Born in Pomerania, Prussia
Daughter of Friedrich K Born
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Wilhelm Hermann Franz Köpke
— married
11 Nov 1875 in Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Ernestine Albertina (Koepke) Braatz
Died
at age 47
in Oconomowoc, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Jul 2021
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Biography
Wilhelmine was born in 1851 to Friedrich K and Melovine Born in Pommern, Preußen. Minnie immigrated to the United States aboard the Goethe from Hamburg, Germany, arriving in New York, New York on 12 Nov 1874. [1] She married Wilhelm Hermann Franz Koepke on 11 Nov 1875 in Jefferson County, Wisconsin. [2] She died 6 Jan 1899 in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. [3] Minnie is buried in LaBelle Cemetery in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin in plot E-963. [4]
Sources
- ↑ United States Germans to America Index, 1850-1897," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDSY-93R : 27 December 2014), Wilhelmine Boon, 12 Nov 1874; citing Germans to America Passenger Data file, 1850-1897, Ship Goethe, departed from Hamburg, arrived in New York, New York, New York, United States, NAID identifier 1746067, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
- ↑ Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR8Z-XZY : 30 January 2020), Wm. K... Franz Koepke, 1875.
- ↑ Wisconsin Death Index, 1820-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJG1-YMH : 12 December 2014), Wilmine Kopke, 06 Jan 1899; from "Wisconsin Deaths, 1820-1907," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing p. 0212, volume 02, Waukesha, Wisconsin, reel 135, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Vital Records Division, Madison.
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9223379/wilhelmine-koepke
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Minnie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Minnie:
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