Cigrand, Bernard J.

Cigrand, Bernard J.

Male 1866 - 1932  (65 years)    Has no ancestors and no descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Cigrand, Bernard J. 
    Born 1 Oct 1866  Waubeka, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    1880 Census 1880  Fredonia, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    1910 Census 1910  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Other Info or Events 14 Jun 1916  Cedarburg, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    1930 Census 1930  Batavia, Kane, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 16 May 1932 
    Biography Aft 16 May 1932 
    Other Info or Events
    • Family Relations removed from 1 Familytree database as no connection has been found to the Luxembourgers that settled in Outagamie County. But kept Bernard Cigrand in the file as he is the "Father of Flag Day"

      Descendants of Peter Cigrand from 1FamilyTree.com
      1-Peter Cigrand was born about 1800 and died about 1865.
      Peter married Mary Engel about 1824. Mary was born before 1806 and died about 1881. They had one son: Nicolas.
      2-Nicolas Cigrand was born on Apr 30, 1831 in Bourglinster, , Grevenmacher, Luxembourg and died on Jan 3, 1921 in Neillsville, Clark, Wisconsin, USA.
      Noted events in his life were:
      * He immigrated in 1852.
      Nicolas married Susan Schmidt, daughter of Peter Schmit and Elizabeth Lucia Schneider, on Apr 15, 1856 in Waubeka, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Susan was born on Nov 1,
      1837 in Mensdorf, Luxembourg and died on Apr 4, 1931. They had four children: Anna, Peter, Katherine, and Bernard J..
      3-Anna Cigrand was born on Nov 27, 1859 in Fredonia, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, USA and died about Jun 1950 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
      3-Peter Cigrand was born about 1860 in Fredonia, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, USA and died before 1960.
      3-Katherine Cigrand was born about 1864 in Fredonia, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, USA and died before 1964.
      3-Bernard J. Cigrand was born on Oct 1, 1866 in Waubeka, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, USA and died on May 16, 1932.
      General Notes: The Father of National Flag Day; Bernard J. CiGrand
      Bernard J. Cigrand (from the French "CiGrand" meaning "so great") was born on Yankee Hill in Waubeka, Wisconsin on October 1, 1866. He was the youngest of six children of
      Nicholas and Susan Cigrand who had settled and married here a decade earlier after immigrating to this country from Luxembourg in Northwestern Europe. A look at CiGrand's
      Family give us insight into the background that prepared the son for a lifetime of achievement.
      As a youth, young Cigrand sold scrap iron and rags to buy books. At 12 he worked as a sales agent for the U S Book and Bible Club earning 25 cents for each book he sold. He was a conductor on a steam barge on the Milwaukee River in the Waubeka area. Inspired by his father, young Cigrand displayed an early interest in American history. He was a devout patriot with a great love of the flag of our nation. Cigrand earned $40.00/month teaching school at Stony Hill and with income from selling books was able to pay his way through dental school. In 1888, he graduated first in his class from Lake Forest College of Dentistry.
      He was one of the contributing editors of the Encyclopedia Americana. One of his items was "The Recognition and Meaning of Flag Day" He wrote a widely distributed pamphlet on
      "Laws and Customs Regulating the use of the Flag of the United States."
      Some of the books he wrote are:
      "Story of the American Flag" Profusely illustrated.
      "The Real Abraham Lincoln"
      "The Life of Alexander Hamilton"
      "The Real Robert Morris" (A Pennsylvania banker known as "the financier of the American Revolution.")
      "Story of the Great Seal of the United States."
      "History of American Emblems"
      "The History of American Heraldry"

      The Father of Flag Day
      Bernard J. Cigrand was first and foremost an American patriot. From the 1880s through the 1930s, he preached respect and honor for the nation and its flag.
      In 1885, however, Cigrand still a teenager and only at the beginning of his journey. He entered dental college later that year, mixing his professional studies with the
      promotion of the flag.
      In June 1886 he made his first public proposal for the annual observance of the birth of the flag when he wrote an article titled "The Fourteenth of June" in the old Chicago Argus newspaper.
      In June of 1888, at the same time he was graduating first in his class from dental college, Cigrand addressed a Chicago organization known as the "Sons of America". In his speech he emphasized the good that would come from a flag holiday. In response, the organization undertook to publish a magazine called the "American Standard" to inculcate reverence for American emblems, and appointed Cigrand its editor-in-chief. Cigrand's articles in this magazine helped direct public attention to the Flag and the date of its birth.

      In the years that followed, Cigrand authored hundreds of other magazine and newspaper articles advocating recognition of the June 14th adoption of the Stars and Stripes.
      In the third Saturday in June, 1894, , the first general public school children's celebration of Flag Day in Chicago was held in Douglas, Garfield, Humboldt, Lincoln, and Washington Parks, with more than 300,000 children participating. These observances were held in the five parks again the next year, also on the third Saturday of June.
      In the years that followed, 36 Governors, scores of mayors and five Presidents of the United States sent delegates and credentials agreeing that Flag Day should be observed in
      all states of the Union on the actual June 14 anniversary of the adoption of the flag .By 1916 flag ceremonies on June 14 had become so prevalent that President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation establishing Flag Day as an annual national event.

      Cigrand died of a sudden heart attack on 16 May 1932
      President Harry S. Truman signed the legislation in 1949 and June 14th was properly designated Flag Day. This is where Flag Day stands today, 50 years after Truman as we enter the twenty-first century.

      <1930 Census Description>ED Page <1930 Census Date>1930<1930 Census Place> <1930 Census Notes> Batvia, Kane
      Illinois;
      Bernard J Cigrand 64
      Alice N Cigrand 59
      Virginia E Cigrand 27

      <1910 Census Description>ED Page <1910 Census Date>1910<1910 Census Place> <1910 Census Notes> Chicago
      Bernard J Cigrand 43
      Alice N Cigrand 38
      Joyce A Cigrand 17
      Elroy F Cigrand 15
      Elaine B Cigrand 9
      Virginia E Cigrand 7

      <1880 Census Description>Page <1880 Census Date>1880<1880 Census Place> <1880 Census Notes> Fredonia WI;
      Nicholas Cigrand 49
      Susan Cigrand 43
      Anna Cigrand 20
      Peter Cigrand 19
      Katherine Cigrand 15
      Bernard Cigrand 13
      Nicholas Rodesh 17

      Noted events in his life were:
      * He is listed in the 1880 Census ?
      * He is listed in the 1910 Census.
      * Other Info or Eventsdated Jun 14, 1916 Flag Day proclaimed National Day of Observance after 31 years of crusading by Bernard J. Cigrand.
      * He is listed in the 1930 Census. ?

      Bernard married Alice Unknown about 1890. Alice was born about 1871 in , , Michigan, USA and died before 1971. They had four children: Joyce, Elroy, Elaine, and Virginia.
      4-Joyce Cigrand was born about 1893 in , , Illinois, USA and died before 1993.
      4-Elroy Cigrand was born about 1895 in , , Illinois, USA and died before 1995.
      4-Elaine Cigrand was born about 1900 in , , Illinois, USA and died before 2000.
      4-Virginia Cigrand was born about 1903 in , , Illinois, USA and died before 2003.
    Reference Number 3931 
    Person ID I310968  1FamilyTree
    Last Modified 2 Sep 2018 

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Oct 1866 - Waubeka, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps1880 Census - 1880 - Fredonia, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps1910 Census - 1910 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOther Info or Events - Flag Day proclaimed National Day of Observance after 31 years of crusading by Bernard J. Cigrand. - 14 Jun 1916 - Cedarburg, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps1930 Census - 1930 - Batavia, Kane, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
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