Caroline (Labs) Prochnow (1861 - 1940)

Born 14 Jun 1861 in Neustettin, Pomerania, Prussia, Germany

Ancestors

Wife of August Prochnow — married 13 Feb 1880 in Omaha, Nebraska

Descendants

Died 8 Aug 1940 at age 79 in Omaha, Nebraska

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Caroline (Labs) Prochnow has German Roots.

Biography

Caroline was born in 1861. At present it is unclear whether Henrietta Klabunde Labs is her mother, as it appears Henrietta and Caroline's father, Ferdinand, married in 1867, by which time Caroline was 6 years old.

She immigrated to Nebraska as a teenager, together with her parents and siblings, and in 1880 married another immigrant from Neustettin, August Prochnow. She bore 8 children, one of which has yet to be identified. Her first baby died as a 7-week-old infant the day before she and August celebrated their first wedding anniversary. Two other children also died as babies and her daughter Albertina (Tena) died of illness (maybe tuberculosis?) as a young woman.

She was widowed a few months after she and August celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. She remained on the family farm with her daughter, Anna, and husband, until her death 10 years later.

Sources

• "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X58F-M2Z : 18 January 2020), August Prochnow, 13 Feb 1880; citing Marriage, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln; FHL microfilm 870,045.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3YY-13V : accessed 16 June 2020), Carline Prochnow in household of August Prochnow, Florence Precinct Florence village, Douglas, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103, sheet 4B, family 76, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,925.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQKW-LGQ : accessed 16 June 2020), Caroline Prochnow in household of August Prochnow, Florence, Douglas, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 147, sheet 2B, line 60, family 44, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1272; FHL microfilm 2,341,007.
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=prochnow&GSfn=caroline&GSiman=1&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=31&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=73053111&df=all&

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