Archive for November, 2012

On This Day … 15 November

1784 – Jacob Hildebrandt (22) married Eva Grenk (21) in Putzig, Prussia 228 years ago.  (5th great-grandparents)

1791 – Catharina Gohr was born 221 years ago in Putzig, Prussia to Joseph Gohr & Christina Triebulin.  (4th great-grandmother)

1863 – Franz Lennemann died 149 years ago in Westphalia, Clinton, Michigan.  He was 62 years old.  (Husband of Elisabeth Schulte, 4th great-grandaunt)

1883 – August Schulte (20) married Mary Kessler (25) in Detroit, Michigan 129 years ago.  (2nd great-grandparents)

1884 – Edmund Kessler died 128 year ago in Detroit, Michigan of bowel inflammation.  He was 24 years & single.    (2nd great-granduncle)

1884 -  Joseph Raass died 128 years ago in Detroit, Michigan of “softening of the brain.”  He was 69 years old.  (4th great-grandfather)

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On This Day … 14 November

1886 – Dora Kessler was born 126 years ago in Detroit, Michigan to William Kessler & Catherine Hengstebeck.  (1st cousin 3x removed)

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On This Day … 12 November

1825 – Eva Grenk Hildebrandt died 187 years ago in Putzig, Prussia.  She was 70 years old.  (5th great-grandmother)

1854 – Martin Ostrowski (24) married Elizabeth Kolpe (26) in Putzig, Prussia 158 years ago.  (3rd great-granduncle)

1941 – Roy Velger died 71 years ago.  He was 47 years old.  (husband of great-grandaunt, Mamie Ostrowski)

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On This Day … 11 November

1822 – Christopher Brueggemann was born in Germany 190 years ago to Franz Brueggemann & Catharine Assmann.  (1st cousin 5x removed)

1885 – Mary Lotty Gawalecki was born 127 years ago in Poland.  (wife of great-granduncle, August Hallman)

1900- Helena Brandt Rinke died 112 years ago in Detroit, Michigan.  She was 63 years old.  (wife of 3rd great-granduncle, Franz Schulte)

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On This Day … 10 November

1788 – Joseph Gohr (32) married Christina Triebulin (26) in Putzig, Prussia 224 years ago.  Witnesses were Martin Gohr and Adam Marszaulk.  (5th great-grandparents)

1844 -  Anton Dettloff (26) married Constantia Klein (28) in Putzig, Prussia 168 years ago.  Witnesses were Joseph Dettlaf and Jacob Hbraw.  (3rd great-grandparents)

1884 – Edmund Kessler was born in Detroit, Michigan 128 years ago to William Kessler & Catherine Hengstebeck.  (1st cousin 3x removed)

1915 -  Leroy Fisher was born in Lincoln, Michigan 97 years ago to Andrew Fisher & Wilhelmina Raass.  (2nd cousin 3x removed)

1925 -  Thelma Fisher died 87 years ago in Arenac County, Michigan.  She was only 22 years old, and the oldest child of Andrew Fisher & Wilhelmina Raass.  (2nd cousin 3x removed)

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On This Day … 9 November

1825 – Rosalia Boyke was born in Putzig, Prussia 187 years ago to Anton Boyke & Catharine Gohr.  (3rd great-grandaunt)

1848 – Mary Roof was born in Montgomery County, Ohio 163 years ago to Andrew Roof & Mary Warren.

1893 – Ella Hoeninghausen (17) married George Hoffman (34) in Detroit, Michigan 119 years ago.  (2nd cousin 3x removed)

1897 – Anthony Gohr died 115 years ago in Detroit, Michigan.  He was only 38 years old.  (1st cousin 4x removed)

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On This Day … 8 November

1950 – Anna Hallman Syrowik died 62 years ago in Detroit, Michigan.  She was only 44 years old.  (grandaunt)

1961 -  Clement Kessler died 51 years ago in Detroit, Michigan.  He was 97 years old. (2nd great-granduncle)

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