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Dorathea Margaretha <I>Wittenberg</I> Rolf

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Dorathea Margaretha Wittenberg Rolf

Birth
Osgood, Ripley County, Indiana, USA
Death
15 Aug 1936 (aged 83)
Pratt, Pratt County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Iuka, Pratt County, Kansas, USA
Plot
Plot 349
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Biography:
Dora M., 17 and William Rolf, 24 were married on 28 December 1869 in Indiana. William immigrated to the United States from Germany with his parents Henry and Adeline Rolf as an infant. He became a naturalized citizen.
William served in the Civil War 1862-1866 and served in Company K, Indiana 26th Infantry Regiment.
They migrated to Kansas soon after their marriage and homesteaded a farm near Iuka, Pratt County, Kansas. They had 13 living children. They were divorced in 1897 and he migrated alone to California at the age of 52.

CHILDREN:
John Henry 1870-1952, Fred James 1872-1943, Marie 1873-1876, Willie 1875-1875, Sophia Carrie 1876-1877, Margaret Addie 1878-1904, Anna Mary 1880-1947, George 1881-1881, Robert William 1882-1940, Harry George 1884-1951, Clara Mabel 1885-1974, Frank 1886-1886, Grace Laura 1887-1901, Edgar David 1888-1925, Cora May 1889-1975, Ernest Clarence 1891-1892, James Walter 1892-1991, Herbert Charles 1893-1919, Raymond Edward 1894-1990, and Baby Rolf 1897-1897.

(Sources: U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 and from the report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, and Ancestry Documents.)

Submitted by ClanLogan, FAG 48430598
Biography:
Dora M., 17 and William Rolf, 24 were married on 28 December 1869 in Indiana. William immigrated to the United States from Germany with his parents Henry and Adeline Rolf as an infant. He became a naturalized citizen.
William served in the Civil War 1862-1866 and served in Company K, Indiana 26th Infantry Regiment.
They migrated to Kansas soon after their marriage and homesteaded a farm near Iuka, Pratt County, Kansas. They had 13 living children. They were divorced in 1897 and he migrated alone to California at the age of 52.

CHILDREN:
John Henry 1870-1952, Fred James 1872-1943, Marie 1873-1876, Willie 1875-1875, Sophia Carrie 1876-1877, Margaret Addie 1878-1904, Anna Mary 1880-1947, George 1881-1881, Robert William 1882-1940, Harry George 1884-1951, Clara Mabel 1885-1974, Frank 1886-1886, Grace Laura 1887-1901, Edgar David 1888-1925, Cora May 1889-1975, Ernest Clarence 1891-1892, James Walter 1892-1991, Herbert Charles 1893-1919, Raymond Edward 1894-1990, and Baby Rolf 1897-1897.

(Sources: U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 and from the report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana, and Ancestry Documents.)

Submitted by ClanLogan, FAG 48430598

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