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Clara Olka Lena KORTE

Female 1900 - 1983  (83 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Clara Olka Lena KORTE was born in 1900 (daughter of William F KORTE and Apollonia (Ella) HEINZ); died in 1983.

    Family/Spouse: Earl BENNING. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William F KORTE was born on 29 Jan 1875 in Buffalo County, Wisconsin (son of William KORTE and Volga WINTERS); died in 1953.

    William married Apollonia (Ella) HEINZ on 9 Nov 1897 in Waumandee, Buffalo County, Wisconsin. Apollonia (daughter of Edward HEINZ and Magdalina BACH) was born on 13 Sep 1874 in Buffalo County, Wisconsin; died on 23 Mar 1965 in Buffalo County, Wisconsin; was buried in Saint Boniface Cemetery, Waumandee, Buffalo County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Apollonia (Ella) HEINZ was born on 13 Sep 1874 in Buffalo County, Wisconsin (daughter of Edward HEINZ and Magdalina BACH); died on 23 Mar 1965 in Buffalo County, Wisconsin; was buried in Saint Boniface Cemetery, Waumandee, Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
    Children:
    1. 1. Clara Olka Lena KORTE was born in 1900; died in 1983.
    2. Arvilla E KORTE was born on 3 Dec 1905 in Buffalo County, Wisconsin; died on 23 May 1992 in Cook County, Illinois; was buried in Saint Boniface Cemetery, Waumandee, Buffalo County, Wisconsin.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William KORTE was born in 1838 in Prussia.

    Notes:

    Served in the Civil War 1861-1863. The 1890 Veterans Schedule showed him as having “bad rheumatism.”

    William married Volga WINTERS. Volga was born about 1847 in Germany; died in 1928. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Volga WINTERS was born about 1847 in Germany; died in 1928.

    Notes:

    Or Olga. Or Volka. Or Winter.

    She was William’s second wife according to one source.

    Children:
    1. 2. William F KORTE was born on 29 Jan 1875 in Buffalo County, Wisconsin; died in 1953.

  3. 6.  Edward HEINZ was born about 1854 in Prussia.

    Notes:

    He was Edward Heinse, age 31, in the 1880 census when he lived in Montana Twp, Buffalo County, Wisconsin with his wife Lena, age 26, and their two children Appolonia, 4, and John, 2.

    In the 1905 state census, he, age 53, and Lena, age 50, lived in the town of Lincoln in Buffalo County with their 12 year-old daughter Elsa.

    In the 1920 census, he was a 65 year-old widower living on his farm in Montana Twp. His son John lived next door.

    In the 1930 census, he was a 76 year-old widower living on his farm in Montana Twp.

    Edward married Magdalina BACH. Magdalina was born about 1857 in Byran. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Magdalina BACH was born about 1857 in Byran.
    Children:
    1. 3. Apollonia (Ella) HEINZ was born on 13 Sep 1874 in Buffalo County, Wisconsin; died on 23 Mar 1965 in Buffalo County, Wisconsin; was buried in Saint Boniface Cemetery, Waumandee, Buffalo County, Wisconsin.