PHOTOS FROM GLASS NEGATIVES

WILLIAM LEVERENZ


William Leverenz

From Calumet county marriage records:
Willie Joachim Leverenz and Isabelle Nicholson (v.3 p.190)
Married Feb. 12, 1896 in Protestant Episcopal ceremony, 
Town of Charlestown, Calumet County
Willie Joachim Leverenz
Son of Joachim Leverenz and Wilhelmina Bastian
Born Town of Charlestown, Calumet County –farmer 
Isabelle Nicholson
Daughter of George Nicholson and Catherine Neuman
Born Town of Charlestown, Calumet County
Witnesses Frank Nicholson and Emma Leverenz
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From Sheboygan county death records:
Isabelle Leverenz nee Nickelsen (v.87 p.128)
Widow [of William Leverenz]
March 13, 1874-April 19, 1966
Daughter of George Nickelsen and Katherine [last name not known]
Born Wisconsin
Died from “arteriosclerotic heart disease, 2 months 
   –arteriosclerosis, 10 years –cancer of the breasts, 3 years”
Buried at Waldo Cemetery, Town of Lyndon, Sheb. County
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From Sheboygan county death records:
William Leverenz (v.69 p.247)
Husband of Isabelle Nickelsen
April 5, 1870-July 7, 1957
Son of John Leverenz with mother unknown
Born Wisconsin –farmer 
Died from “drawning, sudden –suicide at home in Village
   of Waldo –self inflicted –fell in cistern”
Buried at the Waldo Cemetery, Sheboygan County

ANNA (STRUCK) LIBKE


Anna (Struck) Libke

From Calumet county marriage records:
Henry Libke and Annie Struck (v.3 p.24)
Married Nov. 14, 1885 in civil ceremony in Town of New Holstein
Henry Libke
Son of Max H. Libke and Anna Harder
Farmer –born Town of New Holstein
Annie Struck
Daughter of Jurgen Struck and Ernestine Hanski
Born Town of Charlestown, Calumet County
Witnesses Auguste Freese and William Stoffel
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From Calumet county death records:
Henry Libke (v.9 p.586)
Husband of Annie Struck
Feb. 6, 1860-June 22, 1936
Son of Max Henry Libke and Anna Elizabeth Harder (both born Germany)
Farmer –born Town of New Holstein
Died from “suicide by hanging with rope by neck, 6-22-1936”
Buried at Elkhart Lake Cemetery 
[is actually buried with wife at New Holstein]
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New Holstein - (Special) -
Mrs. Henry Libke, nee Anna Struck, passed away at 6:30 a.m. today at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Walter Fluhr, town of Schleswig.
She was born Jan. 28, 1864, in the town of Charlestown, daughter of Jurgen
and Ernestine Struck, and was married Nov. 14, 1885, to Henry Libke.
They made their home on a farm one mile east of here, which is now owned by
a son, Hugo Libke. In 1912 the couple moved to New Holstein and lived on E.
Wisconsin avenue until Mr. Libke's death June 22, 1936.
Since that time she had lived with her daughter. Survivors are her daughter 
and two sons, Hugo, this city, and Werner, Fond du Lac; six grandchildren,
three great-grandchildren, three brothers, Carl, New Holstein; John, 
Cottonwood, Ida., and August, Elkhart Lake.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Erbe-Hoffmann Funeral
home. The body will be in state from Tuesday until time of services. The Rev.
Mr. Ayers, of the Presbyterian congregation in Chilton, will officiate, and
interment will be in the New Holstein city cemetery.
She was a member of the New Holstein Cemetery Ladies' Aid.
(No name of newspaper or date on obituary)
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From Manitowoc county death records:
Anna Libke nee Struck (v.34 p.487)
Wife of Henry Libke
Jan. 28, 1864-July 7, 1941
Daughter of Jurgen Struck and Ernestine Hanske (both born Germany)
Born Town of Charlestown, Calumet County
Died from "endocarditis -cerebral softening"
Buried at the New Holstein Cemetery

HERMAN LIBKE


Herman Libke

From Calumet county marriage records:
Herman Libke and Augusta Freese (v.3 p.31)
Aug. 21, 1886 in civil ceremony, Town of New Holstein
Witnesses: Edward Hennings and Dorothea Buhl
Herman Libke
Son of Max H. Libke and Anna Harder
Born Town of New Holstein
Augusta Freese
Daughter of Asmus Henry Freese and Maria Soca Doose
Born Germany
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From Calumet county death records:
Herman Libke (v.3 p.22)
Nov. 28, 1861-May 14, 1898
Husband of Auguste Freese
Son of Marx Henry Libke and Anna Elisabeth Harder 
(both born Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Born Town of New Holstein –“machine agent”
Died from “consumption, a few months”
Buried at New Holstein Cemetery
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This is the mother of Herman Libke:
From Calumet county death records:
Anna E. Libke nee Harder (v.5 p.672)
Widow
March 19, 1833-June 9, 1911
Daughter of Claus Harder and ? Platt (both born Germany)
Born Germany
Died from “endocarditis”
Buried at New Holstein