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The Founders
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Charles A. Voelker
1857 - 1947
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residences, and final resting
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Charles Voelker in 1901
Picture taken on the porch of his house in
Alden, PA (1901)
(Courtesy of Historical Society of Haddonfield) |
Facts about Charles Voelker
Personal
Life
- Born June 4, 1857 in
Bavaria, Germany
- Immigrated to US in 1871
- Became naturalized citizen
in 1876
- Married about 1877
- Active Member to December
3, 1896 (Abstract of Proceedings II), after that he was an Associate Member
- Became an Honorary
Member of DVOC in 1940
- In 1880
US Census, living with his wife Ida
Occupation - Taxidermist
Daughter Lyda Age 3
- In1910
Census, living with wife Lida R.
One child born, one child still living.
Self employed taxidermist
- In 1920
Census living with wife Ida, daughter Lisa V. White (age 41) and son-in-law
William H. White
Self employed taxidermist
- In 1930
he is a widower living with Lisa V. White (widow) aged 45, his daughter
- Of the
seven founders only Voelker and Stone were not Quakers
- Died
June 10, 1947 in Drexel Hill, PA
Professional
Life
- In 1880 census
occupation is listed as taxidermist
- In 1910 census
occupation is listed as a self employed taxidermist
- In 1930 census
occupation is listed as Artist - pictures
Interesting
Links
Pictures
Interesting
Specimens Collected by Charles Voelker
(There are 6 specimens collected by Voelker in
the collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA)
| Hooded
Warbler
Beaver Swamp, Cape May, NJ 5/6/1890
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| Golden-winged
Warbler
Collingdale, Delaware County, PA 5/12/1892
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Residences
- In 1880
US Census
Residence at 4040 Ludlow Street, Philadelphia, PA
- In 1910
Census
Strafford Ave (near Oak Lane and Bonsall Avenue), Aldan Borough, PA
- Resided at 321 Shadeland
Avenue, Drexel Hill, PA at the time of his death.
Final
Resting Place
Buried in the Avon
Section of the Arlington Cemetery
in Delaware County, PA
Headstone Inscription
White - Voelker
1876 William H. E. White 1925
1871 Lida V. White 1959
1911 William H. E. White, Jr. ? (this inscription needs to be checked)
1857 Charles A. Voelker 1947
1861 Ida R. Voelker 1921
References
1880 Census
http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=6742&path=Pennsylvania.Philadelphia.Philadelphia.577.9&sid=&gskw=Ida+R.+Voelker
1910 Census
http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7884&iid=4449564_00725&fn=Ida+R&ln=Voelker&st=r&ssrc=&pid=102149012
1920 Census
http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6061&iid=4385027_00415&fn=Charles+A&ln=Voelker&st=r&ssrc=&pid=6237937
1930 Census http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=4639365_00321&fn=Charles+A&ln=Voelker&st=r&ssrc=&pid=124425531
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