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Hermann Friedrich Herman Sepke

Male 1859 - 1910  (51 years)


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  • Name Hermann Friedrich Herman Sepke  [1, 2
    Born 21 Apr 1859  Rehberg, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Arrival 1888  [2
    Arrival 1888  [1
    Residence 1900  Chicago Ward 9, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 18 Apr 1910  Chicago Ward 12, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    2123 12th Street -- census 
    Died 28 Dec 1910  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Herman Sepke - Death
    Herman Sepke - Death
    married - born 21 Apr 1869 Germany - died at 2 PM - Carpenter from 1901 to 1910 - died at 2123 West 12th Street, Ward 12, where he had resided for 2 years - burial 31 Dec 1910 at Concordia by Rohn & Grahl of 1244 S Ashland Avenue, license number 186 - lived in city, state & US for 22 years [computes to arrival 1878] - parents' names not known - informant William Sepke of same address - cause Dropsy of 3 months duration, contributed to by Cirrhosis of Liver of 7 months duration - John M Lang MD of 1658 S Homan Avenue == https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11741-109635-80
    Buried 31 Dec 1910  Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Concordia Cemetery - Section 9 Lot 1221 - by Rohn & Grahl of 1244 S Ashland Avenue
    Herman Sepke - Death
    Herman Sepke - Death
    married - born 21 Apr 1869 Germany - died at 2 PM - Carpenter from 1901 to 1910 - died at 2123 West 12th Street, Ward 12, where he had resided for 2 years - burial 31 Dec 1910 at Concordia by Rohn & Grahl of 1244 S Ashland Avenue, license number 186 - lived in city, state & US for 22 years [computes to arrival 1878] - parents' names not known - informant William Sepke of same address - cause Dropsy of 3 months duration, contributed to by Cirrhosis of Liver of 7 months duration - John M Lang MD of 1658 S Homan Avenue == https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11741-109635-80
    Person ID I1483  Zurück in der Zeit
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2023 

