Leo Bohnsack was my great-grandfather. He was born on December 16, 1891, in Schapville, Thompson Twp, Illinois, to Carl Herman Bohnsack and Carolina Sophia Wulff. He was the oldest of three children. He married Minnie Marie Deininger on February 16, 1916, in Galena, Illinois. Leo and Minnie had four children: Vernon, Norman, Marian, and…
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Mabel (Bohnsack) Hammer Dies from Injuries Sustained in Car Accident
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…
Obituary: Carolina Sophia (Wulff) Bohnsack
Carolina Sophia “Lena” (Wulff) Bohnsack was my gg-grandmother. She was born in Germany on November 15, 1867 to Henry and Marie (Schumacher) Wulff. She immigrated at 16, and married Carl Herman Bohnsack on January 13, 1891, in Schapville, Illinois. Herman and Lena had three children: my great-grandfather Leo, Mabel and Mary. I discovered this obituary…
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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