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Eugene Otto Constantin von Alter[1]

Male 1832 - 1882  (50 years)


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  • Name Eugene Otto Constantin von Alter 
    Birth 9 Apr 1832  Coblenz, Bautzen, Saxony, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Christening 29 Apr 1832  Coblenz, Bautzen, Saxony, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Gender Male 
    Departure 1849  Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Residence Nov 1849  Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Arrival 6 Dec 1849  New York, Kings, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Name Eugene Von Alter  [8] 
    Residence 1850  Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence 1855  Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence 1860  Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Residence 1863  Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Marital Status: Married 
    Residence 1870  Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Residence 1880  Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Death 15 Jul 1882  Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 13] 
    Burial Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I9717  Master
    Last Modified 27 Jul 2021 

    Father Major Karl August Von Alter,   b. 1790, Coblenz, Bautzen, Saxony, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1847, Coblenz, Bautzen, Saxony, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Caroline Von Kutzleben,   b. 1795, Coblenz, Bautzen, Saxony, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1870, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 1819 
    Family ID F2907  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Ann Schuette,   b. 3 Feb 1840, Delmenhorst, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1920, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Otto Wilhelm Alter,   b. Jun 1859, , Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1935, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    +2. Oscar Alexander Alter,   b. 30 May 1861, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1945, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    +3. Gustave Eugene "Gust" Alter,   b. 10 Aug 1863, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1936, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     4. Eugenia Van Alter,   b. Abt 1867, , , Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F2774  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 9 Apr 1832 - Coblenz, Bautzen, Saxony, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 29 Apr 1832 - Coblenz, Bautzen, Saxony, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeparture - 1849 - Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Nov 1849 - Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - 6 Dec 1849 - New York, Kings, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1850 - Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1855 - Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1860 - Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Marital Status: Married - 1863 - Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1870 - Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1880 - Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Jul 1882 - Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • EUGENE O.G. ALTER (VON ALTER) cemetery #44
      From the Lakeshore Times, July 18, 1882:
      At Rest
      Died: July 15, 1882, Eugen Alter, aged 50 years, 3 months and six days. Mr. Alter was born in Coblenz, Germany, April 9, 1832. In his veins there flowed the blood of two of Germany's noble families. His father was a scion of the ancient and honorable house of Von Alter, while his mother, nee Von Kutzleben, could trace her lineage back into the misty times of the age of chivalry. Born under such fortuitous circumstances, he enjoyed the best of educational facilities. A few years after the death of his father, which
      occurred in 1847, he emigrated, with his mother and sister to America, which to him, was the land where the true form of free government was realized. After a few month's stay in Buffalo, he came, together with the aforementioned, to Manitowoc, in May, 1850. Thus it will be seen that he was one of our oldest settlers. With the exception of a few months, spent as a clerk in Milwaukee, he has lived here ever since. He has been engaged in various enterprises and
      business, and during the past seven or eight years has been in charge of the Clothing Department of J. Schuette and Bros. About four months ago, he was seized with an attack of inflammation of the bowels, and ever since his health has failed. He was subject to numerous spells of sickness during that time, yet from each one he rallied. But the last one
      was fatal. Exactly four months ago he became seriously sick, and during all those weary weeks, he suffered most excruciating pain. The scientific skill of the physician could give but temporary relief. Gradually the robust form wasted away; the hand of science was not strong enough to keep the dread destroyer distant; the grief of wife and sons was met with no mercy. He died, and perhaps death was merciful in relieving his terrible sufferings, which he bore with manly fortitude, and his unselfish, loving nature was never shown to better advantage than during those dreary days of sickness. No patient ever caused less trouble to those nursing him, than he. It was touching to see how anxious he was that none of his family should suffer inconvenience on account of him. Indeed, it is an inscrutable providence that allows rascality to thrive and