    Father Joachim Wilhelm Sepke 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Johanne Sophie Dorothee Rock 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F528  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Wilhelmine Auguste Henriette Minnie Haselow,   b. 14 May 1858, Rebelow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1900, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Married 17 Aug 1883  Schwanbeck, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage of Hermann Sepke & Wilhelmine Haselow
    Marriage of Hermann Sepke & Wilhelmine Haselow
    entry #5 in Schwanbeck; Hermann Friedrich Sepke shepherd born at ?Rehberg? 21 April 1859 & Wilhelmine Auguste Henriette Haselow born at Rebelow 14 May 1858, "Der Civilact ging der Trauung unmittelbar ?vorher?"; parents (of groom) worker Joachim Wilhelm Sepke & Johanne Sophie Dorothea born Rock, in Rehberg (of bride) eigenthuemer Carl Friedrich Haselow & Marie Dorothee born Dubbert in Rebelow; married 17 Aug 1883; announced at Schwanbeck the 11 & 12th Sundays ?after Trinity?
    Children 
    +1. Martha Friederike Wilhelmine Martha Sepke,   b. 6 Sep 1883, Schwanbeck, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     2. Hermann August Joachim Friedrich Herman Sepke,   b. 4 Jan 1886, Schwanbeck, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     3. Ida Bertha Caroline Sepke,   b. 5 Jul 1887, Schwanbeck, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 9 Jun 1900, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 12 years)  [natural]
     4. Anna Sepke,   b. 17 Mar 1889, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1900, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 11 years)  [natural]
    +5. William Alvin Willie Sepke,   b. 14 Feb 1891, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1985, Pomona, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)  [natural]
     6. Charles Sepke,   b. 5 Jul 1894, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     7. Wilhelmine Minnie Sepke,   b. 8 Feb 1897, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2023 
    Family ID F504  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Bertha Haselow,   b. Aug 1873, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jul 1907, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years) 
    Married 8 Oct 1904  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • by L. Hoelter, Evangelical Lutheran Pastor
    Marriage of Herman Sepke & Bertha Haselow
    Marriage of Herman Sepke & Bertha Haselow
    by L. Hoelter, Evangelical Lutheran Pastor
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2023 
    Family ID F503  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Friederike Wilhelmine - Fredericka - Staack,   b. 8 Oct 1855, Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 1920, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 13 Jun 1908  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • by Edward Hoelter, Evangelical Lutheran Pastor
    Marriage of Herman Sepke & Friederike (Staack) widow Haselow
    Marriage of Herman Sepke & Friederike (Staack) widow Haselow
    by Edward Hoelter, Evangelical Lutheran Pastor
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2023 
    Family ID F502  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 Apr 1859 - Rehberg, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 17 Aug 1883 - Schwanbeck, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 8 Oct 1904 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 13 Jun 1908 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 28 Dec 1910 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 31 Dec 1910 - Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Birth & Baptism of Ida Sepke
    Birth & Baptism of Ida Sepke
    entry #7; birthplace Schwanbeck; child Ida Bertha Caroline; parents daylaborer Hermann Friedrich Sepke, born 21 April 1859, & Wilhelmine Auguste Henriette, born Haselow, born 14 May 1858, married 17 Aug 1883, cf 4 Jan 1886; born 5 Jul 1887 at 4PM; baptized 31 Jul 1887
    Birth & Baptism of Martha Friederike Wilhelmine Sepke
    Birth & Baptism of Martha Friederike Wilhelmine Sepke
    entry #10; birthplace Schwanbeck; Name Martha Friederike Wilhelmine born 20 days after her parents' marriage; parents shepherd Hermann Friedrich Sepke born 21 April 1859 and Wilhelmine Auguste Henriette born Haselow born 14 May 1858, married 17 Aug 1883; born 6 Sep 1883 at 1 AM; Baptized 14 Oct 1883 -- sponsors: 1 Wilhelm Sepke daylaborer in Siedenbollentin 2 Henriette Sepke, maid in ?Rehberg? 3 Wife of daylaborer Fritz Haselow, Friederike born Staack, of Rebelow
    Marriage of Herman Sepke & Bertha Haselow
    Marriage of Herman Sepke & Bertha Haselow
    by L. Hoelter, Evangelical Lutheran Pastor
    Birth & Baptism of Herman Sepke
    Birth & Baptism of Herman Sepke
    entry #1; birthplace Schwanbeck; child Hermann August Joachim Friedrich; parents daylaborer Hermann Friedr. Sepke, born 21 April 1859, & Wilhelmine Augste Henriette, born Haselow, born 14 May 1858, married 17 Aug 1883, cf 6 Sep 1883; birth 4 Jan 1886 at 6 3/4 AM; baptism 8 Feb 1886
    Marriage of Herman Sepke & Friederike (Staack) widow Haselow
    Marriage of Herman Sepke & Friederike (Staack) widow Haselow
    by Edward Hoelter, Evangelical Lutheran Pastor
    Anna (as Elsa) Sepke - Birth
    Anna (as Elsa) Sepke - Birth
    Elsa Sepke - 159 Hastings - 4th child of mother Wilhelmine Haseloch 33 born Germany - father Herman Sepke 31 born Germany Laborer - by Therese Klengl of 561 West 14th Street == https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11859-73432-55
    Birth of Minnie Sepke
    Birth of Minnie Sepke
    157 Hastings; 7th child of mother; father Herman Sepke, Carpenter, 37 Rehberg Vorpommern; mother Wilhelmine (Haselow) Sepke, 38 Rebelow Vorpommern
    Birth of Charles Sepke
    Birth of Charles Sepke
    186 Hastings, Ward 9; 6th child of mother; father Herman Sepke, Carpenter, 34, Rehberg Vorpommern; mother Wilhelmine (Haselow) Sepke, 35, Rebelow Vorpommern
    Marriage of Hermann Sepke & Wilhelmine Haselow
    Marriage of Hermann Sepke & Wilhelmine Haselow
    entry #5 in Schwanbeck; Hermann Friedrich Sepke shepherd born at ?Rehberg? 21 April 1859 & Wilhelmine Auguste Henriette Haselow born at Rebelow 14 May 1858, "Der Civilact ging der Trauung unmittelbar ?vorher?"; parents (of groom) worker Joachim Wilhelm Sepke & Johanne Sophie Dorothea born Rock, in Rehberg (of bride) eigenthuemer Carl Friedrich Haselow & Marie Dorothee born Dubbert in Rebelow; married 17 Aug 1883; announced at Schwanbeck the 11 & 12th Sundays ?after Trinity?
    Birth of William Sepke
    Birth of William Sepke
    159 Hastings St, Ward 9; 5th child of mother; father Herman Sepke, Carpenter [Schreiner], 31 Rehberg Vorpommern; mother Wilhelmine (Haselow) Sepke, 32 Rebelow Vorpommern
    Herman Sepke - Death
    Herman Sepke - Death
    married - born 21 Apr 1869 Germany - died at 2 PM - Carpenter from 1901 to 1910 - died at 2123 West 12th Street, Ward 12, where he had resided for 2 years - burial 31 Dec 1910 at Concordia by Rohn & Grahl of 1244 S Ashland Avenue, license number 186 - lived in city, state & US for 22 years [computes to arrival 1878] - parents' names not known - informant William Sepke of same address - cause Dropsy of 3 months duration, contributed to by Cirrhosis of Liver of 7 months duration - John M Lang MD of 1658 S Homan Avenue == https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11741-109635-80
    Anna Sepke - Immanuel Church Death and Burial Record
    Anna Sepke - Immanuel Church Death and Burial Record
    Number 4039 (1900 number 37) - died 27 May 1900 aged 11 y 2 m 12 d - burial 1 Jun 1900 [NOTE: civil death record has date of death 29 May, which does correspond to given age and recorded birth date]

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 9, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623_253; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 227.
      Birth date: Feb 1859
      Birth place: Germany
      Marriage date: 1883
      Marriage place:
      Residence date: 1900
      Residence place: Chicago Ward 9, Cook, Illinois
      Arrival date: 1888
      Arrival place:
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=10404300&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1900 United States Federal Census
      1900 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 9, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623_253; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 227.


    2. [S2] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 12, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_253; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 581; Image: 311.
      Birth date: abt 1859
      Birth place: Germany
      Residence date: 1910
      Residence place: Chicago Ward 12, Cook, Illinois
      Arrival date: 1888
      Arrival place:
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910uscenindex&h=4688081&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1910 United States Federal Census
      1910 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 12, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_253; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 581; Image: 311.