Louise Bertha Neuendorf1

(January 10, 1851 - January 20, 1882)
Louise Bertha Neuendorf|b. Jan 10, 1851\nd. Jan 20, 1882|p149.htm|Gotlieb Neuendorf|b. about 1823|p151.htm|Wilhelmine Schulz|b. Oct 9, 1823\nd. Dec 12, 1914|p152.htm|Wilhel Neuendorf||p873.htm||||Michael Schulz||p163.htm|Anna C. Manthey||p164.htm|

Relationship=Grandaunt of Janet Grace Neuendorf.
Relationship=Granddaughter of Wilhel Neuendorf.
Relationship=Granddaughter of Michael Schulz.
     Louise Bertha Neuendorf was born on Friday, January 10, 1851, daughter of Gotlieb Neuendorf and Wilhelmine Schulz.4 Louise was christened on January 18, 1851 in Gornitz, Posen, Preussen, Germany.4

Louise married Frederick Krueger, son of Johann Christian Krueger and Anne Rosine Henrietta Breitkreuz.2

Louise Bertha Neuendorf and Frederick Krueger emigrated from Germany. Louise Bertha and Frederick were passengers on the Strassburg, which sailed from Bremen to Baltimore. She is listed as Bertha Krueger. He is listed as Friedrich Krueger. On the same ship were their four children (Herrmann, Emil, Minna, Oswald); Frederick's mother (Henrietta Breitkreuz Krueger); Bertha's mother (Wilhelmine [nee Schulz] Neuendorf Prochnow) and stepfather (Samuel Prochnow); plus their two children, Alwine and Friedrich (Bertha's half-sister and half-brother).5,6 Louise Bertha Neuendorf and Frederick Krueger immigrated on October 9, 1881 to the USA, and settled on a farm in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, Wisconsin.6,7

Louise and Frederick purchased a 160 acre farm on December 29, 1881 from Wenzel and Anna Kaplan. The farm was located two miles south of Oakdale on County Trunk N.5

Bertha died on Friday, January 20, 1882 on their recentyly purchased farm in Monroe County, Wisconsin. She was 31 years old. She was killed by a falling tree that was to be used as fuel in heating water for a pig slaughtering the next day.5 She was laid to rest in the Oakdale Cemetery in Oakdale, Monroe County, Wisconsin.5

On April 8, 1901, her daughter, Minnie, married Carl Julius Gehrke.8

Children of Louise Bertha Neuendorf and Frederick Krueger

Citations

  1. [S37] Alice M. Prochnow, Prochnow, Krueger, Neuendorf, Bungert 1790? - 1984 (3833 N Fairview Av, Tucson, AZ 85705-2206: Alice Prochnow, 1984), p. 43, 43b. Hereinafter cited as Prochnow Family History.
  2. [S13] Monroe County Wisconsin Heritage Book Commitee, compiler, Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book (n.p.: Taylor Publishing Company, 1984). Hereinafter cited as Monroe Co, WI Heritage Book. Order from Monroe County Local History Room, Monroe County Heritage Book, Rt 2 Box 21, Sparta, Wisconsin 54656.
  3. [S13] Monroe County Wisconsin Heritage Book Commitee, compiler, Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book (n.p.: Taylor Publishing Company, 1984), #123, #150. Hereinafter cited as Monroe Co, WI Heritage Book. Order from Monroe County Local History Room, Monroe County Heritage Book, Rt 2 Box 21, Sparta, Wisconsin 54656.
  4. [S12] Family History Library, Online: FamilySearch.org, LDS Research Center . Source Information: Batch Number: 7619117 Sheet: 96 Source Call No.: 1058571 Type: Film. Note: Unverified information, added here only as a suggestion as I continue researching this family line. Please conduct your own research before quoting it as fact.
  5. [S13] Monroe County Wisconsin Heritage Book Commitee, compiler, Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book (n.p.: Taylor Publishing Company, 1984), #123. Hereinafter cited as Monroe Co, WI Heritage Book. Order from Monroe County Local History Room, Monroe County Heritage Book, Rt 2 Box 21, Sparta, Wisconsin 54656.
  6. [S37] Alice M. Prochnow, Prochnow, Krueger, Neuendorf, Bungert 1790? - 1984 (3833 N Fairview Av, Tucson, AZ 85705-2206: Alice Prochnow, 1984), Addendum - Strassburg Ship list, Germans to America, Vol. 40 August 1881-Oct 1881, by Ira A. Glazier and pl Willliam Filby. Hereinafter cited as Prochnow Family History.
  7. [S13] Monroe County Wisconsin Heritage Book Commitee, compiler, Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book (n.p.: Taylor Publishing Company, 1984), #149. Hereinafter cited as Monroe Co, WI Heritage Book. Order from Monroe County Local History Room, Monroe County Heritage Book, Rt 2 Box 21, Sparta, Wisconsin 54656.
  8. [S37] Alice M. Prochnow, Prochnow, Krueger, Neuendorf, Bungert 1790? - 1984 (3833 N Fairview Av, Tucson, AZ 85705-2206: Alice Prochnow, 1984), p.36, 37, 38b. Hereinafter cited as Prochnow Family History.
 


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