      enjoy health, while it dooms such a noble nature to weeks and months of suffering, which only ends in death. A wife and three sons, as well as a large number of relatives, mourn this loss. Upon the sanctity of the grief of the family let no one intrude. No one knows better of the terrible sufferings the deceased underwent, than she, who, day and night, sat at his bedside and ministered to his every want with loving hands, and as there was no other cure than death, her boundless love for the deceased will make her resigned to that fate. Let the sons, who are just on the verge of manhood, ever keep sacred the memory and emulate the virtues of him, who has gone before them "to the land of the hereafter." He reared them with a firm and loving hand,
      they were his pride, his comfort, his everything.
      **********
      The funeral of Mr. Alter occurs this afternoon at three o'clock. He will be buried with Masonic ceremonies, Bro. J.M. Craig delivering the oration. The deceased was an enthusiastic admirer of the craft and his death is a severe
      loss to the order in this vicinity.
      **********
      From the Lakeshore Times, July 25, 1882:
      In Memoriam.
      At a regular communication of Manitowoc Lodge No. 65 F. & A. M., held Wednesday, July 19, 1882, the following resolutions were adopted: Whereas, It has pleased our all-wise Supreme Master to call from labor unto rest, our worth Brother and fellow craftsman, Eugene Alter, and Whereas, We are thus separated in the body, from one whose departure creates a
      sad vacancy in our councils, and in our ranks, therefore be it Resolved, That this lodge in parting with our worthy brother, feels called upon to express its sentiments of respect due him as a man and a mason; that our heartfelt
      sympathies go out to his bereaved family, to whom his qualities of heart, and generous affections endcared(sic) him in a love, that is lasting beyond the confines of the grave. Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the records of the Lodge and published in the papers of the city.
      Fred Heineman,
      E.G. Nash
      Com.
      ************
      Death notice in Der Nord Westen, 20 July 1882
      Death of Eugen Alter on 15 July. He arrived from Rheinland in 1850 at age 18 with his mother (now deceased)and his sister who is now the wife of Mr. Wm. Bach. In recent years Mr. Alter worked in the store of the Schuette BROS. as head of the Men's Department. He leaves a wife and three children.
    • The funeral of Mr. Alter occurs this afternoon at three o'clock. He will be
      buried with Masonic ceremonies, Bro. J.M. Craig delivering the oration. The
      deceased was an enthusiastic admirer of the craft and his death is a severe
      loss to the order in this vicinity.
      **********
      At a regular communication of Manitowoc Lodge No. 65 F. & A. M., held Wednesday,
      July 19, 1882, the following resolutions were adopted:
      Whereas, It has pleased our all-wise Supreme Master to call from labor unto rest,
      our worth Brother and fellow craftsman, Eugene Alter, and
      Whereas, We are thus separated in the body, from one whose departure creates a
      sad vacancy in our councils, and in our ranks, therefore be it
      Resolved, That this lodge in parting with our worthy brother, feels called upon
      to express its sentiments of respect due him as a man and a mason; that our heartfelt
      sympathies go out to his bereaved family, to whom his qualities of heart, and
      generous affections endcared(sic) him in a love, that is lasting beyond the confines
      of the grave.
      Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the records of the Lodge and
      published in the papers of the city.
      Fred Heineman,
      E.G. Nash
      Com.
      Lakeshore Times, July 25, 1882
      **********
      Death of Eugen Alter on 15 July. He arrived from Rheinland in 1850 at age 18 with
      his mother (now deceased)and his sister who is now the wife of Mr. Wm. Bach. In
      recent years Mr. Alter worked in the store of the Schuette Bros. as head of the
      Men's Department. He leaves a wife and three children.
      Der Nord Westen, 20 July 1882
      **********
      GUARDIAN'S SALE.
      BY virtue of a license of the county court of Manitowoc county, State of
      Wisconsin, to me granted in the matter of the estate of Caroline F.O. Richter,
      a minor, I shall sell at public vendue to the highest bidder, the folllwing (sic)
      described property, to-wit:
      Lots No. 7, and 12, in block 229, lot 4, block 240, lot 3 and 4, block 184,
      lot 8, B. 111, in Manitowoc village, county aforesaid, subject to encumbrance.
      Said sale to be held on the 21st day of March, 1857, at ten o'clock A.M. at the
      court-house in said county.
      Eugene Alter, Guardian.
      February 19, 1857
      Manitowoc Tribune, Thursday, March 5, 1857 P. 3
      (From the 1860 Manitowoc ward 2 census:
      Eugene Von Alter age 28; Margaret Von Alter age 20; Otto Von Alter age 1;
      Caroline Von Alter age 65; Caroline Richter age 9.
      This is the only place I can find Caroline Richter. On the 1870 Manitowoc
      ward 4 census the Von Alter family became Vanalter but Caroline is no
      longer listed with them.)

