Theresia WOLF
September 5, 1834 - Unknown
1st WIFE
Married August 25, 1857
*Several Americanized
spellings for her 1st and
last name. a/k/a NENADAL
10 children with his 1st wife
Step-child with his 2nd wife
3 children with his 2nd wife
Proft immigration history from Bohemia to Corinth,
Athens, Wausau, Merrill, and Wabeno Wisconsin.
Also, including Bessemer, Michigan and the
Twin Cities and much more.
This is a resource that provides a 3 generational
overview of the Franz Proft Family. It also serves as
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comprehensive information.
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John BURGAN - 1st Husband
Catherina married her 1st husband
John BURGAN in 1864 - He died in 1875.
They had one child together:
Anton BURGAN, (Franz's stepson)
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Frank Joseph PROFT
January 22, 1858 - December 13, 1898
Agnes WIESE - Wife
Married September 28, 1885
MARY
FRANCES
Died at age
73-11-29
buried in
Resurrection
Cemetery
Mendota
Heights,
Minnesota
CLARA
Date of death
unknown
believed to be
prior to 1900
buried
on the
Town of
Holton
Family
Farm
EDWARD
HENRY
Died at age
7 months
6 days
buried
on the
Town of
Holton
Family
Farm
RICHARD
ALFRED
Died at age
28-10-2
of Pneumonia
and
Pulmonary
Tuberculosis
buried in
Calvary
Cemetery
Anoka, MN
LUCY
HUSBAND
James
SMITH
CHILDREN
Virginia
Raymond
James
George
BERNARD
WIFE
Florence
MULVIHILL
CHILDREN
Bernard
Florence
Charles
Dorathee
PAUL
WIVES
Ruth
HOLM (div)
Anna
PEBULA
CHILDREN
Bernice
Paul Jr
Peter Jacobs
(Stepfather)
(to the)
(Proft Children)
WIFE
Agnes Wiese-Proft
JACOBS CHILDREN
(Proft Children)
(1/2 siblings)
Vincent Jacobs
Frank Jacobs
Agnes Jacobs
Elenora Jacobs
George Jacobs
Anna remained in the old country.
She had 3 three children out of
wedlock that retained the Proft
surname. It is believed she lived
and brought-up her children in
Berlin, Germany, later married
a man with the surname of Dietzel.
She lived to the age of 80 and died
in Thuringia (Thuringen), Germany.
Erich Willy Paul Proft's
Family
Relocated to (Sidney)
Granville, Australia area in 1960.
Most of his 8 children were born from 1942 to 1961
and have remained living there.
Axel lives in Liverpool.
Karl has contacted this website.
Updates are in progress.
ELIZABETH PROFT
HUSBAND
CHILDREN
MARGARET PROFT
HUSBAND
BARNEITHER
a/k/a GRETEL
ERIC W.P. PROFT
WIFE
Marie RUTROSE
CHILDREN
Gerhard
Edward
Axel
Marfred
Karl
Trudy (Gertrude)
William
Ronald
Joseph Frank PROFT
May 12, 1862 - October 6, 1942
Bertha Harter - Wife
Married - December 18, 1886
WINNIE
WIFE
Mabel
BUCKLEY
DAUGHTERs
Bertha Mae
Harriet
ADOLPH
WIFE
Signa
CARLSON
SONs
Sherman
Roy
JOSEPHINE
Died at age 28
of Hodgkin's lymphoma
CLARA
HUSBAND
Jacob
HUNTER
SONs
Patrick
William
James
Franklin
FRANK
WIFE
Agnes
GRUND
SON
Richard
LAWRENCE
WIVEs
Sue (div)
ANDERSON
Elizabeth
THEISEN
CHILDREN
Lawrence
Phillip
Raymond
James
Patricia
HERBERT
WIFE
Mary
PFARR
CHILDREN
Shirley
Sharon
Thomas
Wenzel PROFT
September 21, 1864 - September 28, 1903
Anna SCHWARTZ - Wife
Married 1887ca. (Bessemer, MI)
MARY
HUSBAND
Howard BLOCK
CHILDREN
Kathrine
Vincent
Elma
Thelma
Frances
Howard
HATTIE
WIFE
George MOROS
CHILDREN
Rosemary
Bernard
ANNA
HUSBAND
May 9,1906
marriage record
to
John Wadnoski
unknown marital status
possible divorce
FRANCIS
FRANK
WIFE
Lorna MABBOTT
CHILDREN
David
Helen
Donald
Phillip
Lynette
Hattie KOHNKE - 1st Wife - (left)
1873 - October 18, 1893
Married April 6, 1893
Maggie ROSSA - 2nd Wife
October 27, 1870 - July 11, 1940
Married June 24, 1894
HATTIE
Died 4/17/1914
at age 18 of
Pleura-Pneumonia
with heart mitral
insufficiency atrophy
at the
family's hotel
The
"Commercial House"
BABY BOY
Still Born Male
Born/Died 12/10/1895
BABY UNKNOWN
It is mentioned
in Maggie's
obituary that
3 children preceded
her
in death
Hattie | Baby Boy
(Unknown-no record?)
