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| Birth |
11 Jan 1842 |
Germany |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
1918 |
| Person ID |
I321 |
Our Family |
| Last Modified |
19 Aug 2005 |
| Family |
Ernestina Wolf, b. 17 May 1846, Germany , d. 6 Feb 1916 |
| Married |
WFT Est 1861-1890 |
| Children |
| > | 1. Gust Henke, b. 1 Apr 1866, Germany , d. 28 Sep 1956 |
| > | 2. Frederick(Karl) Henke, b. 23 Feb 1874, Lindenwerder, Germany , d. 16 Aug 1915, Buried In Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Emerald Twp, MN  |
| > | 3. Emma Henke, b. 3 Oct 1877, Lindenwerder, Posen, Germany , d. 18 May 1919, Lindenwerder, Posen, Germany  |
| > | 4. Emil Rudolph Henke, b. 12 Mar 1884, Lindenwerder, Posen, Germany , d. 29 May 1967, Blue Earth, Minnesota  |
| > | 5. Bernhardt Otto Henke, b. 16 Jun 1886, Lindenwerder, Posen, Germany , d. 24 Sep 1969, Amery, Wisconsin  |
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| Last Modified |
19 Aug 2005 |
| Family ID |
F72 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
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The Carl Henke family lived in Lindenwerder, Germany, which was located in the area of Europe that History books refer to as the "Polish Corridor". Lindenwerder is at the present time called Lipiagora, Poland (since WWII). It is a small village on the Notec River.
Emil and Frederick Henke sailed for the US from Bremen, Germany, on the ship Kaiserin Maria Teresa. They arrived in New York (Ellis Island) on October 8, 1902 and reached Faribault County, MN, on October 11, 1902. They worked on farms and helped farmers thresh grain.
In 1905, Emil went back to Germany to visit his parents. He was persuaded, by his mother, to fulfill his military training. After he and Bernhard had completed their military service, he, accpompained by Bernhard, returned to the US on the Ship (Amerika?) arriving in 1909.
In the meantime Fred had married adn rented the farm owned by Mrs. Emil
Schwartz in the Blue Earth Vicinity. Fred was not well so Bernhart helped him on his farm.
Emil lived in Kiester, MN, where he worked for a blacksmith named Yost. After his marriage he eventually moved to Blue Earth, MN, where he bought into a blacksmith shop.
Fred died of tuberculosis in August 1915; his wife and children moved to town (Blue Earth) to live. A couple years later, Fred's widow married Bernhart and they moved to Deer Park, Wisconisn, where they purchased a farm.
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