KANTH / SCHEWENCER / SOMMERFELD.

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Hi there Dieter,
Thank you for getting back to me. I'm sad to learn that you have no further information
about this line of Sommerfelds. If you do happen on anything, please let me know.
I do have several government records pertaining to this family tree. Including death certificates,
census records and birth certificates. Thankfully, my family has stayed in the same area
since coming to the United States, so all court records are only about 10 km from my home.
If you ever need any research done in Racine, Wisconsin,
just let me know and I'll be happy to look over records for you.
Thanks again,
Adrienne Ferg

Dieter Sommerfeld wrote to Adrienne FERG and to Sara BREITENFELDT:

I never answered to you, because I have problems to understand the english language.
My smal englisch is 50 years old and from school. And I never answered,
because I found no helpful information in my database.
I hope, I’ve understand your eMail-correspondence on Ancestry Message Boards.

I’m looking for information on Gustave SOMMERFELD / Ernestine KANTH.
You wrote: His fathers name ist listed as Wm. SOMMERFELDT
and his mothers name is listed as Julia SCHEWENCER.
I think WM. means William. Later on 09 DEC 1895 Willie SOMMERFELD was born.
Willie also means William … in german WILHELM.

Gustave SOMMERFELD (born 04 DEC 1865, died 17 APR 1931)
married Ernestine KANTH (born 03 MAY 1865)
on 01 JULY 1886 in Pulaski Twp, Iowa, Wisconsin.
I found this on IGI Individual Record of the LDS Church.

Gustave SOMMERFELDs occupation is listed as a wheelwright.
I think in german it means Radmacher (= making wheels).

You wrote:
Gustave and Ernestine had several children:

Emilie SOMMERFELD, born MAY 1887,
Emma SOMMERFELD, born FEBR 1889,
Martha SOMMERFELD, born JAN 1894,
Willie SOMMERFELD, born 09 DEC 1895,
Margarethe SOMMERFELD, born NOV 1896,
Adeline SOMMERFELD, born FEBR 1899.

Adrienne, you wrote: If you need any more info, get in touch.

Sara wrote on Ancestry Message Boards:
So sadly that means the Sommerfeld name, in this line anyway, died out.

Adrienne wrote: My Grandfather remembers mention of Willie dieing very young.

Any info would be helpful.
Dieter Sommerfeld from Hamburg (Germany)

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