Anton Frank PROFT
October 27, 1867 - May 1, 1922
Rose PREGONT - Wife
Married April 14, 1897
VIOLET
(only child)
HUSBAND
Leo Emil PRAHL
NO CHILDREN
Anton Interesting Tibits
Researchers confused him with his stepbrother Anton Burgan.
His wife Rose was born in Buckingham, Canada.
Had the most accurate information on his "Petition for Naturalization".
(ie. correct ship name "S.S. Ohio", "Drahobus", all but "Hamburg", actually was "Bremen").
"Anton's Immigration Information
His only child "Violet" was childless, his family line ended with her death.
Resided in Wausau most of his adult life, until his last 2 years, when he
lived with his daughter and son-in-law in White Lake, WI.
Mary Hoffner - 1st Wife (left)
September 17, 1877 - April 28, 1906
Married April 29, 1895
Sophie Hanson Depew - 2nd Wife
November 26,1885 - January 21, 1973
Married March 23, 1918
THERESA
(w/Mary)
HUSBAND
Joseph
MACCANI
SONs
William
Bernard
WILLIAM
(w/Mary)
- - - - -
Died at
age 21
of a tragic
accident
12/24/1923
During
"Prohibition"
BERNARD
(w/Mary)
WIFE
Helen
DeRUBEIS
CHILDREN
Wilham
Mary
Bernard Jr
DeLaine
FLORENCE
(step/adopt)
HUSBAND
William
HANSON
CHILDREN
Robert
Donald
DOROTHY
(step/adopt)
HUSBAND
Emil
MILZ
CHILDREN
William
Barbara
STANLEY
(step/adopt)
- - - - -
Died in
Tarrant County
Texas
7/19/1985
JAMES
(w/Sophie)
WIFE
Grace
HILL
CHILDREN
Thomas
Howard
Gary
Joan
JOSEPH
(w/Sophie)
- - - - -
Died in
South Milwaukee
1/15/1992
Former
Bessemer
Michigan
Policeman
BERNICE
(w/Sophie)
HUSBAND
Charles
JOYCE
WILHELM
(w/Sophie)
- - - - -
Died
soon after
Birth
12/5/1938
Adolph PROFT
July 20, 1871 - June 24, 1877
*dates unverified
Research Ongoing
Unable to locate a reliable source
for Adolph's birth and death dates.
If these dates are correct,
Adolph died in the old country
at the age of 5 years, 11 months and 4 days.
"Stepmother's Katherine's Obituary
Adolph is mentioned as preceding her in death.
