Posts Tagged ‘Hincka’
On This Day … 19 June
1863 – John Barnes I died 149 years ago in Lemont, Illinois. He was 37 years old.
1879 – August Kessler died in Detroit, Michigan 133 years ago at 10 months old. His grief-stricken parents are William Kessler & Philomina Hengstebeck. (1st cousin 3x removed)
1894 – Roy Velger was born 118 years ago in Detroit, Michigan. (husband of Mamie Ostrowski, great-grandaunt)
1912 – Stewart Sinyard (26) married Mary Hayes (25) in Joliet, Illinois 100 years ago. (great-grandparents)
1953 – Joseph Hincka died 59 years ago in Alpena, Michigan. He was 51 years old. (1st cousin 2x removed)
If you have information about any of these people or if you would like more information, please contact me!
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)
If you have any information on her, or if you would like more information, please contact me!
Wedding Wednesday – Anthony Hincka & Cecilia Strzelecki
Anthony Hincka (22) married Cecilia Strzelecki (21) on October 3, 1898 in Posen, Michigan. They were married in St. Casimere Church by Reverend M. Matkowski. Witnesses were Ladislas Strzelecki and Joseph “Hinska.” (great-granduncle)
If you have information on any of these people or if you would like more information, please contact me!
Spotlight Sunday – 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

