Mabel (Bohnsack) Hammer was the sister of my gg-grandfather, Leo Bohnsack. She was born in July of 1894 in Illinois to Carl Herman Bohnsack and Carolina Sophia Wulff. She was the middle child; my gg-grandfather was the oldest and the youngest was Mary. She married Alvin Hammer on January 22, 1913. Alvin and Mabel had…
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Obituary: Carl Herman Bohnsack
Below is the obituary for Carl Herman Bohnsack, husband of Carolina Sophia “Lena” (Wulff), and my great-great grandfather. It was published in in the Freeport Journal-Standard, Monday, 26 Feb 1940, page 14. Note: In C. Herman’s obituary and certificate of death, Joachim Bohnsack is listed as the name of C. Herman’s father; however, the name…
Obituary: Carolina Sophia (Wulff) Bohnsack
Obviously, I”ve had a lot of luck finding obituaries about the Wulff family. This time, I came across my great-great grandmother’s, Carolina Sophia Wulff, from the Freeport Journal-Standard, Sept 30, 1949, page 16. The portrait of Lena is a scan of a copy. I do not have the original, have never seen the original, and…
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