Augusta Wilhelmine Caroline (Koch) Liebenow (1861 - 1947)

Born 13 Dec 1861 in Penkun, Vorpommern-Greifswalder, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Ancestors

Daughter of Ernest Friedrich Albert Koch and Christine (Schassow) Koch

Descendants

Died 4 Apr 1947 at age 85 in Watertown, Jefferson Co., Wisconsin

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Biography

Wisconsin State Journal, Friday, April 4, 1947

"Mrs. Augusta Liebenow LAKE MILLS- Mrs. Augusta Liebenow, 85, resident of the Town of London, died this morning at a Watertown hospital after a week's illness.

Born in Germany, she came to this country as a young girl and was married in Pittsburgh at the age of 20. Shortly thereafter, she moved with her husband to Jefferson county and the couple lived on various farms in the county before retirement in London.

Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Edward Riedeman, and Mrs. Albert Mavis, London, Mrs. Frank Hahn, Lake Mills, and Mrs. Alex Reynolds, Madison; two sons, Paul, Ft. Atkinson, and Rudolph, Lake Mills, and 12 grandchildren.

The body was taken to the Hoskins funeral home, Lake Mills."

DNA

• Augusta's paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Augusta's great-granddaughter Alice Annen and her third cousin, C.K. Their MRCA are Ernest Friedrich Albert Koch and Christine Schossow. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 4th cousins, based on sharing 85 cM across 7 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.

Sources

• Marriage record from Smithfield St. Evangelical church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Death record from Wisconsin State Vital records office