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FRANK THIELKE


Frank Thielke


Frank Thielke

From Manitowoc county marriage records:
Franz F. Thilke and Minna A. M. Voigt (v.6 p.18)
Nov. 24, 1889 in Lutheran ceremony, Town of Schleswig
Franz F. Thilke
Son of Carl Thilke and Sophia Mueller
Born Town of Schleswig –mason
Minna A. M. Voigt
Daughter of Fredrick Voigt and Dorothea Bleivernicht
Born Town of Schleswig
Witnesses Louis Voigt and Ida Zorn
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From Sheboygan county death records:
Frank Ferdinand Thielke (v.54 p.6)
Dec. 30, 1864-March 16, 1947
Husband of Minnie Voigt
Son of Carl Thielke and Sophia Mueller (both born Germany)
Born Town of Schleswig –farmer 
Died from “cerebral hemorrhage, sudden”
Buried at Louis Corners Cemetery, Town of Schleswig
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Frank F. Thielke Of Kiel Is Summoned After An Illness
Frank F. Thielke, 82, died Sunday morning at the home of his daughter-in-law, 
Mrs. Meta Thielke, 1331 N. Fifth street, Sheboygan, after an illness of three 
months.
Born in the town of Schleswig on Dec. 30, 1864, the deceased was married to 
Minnie Voigt on Nov. 24, 1889. Following the marriage, Mr. Thielke operated a 
cheese factory at Louis Corners and for 45 years, in partnership with his son, 
the late Arthur H. Thielke, operated the Louis Corners Guernsey farm.
He was a member of the Manitowoc County Guernsey Breeders association. He also 
followed the mason trade.
Survivors include the daughter-in-law; five grandchildren; one great grandchild, 
and a sister, Mrs. Henry Klemme, Kiel. His wife died March 15, 1940, and his 
only son, Arthur, preceded him in death in September, 1942.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Zion Lutheran Church at 
Louis Corners. The Rev. Harold Grunwald, pastor, will officiate, and burial will 
be made on the family lot in the church cemetery.
Friends may call at the Meiselwitz Funeral home from Tuesday afternoon until 
10 a.m. Wednesday, when the body will be taken to the church. It will lie in 
state there until the time of the service. - 1947
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Mrs. Frank F. Thielke Passes Away Suddenly on Friday
Death suddenly claimed Mrs. Frank F. Thielke, aged 71, at 3:45 a.m. Friday, 
following a very brief illness since Wednesday evening of last week. The 
many relatives, neighbors and friends were shocked when news of her death 
spread through the vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. Thielke on November 24, 1939 had celebrated their golden 
anniversary with a service at the Louis Corners church, and a dinner, where 
many folks gathered to wish them many more years of happily married life, 
never realizing that death would follow that occasion so soon.
Mrs. Thielke, nee Minnie Anna Voigt, was born the daughter of Frederick and 
Dorothea Voigt of the town of Schleswig on September 30, 1868. On December 
26 of the same year she was baptized. The Rev. Martin Denninger confirmed 
the deceased on May 14, 1883, and also officiated at her marriage to Frank 
F. Thielke of Louis Corners on November 24, 1889.
Following their marriage, the couple operated a cheese factory in Louis 
Corners for 11 years, and in 1901 they purchased their present farm home in 
