You should be able to get parish records for the place of birth, perhaps by writing to the parish, as it's not that long ago, and they should be quite legible. German church records are better than English ones usually, have more detail.
I think you have a lot of info, and should be able to get somewhere, so don't give up!
I found mine when I never ever thought I would. In the beginning, all I had was "possibly father was German", not even a first name. But certs and English censuses gave me a name, a region of Germany, and a year of birth in the 1860s. After 2 years, I found my family, and we are now in regular communication.
Here is a list of churches in the area:
http://www.kirche-itzehoe.de/kirchen.htmSorry it's in German. It might help narrow it down if you knew what denomination they likely belonged to, or at least whether Catholic or Protestant, or if you could make an educated guess.
The German phone book online through
www.infobel.com lists one person with the surname VOGELEY living in Itzehoe today. We are not allowed to post the names of living persons, so you will have to look him up yourself. There are only 218 private listings for VOGELEY in Germany, so that is not a lot to get through, relatively speaking. There is one for VOGELY.