Born in Germany
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Friedrich Althof
— married
Oct 1854 in Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois, United States
Descendants 
Died
at age 73
in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States
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Biography
She is immigrated to the US on 2 May 1854 from Germany and headed to Freeport, Illinois. This is where she met and married Frederick Althof the son of Louis and Mary Althof from Northern Germany in Oct of 1854 in Freeport, Illinois. In 1864 They purchased 140 acres in Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Her husband had a sucessful farming career. He and Sophia had six sons and three daughters: Frederick, August, Henry, Charles, Albert, Otto, Sophia, Fredricka "Reke" and Anna.
Possible full name -- "Wilhelmina Sophia Luise" Schaefer Althof
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