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• Occupation: Tangier, Woodward, Oklahoma, USA
• Reference Number: 545
• Reference Number: Koe2
• Emigration: 31 May 1899, Kronental, North Caucasus, Russia

Notes:

Name:
Lydia Jerke married Sandau wrote
"One of Elizabeth's brothers had immigrated to America before Elizabethand John but had passed away shrortly before they arrived." [see Jerke1,page 11] We know that the John Jerkes immigrated to Granada CO in Dec1907 and that Gottlieb died in March 1907 in Granada CO. We also knowthat Nathalia (Dolly) Koenig, daughter of Gottlieb, had several picturesof the Jerke family which have notes on the back saying either 'uncleJohn and aunt Elizabeth' or 'Dolly's aunt and uncle'. We therfore areassuming that Elizabeth's parents listed on her funeral home record arealso the parents of Gottlieb.

Illness:


About 1905 he developed breathing problems and the doctor in OK said thathe had to go to a drier climate so they moved to Granada CO, likelybecause Jusinta's brother Daniel W. was working on a sugar beet farm inthe area. We know now that he died of TB and that both his father inlaw, Ludwig W. Sr. and his wife Justina also died of TB.

Occupation:
The ship manifest tells us that their sponsor was John Stadler of ElReno, OK and Nathalia's notes tell us that the family soon startedfarming

Emigration:
and sailed from Bremen, Germany May 13, 1899 on the ship 'Kaiser Wilhelmde Gross' with their 2 oldest children arriving Ellis Island, New York||We found Justina's parents and her siblings on the same ship.

Gottlieb married Justina Wonnenberg about 1895 in North Caucasus, Russia. Justina (daughter of Ludwig Wonnenberg, Sr. and Wilhelmina Bauch) was born on 08 Sep 1874 in Rostov, North Caucasus, Russia; died on 31 Dec 1911 in Acme, Kneehill, Alberta, Canada; was buried in Levelland Seven Day Adventist Cemetery, Bieseker, Rocky View, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Daniel Koenig was born on 12 Feb 1896 in Rostov, North Caucasus, Russia; died on 13 Mar 1955 in Medicine Hat, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; was buried on 16 Mar 1955 in Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat, Cypress, Alberta, Canada.
2. Nathalia 'Dolly' Koenig was born on 24 Nov 1898 in Rostov, North Caucasus, Russia; died on 17 Nov 1982 in Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried on 19 Nov 1982 in Didsbury, Mountain View, Alberta, Canada.
3. Dorothy 'Dora' Koenig was born on 17 Sep 1899 in Tangier, Woodward, Oklahoma, USA; died on 17 Apr 1985 in Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried on 19 Apr 1985 in Mountainview Memorial Gardens Cemetary, Calgary, Rocky View, Alberta, Canada.
4. Lydia Koenig was born on 19 Aug 1902 in Tangier, Woodward, Oklahoma, USA; died on 16 Oct 1963 in Essondale, Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; was buried on 19 Oct 1963.
5. Willie Koenig was born on 25 Apr 1904 in Tangier, Woodward, Oklahoma, USA; died on 29 Mar 1907 in Granada, Prowers, Colorado, USA; was buried on 31 Mar 1907 in Granada, Prowers, Colorado, USA.
6. Chris Koenig was born on 24 Nov 1906 in Granada, Prowers, Colorado, USA; died on 07 Jun 1962 in Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; was buried on 11 Jun 1962 in Queens Park Cemetery, Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 80
• Reference Number: KOE3

Jacob married Katherine Seigfried about 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 81
• Reference Number: KOE3