photographer: O F Waegan
Burlington, KS
example from Ancestry
Otto F Waegan
(1851 - 1929)
1851 Jul 13
Vienna, Austria, US census records: O F Waegan is born
1867-1870
Otto F Waegan arrives in the US (sources do not all agree on year)
1880 circa
Probably Wisconsin, Otto F Waegan marries Martha (unknown) No
documents have been found.
1884 May 07 & Jun 07
St Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, small classified ad for help for O F
Waegan, artist at 506 Olive street
1884 Jun 01
Maryland, US, state records, daughter Violet M Waegan is born
1885 Jun 20
Horicon, WI, state census, O F Waegan as resident with two female
(Wife and Daughter presumably)
1892 Dec 02 and Dec 09
Burlington (KS) Democrat, news item says O E Waegan has purchased a
photograph gallery from Ross Gregg
1892 Dec 23
Burlington (KS) Democrat, small ad for Waegan as photographer
1893 Feb 10
Waverly (KS) Gazette, small ad for Waegan’s gallery in Burlington
1893 Mar 31
Burlington (KS) Democrat small ad for Waegan the photographer
1893 Apr 14
Burlington (KS) Courier small ad for Waegan as photographer
1893 May 19
Waverly (KS) Gazette small ad for Waegan as photographer
1893 Sep 08
Burlington (KS) Democrat small ad for Waegan’s corner 3rd and
Neosho
1893 Sep 15 and 22
Burlington (KS) Courier display ad for Waegan’s Gallery at 3rd and
Neosho, Stanford building
1894 Feb 16
Burlington (KS) Democrat, small ad for O F Weagan, photographer
1895 Jan 13
Springfield (MO) Leader and Press display ad for O F Waegan
1897 Jan 08
Springfield (MO) Leader and Press small ads for a photo gallery for
sale and Millinery business for sale, call or address MRS WAEGAN and
205 e Commercial street
1900 Jun 01
St Charles, MO, US census, O F Waegan as milliner at 321 n Main
1904 Aug 19
Santa Cruz (CA) Sentinel small notice of real estate transfer from O F
Waegan to Celestia M Kuebler (Note, here again, this is based on the
similarity of the name which is unusual. No other documentation has
been found to put photographer Waegan on the west coast US.)
1906
St Charles, MO, city directory, O F Waegan as photographer at 327
Main
1907
St Louis, MO, city directory, O F Waegen as Artist at 216 w 14th
1907 May 13
St Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch small item says O F Waegan of St Louis is
visiting relatives in St Charles, MO
1910 Apr 23
St Louis, MO, US census, O F Waegen as photographer, as lodger at 219
N 14th; wife not listed
1911 Dec 10 and 17, 1912 Feb 04, 1912 Jul 21. 1913 Jan 05 and Feb
16 and Mar 09
St Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch small classified ad for 120 acre farm for
sale, see Mrs M Waegan, St Charles, MO
1913 Jun 01
St Louis (Mo) Globe Democrat classified item says Millinery store is
for sale by Mrs M Waegan of St Charles, MO
1920 Apr 25
Worchester, MD US census, O F Waegen as farmer living with wife Martha
and daughter
(Worchester, MD, is way out of his usual area and profession for Otto
Waegen, but the first name and initial are the same, the wife’s name
is the same and the daughter Violet is listed as “Viola”. The ages are
close and, except for Otto himself, the birth locations are close. The
ages of the women are inconsistent but similar to all other documents
found. Otto’s age and birth location varies from document to
document.)
1929 Feb 10
St Louis, MO, state records, Otto F Waegen dies at age 77 of bronchial
Pneumonia (His death certificate says he was a “civil servant” at the
time of death. No other documents have been found to support this.)
Normally this would be the end of the coverage of the timeline for a
photographer. However, there is a curious inconsistency in the
documentation of daughter Violet and her mother after the death of
Otto.
Although there is clear documentation of wife Martha Waegen’s death in
1935, she appears again five years later, in the 1940 US census,
living with her daughter, Violet Waegen, in St Louis, MO. These
documents have been included below.
The US Social Security system began in 1935, the year of Martha's
death. Was this possibly a scam to continue collect payments for the
deceased Martha Waegen, from the fledgling Social Security system?
It's probably just some clerical error.
reverse of card at left
photographer: O F Weagan
Burlington, KS
example from auction site
Suggested Date: 1893
photographer: Waegan and Bancroft
Jordan, Belle Plain and New Prague, MN
example from Passing Through
Otto Waegan is the only Waegan found so far to have been a
photographer at least part of his career. So this Waegan is probably
him.
There were several photographers in the cabinet card era that might
have been the brief partner with Waegan in Minnesota.
Here are a few:
Charles T Bancroft
Charles D Bancroft
George Bancroft
Oscar F Bancroft, Springfield, OH
John R Bancroft, Niagara Falls, NY
Walter W Bancroft, Springfield, MO
The towns of Belle Plain, Jordan and New Prague are all within 20
miles of each other, all less than 50 miles southwest of Minneapolis,
MN.
Nothing has been found to connect Otto Waegan with any of these
photographers named Bancroft. Considering how Waegan moved around, it
is quite probable that he, like some other photographers, took on a
temporary partner just for the money up front or the use of rental
rooms. No evidence has been found to support this.
Brulington (KS) Democrat - 02 Dec 1892
Brulington (KS) Democrat - 09 Dec 1892
Brulington (KS) Democrat - 23 Dec 1892
The Waverly (KS) Gazette - 10 Feb 1893
Brurlington (KS) Democrat -
14 Apr 1893
Brurlington (KS) Democrat -
08 Sep 1893
The Waverly (KS) Gazette -
29 May 1893
15 Set 1893
Le Roy, (KS) Reporter -
22 Sep 1893
Burlington (KS) Democrat -
02 Feb 1894
Springfield (MO) Leader and Press -
16 Jan 1895
10 Jan 1897
Santa Cruz (CA) Sentinel -
19 Aug 1904
Salias (CA) Californian -
26 Aug 1904
13 May 1907
Relatives? His wife and daughter lived there at that time.
St Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch - 11 Feb 1912
St Louis (MO) Globe - 21 Jul 1912
St Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch - 05 Jan 1913
St Louis (MO) Globe-Democrat - 17 Feb 1913
St Louis (MO) Post Dispatch - 09 Mar 1913
St Louis (MO) Globe Democrat - 01 Jun 1913
Burlington, KS
example form pinterest
(See timeline mention at Dec 1892)
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