Susan, My sister-in-law married a man by the name of Leonard Vogt (pronounced "vote")He was born in 1936, to parents George & Ruth Vogt, in Philladelphia, PA. He was a pastor in a few different cities. He had a stroke and passed away some years later (don't have a death date) His wife - Joyce -, took care of him for a number of years. He needed a feeding tube and he did not speak very well. I was wondering - despite the spelling difference - he might be one of "yours". wishing you lots of LUCK!! Nancyt On 12/31/2011 12:11 AM, Susan Slade Grossl wrote: > I am doing research on my grandfather Voigts sister Annie Voigts Freie > Pruser in California. I found who I think is her second husband on the 1900 > census, but on Heritage Quest the last couple of lines are to dark to read. > Could some kind soul, who has Ancestry, please check the census for the > following page and let me know for sure what it says if it is readable. > Also, if you could send me a copy of the page if this is indeed William and > Annie Pruser. When my computer crashed a couple of months ago I lost all of > this info and am in the process of recreating some of my files. (I know, I > should have backed up and indeed was in the process of doing that very thing > when stuff went south on me). My new computer has a DVD burner and I WILL > back up to a nice BIG DVD from now on. :-) > > 1900> CALIFORNIA> SAN JOAQUIN> TULARE TWP > > Series: T623 Roll: 108 Page: 377 > > Thanks in advance for any and all help! > Susan > Boise, Idaho, USA

Nancy, It is possible. My Great Grandfather was Fritz Vogts when he came over. Within a couple of years he was Fred Vogts, then became Frederick Voigts. Don't know why he kept changing it, as he died when my grandfather was very young. It was tons of fun tracking him in the San Francisco City directories a few years back. The name comes from the Gatekeeper in Germany. They were the ones in charge of making sure the gates to the city were closed each night to protect the inhabitants. The fun bits of trivia you pick up while doing this hobby, right? I will place this email in my "unproved, but possible" file under Voigts. Just in case. Susan Boise, Idaho, USA -----Original Message----- From: gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Tollefson Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 2:49 PM To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GN] Census: Pruser, William>California Susan, My sister-in-law married a man by the name of Leonard Vogt (pronounced "vote")He was born in 1936, to parents George & Ruth Vogt, in Philladelphia, PA. He was a pastor in a few different cities. He had a stroke and passed away some years later (don't have a death date) His wife - Joyce -, took care of him for a number of years. He needed a feeding tube and he did not speak very well. I was wondering - despite the spelling difference - he might be one of "yours". wishing you lots of LUCK!! Nancyt On 12/31/2011 12:11 AM, Susan Slade Grossl wrote: > I am doing research on my grandfather Voigts sister Annie Voigts Freie > Pruser in California. I found who I think is her second husband on the > 1900 census, but on Heritage Quest the last couple of lines are to dark to read. > Could some kind soul, who has Ancestry, please check the census for > the following page and let me know for sure what it says if it is readable. > Also, if you could send me a copy of the page if this is indeed > William and Annie Pruser. When my computer crashed a couple of months > ago I lost all of this info and am in the process of recreating some > of my files. (I know, I should have backed up and indeed was in the > process of doing that very thing when stuff went south on me). My new > computer has a DVD burner and I WILL back up to a nice BIG DVD from > now on. :-) > > 1900> CALIFORNIA> SAN JOAQUIN> TULARE TWP > > Series: T623 Roll: 108 Page: 377 > > Thanks in advance for any and all help! > Susan > Boise, Idaho, USA