Bio: Doernenburg Family (Timeline)
Contact: Marsha Hosfeld 
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Doernenburg Family Timeline

 

 

1834 January

Friedrich “Fred” Johann Doernenburg born in Laupendahl, Germany son of Heinrich & Anna Regina (Trappenberg) Doernenburg

1845 May

Wilhelmine “Minna” Doernenburg born in Mintard, Germany, daughter of Johann Wilhelm & Anna Maria Catharina (Kremer) Doernenburg

1864 October

Fred & Minna Doernenburg marry in Kettwig, Germany

1865

Maria “Mary Ann” Doernenburg born in Germany

1865 August

Fred Doernenburg arrives in New York, bound for Wisconsin

1868 October

Minna and Mary Doernenburg arrive in New York

1870 June    

Doernenburg family in Webster Twp., Houghton Co., Michigan

1873 August

Marilla Cowen applies for Homestead of 80 acres, Holton Twp., Marathon Co., (S ½, SW ¼, Sec 32, Twp 29 N, Range 2 E)

1878 November

Fred Doernenburg buys farmland in Marathon County, Wisconsin (NW ¼ NE ¼ Sec 5, Twp 28 N, Range 2 E)

1882 January

Frank Cowen marries Mary Doernenburg in Marathon County, WI *

1883 May

Frank Cowen builds a house in Abbotsford, Clark Co., WI *

1885 January

son Theodore A. Cowen Sr. born to Frank & Mary Cowen

1887 January

son Fred Cowen born to Frank & Mary Cowen

1891 March

after FIRE ?  Frank Cowen buys property in Marathon Co.; from Fred & Louise Walter (adjacent to J. M. Brown / Marilla Cowen property)

1892 October

Ottelia “Tillie” Doernenburg marries Anton Petska in Wood Co., WI

1894

Petronella “Nellie” Doernenburg marries Alonzo Leonard Brooks * and has a son, Arnold Brooks

1894 July

son Archibald Cowen born to Frank & Mary Cowen

1898 February

daughter Minnie Cowen born to Frank & Mary Cowen

1898 March

Mary Doernenburg Cowen dies at her home near Abbotsford *

1904 December

Petronella “Nellie” marries Victor M. Spurney in Clark County, WI *

1906 August

Fred Doernenburg, Jr. marries Sarah Schmidt in Clark County, WI *

1907 May

Sarah Schmidt Doernenburg dies after giving birth to a son, Fred *

1908 September

Fred Doernenburg Jr. marries Louise Hagen in Dorchester, WI *

1909 November

Minna Doernenburg dies at her home in Abbotsford *

1910 March

Theodore Cowen, Sr. marries Elsie Schwermer in Dorchester, WI *

1912 January

Tillie Doernenburg Petska dies in Abbotsford *

1914  

Fred Cowen marries Vera in ?

1917 July

Archie Cowen marries Hazel in Stevens Point, WI

1918 December     

Minnie Cowen marries Dewey Kunde in Milwaukee, WI

1922 April

Fred Doernenburg, Sr. dies at his home in Abbotsford

1922

Edith Doernenburg marries John B. Thompson

1930 November

Frank Cowen dies – funeral in Abbotsford *

1934 October

Fred Doernenburg, Jr. dies in Antigo, WI – funeral in Dorchester *

1940 May

Edith Doernenburg Thompson marries Frederick L. Earl *

1965 June

Edith Doernenburg Thompson Earl dies in Abbotsford *

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* LINKS

 

Marriage: Doernenburg, Mary & Frank Cowen (m. 18 Jan 1882)

http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/data/1/bbs18/18043.htm

 

News: Abbotsford (9 May 1883)

http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/data/1/bbs39/39264.htm

 

Marriage: Doernenburg, Nellie & Alonzo Brooks of Chicago (1894)

http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/data/1/bbs19/19919.htm

 

Obit: Cowen, Mary (1865 - 1898)  photo of tombstone

http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty//clark/data/obits/851.htm

Obit: Cowen, Mary #2 (1865 – 1898)

http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/data/1/bbs41/41672.htm

 

