First Generation


1. Johann "John" PINGEL Sr. was born (date unknown).

Johann "John" PINGEL Sr. and Maria Elizabeth Dorothea WARNKE were married before 1840 in Mecklenburg-Schwerin Province, Preussen (Prussia).1 Maria Elizabeth Dorothea WARNKE was born in 1805 in Spornitz Amt Neustadt, Mecklenburg-Schwerin Province, Preussen (Prussia).2,3 She appeared in the census in 1860 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.4 She was living with her son Carl and his family. Living in the next household is "Cris" Miller, age 31, born in Mecklenburg. He may have been another of her sons. She appeared in the census in 1870 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.5 She was living with her son Carl and his family. Maria died on 15 April 1874 at the age of 69.6 She was buried on 17 April 1874.2

Johann "John" PINGEL Sr. and Maria Elizabeth Dorothea WARNKE had the following children:

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i.

Johannes Karl "John" PINGEL Jr..

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ii.

Maria Elizabeth Dorothea "Mary" PINGEL.

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iii.

Joachim C. C. PINGEL.