Wilhelmine Catharine Dorothea Rohlfs

Brief Life History of Wilhelmine Catharine Dorothea

When Wilhelmine Catharine Dorothea Rohlfs was born on 3 May 1843, in Böhme, Fallingbostel, Hanover, Prussia, Germany, her father, Heinrich Adolph Rohlfes, was 32 and her mother, Ilse Sophie Marie Schröder, was 38. She had at least 1 daughter with Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Fedderke. She died on 8 August 1924, in Township of Maine, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 81.

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Family Time Line

August Reichenberg
1840–
Wilhelmine Catharine Dorothea Rohlfs
1843–1924
Sophia L Reichenburg
1871–1962
Heinrich Henry Carl Reichenberg
1872–1920

Sources (3)

  • Whilehemia Rohlefs in entry for Henry C. Reichenberg, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994"
  • Whilehemia Rohlefs in entry for Henry C Reichenberg, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994"
  • Wilhelmina R...Fst in entry for Henry C Reichenberg, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"

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Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Claus, Fritz, Heinz, Kurt, Otto.

German: patronymic from Rohlf .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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