Louis Corners, where she passed away. She had always enjoyed good health, 
until the past Wednesday evening.
Survivors are the widower; and only son, Arthur, who with his family resides 
with his parents; five granddaughters; five brothers, Louis T. Voigt of Collins, 
Theodore and Armie Voigt of Louis Corners, William Voigt of Cleveland, and 
August of Valders, and one sister, Mrs. Henry Schmidt of Louis Corners. One 
brother, Arthur Voigt preceded her in death.
Mrs. Thielke was a charter member of the Frauenverein, and a member of the 
Louis Corners Evangelical Lutheran church of Louis Corners. Mr. Thielke is 
one of the founders of the church.
Funeral services were held on Monday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the 
Meiselwitz Funeral Home and at 2 o'clock services were conducted at the 
Zion Evangelical Lutheran church in Louis Corners, with the Rev. Harold O. 
Grunwald officiating. Burial was made in the adjoining church cemetery.
The church choir rendered the following two hymns: "Fass Meine Hand" and 
"Dein, Wille Herr Gesehe."  Pallbearers were Lester Prange, George Rabe, 
Otto Heidemann, Herman Maurer, Armin Schmidt, and Harry Rabe.
The following people attended the last rites:
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Baehr, O. Beckmann, W. Boelter, G. Thielke, R. Roether, 
Mrs. Ed. Western, Mrs. William Kinney and E. Baumgarten of Thorp; The Rev. 
and Mrs. W. Kuethr of Kewaunee; Mrs. A. E. Vogel of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. 
Louis Marx, L. Marx, Mrs. Arthur Allswede, and Miss Nora Mae Naples of 
Sawyer; Mr. and Mrs. L. Biermann of Sechlerville: Mrs. L. Schram and Mr. 
and Mrs. L. Bourneville of Plymouth: Mr. and Mrs. J. Thielke of Brillion; 
Mr. and Mrs. L. Bender, W. Schreiber and Mrs. L. Schreiber of Mosel; Mr. 
and Mrs. F. Halfinger, M. Stubenrauch, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Minster, Mrs. 
Rudolph Minster and Mrs. Lester Sohn of Sheboygan; Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Sohn 
of School Hill; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Stoltzmann of Hilbert; Mr. and Mrs L. 
Wollersheim and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Mahloch; Clinton Voigt of Beloit; Mr. and 
Mrs. Paul Bruck of Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Louis  Voigt, and Mr. and Mrs. 
Harry Voigt of Collins; Mr. and Mrs. Lester Voigt, August Voigt, and Mr. 
and Mrs. R. Pankratz of Valders; Mr. and Mrs. William Voigt, Mr. and Mrs. 
Alfred Voigt, and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Truttschel of Cleveland; Theodore 
Voigt, Mr. and Mrs. Armie Voigt, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schmidt, Mr. and Mrs. 
Erwin Rabe, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Voland, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Feld, Jr., and Mr. 
and Mrs. P. Schroeder of Louis Corners; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Thielke, Mr. and 
Mrs. Harry Klemme, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Klemme, Mrs. Henry Klemme and Mr. 
and Mrs. John Rabe of here, and many other relatives and friends from 
Sheboygan, Cleveland, Manitowoc, and surrounding cities. - 1940
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CLAUS THIESSEN


