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Decendants Anton & Mary Thurs,child Ernest Emil,Frank,Anna,Rosa,Richard,Lucinda,Minna,Mathilda,August,Daniel, in Hamburg 1899

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Decendants Anton & Mary Thurs,child Ernest Emil,Frank,Anna,Rosa,Richard,Lucinda,Minna,Mathilda,August,Daniel, in Hamburg 1899

ancestorsancestors  (View posts) Posted: 23 Nov 2007 8:28PM GMT
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Surnames: Wentz, Rupeka, Bauer, Thurs
KS Widow (Maria)Mary Wentz Rupeka Bauer married Anton Thurs, December 24, 1899, in Marathon Co., WI. The Thurs family combined children from Anton Thurs previous marriage and Mary Wentz Rupeka Bauer's family, a step-son to Anton, Daniel N.(Bauer)Thurs.

Anton Thurs household members, child 1, Ernest Emil Edward Thurs, born January 31, 1882, Marathan Co., WI., mother and father born Germany, child 2, Frantz(Frank) Thurs, born March 1883, Marathan Co., WI., death September 6, 1906, Marathan Co., WI., mother and father born Germany, child 3, Anna Thurs, born March 1886, Marathan Co., WI, mother and father born Germany, child 4, Rosalia(Rosa) Thurs, born April 1888, Marathan Co., WI, death May 1906 Marathan Co., WI, mother and father born Germany, child 5, Richard Thurs, born March 30, 1890, Marathan Co., WI, death April 1974, Merrill, Lincoln Co., WI, mother and father born Germany, child 6, Lucinda Thurs, born June 29, 1892, Marathan Co., WI, mother and father born Germany, child 7, Wilhelmina(Minna) Thurs, born June 1, 1896, Marathan Co., WI, mother and father born Germany, child 8, Mathilda Thurs, born October 2, 1897, Marathan Co., WI, mother and father born Germany, child 9, August Thurs, born August 8, 1898, Marathan Co., WI, death August 1969, Hamburg, Marathan Co., WI, mother and father born Germany. Stepson, child 10, Daniel N. Thurs(Bauer), born 1895, WI, mother born PA and father born Germany, was Mary's son by a previous marriage.

Wentz Family History,

Wentz family web site
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~williamlittle/wentz...

Mary Wentz Bauer, born December 15, 1856, Schuylkill, PA, was a resident of Warsaw, Wisconsin in 1885. She is the daughter of Conrad and Charlotte Wentz, the patriarch and matriarch of our famiy tree.

The Wentz family of Bayern, Bavaria, Germany migrated across Europe, first to Holland and then to England, coming to America in 1848, settling in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania near the postal towns of Cherry in 1850, Eldredsville in 1860 and Millview in 1870. The family moved from the census township of Forks, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania to Kansas in 1870, homesteading in Mitchell County.

Mary Wentz Rupeka(Rupke) was noted living in Erving, Jewell Co., KS in the 1875 KS State Census. Rupeka(Rupke) household members in the 1875 KS State Census were noted as August Rupke, age 30, husband, born about 1845 Germany, previous residence WI, Mary Rupke, age 18, wife, born about 1857 PA, previous residence PA, and daughter Anna Rupke, age 2, born about 1873 KS, no previous residence. Widow Mary Rupeka(Rupke) would move from Erving, KS to German, KS by 1880.

Widow Mary Wentz Rupeka would marry Henry Bauer. 1880 Federal Census, German, Smith Co., KS, noted Mary Bauer 23, husband Henry Bauer 44, Anna Bauer 7, Leona C. Bauer 5, noted as born in KS or NE in different census takings, and Charlotte Bauer 10 months. Leona C. Bauer's birth certificate indicates her last name as being Repke (Rupeka).

Mary Wentz Repke(Rupeka,Rupke) Bauer would relocate to WI where son Louis (Louie) John Bauer would be born Dec 6, 1883.

Son Daniel N. (Bauer) Thurs was born about 1885 WI.

1900 Fedreal Census, Anton Thurs 49, born Germany about 1851, Maria Thurs 43, born PA about 1857, Emil Thurs 18, born WI about 1882, Frantz Thurs 16, born WI about 1884, Anna Thurs 14, born WI about 1886, Rosalia Thurs 12, born WI about 1888, Richardt Thurs 10,born WI about 1890, Lucia Thurs 7, born WI about 1893, Mathilda Thurs 6, born WI about 1894, Danial Thurs (Daniel Bauer, stepson) 5, born WI about 1895, Wilhelmina Thurs 3, born WI about 1897, August Thurs 1, born WI about 1899, were residing Hamburg, Marathon Co., Wisconsin.

If you are a Thurs decendant, please visit our Little Wentz Site and tell us more about your family. We have a picture of Mary Wentz Rupeka Bauer Thurs Anderson, and would love to have one of Anton Thurs.

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