of Bergenthal, Germany · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Frederick Wilhelm Schmekel 1819 – 1861
Frederick Wilhelm Schmekel⚭ Caroline Kukuk
childrenGus Schmekel · Hugo Schmekel · Moxe Schmekel · Emma Clara Schmekel · Otto F. Schmekel · Paul Emil Schmekel
Source: Source: History of Leavenworth County, Kansas (1921)
Their story
What the record says
History of Leavenworth County, Kansas (1921).
Born July 3, 1819 in Bergenthal, Germany.
Held a government position all his life.
Married Caroline Kukuk in 1842.
Parents of six children.
Died Feb 8, 1861 in Snyderville, Germany, one year after his twin sons were born.
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