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On This Day … 23 April

1871 – Peter Hammang (29) married Emma Lauderbach (29) in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 142 years ago.  (1st cousin 4x removed)

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On This Day … 22 April

1903 – Alfred Heck was born 110 years ago.  (husband of Matilda Hincka, 1st cousin 2x removed)

1907 – Mildred Calamia was born in New York 106 years ago.  (wife of great-uncle, Bernard Hallman)

1911 – Albert Strnad was born 102 years ago to Ludwig Strnad & Anna Klepaczyk.

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On This Day … 21 April

1868 – Helena Brandt (30) married Charles Rinke (24) in Detroit, Michigan 145 years ago.  (widow of 3rd great-granduncle, Francis Schulte)

1869 – William Sinyard was born in Michigan 144 years ago to John Sinyard & Eliza Garlick.  (2nd great-granduncle)

1918 – Ella Hayes Reardon died 95 years ago in Joliet, Illinois.  She was 22 years old.  (great-grandaunt)

1920 – Vivian Schulte (20) married George Gibson (23) in Detroit, Michigan 93 years ago.  (1st cousin 3x removed)

1946 – Edward Ostrowski died 67 years ago in Saint Petersburg, Florida.  He was 40 years old.  (great-granduncle)

1951 – Elizabeth Bittles Barnes died 62 years ago in Will County, Illinois.  She was 84 years old.  (2nd great-grandaunt)

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On This Day … 20 April

1908 – Margaret Sinyard (19) married Joseph Brown (37) in Chicago, Illinois 105 years ago.  (great-grandaunt)

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On This Day … 19 April

1875 – Mathias Assmann died 138 years ago in Detroit, Michigan.  He was 89 years old.  (4th great-grandfather)

1913 – Anton Kleiner (23) married Mary Senn (18) in Detroit, Michigan 100 years ago.

1944 – Joseph Bittles died 69 years ago in O’Fallon, Illinois.  He just celebrated his 76th birthday the day before.  (1st cousin 4x removed)

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On This Day … 18 April

1857 – John Amspaugh was born in Ohio 156 years ago to Jonas Amspaugh & Barbara Daubenmeier.

1868 – Joseph Bittles was born in Lemont, Illinois 145 years ago to Samuel Bittles & Lydia Hodges.  (1st cousin 4x removed)

1872 – Anna Hanson (18) married William Kauthen (27) in Delta, Michigan 141 years ago.  (1st cousin 4x removed)

1888 – August Hoeninghausen (36) married Emily Heineman (28) in Ontario, Canada 125 years ago.  (1st cousin 4x removed)

1938 – Dorothy Darga Konwinski died 75 years ago in Alpena, Michigan.  She was 25 years old.  (1st cousin 2x removed)

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On This Day … 16 April

1850 – Anastasia Faitel was born in Austria 163 years ago.  (wife of Vaclav Strnad)

1866 – Samuel Bittles (33) married Lydia Hodges (20) in Joliet, Illinois 147 years ago.  (3rd great-granduncle)

1897 – John Senn was born in Hungary 116 years ago to John Senn & Theresa Kray.

1949 – Edward Sinyard died 64 years ago in Illinois.  He was 55 years old.  (great granduncle)

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