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8 August 2008 - 10:05:09am
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Dori Coplien
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The Civil War
8 August 2008 - 10:04:37am
Far from listing all those that served but includes some of the more interesting stories. Please make sure and click ALL to read the stories.
Jacob Walter - died Andersonville Prison John H Penn - died Cahaba Prison
John P Donyes - died Battle at Five Forks George Newcommer died - Battle for Petersburg
William H Keagle - died Nashville Ben. Frank Keller- died Rappahannock River
Daniel Walters - 8th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry William Walters - 140th Regiment, Indiana Infantry
Washington Walters - 89th Regiment, Indiana Infantry Solomon Walters - 87th Regiment, Indiana Infantry
Levi Martin Walter - 113th Regiment, Illinois Infantry Samuel B. Caldwell - 38th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry
Rock County Veterans
26 September 2007 - 2:09:56pm
I am pleased to announce a new section to We're Coming To America, a photo index of veterans buried in Rock County.
The primary purpose is to photo archive the older stones but also includes Oakhill National Cemetery.
For civil war vets, most include a printable service summary. Please visit Rock Count Veteran Burials today.
Rootsweb and FamilyTreeSeeker.com
28 April 2007 - 3:35:03pm
GEDCOM is also available at Rootsweb and FamilyTreeSeeker.com
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Doris Jeanne Coplien Dlt
(I625)
Birth 30 June 1951 39 26 -- Janesville, Wi, Rock Co., Mercy Hosp.
Birth 30 June 1951 39 26 Janesville, Wi, Rock Co., Mercy Hosp.
Christening Janesville, Wi, Rock Co., St.Mary's Church
Graduation 5 June 1969 (Age 17) George S Parker SH, Janesville, Rock WI
Graduation June 1972 (Age 21) Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI
Military United States Navy 1974 to 1978 (Age approx. 23-27) Orlando FL, San Diego CA, Cuba, Pensacola FL
Graduation June 1975 (Age 24) USS Navy School of Medical and Dental, San Diego, CA
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We're Coming To America
This GEDCOM was created using Personal Ancestral File 5.2.18.0 on 2 December 2006
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Hans zum Vanghus (I43670) Birth about 1338 -- Vorderen Fankhaus, Trub Canton, Switzerland Death Yes -- Switzerland |
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Floyd Elmer Zabel (I46538) Birth 9 December 1903 Death August 4 |
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Virgil Willis Meinert (I41007) Birth 27 November 1916 -- Rock Grove, Steph. Il Death 7 June 2009 -- Collinwood Elderly Care Home in Brodhead, Green, Wisconsin |
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Emma Louise (Anna) Kopplin (I7131) Birth 5 August 1891 -- , , Beadle, South Dakota Death 14 May 2003 -- , South Dakota |
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Lewis Little + Catherine Mariah Odom (F4071) Marriage 2 April 1829 -- Wilkes, Nc |
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Most Common Surnames
Arnold, Barnes, Bartelt, Bates, Beal, Blanchard, Bobb, Brandt, Brown, Brunkow, Burr, Chapman, Coplien, Cushing, Davis, Donker, Dooley, Dormeyer, Drafahl, Dreibelbis, Drum, Drumm, Dunkelberger, Epler, Fearing, Federolff, Ford, Fowler, Geist, Grinnell, Haas, Hager, Hall, Hartwich, Hauger, Hazard, Hein, Hersey, Hill, Hobart, Howard, Hutzel, Ilgen, Johnson, Jones, Kalahar, Keagle, Keller, King, Kline, Knowlton, Kopplin, Kruse, Lane, Lee, Levan, Lewis, Lincoln, Little, Long, Loss, Lothrop, Matzke, McCool, Miller, Myers, Nichols, Odom, Pinnow, Pischke, Pratt, Randall, Reed, Reeser, Rieth, Ripley, Rockey, Schaeffer, Shaw, Siler, Smith, Snyder, St. Clair, Stephenson, Stoddard, Stump, Thayer, Thomas, Tirrell, Torrey, Tower, Walter, Walters, Weimer, Welker, Whiton, Wilder, Witt, Yount, Zabel, Zerbe, Zimmerman
Olive Brenner (I35178)
William Loss + Mary Alice Bailey (F14721)
Daniel Malick (I33430)
Loretta (I45667)
Elton Glenn Black (I20440)
Antje Oltman Akkermann (I42033)
Azariah Yount Jr. + Sarah Hewitt (F3530)
Henry Arnsmeier + Nellie R Ostrander (F19705)
Thelma Atkinson (I10525)
Emma Maria Agusta Kopplin (I7308)
John A Brant (I3715)
Ella V Dreibelbis (I38611)
Birth - 8 February 1890 (120 year anniversary) Lower Mahanoy Twp, Northumberland Co, Pa Samuel Weimer (I37459)
Lulie Yount (I9965)
Bertha Nies (I24271)
