Author Archive

1859 – Mary Katherine Kessler was born in Wisconsin 154 years ago to Christopher Kessler & Anna Mary Assmann.  (2nd great-grandmother)

1887 – Alvah Blodgett was born  in Detroit, Michigan 126 years ago to William Blodgett & Mary Crowley.  (husband of Vera McDonagh, 2nd cousin 3x removed)

1898 – John Ostrowski (37) married Frances Karschnia (18) in Detroit, Michigan 115 years ago.  (2nd great-grandfather)

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1906 – Rosa Chesney (26) married Daniel Grimes (24) in Saginaw, Michigan 107 years ago.

1912 – Anton Kwart died of pneumonia 101 years ago in Detroit, Michigan.  He was 44 years old.  (2nd great-granduncle)

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1875 – Michael Kauthen was born in Fayette, Michigan 138 years ago to William Kauthen & Anna Hanson.  (2nd cousin 3x removed)

1906 – Jesse Oldfield was born in Illinois 107 years ago to Charles Oldfield & Rose Sinyard.  (1st cousin 3x removed)

1911 – Edmund Blank was born 102 years ago.  (husband of Clara Hallman, 1st cousin 2x removed)

1913 – Robert Reinhart died 100 years ago in Ypsilanti, Michigan.  He was 72 years old.  (husband of Ida Hoeninghausen, 2nd cousin 3x removed)

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1910 – Samuel Bittles died 103 years ago in Illinois.  He was 77 years old.  (3rd great-granduncle)

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1866 – Margaret Bittles was born in Illinois 147 years ago to James Bittles & Margaret Reid.  (1st cousin 4x removed)

1871 – Joseph & Julianna Hallman were born in Prussia 142 years ago to Anton Hallman & Henrietta Kreft.  (great-granduncle & aunt)

1883 – Etta Kauthen was born in Garden, Michigan 130 years ago to William Kauthen & Anna Hanson.  (2nd cousin 3x removed)

1893 – Annie Kwart was born in Detroit, Michigan 120 years ago to John Kwart Jr. & Martha Kraus.  (1st cousin 3x removed)

1903 – Albert Raass (27) married Katie Fisher (30) in Fulton County, Ohio 110 years ago.  (1st cousin 4x removed)

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1875 – Franz Hincka (25) married Dorothea Detlaff (29) in Detroit, Michigan 138 years ago.

1882 – John F. Sinyard (23) married Mary A. Bittles (17) at her father’s house in Lemont, Illinois 131 years ago.  (2nd great-grandparents)

1885 – John Ostrowski (24) married Elisabeth Lachovsky (18) in Detroit, Michigan 128 years ago.

1904 – Julia Chesney was born in Michigan 109 years ago to Joseph Chesney & Elizabeth Uttech.

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1918 – Alice Schulte died in Detroit, Michigan of scarlet fever 95 years ago at 4 years old.  Her grief-stricken parents are Edmund Schulte & Lillian Ostrowski.  (grandaunt)

1937 – August Schulte (24) married Stella Miller (22) in Michigan 76 years ago.  (grandparents)

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