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From: Jennifer <>
Subject: Re: [MO-CENSUS] 1860/ Buehlig Peter
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:53:53 -0400
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Hi Lou,

Just a side note..
Heritage Quest has him listed twice..two different spellings. The age 23
listing has him grouped with a Hospital Steward...not sure if he was a
"patient" or worked in a hosp. Has the same checks in cols 19 and 20.

Jennifer


BEUHLIG, PETER (1870 U.S. Census)
NEW MEXICO , VALENCIA, FORT WINGATE
Age: 25, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: MO
Series: M593 Roll: 897 Page: 824

BUEHLIG, PETER (1870 U.S. Census)
NEW MEXICO , VALENCIA, FORT WINGATE
Age: 23, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: MO
Series: M593 Roll: 897 Page: 823




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Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: [MO-CENSUS] 1860/ Buehlig Peter


>
> Marcena,
>
> I'm not having any luck finding any information either. It may have
> something to do with
> the spelling of his surname depending on how it was pronounced. Any
> combination of double
> vowels, ie; eu, ue, ei, ie, etc. was always a problem. Some census
> takers
> spelled
> names phonetically and the search engines may not be picking up on a
> skewed
> spelling. I
> tried wild card searches and the soundex index and still didn't get any
> match that looked
> promising.
>
> I looked at the 1870 census image, hoping for some clues (his name is
> spelled BEUHLIG in the index ) and see that he's 25 yrs. old, and born
> abt. 1845
> in MO. The top of the page says Fort Wingate, NM, Valencia County. All
> the
> names on the page are members of the Cavalry and their professions are
> listed
> as Soldier, Sargent, Corporal, and Trumpetter.
>
> The last column ( number 20 )on the page is checked which says: "Male
> Citizen of the U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards where rights to vote is
> denied
> on other grounds than rebellion or other crime" and all but 11 names on
> the
> page have that column checked. That seems strange.....wonder if they
> were
> denied their right to vote because they were prisoners of some sort?
>
> Here is the history of Fort Wingate from wikipedia.org:
>
> _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Wingate_
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Wingate)
>
> Will see if I can find anything else....I like a good mystery.
>
> Lou
>
>
>
> ------------------original message------------------------
> In a message dated 4/5/2008 12:23:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> writes:
>
> I found Peter Buehlig in Valencia NM in 1870, censes stated he was born
> in
> MO. I can't find anything on him before 1870 or after 1870. He is
> buried
> in
> Dona Ana Co. NM in a cotton field with a broken headstone saying, Peter
> Buehlig
> 8 U. S. Cav. Co. E. His is the only headstone left.
> He is no relation to me, just would like to find out more about him.
>
> Marcena
> NM
>
>
>
>
>
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