August Flegel Jr.
- Position
- Chauffeur
- Years in President's House
- circa 1927 – circa 1929
- Gender
- Male
- Race/Ethnicity
- White
- Biography
August Flegel Jr. was born in Vienna, Austria on January 8, 1898. He and his parents immigrated to the United States in 1907, and he later became a naturalized citizen.1
Flegel worked as a chauffeur for the U.S. Post Office, and as early as 1927, he was detailed to the White House Garage; that year, he was mentioned working alongside other White House chauffeurs in a newspaper report on Charles Lindbergh’s visit to Washington, D.C.2 In 1929, he was included on First Lady Lou Hoover’s annual Christmas list as a member of the Garage staff on detail, but does not appear on future staff lists.3
By 1940, he worked as a guard for the Federal Works Agency.4 August Flegel Jr. died in December 1974 and was buried at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.5
- August Flegel in the U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards For District of Columbia, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 75, Ancestry.com; August Flegel in the 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Washington, Washington, District of Columbia; Roll: T625_208; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 125, Ancestry.com.
- “Cheering Thousands Hail Lindbergh in Avenue Parade,” Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), pg. 2; August Flegel in the 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Washington, Washington, District of Columbia; Roll: T625_208; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 125, Ancestry.com.
- Employees on Duty at the Executive Office, 1929, Lou Henry Hoover Papers, Subject Files, White House Christmas 1929, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library.
- August Flegel in the 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia; Roll: m-t0627-00558; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 1-169, Ancestry.com.
- August Flegel in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File, Ancestry.com; “August Flegel Jr,” Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79103330/august-flegel.
- Birthplace
- Vienna, Austria
- Burial Place
- Congressional Cemetery
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