Our Family History
The Genealogy of the Caauwe and Sommerfeld Families
J D Auguste Engelke
1859 - 1898 (39 years)
Generation: 1
1. J 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. J married Gustav Herman Sommerfeld on 23 Nov 1880 in Madison Co, NE (At Ohio and Missouri Synod Church, later destroyed). Gustav (son of Christian Sommerfeld and Charlotte Herman) 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- 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.
- Otto Theodore Sommerfeld was born on 25 Dec 1885 in West Virginia, United States; died on 1 Mar 1976 in Nebraska, United States.
- Albert Gustave Sommerfeld was born on 29 Jun 1888 in Lindsay, Platte Co., NE; died on 11 Jan 1979 in Norfolk, NE.
- Emma Wilhelmine Ida Sommerfeld was born on 24 Aug 1890; died on 18 Sep 1968; was buried in Tabor Lutheran Cemetary.
- Adolph Sommerfeld was born on 15 Oct 1892 in Plainview, Ne; died on 12 Aug 1980 in Plainview, Ne.
- Ida Louise Sommerfeld was born on 10 Apr 1895; died on 27 Apr 1987 in York, NE.
- Anna Sommerfeld was born on 5 Oct 1898; died on 23 Mar 1995; was buried in Longmont, CO.
2. 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]
3. Mathilda Auguste Zimmerman was born in 1833 in Germany; died in 1904 in Omaha, NE. Children:
- Herman Engelke
- M. I. Emile Engelke was born on 26 Jul 1858 in Prussia, Germany; died on 13 May 1892 in Omaha, NE.
- Augusta Engelke was born on 26 Jul 1858 in Prussia, Germany.
- 1. 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.
- Louise Engelke was born in Jul 1866 in Prussia, Germany.
- Hermann Fredrick Engelke was born on 31 Mar 1868 in Dransfeld, anover, Prussia; died on 24 Dec 1943 in Omaha, NE.