First Generation


1. Wencl Henry "Wenzel" KAPLAN was born on 17 September 1849 in Austria.1 About 1880 he was a farmer in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.1 He appeared in the census in 1885 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.2 Wenzel died on 18 February 1901 at the age of 51 in Steele Center, Steele County, MN.3

Wencl Henry "Wenzel" KAPLAN and Anna "Annie" SLAMMER were married.4 Anna "Annie" SLAMMER3,5 was born in January 1852 in Bohemia (Czech Republic).1,3,6 The 1920 Census for her daughter Louisa listed her birth place as Germany. She appeared in the census in 1870 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.3 She died on 16 April 1928 at the age of 76 in Steele Center, Steele County, MN.5

Wencl Henry "Wenzel" KAPLAN and Anna "Annie" SLAMMER had the following children:

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William "Willie" KAPLAN was born about 1871 in Wisconsin.1

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Frank Frederick KAPLAN was born on 25 February 1871 in Wisconsin.1,3 He died on 23 July 1953 at the age of 82 in Cavalier, Pembina County, ND.3

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Louisa A. "Louise" KAPLAN.

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Louis Fred KAPLAN was born in 1876 in Wisconsin.1,3 He died in 1945 at the age of 69.3

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Edward KAPLAN was born (date unknown).

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Emma KAPLAN.

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Eva Vione KAPLAN was born on 21 May 1890 in Monroe County, WI.3,5 She died on 23 May 1933 at the age of 43 in Aurora Township, Steele County, MN.3,5

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John L. KAPLAN was born on 14 March 1882 in Oakdale, Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.3,4 He died on 4 April 1903 at the age of 21 in Oakdale, Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.3,4 He was killed while learning telegraphy at the Oakdale Train Station.