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Name | Linda STAPKE Holda |
Date | 10 March 2025 |
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Message | Our Wendish family is from Preilack, Peitz & Turnow, etc. They arrived in Chicago...@ 1881. Immigrant ancestor: Wilhelm Friedrich STAPKE Born: Jan 20 1851 Preilack, Germany. Christening: Feb 4 1851 - Peitz, Wendische Gemeinde Peitz, Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany Death: Apr 11 1926 (at age 75) Chicago, Cook, Illinois, US First wife was Matilda Stapke (born Domrose) Direct line: Lolk or Kolk, Kielow & Killian... Collateral names: Schilka, Teschner, Richter, Huppatz. We have Stapke cousins in Chicago, California Indiana & Florida.  |