William Jones + Lydia Stowers Foster (F10934)
Benton Murray (I9529)
John E. Little (I11841)
George Breon (I5397)
Henry Walter Kline (I4180)
Henry F.Gotfried Pinnow + Hannah E.F. Nix (F7753)
George Scott (I15970)
Raymond Hawkins (I44532)
Melvin Lovell (I47405)
Ruby Ruth Grigsby (I40591)
Birth - 8 February 1902 (108 year anniversary) Orangeville, Stephenson Co, Il Elizabeth Bobb (I24906)
James Francis Clark (I34466)
Augusta Johanna Louisa Siedschlag (I44985)
George J. Yount + Cora Elba Revelle (F3254)
Susan Zerbe (I18667)
Pauline Smith (I36946)
Donald Edward Cook (I24373)
Henry Gustov Schneider + Allie M Wellman (F221)
Pinkney LaFayette Yount (I8932)
Thomas Edward Peppers + Marie Antoinette Pengra (F19472)
Dirtrick D Harberts + Grietje Kruse (F17289)
Marriage - 8 February 1910 (100 year anniversary) Colfax Twp., Grundy Co., Ia Rebecca Jane Ford (I27450)
Fred M Carter + Minnie Rose Benage (F20067)
Marriage - 8 February 1899 (111 year anniversary) Jefferson, Green, Wisconsin Mary A. Bortner (I40577)
Milford (Mose) Haas (I20709)
Heinrich Edward Matzke + Maria Elizabeth Hintzman (F230)
John Philip Stolz + Anna Jessie Deden (F20666)
Wayne Manley Armstrong (I15186)
Herbert Oakley Beal (I29963)
Washington Odom (I12383)
Florence Dreibelbis (I36731)
George Sanders (I40770)
Death - 8 February 1910 (100 year anniversary) Erwin Twsp, Stephenson Cty Il Paul Lewis McLain (I46307)
Oliver Morton Scholl + Mary Emma Couch (F993)
Lewis Abraham Little + Olive Almira Roper (F4298)
Daniel Ezra Warnke (I18429)
Richard Dooley (I46000)
Samuel Kilby Lincoln (I30327)
Jane Hissem (I15472)
Daniel Beal + Celia Beal (F12150)
Rebecca Porch (I37047)
Birth - 8 February 1803 (207 year anniversary) Donegal Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pa. Catharine Reeser (I24432)
Birth - 8 February 1801 (209 year anniversary) <, Northumberland, Pennsylvania> Henry Beal (I32067)
David Shaw (I31130)
Harriet Gill (I29137)
William Donmoyer (I5075)
Katharina Stein (I16575)
Jacob Baltzell Boss" Hager (I36081)
Harriet Stowell (I29161)
Sarah J. Tower (I28043)
Anna Margaretha Dreher (I8822)
Birth - 8 February 1752 (258 year anniversary) Strouchburg, Marion, Berks, Pa., USA Lydia Lincoln (I30187)
Paul Hertwig (I1372)
Death - 8 February 1740 (270 year anniversary) Seifersbach, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany Thomas Potter (I42731)
David Lincoln (I27906)
Marie Christina Schneider (I16226)
(unknown) + (unknown) (F12375)
Samuel S. Federolff (I21769)
(unknown) + (unknown) (F10536)
Jacob Zerbe (I16684)
Sarah A. P. Densmore (I27379)
Ezra Loring (I27401)
John F. Weaver (I27454)
Effie Hayward Corthell (I27391)
Rebecca Walter (I37022)
John F Kryder (I46425)
Enoch Chapman + Sarah May Little (F4072)
Richard M. Moreman + Mary E. Hill (F16587)
Joseph Zimmerman (I15124)
Herman Borgmann (I35602)
Birth - 8 February 1877 (133 year anniversary) German Valley, Stephenson Co., Il Nellie May Bates (I31230)
Bertha Harriet Tirrell (I31647)
Catherine Braucher (I45055)
Frederic Tower + Elizabeth Bates (F12778)
Rebecca Ellen Hutzel (I24106)
Birth - 8 February 1857 (153 year anniversary) Sylvester Township, Green County, Wisconsin Lydia Torrey (I27711)
Seth Stowell Cushing (I32847)
David Fowler (I34259)
Peter Drumm (I21347)
Birth - 8 February 1834 (176 year anniversary) Erdesbach, Pfalz County, Bavaria David Weimer (I36778)
Johannes Gottfried Zimmerman (I41147)
Sarah M. Yount (I13621)
Daniel Artley + Anna Mary Zimmerman (F8308)
Christian Dumm (I8420)
Charles Henry Penny (I30722)
Mary Ellen Meisenhelder (I41633)
George L. Thomas Odom (I13277)
Charlotte Gracie Barnes (I31459)
Edgar Maurice Thompson + Velma Ott (F13012)
Alice Keller (I45394)
Samuel Prescott Bush (I43112)
Walter David Nott + Mabel Grace Zimmerman (F16302)
Florence Westrick (I36745)
Rose Alice Dreibelbis (I36749)
Raymond Martin Zerbe (I19446)
Celia Ellen Loss (I34820)
Jane Marian Arbogast (I46323)
Paul Zimmerman + Beulah Rossie Ties (F17781)
Clyde C. Loss (I34744)
Frank Wegner + Martha Peyrouse (F9255)
Otto Ernest Pieske (I931)
Elizabeth Marshall Williams (I12692)
William Lewis Reece (I38855)
Sarah Rose Peppers (I8050)
Anna Laura Kopplin (I443)
Ina A. Goff (I41395)
Peter W. Stone (I35253)
Hattie Hein (I1418)
Archibald Davis (I44963)
James Wiliam Argall (I47225)
Death - 8 February 2007 (3 year anniversary) Mineral Point Care Center, Iowa, Wisconsin More events exist for today, but privacy restrictions prevent you from seeing them.
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