August F. Schoepke

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August F. Schoepke

Also Known As: "Carl August Schoepke"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Gerickensberg, Zechin, BB, 15328, Germany
Death: January 24, 1889 (53)
Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States (chain broke on wagon load of logs; he was crushed)
Place of Burial: Caroline, Shawano, Wisconsin, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Carl Wilhelm Schoepke and Maria Elizabeth Schoepke
Husband of Fredericke Schoepke
Father of Bertha Augusta Caroline Sieber; David Schoepke; Daniel Samuel Schoepke; Edward (twin) William Schoepke; Wilhelmina (Schoepke) and 9 others
Brother of Friederike Schoepke

Managed by: Laurie (Rhode) (Jewell) Mesenbring
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About August F. Schoepke

His birth record shows his name as Carl August Schoepke.

Immigrated with parents & siblings before he was 6 years old. He was a farmer. Became a USA citizen 1883.

Died in a tragic logging accident. He was not working but watching the logging process because it was is birthday. The log chain snapped and broke his back. He died shortly thereafter, leaving a wife with 13 children (one other died in infancy).

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August F. Schoepke's Timeline

1836
January 24, 1836
Gerickensberg, Zechin, BB, 15328, Germany
1861
June 9, 1861
Town of Grant, Shawano, Wisconsin, United States
1864
January 5, 1864
Wisconsin, United States
1866
March 17, 1866
Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States
1868
February 26, 1868
Pella, Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States
1870
December 5, 1870
Wisconsin, United States
1872
March 6, 1872
Wisconsin, United States
1873
October 26, 1873
Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States
1875
March 11, 1875
Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States