Posts Tagged ‘Klein’

On This Day … 28 October

1818 – John Klein was born in Putzig, Prussia 194 years ago to Joseph Klein & Susanna Drewa.  (3rd great-granduncle)

1859 – Christine Ostrowski was born in Prussia 153 years ago to Martin Ostrowski & Elizabeth Kolpe.  (1st cousin 4x removed)

1883 – John Klepaczyk died of consumption 129 years ago in Detroit, Michigan.  He was 52 years old.

1891 – Katie Hammang (29) married Charles Schlicher (25) in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 121 years ago.  (1st cousin 4x removed)

1900 – Hugh Havey was born in Michigan 112 years ago to Hugh Havey & Louisa Assmann.  (2nd cousin 3x removed)

1923 – Harry Durecki was born in Rogers City, Michigan 89 years ago to Frank Durecki & Frances Hincka.  (2nd cousin 1x removed)

1960 – Frances Watson Sinyard died 52 years ago in Santa Cruz, California.  She was 82 years old.  (wife of William Joseph Sinyard, 2nd great-granduncle)

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On This Day … 22 June

1813 – Catharina Klein was born in Prussia 199 years ago to Joseph Klein & Susanna Drewa.  (3rd great-grandaunt)

1925 -  Josephine Hincka died 87 years ago in Presque Isle, Michigan.  She was 21 years old.  (1st cousin 2x removed)

1947 – Marianna Ostrowski Klebba died 65 years ago in Detroit, Michigan.  She was 83 years old.  (2nd great-grandaunt)

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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 … 28 May

1824 – Adam Klein was born in Putzig, Prussia 188 years ago to Joseph Klein & Susanna Drewa.  (3rd great-granduncle)

1889 – Martha Angel was born in Michigan 123 years ago.  (wife of August Ostrowski, 2nd cousin 3x 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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