Aleksander Elgass (professor) Born 12 December 1826, Lwów, Galicia, Poland (reported birth year betw ) Died in Lwów in 1905

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Aleksander Elgass (professor) Born 12 December 1826, Lwów, Galicia, Poland (reported birth year betw 1822-1830) Died in Lwów in 1905 Arrived in the USA: around 1846 1865, Civil War, Union, 75 th

1 Aleksander Elgass (professor) Born 12 December 1826, Lwów, Galicia, Poland (reported birth year betw ) Died in Lwów in 1905 Arrived in the USA: around , Civil War, Union, 75 th Infantry, New York City, NY Name: Alexander Elgass Age: 35 Birth Year: abt 1830 Birth Place: Austria Enlistment Year: 1865 Enlistment Location: New York City Muster Year: 1865 Separation Details: Muster Out of Service Separation Date: 31 Aug 1865 Private, 75 th NY Infantry, Co. F

2 Name: Alexander Elgass Side: Union Regiment State/Origin: New York Regiment Name: 75 N.Y. Infantry Regiment Name Expanded: 75th Regiment, New York Infantry Company: Co F Rank Out: Corporal Rank Out Expanded: Corporal Film Number: M551 roll 42 Name: Residence: Age at enlistment: Alexander Elgass New York City, New York 35 Enlistment Date: 31 Mar 1865 Rank at enlistment: Enlistment Place: State Served: Survived the War?: Service Record: Private New York City, New York New York Yes Birth Date: abt 1830 Sources: Promoted to Full Corporal on 19 Jun 1865.Enlisted in Company F, New York 75th Infantry Regiment on 31 Mar 1865.Mustered out on 31 Aug 1865 at Savannah, GA. New York: Report of the Adjutant-General Name: Alexander Elgass Enlistment Date: 31 Mar 1865 Enlistment Place: New York City, New York Side Served: Union State Served: New York Enlisted as a Private on 31 March 1865 at the age of 35. Enlisted in Company F, 75th Infantry Regiment New York on 31 Mar Service Record: Promoted to Full Corporal on 19 Jun Mustered Out Company F, 75th Infantry Regiment New York on 31 Aug 1865 at Savannah, GA. Sources: San Francisco : naturalized, 6 September 1870, California

3 1872: Lived on 17 Dupont St., San Francisco Name: Alexander Elgars Year: 1872 Age: 45 Estimated Birth abt 1827 Year: Place: San Francisco, California Source Publication Code: 1888 Primary Immigrant: Elgars, Alexander Annotation: Gives names, ages, occupations, and dates naturalized between 1856 and ETEROVICH, ADAM S., editor "San Francisco, California, Voting Records for ; Source ( )." In Balkan and Eastern European American Genealogical and Historical Bibliography: Society Quarterly, vol. 4:2 (June 1967), pp Page: , Santa Clara, CA 1875

Name: Alexander Elgass Event Type: Voter Registration Event Date: 28 Aug 1875 Event Year Range: Event Place: San Jose Tp, Santa Clara, California, United

Name: Alexander Elgass Event Type: Voter Registration Event Date: 1876 Event Year Range: Event Place: San Jose Township, Santa Clara, California, United

4 Name: Alexander Elgass Event Type: Voter Registration Event Date: 28 Aug 1875 Event Year Range: Event Place: San Jose Tp, Santa Clara, California, United States Age: 50 Birth Year (Estimated): 1825 Birthplace: Austria Page: 41 GS Film number: Digital Folder Number: Image Number: Name: Alexander Elgass Event Type: Voter Registration Event Date: 1876 Event Year Range: Event Place: San Jose Township, Santa Clara, California, United States Age: 50 Birth Year (Estimated): 1826 Birthplace: Austria Page: 37 GS Film number: Digital Folder Number: Image Number: : San Francisco 1878

5 1879 Elgass: Secretary of the Polish Society

San Jose 1880 Census San Francisco Constantine Engleman Constantine Engleman Other M 36 Poland http://www.

Elgass in answering your last letter mentioned something about our celebration of the 50th anniversary of

6 San Jose 1880 Census San Francisco Constantine Engleman Constantine Engleman Other M 36 Poland I am not sure that Mr. Elgass in answering your last letter mentioned something about our celebration of the 50th anniversary of the revolution of It was, considering the small number of our countrymen residing in this City, a more successful affair than we expected.

7 Daily Alta California, Volume 32, Number 10876, 24 January

"Dziennik Polski" (Lwów) 1882, nr 8, s. 2 (11 I 1882) http://jbc.bj.uj.edu.pl/dlibra/plain-content?id=105406 Rough translation 1882 December 5. Anniversary of the 1830 Uprising.

RK [Rudolf Korwin] Piotrowski was chosen unanimously to be president of the meeting.

10 "Dziennik Polski" (Lwów) 1882, nr 8, s. 2 (11 I 1882) Rough translation 1882 December 5. Anniversary of the 1830 Uprising. Celebrated in San Francisco 29th November. Modest dinner for the group brought together members and veterans of the 1830 Uprising. RK [Rudolf Korwin] Piotrowski was chosen unanimously to be president of the meeting. Alexander Bednawski, also a veteran of the uprising living in San Francisco, met with an accident on July 21 could not be present. He sent a heartfelt letter to the accumulated guests in which he explained his absence. Other living veterans in California: Franciszek Wojciechowski [Francis Mitchel], Władysław (Vincent) Lutnicki and Dr. J. [John/Jan] Strentzel. Age, disease, and distance prevented their personal participation. President of the day, RK Piotrowski started the event with an appropriate speech, and during the evening speeches in turn were given by: Zbigniew Brodowski, Aleksander Elgass, L. Reichert, Charles Meyer. Józef Paudler read a poem for the ceremony and Antoni Czarnecki read a paragraph of Marja Malczewska. As in previous years, those present contributed a voluntary donation to support the National Museum in Rapperswil for died in Lwów at age 83 (born about 1822 according to this squib) From "Gazeta Lwowska" 1905, nr 165, p. 4

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