Samuel Prochnow

(August 6, 1826 - December 31, 1918)
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Samuel & Wilhelmina Prochnow
     Samuel Prochnow was born on Sunday, August 6, 1826 in Filehne Parish, in Hansfelde, Posen, Germany, son of Michael Prochnow and Anna Christina Marten.3 Samuel was christened on August 15, 1826 in Hansfelde Filehne, Posen, Preussen, Germany.4 He was also known as Johann Samuel Prochnow.5

Samuel married Wilhelmine Schulz (widow of Gotlieb Neuendorf), daughter of Michael Schulz and Anna Christina Manthey, on May 13, 1856 in Germany.6,7 Four children were born to Samuel and Wilhelmine; Emma, Alvina, Fredrich, Anna.8 Granddaughter Alice Krueger Prell once stated that she had two treasured pictures of the "dear couple."9

Samuel and Wilhelmine 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).10,6

Samuel and Wilhelmine immigrated on October 9, 1881 to the USA, and settled on a farm in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, Wisconsin.6,5 People recalled that while John (Johann Samuel) was mowing hay, he got one of his fingers caught in the sickle and it was cut off. He picked up the severed finger, placed it on the mower seat, wrapped his handkerchief around his hand, and continued to mow hay until time to go home.11

Samuel died on Tuesday, December 31, 1918 in Oakdale Township at age 92.6
Samuel & Wilhelmine Prochnow's Gravestone
He was laid to rest on Friday, January 3, 1919 in the St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery in Indian Creek, Clifton Township, Monroe County, Wisconsin.6,12

Children of Samuel Prochnow and Wilhelmine Schulz

Citations

  1. [S12] Family History Library, Online: FamilySearch.org, LDS Research Center . Source Information: Batch Number: 7621623 Sheet: 65 Source Call No.:1058600 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.
  2. [S37] Alice M. Prochnow, Prochnow, Krueger, Neuendorf, Bungert 1790? - 1984 (3833 N Fairview Av, Tucson, AZ 85705-2206: Alice Prochnow, 1984), p. 15. Hereinafter cited as Prochnow Family History.
  3. [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.
  4. [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.
  5. [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.
  6. [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.
  7. [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.
  8. [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.
  9. [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.
  10. [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.
  11. [S13] Monroe County Wisconsin Heritage Book Commitee, compiler, Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book (n.p.: Taylor Publishing Company, 1984), #150, par 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.
  12. [S37] Alice M. Prochnow, Prochnow, Krueger, Neuendorf, Bungert 1790? - 1984 (3833 N Fairview Av, Tucson, AZ 85705-2206: Alice Prochnow, 1984), Family Group Sheet. Hereinafter cited as Prochnow Family History.
  13. [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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