Born 1920s.
Ancestors 
Daughter of Adolf Hugo Rudolf Henschke
and Gertrud Ella Frieda (Apelt) Henschke
Sister of
Hermann Hugo Siegfried Henschke, Ella Frieda Edith (Henschke) Rook and Irmgard Edith Ilse (Henschke) Mohnen
Descendants 
Mother of
Anonymous (Jackson) Nichols and [private son (1950s - unknown)]
Died 2010s.
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Biography
Margarete lived in Germany until 22 years old. She met Tom after WWII in Berlin, where she and her grandmother went after leaving her family in eastern Germany. Their home had been destroyed by Russians during the end of the war and she, her mother, sisters and grandmother escaped into the nearby woods, making their way north, her father and brother found them after the war. She worked as a stenographer in Berlin and met Tom through her landlord. She came with him to Chicago in 1947 and were married at his Aunt and Uncle's home.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margarete by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margarete by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Anonymous (Jackson) Nichols
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Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup H2a2b, FTDNA kit #288874
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50.00%
50.00%
Anonymous (Jackson) Nichols :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member katnic25
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #288874
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