Wilhelmina Sophia Christina Friederica "Sophia" Gunsel: Waterloo Region Generations

Generation: 1

Wilhelmina Sophia Christina Friederica "Sophia" Gunsel was born 6 Apr 1841, Glasin, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (daughter of Carl Frederick Gunzel and Magdalena Sophia Anna Peterfeld); died 22 Aug 1921, West Point, Cuming, Nebraska, United States; was buried , Mt. Hope Cemetery, West Point, Cuming, Nebraska, United States.

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FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110888294
Name: Sophia Gunzel
Name: Wilhelmina Sophia Christina Friederica "Sophia" Boeckenhauer
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-96105
Immigration: 1855, , Canada
Residence: 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

TO A HIGHER LIFE

Mrs. Sophia Boeckenhauer was released from her suffering and called to a higher life on Monday forenoon at 11:10 o'clock, August 22. She had been ailing for the past fifteen years and has been bedfast for nearly two years. Through all this time she had the most tender care of her children, her daughter, Emma, being with her constantly. The immediate cause of her death was bronchitis. The many years of her sufferings she bore with the true Christian fortitude and trusted in Him who doeth all things well.

Sophia Boeckenhauer, nee Gunsel, was born April 6, 1841, at Glasin Mecklenberg- Schwerin, Germany, a daughter of Carl Frederick Gunsel and Sophia Anna (Peterfeld) Gunsel. Her father died when she was ten years of age. For three years after that she made her home with her aunt and then joined her mother and stepfather, Adam Schroeder, and came to Berlin, Canada. This was in 1855. On September 30, 1856 she was united in marriage to Mr. Carl Boeckenhauer, with whom she lived in happy union for fifty- six years. They celebrated the golden anniversary of their marriage in 1906. Six years later, on September 28, 1912 the husband passed away.

West Point News, 26 Aug 1921

Wilhelmina married Carl Peter Albert "Charles" Boeckenhauer 30 Sep 1856, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Carl (son of Herman Wilhelm Christian Boeckenhauer and Dorothea Elisabeth "Elisabeth" Brasch) was born 30 Dec 1835, Butzow, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died 28 Sep 1912, West Point, Cuming, Nebraska, United States; was buried , Mt. Hope Cemetery, West Point, Cuming, Nebraska, United States. [Group Sheet]

Children:

Mary Boeckenhauer was born 13 Oct 1859, Dashwood, Hay Township, Huron Co., Ontario; died 30 Nov 1867, , Ontario, Canada.

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Carl Frederick Gunzel was born 13 May 1800, of, Glasin, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died 28 Jun 1852, , Germany.

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Eby ID Number: Waterloo-87256

Carl — Magdalena Sophia Anna Peterfeld. Magdalena was born 19 Aug 1809, , Mecklenburg, Germany; died 1890, Caro, Tuscola, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet]

Magdalena Sophia Anna Peterfeld was born 19 Aug 1809, , Mecklenburg, Germany; died 1890, Caro, Tuscola, Michigan, United States.

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Name: Magdalena Sophia Anna Gunzel
Name: Magdalena Sophia Anna Schroder
Name: Magdelena Sophia Anna Peterfald
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-150840
Immigration: 1855, , Canada

Children:

Elisabeth Dorothea Gunzel was born 31 Dec 1831, Glasin, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died 27 Oct 1907, Dashwood, Hay Township, Huron Co., Ontario; was buried , Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Dashwood, Huron Co., Ontario.
1. Wilhelmina Sophia Christina Friederica "Sophia" Gunsel was born 6 Apr 1841, Glasin, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died 22 Aug 1921, West Point, Cuming, Nebraska, United States; was buried , Mt. Hope Cemetery, West Point, Cuming, Nebraska, United States.
Johann Carl Friedrich Martin Gunzel was born 13 Dec 1843, Glasin, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; was christened 17 Apr 1859, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Apr 1919.
Wilhelmine Christine Dorothea "Minnie" Gunzel was born 27 Oct 1846, Glasin, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; died 4 Mar 1875, Caro, Tuscola, Michigan, USA; was buried , Almer Township Cemetery, Caro, Tuscola, Michigan, USA.
Carl Jacob Johann Christoph "Charles" Gunsell was born 1850, , Germany; died 1919; was buried , Almer Township Cemetery, Caro, Tuscola, Michigan, USA.