten Friedrich Wilhelm Foege and Johanne Karoline Louise Wellner. Her parents were born and raised in Germany. They married there and the four older children were born there before they immigrated to Wisconsin in 1883. Augusta's father went to night school to learn English. Her mother never became fluent in English.
Augusta's childhood was pretty carefree. The grandparents came to live with them. She tended the children of her older siblings. When she was sixteen her mother died suddenly of a heart attack. Augusta quit school and went to work in a candy store. She lived with an aunt and uncle half the time. Only Augusta and her two-years-older sister, Sophie, were still at home. Their father was an architect and was gone on a lot of trips. He helped design some of the buildings for the Chicago World's Fair. When their father remarried there was conflict between the girls and the children of the new wife. Augusta and Sophie had to move out.
While attending a dance in the fall of 1917 Augusta met Adolph Faerber. They were married on December 16, 1890 by a Lutheran Pastor in his home. They went to Oklahoma on a honeymoon and to meet Adolph's family. Their first home in Milwaukee was a two-room apartment largely furnished by things Augusta got from her father's home. Adolph was drafted into the army in May 1918. Augusta stayed in Milwaukee and cared for a paralyzed man and his wife.
Soon after his discharge from the Army, Adolph and Augusta moved to Oklahoma. Their first child, Randall, was born there in June 1919. They moved to Lake Charles, Louisiana for about a year and then moved back to Milwaukee. Their daughter, Grace, was born in November 1920. in April 1923 they moved to Oklahoma and then to California returning to Oklahoma in March 1925. Adolph had learned watchmaking and repair but work was not to be found that could provide a living for them. They bought a 10-acre parcel of land and established a chicken ranch. Augusta cooked a lot and sewed all their clothes on a foot treadle sewing machine. She played the piano and the organ.
In 1932 they sold the chicken ranch and moved to a 210-acre farm in Ravia, Oklahoma. In 1940 they moved to Phoenix, Arizona. Adolph got a job at Luke Field during World War II. In 1947 they moved in California where they had fruit trees and honeybees. They also raised vegetables and flowers.
In 1957 and 1958 Adolph had a lot of health problems and was hospitalized several times. Augusta had never learned to drive a car. They moved closer to Randall in San Jose where they had a small backyard with a few fruit trees and a garden. Augusta had a lot of rose bushes and flowers in the front yard. She had long gray hair which she braided and wore rolled up on the top of her head. She wore wire-rimmed glasses. She always wore a long dress. Adolph passed in 1975 and Augusta lived for three years more. She suffered from arthritis and movement was difficult. She passed at age 89 from pneumonia.
Augusta is the youngest of eight children born to Carsten Friedrich Wilhelm Foege and Johanne Karoline Louise Wellner. Her parents were born and raised in Germany. They married there and the four older children were born there before they immigrated to Wisconsin in 1883. Augusta's father went to night school to learn English. Her mother never became fluent in English.
Augusta's childhood was pretty carefree. The grandparents came to live with them. She tended the children of her older siblings. When she was sixteen her mother died suddenly of a heart attack. Augusta quit school and went to work in a candy store. She lived with an aunt and uncle half the time. Only Augusta and her two-years-older sister, Sophie, were still at home. Their father was an architect and was gone on a lot of trips. He helped design some of the buildings for the Chicago World's Fair. When their father remarried there was conflict between the girls and the children of the new wife. Augusta and Sophie had to move out.
While attending a dance in the fall of 1917 Augusta met Adolph Faerber. They were married on December 16, 1890 by a Lutheran Pastor in his home. They went to Oklahoma on a honeymoon and to meet Adolph's family. Their first home in Milwaukee was a two-room apartment largely furnished by things Augusta got from her father's home. Adolph was drafted into the army in May 1918. Augusta stayed in Milwaukee and cared for a paralyzed man and his wife.
Soon after his discharge from the Army, Adolph and Augusta moved to Oklahoma. Their first child, Randall, was born there in June 1919. They moved to Lake Charles, Louisiana for about a year and then moved back to Milwaukee. Their daughter, Grace, was born in November 1920. in April 1923 they moved to Oklahoma and then to California returning to Oklahoma in March 1925. Adolph had learned watchmaking and repair but work was not to be found that could provide a living for them. They bought a 10-acre parcel of land and established a chicken ranch. Augusta cooked a lot and sewed all their clothes on a foot treadle sewing machine. She played the piano and the organ.
In 1932 they sold the chicken ranch and moved to a 210-acre farm in Ravia, Oklahoma. In 1940 they moved to Phoenix, Arizona. Adolph got a job at Luke Field during World War II. In 1947 they moved in California where they had fruit trees and honeybees. They also raised vegetables and flowers.
In 1957 and 1958 Adolph had a lot of health problems and was hospitalized several times. Augusta had never learned to drive a car. They moved closer to Randall in San Jose where they had a small backyard with a few fruit trees and a garden. Augusta had a lot of rose bushes and flowers in the front yard. She had long gray hair which she braided and wore rolled up on the top of her head. She wore wire-rimmed glasses. She always wore a long dress. Adolph passed in 1975 and Augusta lived for three years more. She suffered from arthritis and movement was difficult. She passed at age 89 from pneumonia.
From a history found on familysearch.org:
Augusta is the youngest of eight children born to Carsten Friedrich Wilhelm Foege and Johanne Karoline Louise Wellner. Her parents were born and raised in Germany. They married there and the four older children were born there before they immigrated to Wisconsin in 1883. Augusta's father went to night school to learn English. Her mother never became fluent in English.
Augusta's childhood was pretty carefree. The grandparents came to live with them. She tended the children of her older siblings. When she was sixteen her mother died suddenly of a heart attack. Augusta quit school and went to work in a candy store. She lived with an aunt and uncle half the time. Only Augusta and her two-years-older sister, Sophie, were still at home. Their father was an architect and was gone on a lot of trips. He helped design some of the buildings for the Chicago World's Fair. When their father remarried there was conflict between the girls and the children of the new wife. Augusta and Sophie had to move out.
While attending a dance in the fall of 1917 Augusta met Adolph Faerber. They were married on December 16, 1890 by a Lutheran Pastor in his home. They went to Oklahoma on a honeymoon and to meet Adolph's family. Their first home in Milwaukee was a two-room apartment largely furnished by things Augusta got from her father's home. Adolph was drafted into the army in May 1918. Augusta stayed in Milwaukee and cared for a paralyzed man and his wife.
Soon after his discharge from the Army, Adolph and Augusta moved to Oklahoma. Their first child, Randall, was born there in June 1919. They moved to Lake Charles, Louisiana for about a year and then moved back to Milwaukee. Their daughter, Grace, was born in November 1920. in April 1923 they moved to Oklahoma and then to California returning to Oklahoma in March 1925. Adolph had learned watchmaking and repair but work was not to be found that could provide a living for them. They bought a 10-acre parcel of land and established a chicken ranch. Augusta cooked a lot and sewed all their clothes on a foot treadle sewing machine. She played the piano and the organ.
In 1932 they sold the chicken ranch and moved to a 210-acre farm in Ravia, Oklahoma. In 1940 they moved to Phoenix, Arizona. Adolph got a job at Luke Field during World War II. In 1947 they moved in California where they had fruit trees and honeybees. They also raised vegetables and flowers.
In 1957 and 1958 Adolph had a lot of health problems and was hospitalized several times. Augusta had never learned to drive a car. They moved closer to Randall in San Jose where they had a small backyard with a few fruit trees and a garden. Augusta had a lot of rose bushes and flowers in the front yard. She had long gray hair which she braided and wore rolled up on the top of her head. She wore wire-rimmed glasses. She always wore a long dress. Adolph passed in 1975 and Augusta lived for three years more. She suffered from arthritis and movement was difficult. She passed at age 89 from pneumonia.
Augusta is the youngest of eight children born to Carsten Friedrich Wilhelm Foege and Johanne Karoline Louise Wellner. Her parents were born and raised in Germany. They married there and the four older children were born there before they immigrated to Wisconsin in 1883. Augusta's father went to night school to learn English. Her mother never became fluent in English.
Augusta's childhood was pretty carefree. The grandparents came to live with them. She tended the children of her older siblings. When she was sixteen her mother died suddenly of a heart attack. Augusta quit school and went to work in a candy store. She lived with an aunt and uncle half the time. Only Augusta and her two-years-older sister, Sophie, were still at home. Their father was an architect and was gone on a lot of trips. He helped design some of the buildings for the Chicago World's Fair. When their father remarried there was conflict between the girls and the children of the new wife. Augusta and Sophie had to move out.
While attending a dance in the fall of 1917 Augusta met Adolph Faerber. They were married on December 16, 1890 by a Lutheran Pastor in his home. They went to Oklahoma on a honeymoon and to meet Adolph's family. Their first home in Milwaukee was a two-room apartment largely furnished by things Augusta got from her father's home. Adolph was drafted into the army in May 1918. Augusta stayed in Milwaukee and cared for a paralyzed man and his wife.
Soon after his discharge from the Army, Adolph and Augusta moved to Oklahoma. Their first child, Randall, was born there in June 1919. They moved to Lake Charles, Louisiana for about a year and then moved back to Milwaukee. Their daughter, Grace, was born in November 1920. in April 1923 they moved to Oklahoma and then to California returning to Oklahoma in March 1925. Adolph had learned watchmaking and repair but work was not to be found that could provide a living for them. They bought a 10-acre parcel of land and established a chicken ranch. Augusta cooked a lot and sewed all their clothes on a foot treadle sewing machine. She played the piano and the organ.
In 1932 they sold the chicken ranch and moved to a 210-acre farm in Ravia, Oklahoma. In 1940 they moved to Phoenix, Arizona. Adolph got a job at Luke Field during World War II. In 1947 they moved in California where they had fruit trees and honeybees. They also raised vegetables and flowers.
In 1957 and 1958 Adolph had a lot of health problems and was hospitalized several times. Augusta had never learned to drive a car. They moved closer to Randall in San Jose where they had a small backyard with a few fruit trees and a garden. Augusta had a lot of rose bushes and flowers in the front yard. She had long gray hair which she braided and wore rolled up on the top of her head. She wore wire-rimmed glasses. She always wore a long dress. Adolph passed in 1975 and Augusta lived for three years more. She suffered from arthritis and movement was difficult. She passed at age 89 from pneumonia.
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