Third Generation


17. Dorothea Sophia Friederike "Reacka" WILDE15 was born on 22 April 1822 in Uchtenhagen, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).16,17,18,19 (The 1900 Census listed her birth date as Apr 1823, but her grave stone lists it is 1822. According to the church record of her death, she was 84 years, 5 months and 21 days old when she died. That would put her birth date at 22 April 1822.) (Her given name was spelled as "Fredrike" in the Death Registration Index, but as "Fredericke" in other sources; she was listed as "Eureca" in the 1880 Census.) She was christened in Uchtenhagen, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).2 She emigrated on 15 October 1872 from Bremen, Neidersachsen (Lower Saxony) Province, Preussen (Prussia).2 She landed in America in Baltimore. Reacka appeared in the census in 1880 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.19 She was living with her daughter Wilhelmine and her family. She was Lutheran in 1889 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.20 She is listed in the Communion Register of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.16 She was living with her daughter Wilhelmina and her family. Reacka died on 13 October 1906 at the age of 84 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.17,18,21 She was buried on 16 October 1906 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.17,18 in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery. She has Ancestral File Number 99X8-KSQ.

Dorothea Sophia Friederike "Reacka" WILDE and Johann Friedrich GENSKE were married on 31 October 1850 in Uchtenhagen, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).15,16,22,23 (She was listed in the church Family Register with no spouse or children in 1890. Her married name was listed as "Genska" in the 1900 Census.) Johann Friedrich GENSKE15 was born in September 1821 in Preussen (Prussia).15 The church records indicate that he was 29 years, 1 month old at the time of his marriage. He died on 28 August 1855 at the age of 33 in Uchtenhagen, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).2,19 (His wife was living with their daughter Minna during the 1880 Census, so it is assumed that he died before then.) He was buried on 30 August 1855 in Uchtenhagen, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).2

Dorothea Sophia Friederike "Reacka" WILDE and Johann Friedrich GENSKE had the following children:

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August Friedrich GENSKE was born on 23 May 1852 in Uchtenhagen, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).2 He died on 1 June 1852 at the age of 0 in Uchtenhagen, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).2 He was buried on 4 June 1852 in Uchtenhagen, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).2

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Wilhelm Friedrich GENSKE.

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Dorothea Louise Wilhelmine "Minna" GENSKE.