Our German Ancestors




These are the ancestors of the John Hopfner and Caroline Wilken. We have traced the background of all four families of their parents in Germany. These three families immigrated to the United states in the mid ninteenth century and settled in Millerville, Minnesota. John and Caroline were married on June 16, 1908.


The Hopfner Family goes back to the town of Schönsee in the Oberpfalz region of Bavaria. Joseph Hopfner immigrated to the United States in 1867. The Wilken Family came from Ziegendorf parish in Mecklenburg. Johan F. Wilken immigrated to the United States in 1851 with his family.

 

 
 The Rothstein Family came from Wiesbaum parish in the Eifel region of the Rhineland. John Peter Rothstein immigrated to the United States with his family in 1855. The Hockert Family came from the town of Schwemlingen in the Saarland. Nickolaus Hockert immigrated to the United States with his family in 1866.


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