Karl Franz\Charles Frederick KNECHTEL

Characteristics

Type Value Date Place Sources
name Karl Franz\Charles Frederick KNECHTEL
[1] [2]
occupation 1891
Sattler - Saddle Maker/Upholster Find persons in this place
[3]

Events

Type Date Place Sources
immigration 4. September 1891
Left Hamburg for New York aboard the S.S. Augusta Victoria-travelled alone Find persons in this place
[4] [5]
death 7. November 1962
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania Find persons in this place
[6] [7] [8]
naturalization 29. August 1903
Court of Common Please, County of Westmoreland Find persons in this place
[9]
burial November 1962
Jefferson Memorial Park, Pittsburgh, PA Find persons in this place
birth 4. October 1873
Steinschoenau, Bohemia Find persons in this place
[10] [11]
Census - 1920 6. January 1920
Living at Baldwin Township Find persons in this place
[12]
Painting about 1850
In possession of descendant Find persons in this place
[13]
Arrival in America 14. September 1891
Via Hamburg on board the Augusta Victoria Find persons in this place
[14]
Report Card between 1880 and 1881
Report cards for his first and second years - best marks in attendance and behavior; worse mark in religion Find persons in this place
[15]
marriage 7. September 1903
[16]

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7. September 1903
Bertha NUENEMANN

Sources

1
  First year's report card notes Karl (Franz) Knechtel as his name in 1880.
2
  Application of Martha Mary Knechtel, daughter of Charles Frederick Knechtel and Bertha Newnaman dated 12 July 1937. [Note - she could have just presumed and his middle name was actually Franz - basis for this belief is her use of the phonetic of Neunemann]
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  Knechtel, Karl age in years: 17, traveled alone; place of residence: Steinschoenau; State of Residence: Oesterreich; Destination - New York; Occupation: Sattler/Saddle Maker also Upholster Passenger Number - 01.0037; Passage Number: A1891.0300; Date of Departure 04.09.91; Accommodation: Zwischendeck (steerage); Ship: Augusta Victoria; Ship Type: Dampfschiff (steamship S.S.) Shipping Company and Agent: Hamburg-Amerikanische-Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft; Captain's Name was Barends.
5
  Augusta Victoria - arrived 14 Sep 1891 with Karl/Charles Knechtel The AUGUSTA VICTORIA was laid down as the NORMANNIA by A.G. Vulcan, Stettin (ship #183), for the Hamburg America Line, but launched on 1 December 1888 as the AUGUSTA VICTORIA, after Auguste Victoria, wife of the Emperor Wilhelm II. (the error in the first name was not discovered until after the launching, and was officially changed in 1897). 7,661 tons; 140,5 (144,8) x 16,9 meters (length x breadth); straight bow, 3 funnels, 3 masts; steel construction, twin-screw propulsion, triple-expansion engines (13,500 psi), service speed 19 knots; accommodation for 400 passengers in 1st class, 120 in 2nd class, and 580 in steerage; crew of 245. The AUGUSTA VICTORIA was the first German express steamer, and the type-ship of the Augusta-Victoria Class. 10 May 1889, maiden voyage, Hamburg-Southampton-New York. 22 January 1891, first pleasure cruise by any commercial passenger ship, to the Mediterranean and the Near East. 15 March 1894, first voyage, Genoa-New York. 2 October 1896, last voyage, Hamburg-Southampton-New York. 1897, refitted by Harlan & Wolff, Belfast: 8,479 tons, lengthened to 163,1 meters, 2 masts, name corrected to AUGUSTE VICTORIA. 3 June 1897, resumed Hamburg-Southampton-New York service. 8 April 1903, last voyage, Naples-Genoa-New York. 16 January 1904, last voyage, Hamburg-Southampton-New York. May 1904, sold to the Russian Navy, renamed KUBAN, rebuilt as auxiliary cruiser. May 1907, scrapped at Stettin [Arnold Kludas and Herbert Bischoff, Die Schiffe der Hamburg- Amerika-Linie, Bd. 1: 1847-1906 (Herford: Koehler, 1979), p. 50 (photograph c1900); Noel Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (2nd ed.; Jersey, Channel Islands: Brookside Publications), vol. 1 (1975), p. 395]. Also pictured in Michael J. Anuta, Ships of Our Ancestors (Menominee, MI: Ships of Our Ancestors, 1983), p.
6
  In loving membory of Charles F. Knechtel died Nov 7, 1962. Followed by the Psalm.
7
  Knechtel - On Wednesday, Nov. 7, 1962 Charles F. of 575 Brinwood Aven., Baldwin Boro, husband of the late Bertha Knechtel, father of Mrs. Martha Hill, William C., David J., Frederick J., Charles P., and Frank E. Knechtel. Brother of Mrs. Emelia Sieler: also 23 grandchildren and 22 greath grand children. Friends received from 2-4 and 7-10 pm at the E.C. Koontz funderal home, 1719 Brownsville Road., where services will be held on Saturday, 11 a.m. Interment Jefferson Memorial Park.
8 101839-62
  Allegheny Co., Baldwin boro., 575 Brinwood Ave, Pittsburgh 27, PA Nov 7 1962 date of death Occupation: Interior Decorator Social Security Number 276-07-4644 Date of birth 4 Oct 1873 in Austria
9 Court of Common Pleas, County of Westmoreland
  Date of birth 5 Oct 1873 Date of landing 12 Sep 1891 Place of landing New York Business or occupation Froco Painter P.O. Box address is Jeannette Made citizen on 29 Aug 1903 by order of said court
10 Death certificate - dated 10 Nov 1962 from Baldwin Township, Allegheny Co., PA. See also his naturlization in the Court of Common Pleas, 29 Aug 1903 - Westmoreland Co., PA where it states 5 Oct 1873.
 
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12
  Lists children William David Frederick and Martha as well as two boarders in the houseat Agnew Lane. Charles is a Managers of a Nursery
13 There is a Frederick Happel listed in the Encyclopedia of Artist who was born in 1825 and died in 1854 known for painting animals. According to other sources he was well known for painting hunting dogs. The painting was allegedly a payment by a local nobel for work Charles did in Austria that he brought with him to America.
 
14 Number 1417
  Passenger List of the Augusta Victoria, 14 Sep 1891 in New York No. 37 Carl Knechtel age 17 male sadler of Austria heading to Philadelphia from Steinschoenau
15
  First Grade: Knechtel (Franz) Karl, started 1 Sep 1879, born 9 Oct 1873, RC, father franz a saddler, House No. 197.
16 Notes Theresa Knecthel made circa 1991.
 

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