Second Generation

5. Johann Samuel PROCHNOW was christened on 15 August 1826 in Hansfelde, Kreis Filehne, Posen Province, Preussen (Prussia).² He was born on 6 August 1828 in Hansfelde, Kreis Filehne, Posen Province, Preussen (Prussia).^1,3,7 (His birth year may have been 1826.) He emigrated on 9 October 1881 from Gornitz, Kreis Filehne, Bromberg Regierungsbezirk (District), Posen Province, Preussen (Prussia).^1,8 After 7 November 1881 Johann was a farmer in Oakdale, Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.¹ He died on 31 December 1918 at the age of 90 in Oakdale, Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.^1,7 He was buried in Clifton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ in the St. Peter's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Indian Creek.

Johann Samuel PROCHNOW and Wilhelmine SCHULZ were married on 13 May 1856 in Preussen (Prussia).^1,8 Wilhelmine SCHULZ, daughter of Michael SCHULZ and Anna Christina MANTHEY, was born on 9 October 1823 in Gruenfier, Kreis Filehne, Bromberg Regierungsbezirk (District), Posen Province, Preussen (Prussia).^1,7 She emigrated on 9 October 1881 from Posen Province, Preussen (Prussia).^1,9 She emigrated from Bremen to New York City. She died on 12 December 1914 at the age of 91 in Oakdale, Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.^1,7,10 Wilhelmine was buried in Clifton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ in the St. Peter's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Indian Creek.

Johann Samuel PROCHNOW and Wilhelmine SCHULZ had the following children: