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Personal data Augusta Ella (Augusta Ella "Gus") "Gus" Greenberg
- Alternative name: Augusta Greenberg Yeager
- Nickname is Gus.
- She was born on August 28, 1870 in Deutschland.Source 1
- She died on August 9, 1920 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH, she was 49 years old.
- She is buried on August 11, 1920 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH.
- A child of Carl Fredrick Greenberg and Wilhelmina Modjeska
- This information was last updated on March 15, 2010.
Household of Augusta Ella (Augusta Ella "Gus") "Gus" Greenberg
She is married to James Harvey Yeager.
They got married on August 15, 1889 at Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH, she was 18 years old.
James Harvey Yeager oo Augusta Ella Greenberg
Marriage source: Fleener, Judith, Balsom/Yeager FGS mailed iv Feb MCMXCVII, (Westcliffe CO, J.G.F., iv Feb MCMXCVII)
Cuyahoga County Probate Ct Marriage Index, (Cleveland OH, CCPCMI, vi July MMI) on their web site.
'Bride: GREENBURG, AUGUSTA Groom: YEAGER, JOHN H Vol 33 Page 284' <>
Child(ren):
- LeRoy Yeager 1891-1892
- Ruth Yeager 1895-1895
- Ralph Byron Yeager 1896-1965
Notes about Augusta Ella (Augusta Ella "Gus") "Gus" Greenberg
Augusta Ella Greenberg
Source: 1880 Cleveland OH census, Repository: Dallas TX Pub. Lib.
Emigrated from Germany in 1875 Resided: W23rd St Cleveland, OH
Jean Kolarsky writes, 'It seems to me Grandma & Grandpa Greenberg & my mother's mother are buried in a little cemetary called Brookmere in this neighborhood. Have not been there for years & as there is no marker I know I couldn't findit.' - i Sept MCMLXXIX
Phillips, Eileen M., E M Phillips Family Tree on RootsWeb.com, (Pub. location unknown, E.M.P., xxiii Apr MMII)
'6. Augusta (GUS) Greenburg b: 28 Jul 1870 in Germany'
Phillips, Eileen M., E M Phillips Family Tree, Pub. location unknown, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=emphillips&id=I225, v Mar MMIV)
"... Augusta Ella (Gus) Greenberg 1 2 Sex: F Birth: 28 JUL 1870 in Germany Death: 9 AUG 1920 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Burial: AUG 1920 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Note: Id#: 0401418 Name: Yeager, Augusta Date: August 10, 1920 Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #087. Notes: Yeager-Augusta (nee Greenberg), beloved wife of James H., mother of Elmer, Ralph, Harvey, Mrs. IreneBolsom and Mrs. Vivian Baird, at residence, 2875 W. 23d street, Monday, Aug. 9, age 50 years. Funeral from late residence, Wednesday, Aug. 11, at 2:30 p. m. Change Date: 5 MAR 2004
Father: Carl Frederick (Charles) Greenberg b: 24 NOV 1844 in Stuttgart, Germany Mother: Wilhelmina "Minnie" Majeska or Modjeska b: 26 OCT 1847 in Rosenberg, near Berlin?, Germany
Marriage 1 James (John) Harvey Yeager b: 14 DEC 1869 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio? Married: 15 AUG 1889 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Children
1. Elmer Charles Yeager b: 21 FEB 1890 2. Ralph Byron Yeager b: 17 MAR 1896 3. Irene Laura Yeager b: 16 FEB 1893 4. Vivian O. Yeager b: 10 APR 1898 5. Harvey James Yeager b: 5 APR 1901 6. Leroy Yeager b: 10 OCT 1891 7. Ruth Yeager b: 14 JAN 1895
Sources:
1. Type: Census Title: 1920 - Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ward 6, ED 96, SD 19, Sheet 10b, lines 74-78 Text: 3875 218 244, Yeager, Jas H., HoH, o m, m w 50 m, - - -, - yes yes, Pennsylvania - x2 New York -, yes, machinist ?factory w, - - - -,", Augusta, wife, - -, f w 49 m, 1876 Nat 1889, - yes yes, Germany German x3, yes, none - - -, ", Harvey, son, - -, m w 18 s, - - -, no yes yes, Ohio - Pennsylvania - Germany German, yes color tester ?arnish works w, - - - -, ", Ralph, son, - -, m w 24 m, - - -, - yes yes, Ohio - Pennsylvania - Germany German, yes, conductor street car w, - - - -, ", Sarah, daughter-in-law, - -, f w 26, - - -, - yes yes, Ohio - Russia Russian x2, yes, none
2. Type: Census Title: 1910 - Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Miracode index Text: James H Yeager 40 W PENN Cuyahoga, Cleveland Head of Household Relation Name Color Age Birth Place Wife Augusta 40 GER Son Elmer C 21 Ohio Daughter Irene L 17 Ohio Son Ralph 14 Ohio Daughter Vivian 12 Ohio Son James H, Jr 8 Ohio"
Baird, Jeanie, Letter to Rose Navorska, (Pub. location unknown, JB, 1 Sept MCMLXXIX) <>
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Historical events
Birthday August 28, 1870
- The temperature on August 28, 1870 was about 13.5 °C. There was 16 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
- In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 6 » The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
- February 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
- March 16 » The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.
- March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
- July 18 » The First Vatican Council decrees the dogma of papal infallibility.
- September 20 » The Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia, and complete the unification of Italy.
Day of marriage August 15, 1889
- The temperature on August 15, 1889 was about 15.9 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
- January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
- February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
- February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
- May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
- July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
- November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
Day of death August 9, 1920
- The temperature on August 9, 1920 was between 9.7 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
- January 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
- March 8 » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
- May 7 » Morecambe Football Club was founded during a meeting at the West View Hotel on the town's promenade.
- May 7 » Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.
- August 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
- September 7 » Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.
Day of burial August 11, 1920
- The temperature on August 11, 1920 was between 12.3 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
- January 7 » The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.
- February 29 » Czechoslovak National Assembly adopts the Constitution.
- March 13 » The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
- November 2 » In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.
- November 7 » Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
- November 15 » The Free City of Danzig is established.
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- 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
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