Our Family History
The Genealogy of the Caauwe and Sommerfeld Families
Adolph Sommerfeld
1892 - 1980 (87 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. Adolph Sommerfeld was born on 15 Oct 1892 in Plainview, Ne (son of Gustav Herman Sommerfeld and J D Auguste Engelke); died on 12 Aug 1980 in Plainview, Ne. Family/Spouse: Ella Grace Lewis. Ella was born on 4 Aug 1895. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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]
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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. 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.
- 1. 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.
Generation: 3
4. Christian Sommerfeld was born about 1820 in Prussia, Germany. Christian + Charlotte Herman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Charlotte Herman Children:
- 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.
- 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.
- Emilie Sommerfeld was born on 6 Feb 1850; died on 27 Apr 1927 in Nebraska.
- 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.
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]
7. 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.
- 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.
- 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.