JACOB BOEGE Jr.

Jacob Boege

WILHELMINA (FELDT) BOEGE

Wilhelmina Feldt

From Calumet county marriage records:
Jacob Boege and Wilhelmina Feld (v.3 p.63)
Married May 24, 1888 in Reformed Church ceremony in Town of Schleswig
Jacob Boege
Son of Jacob Boege and Ernestine Reimers
Farmer –born Town of Schleswig
Wilhelmina Feld [also spelled Feldt]
Daughter of Daniel Feld and Fridericke Verch
Born Brandenburg, Germany
Witnesses Friedrich Wonkel and Ludwig Kluges
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From Calumet county death records:
Jacob Boege (v.10 p.352)
Widower of Wilhelmina Feldt
Aug. 15, 1863-March 24, 1936
Son of Jacob Boege and Christine [cannot read last name]
Born Town of Schleswig -farmer 
Died from "progressive [can not read] atrophy"
Buried at the Kiel Cemetery
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From Calumet county death records:
Wilhelmina Boege nee Feldt (v.? p.152)
Wife of Jacob Boege
Nov. 27, 1862-March 1, 1933
Daughter of Daniel Feldt and Fredericka Verch (both born Germany)
Born Germany
Died from "diabetes mellitus -arteriosclerosis -apoplexy"
Buried at Kiel Cemetery
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Hold Rites for Mrs. Jacob Boege of New Holstein
New Holstein – Funeral services for Mrs. Jacob Boege, who died Wednesday 
morning at her home in New Holstein after an illness of several months, 
will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the home and at 2 o’clock 
at St. John’s Reformed church.  The Rev. A. G. Schmid will officiate and 
burial will be made in the Kiel city cemetery.
The deceased was born November 27, 1862 in Germany and came to America at 
the age of three with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Feldt.  The family 
located in Schleswig, Manitowoc county, and on May 24, 1888 she was married 
to Jacob Boege and they located on a farm near Kiel.  Thirteen years ago the 
couple moved to a farm one mile north of New Holstein and for the past three 
years have made their home in New Holstein.
The survivors are her husband, one son, Otto of the town of New Holstein; two 
daughters, Miss Meta at home, and Mrs. Herman Wendling of Kiel; one brother, 
August of Plymouth; two sisters, Mrs. Fred Winkel of Schleswig, and Mrs. 
Herman Stueven of Fond du Lac.  One son preceded his mother in death.
The Sheboygan Press - Thursday, March 2, 1933 – P. 2
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The following is about John who is the brother of Jacob Boege:
This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" 
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.365-366.

John Boege follows farming in Schleswig township and also deals in 
agricultural implements. He fully realizes that there is no royal road to 
wealth and is placing his dependence upon the safe substantial qualities 
of industry, perseverance and determination. His birth occurred November 
15, 1862, in the township which is still his home, his parents being Jacob 
and Christina (Reimers) Boege. The father was born in 1827 at Beidenfleth 
near Itzehoe, in Prussia, and was a son of Wilhelm Boege, who was an old 
German soldier, serving in the Franco-Prussian wars of the Napoleonic era.
Jacob Boege came to America when a young man of twenty-five years and after
a year spent at Holstein, this state, moved to Illinois, where he worked 
on the railroad near Joliet.  He afterward came to what is known as the 
old farm in Schleswig township and it was here that he married Christina 
Reimers, a daughter of Johann Reimers, who was also a native of Prussia, 
in which country his daughter was born and reared. Mrs. Boege died at the 
age of thirty years when her son John was but seven years of age. He was 
one of two brothers, the other being Jacob Boege, a resident farmer of 
Schleswig township.
John Boege spent his youthful days as a pupil in the public school near his
father's home and began earning his own living by working as a farm hand. 
For eighteen years he was employed in that way, after which he settled at 
Brooklyn Corner, where he opened a saloon and farm implement business in 
1901. There he sold out in 1908 to his son-in-law and at the same time he 
is engaged in general farming and also deals to some extent in agricultural
implements. He has sixty acres of land which he carefully cultivates 
according to modern, progressive methods, so that his place presents a 
neat and attractive appearance and gives every indication of careful 
supervision on the part of the owner.
On the 11th of October, 1883, Mr. Boege was united in marriage to Miss 
Mary Balz, who was born in Schleswig township, Manitowoc county, in 1861, 
and is a daughter of Nicholas and Henrietta Balz, natives of Germany, the 
former now deceased. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Boege have been born four children. 
Anna, the eldest, is the wife of Fritz Duerwaechter, a blacksmith of 
Holstein, by whom she has two children, Reuben and Veiler. Mary is the wife
of Luedwig Duerwaechter, a brother of her sister’s husband, who is now 
living retired in Schleswig township. William is at home. Ella, the 
youngest of the family, is still in school. Mr. Boege has been a lifelong 
resident of Schleswig township, having for a half century been a witness 
of its growth and development, while for a seven years’ period he has been 
actively associated with its agricultural interests. He is a worthy 
representative of the better class of the German-American citizen and his 
sterling traits of character have gained him warm friendships.

