Caroline (Unknown) Klitzke (1823 - 1910)

Born 10 Nov 1823 in Pomerania, Prussia, Germany

Descendants

Died 24 Mar 1910 at age 86 in Sauk, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Caroline, also Karoline, was born 10 Nov 1823 in Germany.^[1]

She married August Ferdinand Klitzke and they had the following children:

1. August Ferdinand Fredrick Klitzke (b. 1847)
2. Carl Friedrich "Fred" William Klitzke (b. 1850)
3. Charles Klitzke (b. 1855).

On 9 May 1877 Caroline, Ferdinand, and Carl were arriving from Bremen, Germany on the steamship SS Nurnberg. Their last legal address was in Pomerania. "Country Claiming Allegiance" is United States of America. ^[2]

In 1880 Caroline and her husband August Ferdinand were residing in Reedsburg, Wisconsin with their son August and his family. Their son Charles was also residing at this home. ^[3]

She passed away on 24 Mar 1910 at age 86. She is buried at the Saint Peters Evangelical Lutheran Church in Reedsburg, Wisconsin.^[1]

Grave marker

MUTTER - Aberich weis das mein klöser lebet und er ... mich hernach aus .... (MOTHER - But I know that my monastery is alive and he ... afterwards from me ....)^[1]

Notes

It is possible her family name was Schattschneider or some equivalent.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find A Grave: Memorial #145310878 for Karoline Klitkze
2. ↑ Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists Index, 1820-1897, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9F-668W : 16 March 2018), Caroline Klitzke, 1877; citing NARA microfilm publication M327 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 417,283.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNHN-RP8 : 20 February 2021), Caroline Kletzke in household of August Kletzke, Reedsburg, Sauk, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district ED 260, sheet 214D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,446.