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Caroline Magdalena <I>Faetke</I> Schroeder

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Caroline Magdalena Faetke Schroeder

Birth
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Death
24 Aug 1890 (aged 82)
Preston, Richardson County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Jefferson Township, Richardson County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
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Marriage registration data from the small village of Neu-Sagast, Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany:
Marriage Neu-Sagast 1827 No. 1
Name of groom: Johann Friedrich Christoph Schroeder from Marnitz, 27 years old.
His father: Georg Christoph Schroeder, baker in Marnitz.
Name of the bride: Caroline Magdalene Faetke, 22 years old.
Her father: Heinrich Valentin Faetke, agriculturer (Kolonist), carpenter (Tischlermeister) and mayor (Oberschulze) in Neu-Sagast.
Day of marriage: 23.04.1827.
[end of marr. record]

May 15, 1853, they and 3 of their children, Charles, Sophie and Henriette left for America. Their oldest son, Fredrick Wilhelm, left for New York, NY with his wife Louise Oct 27, 1854. Within a couple years they had all settled in Clayton Co., Iowa. The father, Johann, passed away there in 1863. The two daughters married and remained in Clayton County. The two sons moved west, Fred Wilhelm [with his 2nd wife & 3 kids] to Nebraska in 1866, and Charles [with his wife & 2 kids] to Kansas in 1868. Some years later the mother, Magdalena [Caroline], came west to live with her sons & their families.


From the United Library in Evanston, ILL; from microfilm of the "Christliche Botschafter", Oct 6, 1890 issue [translated]:
    "Schröder: Mother Magdalena Schröder joined God and his people, as we hope. Mother Sch. died at the house of one of her sons. She was a member of our congregation in Preston, Nebraska, and died at the age of 82 years, 11 months, and 9 days. The disease which she only had to suffer from for a few days was dysentery. Four children mourn her death. May God unite them all again in front of his throne!"
Marriage registration data from the small village of Neu-Sagast, Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany:
Marriage Neu-Sagast 1827 No. 1
Name of groom: Johann Friedrich Christoph Schroeder from Marnitz, 27 years old.
His father: Georg Christoph Schroeder, baker in Marnitz.
Name of the bride: Caroline Magdalene Faetke, 22 years old.
Her father: Heinrich Valentin Faetke, agriculturer (Kolonist), carpenter (Tischlermeister) and mayor (Oberschulze) in Neu-Sagast.
Day of marriage: 23.04.1827.
[end of marr. record]

May 15, 1853, they and 3 of their children, Charles, Sophie and Henriette left for America. Their oldest son, Fredrick Wilhelm, left for New York, NY with his wife Louise Oct 27, 1854. Within a couple years they had all settled in Clayton Co., Iowa. The father, Johann, passed away there in 1863. The two daughters married and remained in Clayton County. The two sons moved west, Fred Wilhelm [with his 2nd wife & 3 kids] to Nebraska in 1866, and Charles [with his wife & 2 kids] to Kansas in 1868. Some years later the mother, Magdalena [Caroline], came west to live with her sons & their families.


From the United Library in Evanston, ILL; from microfilm of the "Christliche Botschafter", Oct 6, 1890 issue [translated]:
    "Schröder: Mother Magdalena Schröder joined God and his people, as we hope. Mother Sch. died at the house of one of her sons. She was a member of our congregation in Preston, Nebraska, and died at the age of 82 years, 11 months, and 9 days. The disease which she only had to suffer from for a few days was dysentery. Four children mourn her death. May God unite them all again in front of his throne!"

Inscription

To the memory
of our dear mother
MAGDALENA
Wife of
FREDRICK I.
SCHROEDER.
Born
Sep. 14, 1807
Died
Aug. 24, 1890

Gravesite Details

This cemetery is located next to the gravel intersection of 707 Rd. & 657 Ave.



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