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Wilhelm R Goetsch

Jul 1842 to aft 1920

Ancestors Parents: Karl Goetsch b. 1810, d.?; mother ?

Albertine Henrietta Radde

Sep 1849 Sochow, Stolp, Pommern, Prussia - after 1920 (?)

<sec><heading>Ancestors</heading><para>Parents: Henrietta Pier b. 14 Sep 1825, Prussia,d.25 Jan 1903, Detroit, MI; Wilhelm Karl Radde b. abt 1815, d.?</para> <para>Grandparents: August Pier b. ?, d.?; Anna Geis b.?, d.?</para></sec> <sec><heading>Descendants</heading><para>Spouse and Children: XX</para></sec>

Christiane Magdalena Dobler

11 Dec 1851 - 10 Nov 1880

Born in Beutelsbach, Waiblingen, Germany, Christiane emigrated with her parents and siblings to the United States in 1853. Born 11 Dec 1851, she was less than 2 years old during the ocean crossing. Her parents, Johannes Dobler and Anna Maria Hubschneider, along with (presumably) her two sisters Anna Maria and Friederike, arrived at Castle Garden, New York on the Samuel Fox on 2 May 1853.

Sarah Ann Appleton

7 June 1855 - 6 Jan 1940

Born in Dover, Racine, Wisconsin; died in Escanaba, Delta, Michigan.

Christian Frederich Ziegler

29 Dec 1831 - 21 Dec 1903

Born in a small town near Stuttgart, Wuerttemberg, Germany, Fred C. emigrated to the United States in 1857, living for 1 year in Ohio before settling in Outagamie County, Wisconsin in 1858. He served in the Civil War for 8 months, fathered 7 children with Anna Maria Koehler, became a successful farmer and prominent citizen. He is considered a pioneer of Outagamie County.

Notes on birth places for Christian and Anna Maria:
Anna Maria – birth place is a town/village near Schwaebisch Hall;
Christian Fred – birth place is a few miles from Anna Maria’s village.

Christoph Kluge

17 Oct 1819 - 9 May 1890

Possibly born in the Posen area of then Germany/Prussia, now Posnan, Poland, Christoph emigrated to the United States in 1865, stopping briefly in New York/Ohio while his twins were born before settling in Outagamie County, Wisconsin by 1868. With his wife Wilhelmine Norwald Kluge, he fathered 10 children, 5 of which were born in Germany.