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Richard Augusta Christian Sommerfeld

Richard Augusta Christian Sommerfeld

Male 1883 - 1971  (87 years)


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  1. 1.  Richard Augusta Christian SommerfeldRichard Augusta Christian Sommerfeld was born on 3 Aug 1883 in Lindsay, Platte Co., NE (son of Gustav Herman Sommerfeld and J D Auguste Engelke); died on 24 Jul 1971 in Norfolk, NE; was buried in Norfolk, Ne.

    Richard married Helen Hedwig Reichel on 8 Nov 1923 in Gregory Co., SD. Helen (daughter of Christian Reichel, Jr and Barbara Katherina Louise Blakkolb) was born on 18 Feb 1897 in Naper, NE; died on 14 Nov 1968 in Norfolk, NE; was buried in Norfolk, Ne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Reba Arlene Sommerfeld was born on 31 Jul 1924 in Norfolk, Ne; died on 25 May 2014 in Norfolk, Ne; was buried in Hillcrest Memorial Park, Norfolk, Ne.
    2. LeRoy Richard Sommerfeld was born on 13 Oct 1929 in Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska, United States; died on 12 Jan 2003 in Norfolk, NE; was buried in Norfolk, NE.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Gustav Herman Sommerfeld was born on 27 Apr 1853 in Pommern, Ger (son of Christian Sommerfeld and Charlotte Herman); died on 3 Aug 1919 in Newman Grove, NE; was buried in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Lindsay, Ne.

    Gustav married J D Auguste Engelke on 23 Nov 1880 in Madison Co, NE (At Ohio and Missouri Synod Church, later destroyed). J (daughter of Julius Engelke and Mathilda Auguste Zimmerman) was born on 25 Jan 1859 in Hanover, Ger; died on 16 Dec 1898 in Homestead farm near Newman Grove, Nebraska; was buried in Not buried beside her husband as she was Catholic. Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Lindsay, Ne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  J D Auguste EngelkeJ D Auguste Engelke was born on 25 Jan 1859 in Hanover, Ger (daughter of Julius Engelke and Mathilda Auguste Zimmerman); died on 16 Dec 1898 in Homestead farm near Newman Grove, Nebraska; was buried in Not buried beside her husband as she was Catholic. Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Lindsay, Ne.
    Children:
    1. 1. Richard Augusta Christian Sommerfeld was born on 3 Aug 1883 in Lindsay, Platte Co., NE; died on 24 Jul 1971 in Norfolk, NE; was buried in Norfolk, Ne.
    2. Otto Theodore Sommerfeld was born on 25 Dec 1885 in West Virginia, United States; died on 1 Mar 1976 in Nebraska, United States.
    3. Albert Gustave Sommerfeld was born on 29 Jun 1888 in Lindsay, Platte Co., NE; died on 11 Jan 1979 in Norfolk, NE.
    4. Emma Wilhelmine Ida Sommerfeld was born on 24 Aug 1890; died on 18 Sep 1968; was buried in Tabor Lutheran Cemetary.
    5. Adolph Sommerfeld was born on 15 Oct 1892 in Plainview, Ne; died on 12 Aug 1980 in Plainview, Ne.
    6. Ida Louise Sommerfeld was born on 10 Apr 1895; died on 27 Apr 1987 in York, NE.
    7. Anna Sommerfeld was born on 5 Oct 1898; died on 23 Mar 1995; was buried in Longmont, CO.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Christian Sommerfeld was born about 1820 in Prussia, Germany.

    Christian + Charlotte Herman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Charlotte Herman
    Children:
    1. Augusta Helen Sommerfeld was born on 6 Apr 1843 in Germany; died on 9 Jul 1930 in Kalamazoo, Madison Co., Ne; was buried in Kalamazoo, Madison Co., Ne.
    2. Wilhelmine Sommerfeld was born on 3 Feb 1849 in Pommern, Ger; died on 26 Sep 1923 in Nebraska; was buried in St Paul's Cem., Platte Co., Ne.
    3. Emilie Sommerfeld was born on 6 Feb 1850; died on 27 Apr 1927 in Nebraska.
    4. 2. Gustav Herman Sommerfeld was born on 27 Apr 1853 in Pommern, Ger; died on 3 Aug 1919 in Newman Grove, NE; was buried in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Lindsay, Ne.

  3. 6.  Julius Engelke was born in Nov 1833 in Prussia, Germany; died on 27 Apr 1916 in Omaha, Ne.

    Julius + Mathilda Auguste Zimmerman. Mathilda was born in 1833 in Germany; died in 1904 in Omaha, NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Mathilda Auguste Zimmerman was born in 1833 in Germany; died in 1904 in Omaha, NE.
    Children:
    1. Herman Engelke
    2. M. I. Emile Engelke was born on 26 Jul 1858 in Prussia, Germany; died on 13 May 1892 in Omaha, NE.
    3. Augusta Engelke was born on 26 Jul 1858 in Prussia, Germany.
    4. 3. J D Auguste Engelke was born on 25 Jan 1859 in Hanover, Ger; died on 16 Dec 1898 in Homestead farm near Newman Grove, Nebraska; was buried in Not buried beside her husband as she was Catholic. Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Lindsay, Ne.
    5. Louise Engelke was born in Jul 1866 in Prussia, Germany.
    6. Hermann Fredrick Engelke was born on 31 Mar 1868 in Dransfeld, anover, Prussia; died on 24 Dec 1943 in Omaha, NE.


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