Claus Thiessen

Claus Thiessen who died at the Odd Fellows home at Green Bay, Monday,
May 16, was brought here from Milwaukee where the remains were cremated
and interred in the family lot. The deceased was born in Schleswig-
Holstein, Germany, April 28, 1837, and came to America in 1852 with his
parents locating on a large farm near here. In 1859 he was married to
Miss Tiedjens and they went to live on a farm in the town of Eaton. For
several years he was engaged in the hotel business at Kiel later traveling
for a distillery. He was in San Francisco at the time of the earth quake
where he lost all of his property. Being a member of the I.O.O.F. he was
admitted to the home at Green Bay where his death took place.
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Claus Thiessen, who has been an inmate of the Odd Fellows Home at Green
Bay for a number of years died Monday evening of diabetes. He was 75 years
old last month and a pioneer of this section. His remains will be take to
Milwaukee where they will be cremated and then brought here for burial.
Herman C. Thiessen and sister, Mrs. Val Voelker, were called to his bed-
side Monday morning, the former returning on the afternoon train, and later
being informed of his father's death returned to Green Bay Tuesday morning.
(5-24-1911 handwritten on the obit, no newspaper cited)
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From Calumet county marriage records (v.1 p.28)
Claus Thiessen and Catherine Tamms
Claus Thiessen
b: Germany –farmer
p: Matheas and Louisa Thiessen
m: Sept. 9, 1858 in civil ceremony, Town of New Holstein
to: Catherine Tamms
p: Claus and Catherine Tamms
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Claus Thiessen, traveling agent, New Holstein. Born in Schleswig-Holstein,
April 28, 1837. He came to America in 1852 with his parents, coming at once
to Calumet County, and locating in town of Holstein, on a farm of 160 acres,
where his parents still live. In 1859 he married, and went on to a farm of
his own in the town of Eaton, where, by an accident, he lost his right foot.
He then changed his occupation to that of keeping hotel in Kiel, until 1869,
when he took a traveling agency for a grocery house, but since, travels for
the Milwaukee Distillery. While in Winona, Mins., on the 4th of May, 1881,
he was thrown down a flight of ten stairs, suffering a complicated fracture
of the knee. He belongs to the I.O.O.F., and also the Sons of Hermann. His
wife was Miss Tams, of Holstein. They have had nine children, only three
are now living. He was one of a family of seventeen, of which there are
nine living.
From The History of Northern Wisconsin, Vol. II Chicago: Western Historical
Pub. Co., 1881
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NOTE: Claus Thiessen was married to Catherine Tamms. Catherine died in 1901.  
Both Claus and Catherine are buried at New Holstein. The mention that Claus 
Thiessen might have been married to a "Miss Tiedjens" is due to a mistake printed 
in the obit of Claus Thiessen. It should be made clear that Claus Thiessen was 
married to Catherine Tamms.

HERMAN M. THIESSEN


Herman M. Thiessen

From Calumet county marriage records:
Herman M. Thiessen and Caroline Schildhauer (v.3 p.255)
Sept. 16, 1899 in civil ceremony, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Herman M. Thiessen
Son of Peter M. Thiessen and Catherine Glasshoff
Born Town of New Holstein –machinist in New Holstein
Caroline Schildhauer
Daughter of Joachim Schildhauer and Dorothea Kuehl
Born Town of New Holstein
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From Calumet county death records:
Herman M. Thiessen (v.12 p.290)
Sept. 23, 1869-Sept. 22, 1948
Husband of Caroline Schildhauer
Son of Peter Thiessen and Catherine Glasshoff (both born Germany)
Born Town of New Holstein –retired machinist
Died from “taking a cold”
Buried at New Holstein Cemetery
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Herman M. Thiessen, 79, passed away at 6 p.m. Wednesday 
following a short illness.
He was born in town of New Holstein on Sept 23, 1869, the 
son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Thiessen. He spent his entire 
life in New Holstein where he was employed by the Lauson 
division of the Hart-Carter company and the Meili-Blumberg 
Corporation prior to retirement five years ago. He also 
served as a mail carrier on rural route 2 out of New 
Holstein.
He was married to Miss Caroline Schildhauer of New Holstein 
at Milwaukee on Sept. 16, 1899. She survives with a daughter, 
Sabina, in Milwaukee. One son, Elwin, preceded him in death 
on Dec. 18, 1927. Four brothers and two sisters also remain. 
They are Rudolph, Fred, Ernst and Edward Thiessen, Miss 
Mathilda Thiessen and Mrs. August Meyer of Chicago.
The deceased was a member of the New Holstein utility commission 
for several years.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Erbe-
Hoffman Funeral home in New Holstein. The body will lie in state 
from Friday noon to the time of services. Rites will be 
conducted by the Rev. J. R. Seidler of St. John's Evangelical 
and Reformed church. Burial will be made in the city cemetery.
Sheboygan Press, Sept. 23, 1948
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From Calumet county death records:
Caroline S. Thiessen nee Schildhauer (v.12 p.512)
March 21, 1870-March 6, 1950
Daughter of Joachim Schildhauer and Dorothea Kuehl
Born Town of New Holstein
Died from “coronary sclerosis”
Buried at New Holstein Cemtery