Wilhelmine Schulz

(October 9, 1823 - December 12, 1914)
Wilhelmine Schulz|b. Oct 9, 1823\nd. Dec 12, 1914|p152.htm|Michael Schulz||p163.htm|Anna Christina Manthey||p164.htm|||||||||||||

Relationship=Great-grandmother of Janet Grace Neuendorf.
Relationship=Daughter of Michael Schulz.
Charts on which this person appears:
Janet G. Smith (nee Neuendorf) Family Tree
Samuel & Wilhelmina Prochnow
     Wilhelmine Schulz was born on Thursday, October 9, 1823 in Gruenfier, Posen, Preussen, Germany, daughter of Michael Schulz and Anna Christina Manthey.1 Wilhelmine was christened on October 19, 1823 in Gruenfier, Posen, Preussen.2

Wilhelmine married Gotlieb Neuendorf, son of Wilhel Neuendorf, on June 19, 1846 in Gruenfier, Posen, Preussen. They were both 23 years old at the time of their marriage.3,4 Wilhelmine Schulz and Gotlieb had two children; Johan August and Louise Bertha.5

Wilhelmine married Samuel Prochnow (widow of Gotlieb Neuendorf), son of Michael Prochnow and Anna Christina Marten, on May 13, 1856 in Germany.1,6 Four children were born to Wilhelmine and Samuel; Emma, Alvina, Fredrich, Anna.7 Granddaughter Alice Krueger Prell once stated that she had two treasured pictures of the "dear couple."8

Wilhelmine and Samuel emigrated from Germany. They were passengers on the Strassburg, which sailed from Bremen to Baltimore. On the same ship were their two children, Alwine and Friedrich (Bertha's half-sister and half-brother); plus Fredrick and Louise Bertha Krueger and their four children (Herrmann, Emil, Minna, Oswald); and Frederick's mother (Henrietta Breitkreuz Krueger).9,1

Wilhelmine and Samuel immigrated on October 9, 1881 to the USA, and settled on a farm in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, Wisconsin.1,10

Wilhelmine died on Saturday, December 12, 1914 in Wisconsin. She was 91 years old.
Samuel & Wilhelmine Prochnow's Gravestone
She was laid to rest in the St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery in Indian Creek, Clifton Township, Monroe County, Wisconsin.1

Children of Wilhelmine Schulz and Gotlieb Neuendorf

Children of Wilhelmine Schulz and Samuel Prochnow

Citations

  1. [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.
  2. [S12] Family History Library, Online: FamilySearch.org, LDS Research Center . Source Information: Batch Number: 7621622; Sheet: 91; Source Call No.: 1058653; 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.
  3. [S12] Family History Library, Online: FamilySearch.org, LDS Research Center . 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.
  4. [S13] Monroe County Wisconsin Heritage Book Commitee, compiler, Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book (n.p.: Taylor Publishing Company, 1984), #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.
  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. [S12] Family History Library, Online: FamilySearch.org, LDS Research Center . Batch Number: 7628764, Sheet: 54, Source Call No.: 1058785, 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.
  7. [S37] Alice M. Prochnow, Prochnow, Krueger, Neuendorf, Bungert 1790? - 1984 (3833 N Fairview Av, Tucson, AZ 85705-2206: Alice Prochnow, 1984), p.16. Hereinafter cited as Prochnow Family History.
  8. [S13] Monroe County Wisconsin Heritage Book Commitee, compiler, Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book (n.p.: Taylor Publishing Company, 1984), #150, paragraph 4. 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.
  9. [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.
  10. [S37] Alice M. Prochnow, Prochnow, Krueger, Neuendorf, Bungert 1790? - 1984 (3833 N Fairview Av, Tucson, AZ 85705-2206: Alice Prochnow, 1984). Hereinafter cited as Prochnow Family History.
  11. [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.
  12. [S13] Monroe County Wisconsin Heritage Book Commitee, compiler, Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book (n.p.: Taylor Publishing Company, 1984), #124 . 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.
 


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