Sophie
Nickel
Born about in Mademühlen, Grand Duchy of Hesse
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Knetsch
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Caroline (Knetsch) Priesser, Wilhelmina Knetsch, Henrietta (Knetsch) Esser and Louisa Knetsch
Died
at about age 36
in New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas, United States of America
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Dec 2013
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Biography
Sophie Nickel was born in Mademühlen in the Grand Duchy of Hesse in 1810.
Sophie married Johann Knetsch.
Sophie died in New Braunfels, Texas on June 23, 1852, and was buried in New Braunfels Cemetery, New Braunfels.[1]
Notes
- The Grand Duchy of Hesse was renamed to Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine in 1816, and became the State of Hesse after World War II.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #132694308
- ↑ Wikipedia: Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Robertson, Robert R. Jr., The Bremers & Their Kin In Germany & In Texas, Vols. I & II. Nortex Press, Wichita Falls, Texas: Nortex Press (1977) Page 1492. (Note: ISBN 0-89015-131-8
A copy is held at the Sophienburg Archives, New Braunfels, Texas.)
Acknowledgments
- Thank you to Gordon Golden for creating WikiTree profile Nickel-196 through the import of Fred Hitzfeld ancestors for wikitree201312.ged on Dec 21, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Gordon and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sophie 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 Sophie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sophie 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 Sophie:
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~6.25%
~25.00%
James X 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M010949 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member texas1883
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Gordon Golden :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A314400 [compare], Ancestry member gorgol
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Mark Golden :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mcgolden
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