Christian Ludwig Behnke (1818 - 1901)

Born 17 Jan 1818 in Drögennottorf, Lüneburg, Königreich Hannover, Deutscher Bund

Descendants

Died 5 Mar 1901 at age 83 in Ableman, Sauk, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

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Christian Ludwig Behnke was born on 17 Jan 1818 in Drögennottorf, Hanover, Region Hannover, German Confederation. ^[1][2]

Christian and Dorothea Elizabeth Wilhelms were married in 1843 in Germany. They had three children:^[2]

1. Catherine Dorothea Elisabeth
2. William H Behnke
3. Henry Johann Heinrich Friedrich

The family came to America in 1867, and they bought a farm near Ableman, Wisconsin.^[2]

Christian lived in Excelsior township in Ableman Village, Sauk County, Wisconsin with his son Henry and Henry's family. He was widowed at this time.^[3]

In 1900, Christian, aged 83, was widowed and living with his son Henry in the Town of Excelsior, Sauk County, Wisconsin.^[3]

Christian Ludwig Behnke passed away on 5 Mar 1901. He is buried at the Saint Johns Cemetery, in what is now Rock Springs, Wisconsin (Section 3, Row 10).^[1]

Notes

Hanover: Before it became the capital of Lower Saxony in 1946, Hanover was the capital of the Principality of Calenberg (1636–1692), the Electorate of Hanover (1692–1814), the Kingdom of Hanover (1814–1866), the Province of Hanover of the Kingdom of Prussia (1868–1918), the Province of Hanover of the Free State of Prussia (1918–1946) and of the State of Hanover (1946). From 1714 to 1837 Hanover was by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, under their title of the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg (later described as the Elector of Hanover).

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #51677097 for Christian Ludwig Behnke
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} "Sauk County History, Obituaries," (https://saukcountyhistory.org/obituaries-b), Behnke, Christian Ludwig, 17 Jan 1818, Drogen Dorf, Hanover, Germany.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM28-FGL : accessed 25 September 2021), Christian Behre in household of Henry Behre, Excelsior township Ableman village, Sauk, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 132, sheet 15A, family 284, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,816.

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