
Person Info
Maria Magdalena Thelen: Birth: 25 JUN 1860 in Marytown, Fon du Lac Co., Wisconsin. Death: 14 AUG 1925 in St. Cloud, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin
Elizabeth Thelen: Birth: 01 OCT 1861 in Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin. Death: 01 FEB 1917 in Sheboygan, Sheyboygan Co., Wisconsin
Peter Thelen: Birth: 04 MAY 1863 in Mount Calvary, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin. Death: 10 JUL 1863 in Mount Calvary, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin
Johann Joseph Thelen: Birth: 26 MAY 1864 in Mount Calvary, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin. Death: UNKNOWN
Peter Thelen: Birth: 16 MAY 1866 in Mount Calvary, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin. Death: 10 AUG 1913 in Mount Calvary, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin
Jacob Thelen: Birth: 25 MAR 1868 in Mount Calvary, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin. Death: AFT 1930
Carl Thelen: Birth: 01 JUL 1870 in Mount Calvary, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin. Death: UNKNOWN
Michael Thelen: Birth: 01 JUL 1870 in Mount Calvary, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin. Death: UNKNOWN
Nicholas Thelen: Birth: 27 AUG 1871 in Mount Calvary, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin. Death: JAN 1872 in Mount Calvary, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin
Anna Maria Thelen: Birth: 23 MAR 1873 in Mount Calvary, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin. Death: 04 MAY 1942 in Big Stone Twp., Big Stone Co., Minnesota
Juliana Thelen: Birth: 26 APR 1875 in Mount Calvary, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin. Death: UNKNOWN
Catharina Thelen: Birth: 10 APR 1877 in Mount Calvary, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin. Death: 1965 in St. Cloud, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin
Gustave Thelen: Birth: 01 AUG 1879 in Mount Calvary, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin. Death: AFT 1900
Mathias Thelen: Birth: 16 AUG 1881 in Mount Calvary, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin. Death: 1952 in Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin
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Note: Catherina was born on December 25, 1842 in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, the fifth of seven known children born to her parents Anton and Christina (Jünger) Knechtges. She immigrated with her family from Wittlebaar (Mittelbaar) Mayen-Koblenz Dist., Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany to Brotherton, Wisconsin in 1852. This is on the eastern bank of Lake Winnebago. In about 1860 she married Johann Thelen. Fourteen children were born to this marriage, all in Fond du Lac County: Maria Magdalena (b. June 25, 1860), Elizabeth (b. Oct. 1, 1861), Peter (b. May 4 1863), Johann Joseph (b. May 26, 1864), Peter (b. May 16, 1866), Jacob (b. Mar. 25, 1868), Carl (b. July 1, 1870), Michael (b. July 1, 1870), Nicholas (b. Aug. 27, 1871), Anna Maria (b. Mar. 23, 1973), Juliana (b. Apr. 26, 1875), Catharina (b. Apr. 10, 1877), Gustave (b. Aug. 1, 1879), and Mathias (b. Aug. 16, 1881). Catharina's first husband Johann died before the birth of their last child on July 25, 1881. On Nov. 25, 1886, Catherina married Nicholas Mihm. Catherina died on October 22, 1894, in Mt. Calvary, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin. She is buried there with her first husband Johann in the Holy Cross Cemetery.- RW ================ From the Emigration Records from the German Eifel Region, 1834-1911; ---- with major emphasis on those emigrants whose final destinations were Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan---; Compiled and Authored by Dr. Hanns Egon Freund; published by the McHenry County, Illinois Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 184, Crystal Lake, Illinois; 1991: Name: Kath. Knechtges Eifel place of origin: Mittelbaar Year of birth: 1843 Year of Immigration: 1852 Destination: Wisconsin Notes: Daughter of Anton Knechtges (born 1799) =============== From the 1880 Federal Census of Marshfield, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, district 50, page 21/ 340a, taken June 12-14, 1880, household 166; from ancestry.com, image 21 of 44. Catherine is listed in the household of her husband: ------ Katherine; female, age- 38, wife, married, occupation- keeping house, born- Prussia, parents born- Prussia =============== From Diane Johnston ([email protected]): Fond Du Lac County Cemeteries Lamartine Township & Marshfield Township 929.5 F732 Holy Cross Cemetery Section 29 Copied August 1975 John Thelen April 23, 1829 -- July 25, 1881 Catharina (Mihn) December 25, 1842 -October 22, 1894 ------------------------ Diane also sent me a photo of the grave headstone for Catherina. She is buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery, in Mt. Calvary, Wisconsin. The location of the cemetery is just off Church Street and Fond du Lac Street, near the intersection of County Road W and Fond du Lac Street. Catherina shares an obelisk shaped headstone with her father Anton Knechtges, and with Catherina's first husband John Thelen. Catherina's side of the headstone reads: Catharina Mihn Geboren (born) d. 25 Dec. 1842 Gest. (died) d. 22 Oct 1894 |
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