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Madora Martha Louisa (Last) Berger (1898 - 1979)

Madora Martha Louisa (Dora) Berger formerly Last aka Thielke
Born in Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 26 Jul 1919 in Port Washington, Ozaukee, Wisconsinmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , and [private son (1930s - unknown)]
Died at age 81 in Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United Statesmap
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Biography

Madora Martha Louisa Last was born on 14 May 1898 in Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States, daughter of Carl Friedrich Herman Last (1851–1926) and Augusta Johanna Wilhelmine Luedtke (1863–1963).[1]

Dora (21) married Arthur Frederick Thielke (27) (born on 10 April 1892 in Grafton; son of Hans Joachim Martin Thielke and Wilhelmine C (Rathke) Thielke) on 26 July 1919 in Port Washington, Ozaukee. Their children were:

Dora died on 10 September 1979 in Grafton, aged 81. She was buried in Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Grafton, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin.[2] [3]

DNA Confirmation

  • Paternal relationship is confirmed by a 23andMe test match between Brian Zalewski and Jeske-68, his 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Carl Last and Augusta Luedtke, the great great grandparents of Brian Zalewski and great great grandparents of Jeske-68. Predicted relationship from 23andMe: 3rd Cousins, based on sharing 43 cM (0.57%) across 3 segments.
  • Maternal relationship is confirmed by a 23andMe test match between Brian Zalewski and Jeske-68, his 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Carl Last and Augusta Luedtke, the great great grandparents of Brian Zalewski and great great grandparents of Jeske-68. Predicted relationship from 23andMe: 3rd Cousins, based on sharing 43 cM (0.57%) across 3 segments.

Sources

  1. Medora Martha Louisa Last, birth certificate Vol 7 Page 323 (1898), Register of Deeds, Port Washington, Wisconsin.
  2. Madora Berger, death certificate (long form) 64 (1979), Department of Health - Bureau of Vital Statistics, , Madison, Dane Co., Wisconsin.
  3. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 March 2021), memorial page for Madora Martha Louise Last Thielke (13 May 1898–10 Sep 1979), Find A Grave: Memorial #5189151, citing Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Grafton, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, USA ; Maintained by Brian Zalewski (contributor 37741715) .

See also:

  • 1900 U.S. Census, federal, pop. sch., Town of Grafton, Ozaukee Co., Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 16, Sheet 13B, h.262 f.274, Medora Last; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1325221 : accessed 3 March 2010); iting NARA microfilm publication T623. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
  • Midora Last, 1905, Wisconsin, pop. sch., p.6, Grafton, Ozaukee Co., f.76; Wisconsin State Census, 1905. Microfilm, 44 reels. Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin., FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1443899.
  • 1910 US Census, federal, pop. sch., Town of Grafton, Ozaukee Co., Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 85, p. 17B, h.145 f.151, Medora Last; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1727033 : accessed 2 June 2010); Citing NARA microfilm publication T624. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
  • 1920 U.S. Census, federal, pop. sch., Ward 9, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 121, p.8, h.57 f.97, Dora Thielke; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1488411 : accessed 21 July 2009); Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920; (National Archives Microfilm Publication T625, 2076 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
  • 1930 US Census, federal, pop. sch., Village of Grafton, Ozaukee Co., Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 45-8, Sheet 4B, H.93 F.100, Madora Thielk; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1810731 : accessed 3 February 2010); citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
  • 1940 U.S. Census, federal, pop. sch., Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 45-8, Sheet 11A, Household 219, Madora Thielke; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2000219 : accessed 2 April 2012); citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
  • 1950 U.S. Census, federal, Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 45-11, Sheet 11, h.97, Madora M Thielke entry in Arthur Thielke household; digital images, NARA (https://1950census.archives.gov/ : accessed 1 April 2022).
  • Wisconsin FHL microfilm 1,306,425, "Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1708703 : accessed 9 October 2010), Medora Martha Louisa Last, Batch C00326-6, Source 1305141, Ref item 3 p 495.
  • Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, Proof of Heirship of Augusta Last, Dora Last Thielke daughter of Augusta Last; LeRoy Thielke,




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