  • Sources 
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    2. [S751] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    3. [S1046] Ancestry.com, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1567-1945, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    4. [S1043] Ancestry.com, Rhineland, Prussia, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1533-1950, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Lutherische Kirchenbücher, 1533-1950. Evangelische Kirchenbuchamt Hannover, Hannover, Deutschland (Reliability: 3).
      Name: Eugen Otto Constantin Alter
      Event Type: Taufe (Baptism)
      Birth Date: 9 Apr 1832
      Baptism Date: 29 Apr 1832
      Baptism Place: Koblenz, Rheinland (Rhineland-Palatinate), Preußen (Germany)
      Father: Karl August Alter
      Mother: Karoline Alter
      Parish as it Appears: Coblenz
      Page Number: 146;147
      Custodian: Evangelisches Kirchenbuchamt Hannover
      City or District: Coblenz
      Author: Evangelische Kirche. Militärgemeinde Coblenz
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    7. [S1041] Manitowoc Tribune, Manitowoc Tribune Thursday, April 28, 1870 pg. 1 (Reliability: 3).
      CAROLINE F.W.H. V. ALTER

      OBITUARY.
      Died, the 21st of this month, Mrs. Caroline Von Alter, at the age of 75 years
      and five months. She was born at the ancestral manor of her father Baron Von
      Kutzleben near Langensalza in Thuringia, received an excellent education adequate
      to her position in life and was early married to Major Charles August Von Alter
      in 1819, who was then commanding the 25th Regiment of Prussian Infantry, for whom
      she exchanged the idyllic dales of her home with the classic regions of the Rhine;
      during her happy married life she became the mother of nine children, of whom only
      two are living to mourn her loss, and of whom one son died on the same date of her
      own death in 1842, at the age of 20 years. She lost her beloved husband in December
      1847, and resolved to leave Germany with her two children for America in 1849,
      arriving in Buffalo in November of the same year, where she remained during the
      next winter and reached Manitowoc on the 5th of May 1850, where she has resided
      ever since with her children and their families.
      She was a most exemplary mother, apparently living only for the happiness of her
      family and ever trying to be a constant joy and comfort to them and to all who were
      near and dear to her, while her daughter and son and their children again, seemed
      to vie with each other to make the declining years of their aged parent as void of
      cares and troubles as earthly existence ever would permit.
      The funeral on last Sunday was very largely attended, her favorite hymns were played
      and sung at the grave and a very able and appropriate oration was delivered by one
      of her oldest acquaintances and friends, all trying to show the high esteem and
      reverence with which the beloved deceased had inspired every one who ever had had
      the pleasure and honor of her acquaintance.
      We close with the sincere wish that our last moments may be as happy and peaceful
      as those of her who has left us to meet again only in eternity.
      Manitowoc Tribune Thursday, April 28, 1870 pg. 1
      ********
      [Mrs. Caroline Alter/bur. 04-24-1870]
      [Caroline died at age 75, birthplace-Saxony, houskeeper, fam.#17
      cause: old age & gen. debility - 1870 census mortality list]
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    13. [S1042] Lakeshore Times, Lakeshore Times, July 18, 1882 (Reliability: 3).
      EUGENE O.G. ALTER (VON ALTER)

      Died: July 15, 1882, Eugen Alter, aged 50 years, 3 months and six days.
      Mr. Alter was born in Coblenz, Germany, April 9, 1832. In his veins there
      flowed the blood of two of Germany's noble families. His father was a scion
      of the ancient and honorable house of Von Alter, while his mother, nee
      Von Kutzleben, could trace her lineage back into the misty times of the age
      of chivalry. Born under such fortuitous circumstances, he enjoyed the best
      of educational facilities. A few years after the death of his father, which
      occurred in 1847, he emigrated, with his mother and sister to America, which
      to him, was the land where the true form of free government was realized.
      After a few month's stay in Buffalo, he came, together with the aforementioned,
      to Manitowoc, in May, 1850. Thus it will be seen that he was one of our oldest
      settlers. With the exception of a few months, spent as a clerk in Milwaukee,
      he has lived here ever since. He has been engaged in various enterprises and
      business, and during the past seven or eight years has been in charge of the
      Clothing Department of J. Schuette and Bros.
      About four months ago, he was seized with an attack of inflammation of the
      bowels, and ever since his health has failed. He was subject to numerous spells
      of sickness during that time, yet from each one he rallied. But the last one
      was fatal. Exactly four months ago he became seriously sick, and during all
      those weary weeks, he suffered most excruciating pain. The scientific skill of
      the physician could give but temporary relief. Gradually the robust form wasted
      away; the hand of science was not strong enough to keep the dread destroyer
      distant; the grief of wife and sons was met with no mercy. He died, and perhaps
      death was merciful in relieving his terrible sufferings, which he bore with
      manly fortitude, and his unselfish, loving nature was never shown to better
      advantage than during those dreary days of sickness. No patient ever caused
      less trouble to those nursing him, than he. It was touching to see how anxious
      he was that none of his family should suffer inconvenience on account of him.
      Indeed, it is an inscrutable providence that allows rascality to thrive and
      enjoy health, while it dooms such a noble nature to weeks and months of suffering,
      which only ends in death.
      A wife and three sons, as well as a large number of relatives, mourn this loss.
      Upon the sanctity of the grief of the family let no one intrude. No one knows
      better of the terrible sufferings the deceased underwent, than she, who, day and
      night, sat at his bedside and ministered to his every want with loving hands, and
      as there was no other cure than death, her boundless love for the deceased will
      make her resigned to that fate. Let the sons, who are just on the verge of manhood,
      ever keep sacred the memory and emulate the virtues of him, who has gone before
      them "to the land of the hereafter." He reared them with a firm and loving hand,
      they were his pride, his comfort, his everything.
      Lakeshore Times, July 18, 1882
      http://www.2manitowoc.com/44Allobit.html#altereugeneog1882


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