Flora (Cottrell) Fowler
From Calumet county marriage records: Henry Fowler and Flora Cottrell (v.3 p.25) Feb. 3, 1886 at Methodist Church, Gravesville, Calumet County Marriage of white and Indian Henry Fowler Son of Benjamin and Hannah Fowler Born Town of Brothertown, Calumet County Flora Cottrell Daughter of Albert and Grace Cottrell Born Town of Brothertown, Calumet County ******* Flora is buried at Brothertown Union Cemetery, Calumet County. Flora M. Fowler -- 1862-1926 Henry C. Fowler -- 1851-1928 Flora's mother is also buried there - don't know where her father is. Grace Ann Cottrell - Dec. 7, 1833-Oct. 3, 1920 ******** Fora's mother: From Calumet county death records: Grace Ann Cottrell nee Crossley (Cal. 7-193) Widow of Albert Cottrell Sept. 1833-Oct. 3, 1920 Daughter of Wm. Crossley and Hannah Dick Born New York Died from “senility –old age” Buried at Town of Brothertown Cemetery, Calumet County
Pauline "Lena" (Hanert) Fox
Pauline Hanert was the 9th child of Joseph Hanert and his wife Jeanette Thomas. Pauline was born Dec. 31, 1875 in the Town of Russell. She died Aug. 23, 1962 in Milwaukee. On June 24, 1903, she married to Leo Patrick Fox at St. John Catholic Church, Green Bay, Brown County. Leo Patrick Fox was born March 12, 1876 in the Town of Buchanan, Outagamie County of Thomas and Mary Fox. He died Nov. 29, 1937 at Chilton, Calumet County. Both Leo and Pauline are buried at St. Augustine Catholic Cemetery, Chilton. Leo was a prominent local lawyer and political leader. Pauline was a teacher in Catholic schools in Kiel and Chilton. -from the Hanert Genealogy
Anna (Schildhauer) Francke
From Calumet county death records: Annie Francke nee Schildhauer (v.16 p.160) Wife of Herman Francke Feb. 22, 1861-Feb. 22, 1962 [died on 101st birthday] Daughter of Joachim Schildhauer and Dorothea Kuehl Born Town of New Holstein Musician and seamstress Died from “myocardial infarction, 30 hours –coronary sclerosis, 25 years –generalized arteriosclerosis, 30 years” Buried at New Holstein Cemetery ******** NEW HOLSTEIN ---Mrs. Annie Francke, the oldest resident at the Calumet Homestead here, died at 8 a.m. today on her 101st birthday. Despite her age, she has been in comparatively good health until a few days ago. Mrs. Francke had the distinction of being not only the oldest resident of the Homestead, but of being its senior citizen. She had been there since shortly after opening July 19, 1957. She was born at New Holstein Feb 22, 1861, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joachim Schildhauer, Mrs. Francke attended schools in New Holstein and later worked as a musician and seamstress. She married Herman Francke at Chicago in 1906. She is survived by her sister, Miss Ellen Schildhauer, who had been her constant companion since both became residents of the home. Services will be at the Erbe-Hoffman Funeral Home, New Holstein, Saturday at 2 p.m. The Rev. Charles A. Koch, pastor of St. John's United Church of Christ, will officiate and burial will be in New Holstein cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 3 p.m. Friday until time of services. Sheboygan Press, Feb 1962 ******** From Calumet county death records: Herman Francke (Calumet 11-229) Husband of Annie Schildhauer Aug. 20, 1853-May 3, 1943 Son of William Francke and Catherine Peters (both born Germany) Farmer –born in Town of Greenbush, Sheboygan County Died from “apoplexy –atheroma of arteries” Buried at New Holstein Cemetery ******** Herman Francke, Nebraska pioneer, died May 2 at New Holstein, Wis., at the age of 89. He was born at Greenbush, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, Aug 21, 1853, son of William and Katherine Francke. In 1870 the family moved to Walton, where Mr. Francke was one of the early Lancaster county farmers, breaking sod with an ox team. In 1906 he was married to Miss Anna Schildhauer of New Holstein. Wis. The couple lived in Lincoln until 1937, when they moved to New Holstein to make their home. Mr. Francke is survived by his wife; a brother, August and sister, Mrs. Laura Wilson, both of Walton, and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted May 6 at Holstein by Rev. A. G. Schmid of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church and interment was made in New Holstein city cemetery. Nebraska State Journal, May 16, 1943 ******** Schildhauer, Joachim B 1 - 24 - 1825 Holstein, Germany D. 3 - 13 - 1921 M. 11 - 23 - 1855 Dorothia Kuehl In 1851 moved to America to go to New Holstein. Was a cabinet maker by trade. 10 children. 1. Herman 1857 - 1927 2. Anne 1861 - 1962 Mrs Herman Franke 3. George 1863 - 1925 4. William 1865 - 1959 5. Clara 1867 - 1956 not married 6. Caroline 1870 - 1950 - Mrs H M Thiessen 7 Edward 1872 - 1953 8. Ellen 1874 - 1968 9. Rudolf 1877 - 1903 10 Henry ? (Note: New Holstein library has boxes full of obits someone wrote on index cards. They went thru all the microfilmed newspapers and put them on index cards/this info from a card)
Frank Franke
From Sheboygan county marriage records: (Sheb. v.7 p.222) May 13, 1893 in German M. E. Chruch, Batavia, Sheboygan County Frank Emund Franke Son of Carl Henry Franke and Friedericke Zaumsegel Born Werdan Ronigreich Sachsen Uphosterer in Chicago, Illinois Lydia Rosina Steuerwald Daughter of Fridrick Steuerwald and Ernestine Eisentraut Born Bavaria, Sheboygan County Witnesses J. O. Steuerwald, Martha Franke and Philipine Jahr