PHOTOS FROM GLASS NEGATIVES

FREDERICK KOEPPEN


Frederick Koeppen

AMELIA (QUANTE) KOEPPEN


Amelia (Quante) Koeppen

FRED AND AMELIA (QUANTE) KOEPPEN


Fred and Amelia (Quante) Koeppen wedding

From Manitowoc county marriage records:
Friederich August Heinrich Koppen [Koeppen] and Emilie Marie Auguste Quante
April 3, 1893 in Lutheran service at residence of Quante, Town of Schleswig
Friederich August Heinrich Koppen
Son of Christian Koppen and Marie Prutter
Born Town of Meeme –carpenter 
Emilie Marie Auguste Quante
Daughter of August Quante and Bertha Zorn
Born Town of Schleswig
Witnesses August Sternbeck and Henry Koppen
(NOTE: The witness Henry Koeppen is a brother to Frederick. Henry was born 
June 30, 1871 and married Emma Ott. Their only child was an adopted son 
named Clarence.
Frederick's father, Christian Koeppen, was married twice. His first wife was 
Maria Prueder. She was the mother to both Frederick and Henry. When Maria died, 
Christian re-married to Wihlemina Wesener. With Wilhelmina, Christian had two children.
Frederick's wife, Emilie Quante, is a sister to the other Quantes shown in photos.)
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From Manitowoc county death records:
Frederick Koeppen (v.31 p.598)
Husband of Amelia Quante
July 22, 1867-Nov. 1, 1937
Son of Christian Koeppen with mother unknown (both born Germany)
Farmer in Town of Meeme
Died from “carcinoma stomach and bowls”
Buried at “Louis Corners Cemetery”
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From Manitowoc county death records:
Amelia Koeppen nee Quante (v.26 p.657)
Wife of Fred Koeppen
Feb. 17, 1870-Oct. 4, 1931
Daughter of August Quante and Bertha Zorn (both born Germany)
Born in Wisconsin
Died from “hypertensive heart disease –myocarditis and 
   chronic nephritis –diabetes mellitus”
Buried at “Louis Corners Cemetery”
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After a lingering illness of about two years, Mrs. Fred Koeppen, 
aged 61, passed away at her home near School Hill Sunday morning 
at about six o'clock. Cause of her death was given as diabetes.
The deceased was born Feb. 10, 1870, in the town of Schleswig, the 
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. August Quante. In 1899 she was 
married to Fred Koeppen, the couple locating on the farm where they 
have since resided. To the union five children were born: Alfred and 
Henry at home, Edgar at Tacoma, Wash., Fred at St. Nazianz, and Mrs. 
Reinhold (flaw in paper) at Manitowoc. Besides her husband, she is 
also survived by a sister, Mrs. August Roehl of Schleswig, and by 
three brothers, August and Rudolph Quante of Schleswig, and Henry 
Quante of Bellingham, Wash.
Funeral services were held this Wednesday from the home, and at the 
Zion Lutheran church at Louis Corners at 2 o'clock, with the Rev. 
Harold O. Grunwald performing the last rites. Burial was in the...


W. Kolen

MARGARETHA (THIEL) KOLING


Margaretha (Thiel) Koling

From Calumet county marriage records:
John Koling and Margaretha Thiel (v.3 p.149)
Nov. 14, 1893 in Catholic ceremony, Chilton
John Koling
Son of William Koling and Elizabeth Thielmann
Born Wisconsin –farmer 
Margaretha Thiel
Daughter of John Thiel an Mary Baden
Born Wisconsin



Marie Kooric