Brief Life History of Wilhelmine
When Wilhelmine Seeger was born on 23 October 1863, in Altensteig, Nagold, Württemberg, Germany, her father, Johann Friedrich Seeger, was 36 and her mother, Luise Christine Riemlen, was 35. She married August Haertlein on 18 September 1883, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States in 1900. She was buried in Stuttgart, Württemberg, Germany.
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Sources (17)
- Minnie Haertlein in household of Angus Haertlein, "United States Census, 1900"
- Wilhelmina Seeger, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Minnie in entry for Edwin H. Heartline, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
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1864
War: Prussia and Austria vs. Denmark.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Heinz, Willi, Aloys, Fritz, Guenter, Gunter, Hans, Hildegarde, Horst, Konrad, Otto.
German, Danish, and Dutch: from the ancient Germanic personal name Sigiheri, composed of the elements sigi ‘victory’ + heri ‘army’.
South German: variant of Sager .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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