Sunday, January 4, 2009

Wilhelm and Theresa (Rohde) Collett Family


Wilhelm John Frederick COLLETT was born on 8 December 1848 in Swinemunde, Pommern, Prussia. He died on 3 July 1917 in York, York, Nebraska. He immigrated in 1871 to Hamilton County, Nebraska and established a homestead in Bradshaw, York, Nebraska. Wilhelm married Therese Julia Anna ROHDE, daughter of Michael ROHDE and Catherine MASTHKE on 6 Dec 1874 in Hamilton, Nebraska. Therese was born on 29 September 1856 in Schneidemuhl, Nikolai, Prussia. She died on 10 December 1926 in Hampton, Hamilton, Nebraska. They had the five children:

1) Franz C. COLLETT was born on 11 October 1875 in Bradshaw, and died a week later on 18 October 1875.
2) Louise M. COLLETT was born on 17 December 1876 in Bradshaw and died on 19 Apr 1882.
3) William John Frederick COLLETT was born on 25 November 1878 in York, York, Nebraska and was christened on 15 Dec 1878. He died on 8 October 1964 in York, York, Nebraska. William married Ida Louise VAN HOUSEN, daughter of Henry VAN HOUSEN Jr and Wilhelmine NEWMAN on 11 February 1903 in Hampton, Hamilton, Nebraska.
4) Richard COLLETT was born in September 1879 in Bradshaw, York, Nebraska and died in 1905. Richard married Bertha Sophia Maria DOSE, daughter of Johann Joachim Theodor DOSE and Anna Caroline Elisabeth SPIEGEL on 24 February 1903 in Hampton, Hamilton, Nebraska.
5) Herman Hugo Alfred COLLETT was born on 5 December 1894 in Bradshaw, York, Nebraska and died on 8 December 1955 in Santa Ana, Orange, California. Herman married Helena Ida Bertha HOPP, daughter of John C HOPP and Louise Sophia Wilhemnia KARK on 4 Feb 1920 in Hampton, Hamilton, Nebraska.

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