Merrill Daily Herald
June 9, 1923, Page 1, column 7, Line 26
Maria (Mary) PROFT
November 19, 1872 - January 5, 1928
Bartel HOFFNER - Husband
Married - September 4, 1893
FRANK HOFFNER
WIFE
Jeanie ROBERTS
CHILDREN
Robert
Jean
(Mrs.L. Upton)
Harold
Donald
Kenneth
RACHAEL HOFFNER
EMMA HOFFNER
CLARA HOFFNER
HUSBAND
Charles GILCHRIST
CHILDREN
Charles Jr. Leonard
Mrs Gordon Davis
George
Clarence
James
William
Mrs.George Bennison
JOSEPH HOFFNER
Alvina EWAN - 1st Wife - (left)
January 21, 1880 - April 15, 1902
Married November 30, 1898
Emma ZANDER-LUDWIG - 2nd Wife
1874 - October 20, 1946
Married December 1, 1904
ALBERT LUDWIG
(Stepson)
WIFE
Clara Stibbe
CHILDREN
John
CHILDREN
JOHN BURGAN
WIVES
Annette Smitts
Frieda Wendorf
CHILDREN
Earl
ALVINA BURGAN
(Mrs. Robert Fehn)
Husband
Robert Fehn
CHILDREN
Robert Fehn Jr.
Karl's (Carl's) birth and death dates are unknown.
Documentation of his exisitance was found in 3 sources.
SOURCE #1: SS Main Passenger List
Along with his brother Frank Jr.
arriving NY July 30, 1880.
SOURCE #2: "Declaration of Intention" form
to become a citizen of the United States
November 7, 1881
SOURCE #3: "Stepmother's Katherine's Obituary
Merrill Daily Herald
June 9, 1923, Page 1, column 7, Line 25
Emma PROFT
February 19, 1876 - September 16, 1930
William Hinzman - Husband
Married April 27, 1896
MARY
ETHEL
- - - - -
Tragically
Died at
Age 22-3-22
10/15/1918
During
the
Spanish
Influenza
Epidemic
FREDERICK
WIFE
Doris
ZIGEL
CHILDREN
Delores
Elaine
Elwood
KATHERINE
HUSBAND
Charles PLESHEK
DAUGHTERs
Marie
Marjorie
GEORGE
WIFE
Ethel
BELTZ
DAUGHTER
Ann
GERTRUDE
HUSBAND
Edward
KOENIG
DAUGHTERs
Marilyn
Diane
HARVEY
WIFE
Florella
RADLOFF
SONs
William
Jon
WILLIAM
WIFE
Irene
WOIDA
SONs
Kenneth
Ronald
Douglas
MARCELLA
HUSBAND
Henry
FREDERICK
CHILDREN
Joan
Wayne
Kay
John
Fanni PROFT
October 1881 - December 1881
Research Ongoing
Fanni's birth and death dates are unknown.
Documentation of her existence was found
in only 1 source.
SOURCE #1: SS Ohio Ship Passenger List
Along with her family members,
arriving Baltimore December 21, 1881.
Fanni was 3 months old while traveling
on the SS Ohio Ship to America.
It is assumed she died as an infant.
She was probably 1 of the 8 souls that died on the ship.
THERESA
MAURITZ
(Stepdaughter)
HUSBAND
Theodore
WORCESCH
HARRY
WIFE
Angelina
BARNABY
SONs
William
Richard
Lawrence
John
EMILLE
"MILLIE"
WILLIAM JR.
Lived for only
one week
after his birth
HERMAN
WIFE
Albina
CORSO
SONs
David
Fredrick
MARIE
HUSBANDS
William
WADE
Paul
SEVERSON
SON
David
SEVERSON
JOSEPH
WIFE
Helen
SKERVEN
SONs
Donald
Arnold
Joseph
KATHERINE
HUSBAND
Frank
SAUTER
CHILDREN
Margaret
Mary
Susan
Daniel
FREDERICK
WIFE
Frances
DURQUESSAW
CHILDREN
Michael
Nancy
CELIE
HUSBAND
Russell
MADSON
CHILDREN
John
Mari-Lynn
Lori
ISABELLE
HUSBAND
Chester
JACOBI
CHILDREN
Randall
Amy
JOHN
