Koepke, Otto

1860 - 1933  (73 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 12 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Koepke, Otto
  Born	17 Mar 1860	Stetten, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
  Gender	Male
  1900 Census	1900	Center, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Otto Koepke 40 Mary Koepke 38 Minnie Koepke 17 Clara Koepke 16 Mary Koepke 13 Leo C Koepke 12 Arthur Koepke 2 Barbry Bergholz 69 Mother in law
  1905 State Census	1905	Center, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Otto Koepke44 Mary Koepke43 Leo Koepke17 Arthur Koepke7 Malinde Koepke1/6
  1910 Census	1910	Center, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Otto Koepke 50 Mary Koepke 48 Theo Koepke 22 Aurthur Koepke 12 Malinda Koepke 6 Fredrick Frank 16
  Biography	1911
  History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 0713
  OTTO KOEPKE, who has spent many years in Outagamie county engaged in agricultural pursuits, is now farming a property in Center township. He is a son of Ferdinand and Wilhelmina Koepke, natives of Germany, the former of whom served in the army of the Emperor Frederick William during the Franco-Prussian War. Mr. and Mrs. Koepke, with their two sons, Charles and Otto, started for the United States in 1872, but Charles died on the trip coming across the ocean, and the little party left New York for Milwaukee, where a short stop was made, then moving on to Dodge county. After another stop of a year, they came to Outagamie county, and settled in the woods of Cicero township, where the family resided for about fifteen years, and then the parents moved to Appleton. Mr. Koepke is now living in Oshkosh, his wife having died in 1904. They had a family of eight. children, of whom but four are now living . Otto Koepke was twelve years of age when the family came to the United States, his birth having occurred March 17, 1860, and his education was secured in the schools of the Fatherland, and, to use his own words, "in the woods of Outagamie county, chopping wood." At the age of twenty-one years he was married to Mary Bergholtz, daughter of Charles and Sophia Bergholtz, and his father-in-law gave him forty acres of land due south from the family homestead. Here he built a little log house and took his young wife, this being their home for the ten years following, and he then rented his present property, operating it as a tenant for ten years, when he inherited it by will. He has brought it to a high state of cultivation and raises good crops, for which he finds a ready market. It is probable that Mr. Koepke will retire in a short time, feeling that his many years of hard labor entitle him to a rest in his fine home in Appleton, he having bought a residence there some time ago on Winnebago street. Mr. and Mrs. Koepke have had seven children as follows: Rosina, who died in infancy; Minnie, who married Gustave Shueller and has three daughters; Clara, who married Jacob Nolslegel, by whom she had two children; Mata, who married William Meyer and has one child, Milda; and Leo, Arthur and Malinda, all at home. Mr. and Mrs. Koepke are consistent members of the German Lutheran Church.
  	Koepke, Otto Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  1920 Census	1920	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Otto Koepke59 Mary Koepke57 Arthur Koepke22 Malinda Koepke16
  Naturalization	16 Jun 1921
  Outagamie Vol 3 page 76
  Name:Otto Koepke Birth Date:17 Mar 1860 Birth Place:Germany Age at Event:61 Court District:Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa Date of Action:16 Jun 1921
  1930 Census	1930	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Otto Koepke70 Mary Koepke68
  Died	20 Jul 1933	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Obituary	21 Jul 1933
  Appleton Post Crescent
  See Image Otto Koepke Birth date not known. Died: July 20, 1933 Place of Birth: Germany, Obituary Newspaper: Post-Crescent Notice Date: July 21, 1933 Section: Page: 4 Type: OB Cemetery Name: Riverside Location: Appleton, WI Notes age 73
  	Koepke, Otto Obituary APC 7/1933
  Immigration	Unknown
  Buried	Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I206304	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2016

  
  

  Father	Koepke, Ferdinand,   b. Abt 1843, Stetten, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. Abt 1911, Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 68 years)
  Mother	Behrendt, Wilhelmina,   b. 9 Jan 1841, Cochem, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 16 Jun 1904, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F71246	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bergholz, Mary,   b. 1 Oct 1862, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 29 Mar 1939, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Married	15 Oct 1880	, , Wisconsin, USA
  	Koepke, Otto and Mary Bergholtz
  Children	1. Koepke, Mata,   b. Aft 1881,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Koepke, Minnie,   b. Abt 1882,   d. Abt 1934  (Age ~ 52 years) + 3. Koepke, Clara,   b. Abt Jan 1884,   d. Abt 1947, Black Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 62 years) + 4. Koepke, Leo,   b. 20 Nov 1887, Center, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 16 Apr 1978, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 90 years)   5. Koepke, Arthur,   b. 13 Sep 1897, Center, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 9 Dec 1978  (Age 81 years)   6. Koepke, Malinda,   b. 27 Sep 1903, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 11 Jun 1979, Racine, Racine, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2016
  Family ID	F71247	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 17 Mar 1860 - Stetten, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Married - 15 Oct 1880 - , , Wisconsin, USA 1900 Census - 1900 - Center, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1905 State Census - 1905 - Center, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1910 Census - 1910 - Center, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1920 Census - 1920 - Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1930 Census - 1930 - Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Died - 20 Jul 1933 - Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Buried - - Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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