Current as of 1/1/2011
Ancestors of Ida Maria Clara! Funk
Generation
No. 1
1. Ida Maria
Clara! Funk, born 15 Aug 1871 in Shelby WI; died 13 Jun 1945 in
Generation
No. 2
2. Christian
Heinrich (Henry) Funk, born 22 Aug 1829 in Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach;
blacksmith; last res "Neu Stadt";
imm 6/22/1853 on the 'Republik';
died 08 Jun 1907 in Mormon Coulee WI. He
married 3. Henriette Paulina! Knüpfer
ca 1854 in
3. Henriette Paulina! Knüpfer,
born Jul 1829 in Sachsen; last res "Gerra"
= Kleingera?; imm 6/22/1853 on the 'Republik';
died 15 Jan 1917 in
Children of Christian Funk
and Henriette Knüpfer are:
i. Henrietta Caroline! Funk, born 16 Jan
1856 in Trumbull Co OH (stone sez, 1855); died 19 Aug
1916 in Chipmunk Coulee WI; married Johann Jacob (John) Carstens
03 Oct 1876 in Hamburg, Vernon Co WI; born 11 Jul 1847 in Schülp;
1870 in Hamburg WI; died 28 Mar 1909 in Hamburg WI.
ii. Bertha Pauline Funk, born 12 Jan 1857 in
Eagle River MI; married twice, sez 1910 census; died
25 Oct 1952 in La Crosse WI; married (1) a Simpson ca 1881 in La Crosse WI --
marriage assumed; born in ; hypothetical person; died ca 1887; married (2)
Louis E Werth 14 May 1888 in La Crosse WI; born 07
Apr 1858 in Marzell, Germany; imm
1882; 1900 Watchman for CL Coleman Lumber Co; night watchman; Segelke firm; 1910 fireman at flour mill; died 20 Nov 1946
in La Crosse WI.
iii. Therese Emeline
(Emma) Funk, born 30 Aug 1859 in Greenfield WI; 1930 with son Valentin; died 23 Apr 1947 in Mormon Coulee WI; married
Friedrich (Fritz) Gabel 01 May 1877 in Shelby WI; born 05 Mar 1849 in
Greenfield Twp, La Crosse WI; 1910 Truck Farmer in Shelby WI; died 15 Jun 1929
in Shelby WI.
iv. Ludwig L. (Lewis) Funk, born 18 Aug 1861 in
Shelby WI; 1880 blacksmith appr in LaX; 1895 & 1900 blacksmith in Wayland IA; died 19 Jun
1917 in Wayland, Iowa; married Carrie Hoffmeyer 1888
in (Wayland IA?); born Sep 1860 in Canada; 1880 maid on S Jefferson St, Mt
Pleasant IA; died 14 Sep 1950 in Wayne, Henry, IA; bur in Wayland cemetery.
v. Heinrich Funk,
born ca 1863 in
vi. Louisa C. Funk, born 28 Apr 1866 in Shelby
WI; died 22 Jan 1948 in La Crosse WI; married Gustav H. Triebe
28 Apr 1890 in La Crosse Co WI; born 26 Jan 1861 in Germany; immigrated in
1882; 1900 Shoemaker, 1919 Shoe Repair in La Crosse; died 02 May 1921 in La
Crosse WI.
vii. Rudolf Funk,
born May 1868 in Shelby WI; 1910 Truck Farm in Shelby WI; 1930 in La Crosse,
single, speaks Bohemian; died 19 Mar 1943 in
1 viii. Ida Maria Clara! Funk, born 15 Aug 1871 in
ix. Ernest Funk,
born 15 Aug 1874 in Shelby WI; 1910 Laborer at grain elevator in Savanna IL;
died Oct 1914 in Savanna IL, of pneumonia.
Generation
No. 3
6. a Knüpfer
Children of a Knüpfer are:
i. Knüpfer, born 1814 in
3 ii. Henriette Paulina!
Knüpfer, born Jul 1829 in Sachsen; last res "Gerra" = Kleingera?; imm 6/22/1853 on the 'Republik';
died 15 Jan 1917 in La Crosse WI; married Christian Heinrich (Henry) Funk ca
1854 in Pennsylvania?.
iii. Henriette Knuepfer, born 1835.