Karolina Schlenker

Brief Life History of Karolina

When Karolina Schlenker was born on 2 June 1856, in Luzhanka, Bessarabia, Russian Empire, her father, Johann Martin Schlenker, was 36 and her mother, Katharina Kohler, was 32. She married August Kern about 1878. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Sharon, Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States for about 20 years and Sharon Township, Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States in 1940. She died on 28 August 1943, at the age of 87, and was buried in Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States.

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Family Time Line

August Kern
1857–1935
Karolina Schlenker
1856–1943
Marriage: about 1878
Theresa Kern
1880–1957
Otto Kern
1882–1882
Edward Kern
1883–1883
Louisa Kern
1884–
Johann Kern
1887–1887
Lydia Kern
1887–1977
Regina Kern
1891–
Robert Kern
1893–
Bertha Kern
1895–1908
Arthur Emil Kern
1898–1971
Hedwig “Hattie” Alma Kern
1901–1976

Sources (10)

  • Caroline Kern in household of Arthur Kern, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Karolina Schlenker Kern, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Carolina Schlenker in entry for Theresa Kern, "South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2014"

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World Events (8)

1858

Treaty of Aigun signed with China. Northern bank of Amur River ceded to Russia.

1862

Historical Boundaries: 1862: Hutchinson, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Hutchinson, South Dakota, United States

1879

Revolutionary society Land and Liberty splits. People's Will and Black Repartition formed.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Erna, Helmut, Helmuth, Juergen, Manfred, Otto, Ralf.

German:

from Middle High German slenger, slenker ‘slingshot’, an occupational name or a nickname for someone who used a sling to hurl stones.

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

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