Posts Tagged ‘Dettloff’

On This Day … 12 June

1851 – August Hoeninghausen was born in Germany 161 years ago to Joseph Hoeninghausen & Susanna Kessler.  (1st cousin 4x removed)

1897 – Zygmunt Nowak was born in Michigan 115 years ago.  (husband of greataunt, Martha Hallman)

1901 – John Ostrowski was born in Detroit, Michigan 111 years ago to John Ostrowski & Frances Karschnia.  (great-granduncle)

1932 – Anna Detlaff Soik died 80 years ago in Alpena, Mchigan.  She was 70 years old.  (2nd great-grandaunt)

1941 – Kathryn Hayes Mccraney died 71 years ago in Joliet, Illinois.  She was 64 years old.  (great-grandaunt)

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On This Day … 11 June

1818 – Anton Detlaff was born in Putzig, Prussia 194 years ago to George Detlaff and Marianna Budzisz.  (3rd great-grandfather)

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On This Day … 7 June

1886 – August Soik was born in Posen, Michigan 126 years ago to Anthony Soik & Anna Dettloff.  (1st cousin 3x removed)

1887 – William Hammer was born in Pennsylvania 125 years ago.  (husband of Eulalia Kessler, 1st cousin 3x removed)

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On This Day … 6 June

1787 -  Anton Boyke was born  in Putzig, Prussia 225 years ago.  (4th great-grandfather)

1801 – Frank Lennemann was born in Germany 211 years ago.  (husband of Elisabeth Schulte, 4th great-grandaunt)

1812 – Christina Klein died in Putzig, Prussia 200 years ago at a month old.  Her grieving parents are Joseph Klein & Susanna Drewa.  (3rd great-grandaunt)

1848 – Anthony Soik was born 164 years ago.  (husband of Anna Dettloff, 2nd great-grandaunt)

1896 – Claude Peach was born in St. Ignace, Michigan 116 years ago to Otto Peach & Emma Hanson.  (2nd cousin 3x removed)

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On This Day … 5 June

1874 – Albert Schulte was born in Detroit, Michigan 138 years ago to August Schulte & Wilhelmina Raass.  (2nd great grand-uncle)

1882 -  Anthony Soik (33) married Anna Dettloff (20) in Posen, Michigan 130 years ago.  (2nd great-grandaunt)

1910 -  Josephine Szcerowski was born 102 years ago.  (wife of Leo Hincka, 1st cousin 2x removed)

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Sympathy Saturday – Dorothea Dettloff Hincka


Dorothea Dettloff Hincka died of heart disease on December 12, 1898 at the youthful age of 51 years old.  She was born in Putzig, Prussia to Anton Dettloff and Constantia Klein and married in Detroit, Michigan to Frank Hincka.  She was a farmer’s wife and the mother of 4 children.  She rests unmarked in St. Casimir Cemetery in Posen, Presque Isle, Michigan.  (2nd great-grandmother)

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Spotlight Sunday – Dorothea Dettloff


Name:  Dorothea Dettloff

Birthday:  August 25, 1845

Parents:  Anton Dettloff & Constantia Klein

Relationship:  Married to Frank Hincka, mother of 4 children

Hometown:  Putzig, West Prussia, Germany

Current Residence:  Posen, Presque Isle, Michigan

Education:  unable to read or write

Occupation:  farmer’s wife, mother

Death:  December 12, 1898

Cemetery:  St. Casimir Catholic Cemetery in Posen, Michigan

Relationship to me:  She is my 2nd Great-Grandmother

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