Marriage Index: Victor Spurney & Nellie Doernenburg Brooks (1904)

http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/facts/Marriages/1907pre_groom/Sel.htm

 

Marriage Index: Friedrich Doernenburg & Sarah Schmidt (1906)

http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/facts/Marriages/1907pre_bride/Rot.htm

 

Obit: Doernenburg, Sarah (1907) – Sarah Schmidt Doernenburg

 

Marriage: Hagen, Lizzie & Fred Doernenburg, Jr. (1908)

http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/data/1/bbs12/12151.htm

 

Obit: Doernenburg, Minnie (1909) – Wilhelmina “Minna” Doernenburg   photo of tombstone

http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/data/1/bbs21/21834.htm

http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/data/1/bbs23/23089.htm

 

Marriage: Schwermer, Elsie & Ted Cowen (1910)   photo

http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/data/1/bbs21/21840.htm

 

Obit: Petska, Mrs. A. (15 Jan 1912) – Ottelia “Tillie” Doernenburg Petska

http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/data/1/bbs21/21803.htm

 

Obit: Doernenburg, Fred (4 Oct 1934) – Frederick, Jr.  photo of tombstone

http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/data/1/bbs52/52374.htm  

 

Obit: Thompson, John B. (3 Nov 1936)

http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/data/1/bbs53/53391.htm

http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/data/1/bbs35/35902.htm

http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/data/1/bbs38/38817.htm

Bio: Thompson, John B.

http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/data/1/bbs11/11984.htm

 

Marriage: Thompson, Edith & Fred Earl (1940)

http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/data/1/bbs37/37777.htm

http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/data/1/bbs54/54758.htm

 

Obit: Earl, Edith (2 June 1965) – Edith Doernenburg Thompson Earl

http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/clark/data/1/bbs38/38626.htm

 

Colby Memorial Cemetery Index, Colby Twp., Colby, WI

Frank & Mary Cowen   photo of tombstone

http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/cemeteries/colby/colbymemorial/index/CO.htm

 

Frederick & Wilhelmina Doernenburg   photo of tombstone

http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/cemeteries/colby/colbymemorial/index/DI.htm

 

Dorchester Memorial Cemetery, Mayville, Clark Co., WI

Frederick, Sarah, and Frederick Doernenburg   photo of tombstone

Louise Hagen Doernenburg and Donald Doernenburg

http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/cemeteries/mayville/memorial/index/DI.htm

 

Abbotsford City Cemetery, Mayville Twp., Clark Co., WI

Edith Doernenburg Thompson Earl, John B. Thompson

http://wvls.lib.wi.us/ClarkCounty/cemeteries/mayville/abbotsford/index/T.htm  

 

Doernenburg ancestry found at www.doernenburg.net

Variety of spellings include: Von Dornburg, Dorneburg, Dorenburg, Dörnenburg

 

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New York Passenger Lists, 1851-1891   > 1865 > August > Albert

Name: Friedrich Dornenburg   Estimated Birth Year: 1834        Age: 31     Gender: Male 

Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany    Destination: Wisconsin              Arrival Date: 7 Aug 1865

Place of Origin: Preußen                       Ship Name: Albert                    Port of Arrival: New York 

Search: www.CastleGarden.org

Friedrich Dornenburg    Occupation Joiner                     Age 31             Sex M

Literacy U                                Arrived 7 Aug 1865                 Origin Prussia   Port Bremen

Last Residence U                     Destination Wisconsin   Plan Unknown Ship Albert

 

New York Passenger Lists, 1851-1891            > 1868 > October > Holsatia

Name: Mina Dornenberg              Estimated Birth Year: 1845   Age: 23     Gender: Female 

Name: Maria Dornenberg             Estimated Birth Year: 1866   Age:  2      Gender: Female

            Arrival Date: 27 Oct 1868 

Port of Departure: Hamburg, Germany  Destination: United States of America 

Place of Origin: Germany                      Ship Name: Holsatia     Port of Arrival: New York 

 

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Doernenburg Family (History)