Researching Friedrich Kegel
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4 people with the Kegel surname? In that year Kegel was ranked number 3575 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Friedrich Kegel on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Friedrich Kegel and the Kegel Family History
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Kegel Family History Databases
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Kegel Forums
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Miscellaneous Kegel Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Friedrich Kegel. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Friedrich Kegel
Friedrich Wilhelm Kegel
Friedrich Wilhelm Kegel (1874–1948), from 1924 to 1933 director of the mining operations at Tsumeb mine, Namibia. He was German until his naturalisation in South West Africa. After his resignation he lived in Switzerland. He visited the Tsumeb mine from December 1938 until March 1939 and from February 1940 until March 1940 as a consultant for the Otavi Mining Company.
The mineral Kegelite, discovered in the Tsumeb mine, was named after him by American volcanologist David Richardson.
Kegel took the first published photograph of the Hoba meteorite.
Source: Friedrich Wilhelm Kegel, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Kegel
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