Paul Otto Wegener^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]}

1874 -

• Name	Paul Otto Wegener  [1, 2, 4, 6, 7]
  Birth	12 Jun 1874	New York City, USA   [1, 2, 6, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1880	, Walla Walla, Washington, USA   [8]
  Residence	1889	King, Washington, USA   [1, 10]
  Residence	1893	Seattle, Washington, USA   [4]
  Married	1897  [9]
  Residence	Berlin, Germany   [6]
  Residence	Cincinnati, Ohio   [2]
  Residence	San Francisco, California   [3]
  Residence	1900	Cincinnati Ward 26, Hamilton, Ohio, USA   [9]
  Residence	1903	Berlin, Germany / Moscow, Russia   [2, 6]
  	Lived in Berlin from 1903 to at least 1907, according to passport application made in Berlin in the latter year; but lived in Moscow from 1903 to at least 1918, according to an application made in the latter year!
  Residence	1914	St. Petersburg, Russia
  	Claims to be residing in St. Petersburg in passport application
  		Paul Wegener passport appllication St Petersburg 1914
  Death	Russia?
  Person ID	I122295509312	Martin Rind Tree
  Last Modified	31 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Otto Frederick Wegener,   b. 7 Jan 1837, Brandenburg, Brandenburg, Germany d. 20 May 1919, Sedro Woolley, Skagit, Washington (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Sophie Margarethe Amelia Schnetter,   b. 18 Aug 1854, Rorschach, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland d. 02 Apr 1938, Seattle, King, Washington (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	Before 1874
  Family ID	F611	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Katherine Gertrude Davis,   b. 12 Dec 1874, Jamestown, New York d. 15 Nov 1971, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA (Age 96 years)
  Children	1. Blanche Pauline Wegener,   b. 20 Sep 1901, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio d. 9 Feb 1984, Seattle, King, Washington, USA (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F2101	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 May 2026

  
  

• Notes

  ". . . that I last left the United States on the: 28th day of: May, 1903 and am now temporarily sojourning at: Moscow, Russia . . ."; "commercial business with Russian firm" (Moscow, 5 April 1918) "I came abroad originally as representative of an American firm, M. A. McLoughlin Company, Denver. With them from 1903 to 1908 in London, Paris & Berlin. Then with C. W. Embrey, Nashville, Tenn., pharmaceutical products. In Russia until 1913. In business of my own in Petrograd pharmaceutical-chemical products until 1916. War compelled liquidation and then with W. R. Grase & Co. for six months. Since then with Telephone Construction Co., Moscow-Russian firm, allied with Marconi Co. of New York. . . . Return indefinite." (Moscow, 5 Apr 1918) "From Mr. Wegener's application it would seem that he has lived abroad for an unusual length of time; that both he and his wife are of German extraction; and that he has given up practically all ties with the United States. He also seems to be quite careless with his passport matters, having allowed his passport to expire for some months while living continuously in Moscow. / I therefore respectfully recommend that Mr. Wegner and his wife be refused passports for continued residence abroad. / Franc C. Rue / American Vice Consul"

  
  

• Sources

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