SOPHIA (BLIEVERNICHT/STECKER) BOEGE

Sophia (Blievernicht/Stecker) Boege

From Calumet county marriage records:
Jacob Boege, Sr. and Sophie Stecker (v.3 p.109)
Married Sept. 14, 1891 in civil ceremony in Town of New Holstein
Jacob Boege Sr.
Son of John Boege and Rebecca
Born Germany
Sophie Stecker nee Bliesernich
Daughter of John Bliesernich and Dorothera Mueller
Born Germany
Witnesses Charles Duecker and Helen Greveries
[Charles Duecker is a prominent person in town, 
while Helen Greveries seems to be the wife of 
the person performing the marriage!]
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From Manitowoc county marriage records:
STECKER: John
m: 6 Nov. 1859  (co. mar. index v.2 p.77)
to: Sophie Bleivernich
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From Manitowoc county death records:
Jacob Boege Sr. (v.10 p.338)
Married (Husband of Sophia Stecker)
May 16, 1827-Oct. 27, 1909
Son of Martin Boege, with mother unknown (both born Germany)
Born Germany –farmer 
Died from “arteriosclerosis”
Buried at Rockville Cemetery, Town of Schleswig
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From Manitowoc county death records:
Sophia Boege nee Blievernicht (v.13 p.13)
Widower of Jacob Boege (Sr.)
Aug. 10, 1843-Jan. 30, 1915
Daughter of John Blievernicht with mother unknown
Born Germany
Died from “broncho pneumonia –influenza”
Buried at the Rockville Cemetery, Town of Schleswig
(Her first husband was John Stecker-she is buried with Stecker in cem. #84)
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Sophia Stecker Boege had four surviving children from her first marriage to 
John Stecker. Two are sons and two are daughters. There were no children from 
the second marriage. The sons are Louis Stecker and William John Stecker. Both 
of these are buried at the Rockville Cemetery (as is their mother Sophia, along 
with their father John Stecker and their stepfather Jacob Boege). The two 
daughters are Mrs. Charles Duecker and Caroline Stecker Stark. Caroline married 
Frank Stark (Frank Stark is shown in the photos). Frank Stark and his wife 
Caroline Stecker are also buried at Rockville. The only child of Sophia Stecker 
Boege not buried at Rockville is her daughter who married Charles Duecker.
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The obit below is perhaps wrong is stating that Sophia died at the home of her 
sister.  Mrs. Charles Duecker would be a daughter - that is, unless Sophia's 
sister married a Charles Duecker as did her daughter!

SOPHIA (BLIEVERNICHT) STECKER BOEGE
On Saturday night around 8:30 PM, in the home of her sister, Mrs. Charles
Duecker from here, Mrs. Sophia Boege, born Blievernicht, died from a heart
attack. The deceased was one of the pioneer women in this area. Mrs. Boege
was born on August 10, 1843 in Mecklenberg, Schwerin, Germany and at age
13 years came to America with her parents, who first settled in Howards
Grove, but after two years relocated to the Town of Schleswig. In 1860
she married Mr. John Stecker, and the marriage was blessed with three sons
and two daughters, of which one child has died. Her first husband died 32
years ago, and 8 years later she married a second time to Mr. Jacob Boege,
the couple took up residence in Kiel. Her second husband died in 1909. In
the last 15 years she suffered from strokes, and lately she had been
suffering with a cold until Saturday night when a heart attack ended her 
life. She reached the age of 71 years, 5 months and 20 days. She leaves
behind two sons and two daughters, four sisters and one brother, 13
grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. The burial was on Tuesday after-
noon at the Rockville Cemetery, with Pastor Rech giving the memorial
service.

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Joseph Boehnke