Wilhelmina Sophia Christina Friederica "Sophia" Gunsel

1841 - 1921  (80 years)

• Name	Wilhelmina Sophia Christina Friederica "Sophia" Gunsel
  Born	6 Apr 1841	Glasin, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110888294
  Immigration	1855	, Canada
  Name	Sophia Gunzel
  Name	Wilhelmina Sophia Christina Friederica "Sophia" Boeckenhauer
  Residence	1856	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-96105
  Died	22 Aug 1921	West Point, Cuming, Nebraska, United States
  Buried	Mt. Hope Cemetery, West Point, Cuming, Nebraska, United States
  Person ID	I96105	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Carl Frederick Gunzel,   b. 13 May 1800, of, Glasin, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany ,   d. 28 Jun 1852, , Germany  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Magdalena Sophia Anna Peterfeld,   b. 19 Aug 1809, , Mecklenburg, Germany ,   d. 1890, Caro, Tuscola, Michigan, United States  (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F8819	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Carl Peter Albert "Charles" Boeckenhauer,   b. 30 Dec 1835, Butzow, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany ,   d. 28 Sep 1912, West Point, Cuming, Nebraska, United States  (Age 76 years)
  Married	30 Sep 1856	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Children	1. Mary Boeckenhauer,   b. 13 Oct 1859, Dashwood, Hay Township, Huron Co., Ontario ,   d. 30 Nov 1867, , Ontario, Canada  (Age 8 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F26056	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Carl Bockenhauer, labourer of Waterloo Twp. married 30 Sep 1856 Berlin by banns to Sophia Gunsel of Waterloo Twp. witnesses: Henry Bockenhauer of Waterloo & John Holz of Blenheim. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 2 Oct 1856 Pg: 40. BOCKENHAUER, Carl married 20 Sep 1856 To Sophia GUMFEL. Both of Waterloo. Twp. minister F. W. Bindemann

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Apr 1841 - Glasin, , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Immigration - 1855 - , Canada Residence - 1856 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 30 Sep 1856 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 22 Aug 1921 - West Point, Cuming, Nebraska, United States Buried - - Mt. Hope Cemetery, West Point, Cuming, Nebraska, United States  = Link to Google Earth