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 William ADOLF-247
William ADOLF
Born:  22 May 1867
Briene, Bessarabia, South Russia

Died: 4 Sep 1948
Bethune, Colorado
 
Family sail to America on May 8, 1908. and settled on a homestead north of Bethune, Colorado.  Arrived in Galveston, Texas.
 
In Russia, he was a skilled wagon-maker, but had to sell his tools for passage money for the family.
 
In 1889 the family moved to the colony of Michaelsfeld near the town of Anaba, South Russia, near the Black Sea.  Here William pursued the trade of wagon maker, making wagons and selling them at the market place.
 

  

Children
 1. Margaret ADOLF-340   1887
 2. Gottlieb ADOLF, Sr.-420  1891
 3. Carl ADOLF Sr.-342   1900
 4. William E. ADOLF-430  1902
 5. Christina ADOLF-431
 6. August ADOLF-456
 7. Mary ADOLF-432   1902
 8. John ADOLF-341   1904
 9. Christian (Chris) ADOLF-433   1905
11. Annette (Nettie) ADOLF-434   1907
10. Frieda ADOLF-435
 
 
 Notes:
Burial Place:
 
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
Bethune, Colorado

Archive File:
1910 Census
Photograph Family
Story -- KCC History Book
Photograph at Father's Funeral
Photograph (four generations)
List in Kit Carson County
Old Age Pension Records 1933-1936
  #173
Ship Manifest   Page 1 | Page 2

Photo of Carl & Clara Adolf
with Carl's parents William & Margaret Adolf.

(photo from of great-granddaughter Teila CARROLL Tankersley)

 

  

Time Line:

1867  Born
1888  Married
1908  Immigrated to America
1948  Died
Pedigree Chart
Grandfather
Heinrich ADOLF-250
B. near Berlin, Germany
Christian ADOLF-85
B. 15 Nov 1839
Brienne, Bessarabia, South Russia
D. 3 Aug 1925
Bethune, Colorado
Father
Carlotta ROSSMAN-251
B. near Berlin, Germany
William ADOLF-247
B.  22 May 1867
Briene, Bessarabia, South Russia
D. 4 Sep 1948 
Bethune, Colorado
Grandmother
Grandfather
         Mother
Unknown
Fredericka STEGG-86
B. 19 Feb 1842
Brienne, Bessaeabia, Russia
D. 1924
Bethune, Colorado
Unknown
Grandmother
Spouse
Marriage: 21 May 1888
Margaret BUCHFINK-339
B. 7 Nov 1868
Teplitz, Bessarabia, South Russia
D. Aug 1960
Bethune, Colorado

Obituary

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Christina ADOLF Lessing-431

Richard LESSING
B: 15 Jul 1888
D: Apr 1972
SS#: 521-72-4980  Issued is Colorado
Death Residence Localities
Localities: Henderson, Adams, Colorado 80640